poverty

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…

Asem Mustafa AwanIslamabad: Five boys race down a dusty road with discarded motorcycle tyres. Their laughter fills the afternoon. Their feet barely touch the ground. For a fleeting moment, they are exactly what children should be,…

Nadeem TanoliIslamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Dr Shazia Sobia Aslam Soomro has criticized the federal budget for FY2026-27, describing it as “public unfriendly” and inadequate in addressing the challenges of inflation,…

Shazia MehboobIslamabad: The International Labour Organization (ILO) on Thursday called for urgent and coordinated action to address child labour in Pakistan, warning that an estimated 8.6 million children aged between five and 17…

Shah Khalid ShahPeshawar: Twenty years ago, the residents of Khar tehsil in Bajaur planted a vast eucalyptus forest across hundreds of hectares of communal mountain land with support from the Forest Department.The plantation grew…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: An elderly man in a white cap and brown attire sits against a rugged rock face beside a gravel road, selling walnuts from plastic bags arranged on a wooden board. A clear water bottle and two metal cups rest…

AFP/APPJohannesburg: From Nepal to Peru, Morocco to Madagascar, Gen Z protesters took to the streets in 2025, toppling two governments and challenging authorities across the world. With the symbol of a skull and crossbones wearing a…