Tag: Poverty
Tackling poverty
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. Poverty has many dimensions in Pakistan. The poor in Pakistan have not only low income but...
Poverty and crime
Poverty is a state in which a man lacks sufficient income to lead a sustainable life. Poverty may also be seen as a collective...
People committing suicide over domestic issues, not poverty: minister
People in Pakistan are committing suicide due to domestic disputes, and not because of financial miseries, Federal Textiles Minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin told the National...
A surreal peace
In the backdrop of more than six decades of an adversarial relationship, the bonhomie created between the Pakistani and Indian Prime Ministers on the...
F1 drivers stunned by Indian poverty
They screech in on private jets and party with the rich and famous, but Formula One's pampered drivers admitted India's grinding poverty had given...
Does redistributing income reduce poverty?
Many on the left are suspicious of the idea that economic growth helps to reduce poverty in developing countries. They argue that growth-oriented policies...
Gilani urges people make world free of hunger, poverty
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has urged the people to do everything possible to make the world a better place; free of hunger,...
Poverty-stricken teenager kills 8 family members
A teenager in Gujranwala shot dead his parents and six siblings Sunday because his father could not feed the family, police said.
Mohammad Afzal, 19,...
Govt committed to eradicate poverty: PM
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that the government of Pakistan regards poverty as a daunting challenge and is committed to meeting...
Developing stronger social safety nets
The demand for Social Safety Nets as a process of social development has increased manifolds due to food inflation and other factors particularly affecting...
Scavengers in search of gold to beat poverty
When the sun sets and shops close, Pakistan’s gold scavengers come to life, sifting through dirt and sewers for precious yellow scraps they can...
‘Corporate farming in Pakistan to increase poverty, food insecurity’
Pakistan has silently started allotting vast areas of land in Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan to countries with larger populations for corporate farming, which would...
Bangladesh ‘lifts 13m from poverty’
Bangladesh lifted 13 million people out of poverty in the five years to 2010, pushing the poverty rate in the South Asian country down...
Bangladesh ‘lifts 13m from poverty’
Bangladesh lifted 13 million people out of poverty in the five years to 2010, pushing the poverty rate in the South Asian country down...
Poverty eradication is BISP’s philosophy, says BISP DG
Director General Punjab Shahid Aslam Mohar has said that BISP was started for the welfare of the poor people and the theme of the...
Budget has strategy on poverty: Gilani
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday that the government had outlined a five-pronged strategy to alleviate, a strategy centred on cash support...
Budget 2011-12: Commoners’ Hopes & Fears
The pre-budget phase has always exuded an aura of anxiety, optimism, pessimism and speculations in our social atmosphere and paved the way for heated...
