poverty

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: Social and cultural stigma is cited as a major barrier to accessing prevention and treatment for those suffering from the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Pakistan. Stigma, fear of ostracization, discrimination, and lack…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islaamabad: This picture is a gruesome representation of the state of education in Pakistan. Seeing it conjures up feelings of frustration and anger. This should not be happening in our beloved country but the years of…

News Desk Peshawar: In order to ensure that all institutions are working together to defend children’s rights, speakers at a consultative session on the institutional framework for child protection in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa stressed the…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The governments of Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan have complained of serious financial difficulties due to non-payment of arrears and dues by the federal government.…

News Desk Islamabad: World Food Day is being observed today (October 16) across the globe including Pakistan to highlight the millions of people who cannot afford a healthy diet and the need for regular access to nutritious food.…

Farehia Rehman Islamabad: Among many other problems that Christian community faces in Pakistan, the regulation of the matters of divorce is also a challenging one due to the inadequate provisions for the matter in the existing laws. Many…

Asma Ghani Islamabad: 10 years ago, in August 2012, hundreds of Christian families, living in Mehrabadi area near G-12 Islamabad, fled their homes at night to save their lives leaving behind all their belongings after a teenage girl of…

Asma Kundi Islamabad: Nida, 42, a Christian housemaid, rang the doorbell of a nearby house, where she worked as a cleaner and after the door opened, she asked the house lady if she could use their toilet. The lady inquired why she…

Farkhund Yousafzai Islamabad: With a metal rod to lift the sewer lid and a bamboo stick to unclog the pipes, Imran Masih kicks off his day to earn a livelihood. He is a sanitation worker in a busy neighborhood in Islamabad, who works…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: If not absolutely right, it would not be entirely wrong to contend that poverty, amongst other things, is usually the root cause of many social evils in society. This is no different in Pakistan.  According to a…