Tag: Poverty
Sindh govt to focus on energy production, poverty: CM
Murad says all provincial governments using BISP to launch social, economic programmes
'Sindh govt paved way for investment in energy production and transmission...
Award-winning Bosnian Roma actor dies in poverty
Bosnian Roma actor Nazif Mujic, who won a Silver Bear acting award at the Berlin Film Festival in 2013, has died aged 48, following...
One in four Iraqi children in poverty after war with IS
BAGHDAD: One in four Iraqi children are in poverty and four million are in need of assistance as a result of the country’s war...
The Robin Hoods of Pakistan and India
KARACHI: Some 30 youngsters gathered on a Sunday morning this month at Karsaz in Karachi. Anmol, 20, was taking a roll-call. In the next...
Roof of houses caves in, four brothers die
SHAH KOT: Four brothers died and their mother and sister have been critically injured after the roof of a house collapsed due to heavy rains...
Women empowerment key to poverty eradication: CM Khattak
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak has said that ‘women empowerment’ is a key to poverty eradication, building resilient societies, economies...
Rise of quacks in Karachi slums and rural settlements
KARACHI: The menace of quackery, or dishonest claims to being qualified for medical practice, is on the rise in Sindh including Karachi, especially in slums...
Nearly 250 million children at risk due to stunting, poverty
Nearly 250 million children in developing countries are at a risk of poor development due to stunting and poverty.
The startling revelations made in a...
Pockets of poverty
The Planning Commission with the support of UN Development Programme has stated that almost 40 per cent of the Pakistani population is ‘multi-dimensionally poor’....
Poverty survey kicks off in Haripur
Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) Chairperson and Minister of the State and MNA Marvi Memon has said that BISP has embarked on another milestone...
Poverty-stricken youth commits suicide in Mandi Bahauddin
A youth committed suicide by consuming poisonous pills in Mandi Bahauddin on Tuesday.
According to police, 22-year-old Rizwan, hailing from village Shamari Syedan of Mandi...
Poverty threatens national, regional security: Marvi
Nations plagued by poverty are the most vulnerable to crime and terrorism as poverty threatens not only national security but also regional and international...
Maleeha terms poverty, inequalities overarching challenges for Asia
Expresses hope CPEC will enhance development, connectivity in region
Pakistan’s permanent representative at UN, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi has that poverty and inequalities remain overarching challenges...
BISP aims at alleviating poverty: Marvi
Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Chairperson and Minister of State Marvi Memon said on Saturday that the BISP had been supporting all the initiatives...
Weather, war threaten to leave millions more hungry in 2016
Millions more people globally are facing the threat of severe food and water shortages in early 2016 as droughts and flood devastate crops and...
Poverty claims lives of two minor girls as mother poisons three...
Tragedy befell on a family on Thursday in Faisalabad when a mother administered poison to herself and three daughters, killing two of them.
According to...
Poverty-stricken father pushes 3 kids into canal
A merciless man threw his three children in a canal and presented himself for arrest at police station.
Police said accused hailing from Mangat...
