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Shabana’s day begins long before sunrise in Thatta. By four in the morning she is walking to fetch water. She cooks for her children, cleans for her in-laws, tends to her husband and then stitches clothes to earn a few rupees....
The roads and streets of Pakistan are littered with gangs of professional beggars, including small children, women, eunuchs, and amputated men of all ages, operating in pitiful garbs and guises. For a host of reasons, one feels ...
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has rated the overall implementation progress of “Strengthening Social Protection Delivery System in Sindh” project worth USD 200 million as moderately satisfactory. Official documents revealed t...
ISLAMABAD: The prices of essential kitchen items have witnessed an increasing trend during this week compared to the previous week, revealed a survey carried out by Business Recorder here on Saturday. The survey observed an i...
ISLAMABAD: The federal capital witnessed a sharp rise in heinous crimes and vehicle thefts over the past week, with seven reported murders and 40 cases of auto theft, raising serious concerns among residents about public safety....
ISLAMABAD: Nutrition International’s evaluation shows that Benazir Income Support Program’s pilot adolescent nutrition conditional cash transfer initiative can reduce anaemia for adolescents in Pakistan. “The pilot proj...
RAWALPINDI: The number of out-of-school students has increased at a record rate after the privatisation of government schools. In the past several months, a greater number of children have signed up for labour in workshops, a...
As a child growing up in suburban Japan, Satoshi Tajiri was deeply fascinated by insects. He would spend hours collecting them, observing their behaviour, and studying their habitats; an activity that earned him the childhood ni...
Islamabad: The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) and the Nutrition International (NI) have partnered for pilot project - ‘Effectiveness of Adolescent Nutrition Conditional Cash Transfer” aimed at addressing anaemia amo...
EVERY $1 invested in nutrition yields $23 in economic returns according to global studies. This is particularly true when that investment happens early, from conception to two years of age, when the brain and body grow at their ...