ISLAMABAD: Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Chairman Senator Rehman Malik urged the government to present a people-friendly and pro-poor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. In Pakistan, “with a 14 percent inflation rate, there is a 30 percent rise in the poverty rate, 80.5 million people are standing on the edge of the poverty […]
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NAB chairman says corruption breeds injustice, poverty; undermines norms
ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Javed Iqbal has said that the corruption breeds injustice, poverty, undermines social, economic norms of societies and sullied the countries around the world. In a statement, he said that NAB being the focal agency of Pakistan under the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was determined to weed out […]
PMLN hammers PTI, Imran Khan with ‘sinking economy’
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-N, with its 15-page ‘Sinking Economy’ under Imran Khan, took the federal government to task over the economic policies, saying the prime minister has ‘no knowledge’ of the basics of economics as he makes ‘decisions in line with advices from courtiers.’ Addressing a pre-budget seminar, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said […]
Pandemic, poverty loom over Mexican elections
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed thousands of lives in his impoverished district of Mexico City, but Edgar Alonso is still determined to go out and vote in Sunday’s midterm elections. The 48-year-old, who runs a small electronics business in a market in densely populated Iztapalapa, home to 1.8 million people, said he is keeping his […]
New fiscal year dedicated to public health, economic recovery for the poverty stricken segments: CM Murad Ali Shah
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, in his recent tweets, announced that the upcoming year would be substantially dedicated to the public health domain whereby a thorough implementation of controls would be put in place to limit the Corona Virus pandemic. According to the tweet posted today, plans to focus on the economic […]
Nuclear powers and poverty in South Asia
India tested its first nuclear device on May 24, 1974, at Pokharan in its Rajasthan desert. Raja Ramanna, the leader of the team, is said to have informed then prime minister Indira Gandhi that “Buddha Smiles”. India continued to vigorously pursue its nuclear programme. On May 11, 1998, it conducted three more nuclear tests at […]
Structural reforms needed to escape poverty trap
While there has been some progress now and then in terms of service delivery and social policies are clearly improving, most observers of Pakistan’s economy agree that more direct interventions are needed to deal with the persistent poverty. Economic reforms typically fall into two categories: macroeconomic reforms are often pursued under IMF tutelage; structural reforms […]
Bertrand Russell’s book is about the importance of education in society
Principles of Social Reconstruction is an English book written by psychologist and philosopher Bertrand Russell who was from London. This book was originally published in 1971 and it was translated into Urdu by Abulfarah Yamayun. This book highlights many major things for the development of a country, like state and the government, poverty, social problems, […]
Poverty is a curse
Sir: The problem of poverty should be a cause for great concern as it affects the social and economic environment of the country. The life of people in poverty is very harsh. They have problems having three meals a day. The main cause of poverty is unemployment or having low-paying jobs because of a lack […]
The problem is still there
In a country full of poverty, discrimination and social injustice, the group that suffers the most are children. Even more so, child labour is a major issue in our country; despite the fact that it is banned from the efforts of thirteen year old Iqbal Masih – child labour still prevails. The root of this […]