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Rising poverty and inequality in Pakistan

BY NABEEL ZAFAR: It is often reported that the number of people pushed down the poverty line in Pakistan is increasing by the day....

‘World faces food crisis due to Ukraine war’

LONDON: A global food crisis looms unless the war in Ukraine is stopped because fertiliser prices are soaring so fast that many farmers can...

VIRAL: Little girl’s video moves people to tears

The girl said every daught in the world cares about her father.

Guatemalan families mourn death of children as hunger spreads

The situation in La Palmilla is a stark example of the depth of the crisis in Central America, where governments are hoping for a rapid restoration of US aid.

World food price index rises for seventh month running in Dec

World food prices rose for a seventh consecutive month in December, with all the major categories, barring sugar, posting gains last month

Yemeni boy, ravaged by hunger, weighs 7 kg

Faid weighs only 7 kg (just over 15 lb) and his tiny, fragile frame takes up barely a quarter of a folded hospital blanket.

Poverty-stricken rickshaw driver sets himself on fire in Karachi

His family was starving for days after he was unable to provide food for them.

Pakistan’s policy of balancing life, livelihood amid pandemic crisis endorsed: SAPM

Asim Saleem Bajwa said on Friday that the consistent policy of Pakistan for balancing life and livelihood amid COVID-19 crisis was endorsed.

Dr Qaisar Sajjad backs govt’s move to ease coronavirus lockdown

The PMA general secretary said that they also had to fight with poverty and hunger along with coronavirus in the country.

‘Radical rethink’ needed to tackle obesity, hunger, climate: report

Undernutrition and obesity are expected to be made significantly worse by climate change

Poverty, hunger biggest threats to peace and harmony: Bilawal

PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that poverty and hunger are the biggest threats to peace and harmony among the human race.

UN warns of ‘perfect storm’ of hunger, climate change

ROME: A potent combination of hunger, climate change and man-made conflicts are creating a "perfect storm", the head of the UN's food arm warned...

Rooney feels hunger to taste US success with MLS deal

WASHINGTON: England record goalscorer Wayne Rooney left boyhood club Everton for D.C. United of Major League Soccer on Thursday, saying he hungers for American...

400,000 children in DR Congo could die from hunger, says Unicef

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) on Tuesday warned that more than 400,000 children in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are severely...

Deer kills French hunter in ‘uncommon’ attack

PARIS: A 62-year-old man died while taking part in a hunt in the Paris area Monday after being charged by a deer that fatally...

In Syria region under regime siege, children die of hunger

HAMOURIA, Syria: One-month-old Sahar, her ribs protruding under translucent skin, breathed her last on Sunday in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, where a crushing regime siege...

Climate change aggravates global hunger: UN

PARIS: Hunger is on the increase across the globe once again after a decade of declines, a UN report said on Friday, thanks in...

#FillThePlate – Let’s combat hunger together with Adamjee Life

Pakistan, as a Nation, is severely affected by hunger and malnutrition with over 22% of the population being undernourished (Global Hunger Index 2016) resulting...

Bon Jovi opens hunger center near home

TOMS RIVER: Rocker Jon Bon Jovi on Tuesday opened an anti-hunger center in his native New Jersey, hoping to tackle food insecurity rates that have remained stubbornly high since the Great Recession and Hurricane Sandy.

Women take on floods and hunger in Rajanpur

RAJANPUR: Amina Bibi lost her husband, a boatman, to kidney failure soon after massive floods in 2010 hit the remote district of Rajanpur, Punjab.

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