Pakistan, May 6 -- In the dusty corners of Pakistan's war-torn regions, poverty is not just an economic condition; it is a harsh, visible reality etched into every wall, every field, and every face.

The latest data from the World Bank shows a clear difference between the situations in India and Pakistan. While India has made strong progress in reducing poverty, Pakistan is facing a serious rise ...

ADB warns that over 80% of Pakistan’s population still lacks access to clean drinking water, urging urgent reforms in ...

The demographic structure, with a noticeable decline in youth dependency from around 90 in 1990 to 70 in 2018-19, offers a ...

Dozens of representatives from katchi abadis, street vendors, and other working-class groups across Islamabad gathered at the ...

The latest UNDP Human Development Report 2025 lays bare this uncomfortable truth. Pakistan’s Human Development Index stands ...

STORY: Every penny counts for Anser Mai, a widow and mother of three, as Pakistan strains under the high inflation that's hitting the globe. She earns about $134 U.S. dollars a month working as a ...

On June 10, Pakistan unveiled its first-ever fully climate-tagged federal budget, sparking debate in policy and civil society circles. While many experts hailed it as a progressive step toward ...

The heart monitor sounds a slow, steady beat, as a group of doctors gather around an operating table. Light illuminates a woman’s stomach. With a nod, Doctor Saleema Rehman signals that she is ready.

Around mid-1990s, there was growing awareness and recognition that after two decades of poverty reduction, these positive trends had either slowed down, or worse still, had been reversed. Many studies ...

ISLAMABAD Nov 10 (Reuters) - The families of more than 3 million poor children in Pakistan will receive cash stipends if their children go to school, the government said as officials prepared to mark ...

When Founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah took over the leadership of his new nation eleven years ago, he complained of the “mutilated, truncated, moth-eaten Pakistan” that the British partition plan had given ...