Strait of Hormuz closure chokes trade and aid for AfghanistanAfghanistan's trade routes are severely disrupted. Conflicts in the Middle East and border closures with Pakistan have crippled businesses ...
27 May, 2026, 11.34 AM IST
Trump has paused 3 Mideast wars, but grievances remain and could reignite themThe Middle East faces a fragile peace after recent events. Conditional ceasefires are in place, but underlying issues persist. Millions rem...
25 Apr, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
Pakistan cracks down on widespread fake doctorsThousands of unqualified doctors are running illegal clinics across Pakistan. These practitioners often reuse unsterilized equipment, sprea...
23 Jan, 2026, 09.58 AM IST
Pakistan, 7 other Muslim nations back UNRWA; say its role in Gaza 'irreplaceable'Eight leading Muslim nations, including Pakistan, have voiced strong backing for the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees, deeming its...
13 Dec, 2025, 10.55 AM IST
Pakistan's population crisis deepens as experts warn of national collapsePakistan is on the brink of a demographic disaster, experts cautioned at the conclusion of the Pakistan Population Summit on Tuesday, warni...
03 Dec, 2025, 03.33 PM IST
Polio continues to cripple Pakistan as virus yet again detected across 20 sewage samplesPakistan faces a polio challenge. Poliovirus is found in sewage samples from various districts, including Islamabad. Sindh has the highest ...
13 Jul, 2025, 08.46 PM IST
Pakistan debt unsustainable, headed towards inevitable default, says reportPakistan's debt crisis is more severe than anticipated, with the possibility of an inevitable default and a devastating economic spiral. Th...
19 Feb, 2024, 08.23 PM IST
- UN: 5.7 million Pakistani flood victims to face food crisis
A top U.N. official announced an increase in the humanitarian appeal for Pakistan to $816 million, from $160 million, amid rising deaths fr...
03 Oct, 2022, 08.45 PM IST
Looming food crisis worries Red Cross, other agencies in flood-hit PakistanSome 21 million acres of crops were under water, and an estimated 65 per cent of Pakistan's food basket -- crops like rice and wheat -- had...
14 Sep, 2022, 04.11 PM IST
Over 1/3 of Pakistan underwater amid its worst floods in historyAs deadly floodwaters threaten to create secondary disasters, food is in short supply after water covered millions of acres of crops and wi...
03 Sep, 2022, 07.51 AM IST
Lockdown in India has impacted 40 million internal migrants: World BankAccording to the report -- 'COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens' -- the magnitude of internal migration is about two-and-a-half times ...
23 Apr, 2020, 09.27 AM IST
COVID-19: IMF approves nearly $1.4 billion to Pakistan to meet balance of payment crisisThe International Monetary Fund's (IMF) decision comes at the request of Pakistan, which faces an urgent balance of payment crisis. This is...
17 Apr, 2020, 01.47 PM IST
Pakistan emulates ‘Chinese model’ of social distancingHowever, videos of people violating the social distancing measures have gone viral, according to media reports in Pakistan. In this situati...
03 Apr, 2020, 08.50 AM IST
Platform was humanitarian, not political: MEA on Pakistan raising Kashmir during SAARC video-conference"A crisis of this magnitude does not recognise borders. In this spirit, the prime minister had called the SAARC video-conference on coronav...
19 Mar, 2020, 06.47 PM IST
Drug crisis in store if Sino-Indian ties worsenIndia imports around 85% of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) used in medicine formulations from China.
04 Oct, 2016, 11.59 AM IST
- Past records show US aid cut unlikely to hit Pakistan
Last November, the IMF announced a loan of $7.6 billion to Pakistan, which was on the brink of defaulting on debt repayments.
29 Jan, 2009, 06.53 AM IST
- Pakistani children in danger from food crisis: UNICEF
Pakistan's government must take urgent action to protect children from the effects of the global food crisis.
23 May, 2008, 10.11 PM IST