Topic: Poverty

Tags: education key eliminate poverty terrorism: shahbaz
February 04, 2012

Education key to eliminate poverty, terrorism: Shahbaz

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that knowledge is a wealth which cannot be ...

Tags: 6m families living extreme poverty
February 03, 2012

6m families living in extreme poverty

FAISALABAD - As many as 6 million families are living in extreme poverty which can be alleviated ...

Tags: poverty snatches father 4
January 22, 2012

Poverty snatches father from 4

LAHORE – A father of four committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan at his ...

Tags: sectarianism conflict poverty define 2012
January 04, 2012

Sectarianism, conflict and poverty could define 2012

Just when we think that things can’t get any worse, they just might. I wonder how many of us ...

Tags: Poverty Alleviated Livestock Sector Shahbaz
November 22, 2011

Poverty can be alleviated thru livestock sector: Shahbaz

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that poverty and unemployment can be ...

Tags: Myopic Rulers Brewing Poverty Says Daniyal
November 20, 2011

Myopic rulers brewing poverty, says Daniyal

Our Staff Reporter SARGODHA - Jeevay Pakistan Jeevay Maqami-Hakumat (JPJM) Chairman and former ...

Tags: Energy Crisis Reverse Efforts Reduing Poverty
June 24, 2011

Energy crisis to reverse efforts for reduing poverty

LAHORE (PPI) - Electricity demand is increasing in Pakistan with every passing day and likely to ...

Five-pronged strategy chalked out for poverty alleviation: PM

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the government has charted out a ...

Tags: Lebanon Typifies Arab Political Poverty
January 24, 2011

Lebanon typifies Arab political poverty

RAMI G KHOURI Six Arab countries today - Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia and Palestine - are ...

Tags: Syria Fight Poverty 45b Investment
December 13, 2010

Syria to fight poverty with $45b investment

DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syria is moving forward with a new plan to develop its economy, launching a ...

Tags: Roadblocks Poverty Alleviation Removed
November 28, 2010

Roadblocks to poverty alleviation must be removed

The country is passing through a series of crises: unbridled corruption, terrorism and killing of ...

Tags: Policies Imf Outcome Crisis Energy Poverty City28f
October 29, 2010

city28f Poverty, energy crisis outcome of IMF policies

LAHORE - Top leadership of PML-Q, Like-Minded while unveiling 22-point roadmap for the betterment ...

Tags: Poverty Forces Roma Leave Bulgaria
August 22, 2010

Poverty forces Roma to leave Bulgaria

BUCHAREST (AFP) - Europes Roma communities, at the centre of an immigration row in France, are ...

Tags: Poor Eliminated Instead Poverty Kt
May 02, 2010

Poor being eliminated instead of poverty: KT

LAHORE - A conspiracy is being hatched to eliminate the poor instead of ending poverty in the ...

Tags: Crisis Forces 17m Asians Deep Poverty
February 18, 2010

Crisis forces 17m Asians into deep poverty

MANILA (AFP) - Seventeen million Asians have fallen into extreme poverty due to the global ...

Tags: Fmf Bank Ppo Ink Sign Poverty Alleviation
January 29, 2010

FMF Bank, PPO ink sign for poverty alleviation

KARACHI - The First Micro Finance Bank Ltd Pakistan (FMFB-P) and the Pakistan Post Office (PPO) ...

Tags: Pakistan Ease Poverty Mobilise Tax
August 26, 2009

Pakistan should ease poverty, mobilise tax

PAKISTAN must alleviate poverty and improve tax collections to reduce its fiscal deficit and ...

Tags: Poverty Redressed Sans Exploiting Potential
August 15, 2009

Poverty cannot be redressed sans exploiting potential

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that poverty in Pakistan persists ...

Tags: Economic Crisis Traps Millions Poverty
June 19, 2009

Economic crisis traps millions in poverty

SEOUL (AFP) - The global economic crisis is also a social crisis in Asia, with an estimated 60 ...

Tags: Wb Okays 250m Poverty Alleviation
June 11, 2009

WB okays $250m for poverty alleviation

ISLAMABAD (APP) - In recognition of track record and performance of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation ...

Tags: Call Eliminate Feudalism Poverty Alleviation
April 29, 2009

Call to eliminate feudalism for poverty alleviation

LAHORE - The speakers at a sitting on 'Making Pakistan a tenable state organised by Independent ...

Microfinance integral to poverty reduction strategy

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that microfinance is an important ...

Tags: Government Finalising Poverty Reduction Strategy
December 05, 2008

Government finalising poverty reduction strategy

ISLAMABAD (PPI) - The government is finalising the poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP)-II with ...

Tags: Women Abandon Kids Poverty
November 19, 2008

Women abandon 8 kids due to poverty

KARACHI-Three women left their eight beloved children to Edhi Home in its Metadhar office in Lyari ...

Tags: Inflation Poverty Hamper Economic Transformation
November 06, 2008

Inflation, poverty hamper economic transformation

KARACHI - A higher GDP growth rate, building of foreign exchange reserves, accelerated stock market ...

Tags: 16 Bln Pledged Un Summit Combat Poverty Ban
September 27, 2008

About $16 bln pledged at UN summit to combat poverty: Ban

UNITED NATIONS - The international community has pledged about 16 billion U.S. dollars at ...

Tags: 75m Wb Overcome Poverty
September 18, 2008

$75m more from WB to overcome poverty

KARACHI (PPI) - World Bank Group extended loans, credits, grants, equity investments, and ...

Tags: People Living Extreme Poverty Thought Wb
August 29, 2008

More people living in extreme poverty than previously thought " WB

UNITED NATIONS: " The World Bank has revised upward its estimates of the number of the world's poor ...

Tags: Social Protection Plans Fail Reduce Poverty
June 05, 2008

Social protection plans fail to reduce poverty

KARACHI - The Social Protection Programmes have failed to produce desired impact of poverty ...

Tags: Wb Support Ppaf Efforts Cut Poverty
May 28, 2008

WB to support PPAF efforts to cut poverty

KETI BUNDER - While living in the backyard of the civilisation of the biggest metropolis of the ...