Tag: Poor

Punjab government has materialised the dream of houses for the poor by launching the Aashiyana Housing Scheme for the first time in the...

No extraordinary security arrangements were observed in the capital after Sunday’s attack at the Pakistan Navy airbase in Karachi, rejecting the claims of beefed...

Pakistan loses cotton crop worth $8 billion every year and wastes some 30 million acre foot (MAF) of water because of poor farming practices...

The next federal budget is less than a fortnight away. Next month the politico-strategically-embattled PPP-led coalition government would be sharing with the voters’ budgetary...

Despite attractive incentives, Pakistan lags far behind regional economies in securing foreign direct investment (FDI). In the context of Asian emerging economies, investors seem...

PESHAWAR - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has announced to give relief package in utility bills to more than 4 million people, living life below poverty line in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa and tribal areas.
Under announcement made by Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani to give relief package in utility bills to the people living life below poverty line, the 45 lac poor are being given 500 units free in utility bills. The name lists of the people who are living life below

ISLAMABAD - Forecasting a regional gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 7.8 percent in 2011, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned that Pakistan's anticipated low GDP growth rate of 2.5 percent in the current fiscal year could significantly increase the number of poor in the country.
Addressing a briefing at the launch of ADB's flagship annual economic publication, the Asian Development Outlook 2011 on Wednesday, ADB Country Director Rune Stroem said Pakistan needed at

LOS ANGELES - Critics skewered James Franco for a poor job co-hosting the Oscars with some saying he looked stoned onstage, but on Thursday, the actor said it was likely low energy, not dope, that was to blame. Franco, who hosted the world's top film awards in February alongside actress Anne Hathaway, told David Letterman on his talk show that he had thought about his poor reviews and speculation he was under the influence of marijuana and he thought he knew why. "I love her, but Anne

KARACHI - Former greats and fans Thursday singled out sloppy fielding as the main reason for Pakistan's 29-run loss against bitter rivals India in the high-profile World Cup semi-final in Mohali. Pakistan dropped six catches, four off Indian maestro Sachin Tendulkar, to help their rivals post a challenging 260-9. Tendulkar went on to make 85 and won the man of the match award. Pakistan succumbed to the pressure of the run-chase and were bundled out for 231 in a match watched by

KARACHI - The discolouration of the tongue may be hereditary but mostly it is indicative of poor oral hygiene, commonly seen in the rural women along with mouth ulceration, gum bleeding, dental caries and bad breath, said Jewat Sunder of the People's Primary Health Care Initiatives Sindh on Tuesday.
"All these conditions are due to smoking, chewing of tobacco, niswar, and ignoring the habit of mouth washing and brushing teeth," she said while speaking on her report on rural women

PALLEKELE - Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura singled out poor batting as the reason for his team's first round exit in the World Cup. Zimbabwe, who play their last group match against Kenya on March 20 in Kolkata, were sent packing following a seven-wicket defeat against Pakistan on Monday.
"Throughout the tournament we have fielded well and bowled superbly, but it can't be said about our batting. It was a big problem." Zimbabwe have managed only one total of more than 200

HAFIZABAD - The people of the city protested against the poor performance of Tehsil Municipal Administration Hafizabad and demanded the Punjab chief minister take notice of its failure to serve the masses.
The sewerage system of Jaganwala Road is not working properly and sewerage water has been standing on the roads for many days. The people of the locality informed the officers concerned many times, but to no avail.
Social circles protested against the negligence of the

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) issued warning on Thursday to all presiding officers of accountability courts in Punjab over poor performance. The court warned Ali Hassan Rizvi, Ahmad Nawaz Ranjha, Mian Subah Sadiq Wattoo, Falak Sher Farooqa, Mian Muhammad Younas, Muhammad Tariq Abbasi, Wamiq Javaid , Syed Najam-ul-Hassan Najam and Abdul Haque. Earlier, the chief Justice expressed his displeasure over the judges' explanations to the court. CJLHC Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry had expressed

LAHORE - Consumers are still purchasing sugar at inflated prices despite an overall reduction. Millers and farmers accuse each other for higher prices, Pakistan Today has found on Tuesday. The millers stated that they are buying sugarcane at very high price and as a result the prices of sugar are high while the farmers claim they are being paid a very low price for their produce and stress there is no justifiable reason that sugar prices are still so high. Sugar is being sold for Rs

KARACHI - The Chhipa Welfare Association (CWA) announced the launch of its free food programme on Sunday. Prominent social worker and CWA patron-in-chief Ramzan Chhipa said that the programme aims to extend free food services to the poor across Karachi.
He said that the programme's launch is the result of planning, which aimed at receiving public donations and charity required to meet the expenses being accrued on providing free food to the deprived. Earlier, Chhipa was briefed

KARACHI - The Sindh government has issued a termination warning to a Chinese company over the firm's non-tangible progress and non-performance for the development of coal mine-mouth power generation project of 250MW in District Thatta.
According to a letter written to China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CMC) Project Manager Wang Xuequn by the Coal and Energy Development Department Sindh, the current state of affairs of the firm' project is not in line with

KARACHI - Within the current week, the index shed over 472 points or 3.8 percent with an average volume of 95.45 million shares. It is worth mentioning that the index touched a high of 12,682 points on Jan 17, 2011 with year to date highest volume of 316 million shares during the preceding month. Average daily volumes were strongly affected in the current week volume as year to date average volume decline by 11 million to 150 million shares.
The foreign investment inflow of