What, then, is the purpose of such economic growth if it fails to positively impact human development and is merely numbers ...

New Delhi: In a stark contrast, India has made significant strides in reducing poverty, lifting 171 million people out of extreme poverty between 2011-12 and 2022-23, according to the World Bank.

KARACHI, Pakistan — Until recently, polio was considered a poor man’s problem in Pakistan — a crippling virus that festered in the mountainous tribal belt, traversed the country on interprovincial ...

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 ...

(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The increasing stranglehold of the military Generals on Pakistan's economy is diverting the country's resources for defence expenditure amid rising poverty and ...

More than two million people have been evacuated in Pakistan's Punjab province as floods sweep the country's eastern region, ...

Speaking to ANI, the former J-K DGP expressed concern that donations meant for flood relief in Pakistan are being diverted to rebuild the Lashkar-e-Taiba's headquarters in Muridke. SP Vaid said, "I ...

Pakistan Economic and Social Review, Vol. 58, No. 2 (Winter 2020), pp. 297-313 (17 pages) Poverty is perceived to be vague in terms of (i) making judgement about who is to be considered as poor, (ii) ...

MASUD, Afghanistan (Reuters) -Deported from Pakistan in June, Nazar Shah was struggling to rebuild his life in Afghanistan when it was hit by a midnight earthquake. Six of his relatives were killed, ...