poverty

News Desk KARACHI: A new report from the World Inequality Database (WID) has unveiled critical insights regarding poverty indicators in Pakistan, particularly focusing on individuals earning around PKR 121,000 monthly. This revelation comes…

Asem Mustafa AwanIslamabad: For generations, the road to education in Pakistan has carried a danger that no child should have to face. Students climb onto overcrowded buses, cling to the backs of vehicles and travel in conditions that…

Asem Mustafa AwanIslamabad: Sometimes, a political movement begins not with a grand manifesto, but with a word that captures a generation’s frustration. In India, the term “cockroach” became the focus of public debate following remarks…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: As Pakistan continues to grapple with internal and external security challenges, strained relations between the federal government and provincial administrations, and intensifying political acrimony, it faces an…

Nadeem TanoliISLAMABAD: For Pakistan’s poorer communities, surviving a devastating flood is often only the beginning of the crisis. A new study has found that low-wealth areas suffered greater damage and experienced slower, less stable…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: For millions of Pakistani families, putting a meal on the table begins with a journey for fuel. Women walk along roadsides and through settlements carrying bundles of dried crop roots, firewood and cow dung on…

News Desk RAMALLAH: Displaced Palestinians across Tulkarem and several other major West Bank cities are increasingly sinking deeper into severe debt and unrelenting poverty as ongoing regional conflicts severely disrupt local livelihoods…

Asem Mustafa AwanIslamabad: In a world that often overlooks them, a simple swing has offered a group of nomadic children something priceless, a moment of pure joy.The photograph captures two mothers, each beside her child, taking…

Asem Mustafa AwanIslamabad: She has reached an age when most people hope to spend their days surrounded by family, resting after a lifetime of work. Instead, she sits quietly beside a few handmade brooms, waiting for someone to stop.…

News DeskIslamabad: Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, Pir Syed Imran Ahmed Shah, is set to highlight Pakistan’s poverty reduction efforts on an international platform as he addresses thousands of…