Tag: Poor
Pakistan among most poor countries per UNDP human development report
Pakistan is among the largest group of multi-dimensionally poor countries in the world, according to the Human development Report 2011 of the United Nations...
Skill development and enhancing opportunities
Punjab Skill Development fund has a unique business to finance training sessions organised by relevant organisation and training hubs to train unskilled, vulnerable and...
Pakistan needs to develop pro-poor growth strategy
In order to improve food security and reduce poverty in the country, Pakistan needs to develop a pro-poor growth strategy and ensure social safety...
Landa Bazaar a great relief for the poor
With the winter season approaching, the inflation-hit people throng to ‘Landa Bazaars’ in great numbers as the prevailing inflation has made new clothes and...
Poor planning in OPF project angers NA body
The National Assembly Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis on Tuesday expressed displeasure on the slow pace of work of the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF)...
Poor implementation of Canal Act led to flood disaster: NDMA
High ups of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) told senators on Thursday that absence of the “River Act” in the country and poor...
Sri Lanka insists Galle wicket was not poor
Sri Lanka's cricket chief insisted Wednesday there was nothing wrong with the controversial wicket used in the first Test against Australia in Galle, saying...
PCB set to penalise players for poor performance
The Pakistan Cricket Board is planning a deduction policy instead of performance-based central contract, it was learnt Monday. It has been learnt that...
Who will help the poor?
With the deepening of the economic crisis and the prospect of another recession looming large on the horizon, growing social inequality has become an...
Rotary sponsors poor children with congenital heart disease
Rotary International is providing support to poor and deserving children in Pakistan and India who are suffering from congenital heart disease. As part of...
Samina Ghurki distributes Eid packages among poor
Federal Minister Samina Khalid Ghurki on Sunday distributed Eid packages among the poor in Manawan on Sunday.
The minister distributed food packages among more...
Poor prosecution lets terrorists off the hook
The weak prosecution system in Pakistan helps accused, even suspected terrorists, to go free, and despite repeated observations of the courts in this regard,...
Poor health literacy linked to higher heart failure
Heart failure patients with a low degree of health literacy have an increased risk of death, according to a new study.Health literacy is defined...
Rotary sponsors poor children with congenital heart disease
Rotary International is providing support to poor and deserving children in Pakistan and India who are suffering from congenital heart disease. As part of...
Traders concerned by poor law and order
The traders’ community has expressed concern over the increased number of kidnapping incidents in Rawalpindi. Due to the increased number of kidnapping for ransom,...
Inflation mars Eid festivities for the poor
People belonging to the lower and lower-middle class of the country have thronged to Landa Bazaars to buy second hand clothes for themselves and...
Rs 2bn Ramazan Package not for the poor?
The people of the province, particularly Karachi and Hyderabad, are not benefiting at all from the Rs 2 billion ‘Ramazan Package’ as the flour...
