Tag: #poverty
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25 IMF Programmes Later: Pakistan isn’t Poor by Accident — It’s Poor by Design
By Fazeel Asif. After 25 IMF programmes, Pakistan is still poor. Still import-dependent. Still can’t export anything meaningful. Still one bad quarter away from default. And everyone acts surprised. Everyone has theories. The IMF is predatory. We’re victims of neocolonialism. The global system is rigged against us. No. This is not economic failure. This is…
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‘Vampiric Overconsumption’ draining the world of water: UN
In its conference on water security, on Wednesday, the United Nations (UN) urged governments to ‘better manage’ the essential human resource. According to the UN, about a quarter of the world’s total population has to turn to unsafe drinking water while the other half lacks basic sanitation. On the other hand, almost three-quarters of the…
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Eternal Woes of Poverty
Pakistan has been undergoing multifarious issues including malnutrition, hunger, unemployment, low life expectancy, and food insecurity. But, the most horrifying of them is poverty. It is said that poverty is the mother of all evils. In Pakistan, it has been emerging like wildfire and making Pakistan’s future face many hurdles in its progress to sustainable…
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Improvement in Education System is the need of the hour
It is said that the development of any society depends on the quality of education. If you want to see the future of any country, you have to look at the education system of that country. The quality of education is currently being given special importance in the world. Noor Mukaddam: Fighting Desensitization & Media…
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Poverty, Unemployment the Biggest Problems facing Pakistan
Poverty and unemployment are the biggest problems in Pakistan. There are three types of social classes in Pakistan. One is the elite who have all kinds of facilities from which they can live a better life. Then there is the middle class, which is a little above the poverty line, and the third category of…
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Employment troubles for Disabled person
This opinion article is shared by Mr. Nuzair Ahmed Jamro. It is no denying the fact that every soul deserves basic rights for survival in this world. The United Nations organization, known as the world Government, has declared fundamental human rights which are entitled to every individual regardless of any discrimination based on color, caste,…
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Water Shortfall and its Upshot
The world since the last couple of decades seems to be fought for its rudimentary rights on various aspects including freedom of belief, state, speech, elimination of poverty, employment opportunities, health, and quality education. But water is the most important element that symbolizes the existence of life. The agrarian-based economy like Pakistan facing numerous challenges…
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PM’s direct subsidy initiative, a panacea for poverty eradication
This opinion article is by Dr. Saeed Ahmad Ali. LAHORE, May 02: Global Economic Indicators show that so far coronavirus has reduced global economic growth to an annualised rate of -4.5 per cent to 6.0 per cent during the last fiscal year, with a slight recovery of 2.5 to 5.2pc projected for the year 2021.…
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Yemenis Protest Poor Living Conditions for Second Day in Aden
Yemenis are protesting over poor living conditions.
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Lebanon pound plummets to all-time low
Beirut, March 2 (AFP/APP):The Lebanese pound hit an all-time low against the dollar Tuesday, causing dozens to protest a deepening economic crisis that has thrown more than half of the population into poverty. The pound had been pegged to the dollar at 1,500 since 1997 but the country’s worst economic crisis since the 1975-1990 civil…