Poverty

The developing countries face some tough times as response to COVID-19 pandemic has exposed their inability to cope with the staggering cost of recovery from the economic crisis. International Lahor Organization‘s latest figures spent on recovery...

In times of crises such as flooding, hurricanes, and earthquakes, there is a substantial need for philanthropic assistance. Because of the unprecedented global crisis caused by the COVID19 pandemic – which as of this moment has...

The public debt around the world has been at the highest level in recent years while growth is screeching to just tepid levels in many countries. The scenario is not limited to any one part of...

Confronted with a growing number of challenges to world peace, the United Nations General Assembly began debate on ways to end conflicts, remove obstacles to development, and realize the goals of human rights and health for...

Pakistan, which has oscillated between periods of development and unstable growth, and India, despite sustained growth over several years but with highly uneven distribution of wealth, were placed 150th and 130th respectively on U.N.’s 2018 Human...

Imran Khan won over the hearts of the masses by his very candid and honest manner in his address to the nation as PM. Delivered from the heart in plain words, his talking points scribbled in...

Fishing is not just fishing when it is poor man’s business of life. It helps fight poverty, brings essential diet nutrients to the poor communities, and employs nearly 60 million people worldwide – 14 per cent...

Countries with rising populations, lower growth and scarce natural resources are likely to be “increasingly dependent” on imports to feed their people in the  near future. Overall exports from countries and regions with plenty of agricultural...

Photo: UNDP on Sustainable Development Goals Remittances sent by migrant workers from around the world to their families touch lives of one in every seven persons on the planet – over one billion people. Millions of...

Photo: ILO/M. Crozet Bonded child laborer, Pakistan In a polarized polity, elections can splinter the nation, sharpen factionalism, and even erode foundations of nationhood. The December 1970 elections were a catalyst to the breakup of united Pakistan.  The...