Imran Khan Writes Letter to IMF, Urging Election Audit Before Giving New Loan
Islamabad: Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), revealed on Friday that he has penned a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), urging...
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China Sees Substantial Drop in Poverty Rate in Past 40 Years
by TNT Desk
BEIJING: China has witnessed substantial drop of poverty rate in the past 40 years, especially in rural areas, thanks to reform and opening-up, a top...
India Tops The Hunger List
by TNT Desk
NEW YORK – India accounts for the highest estimated number of undernourished people in any single country, with an estimated 194.6 million, or about one...
Mr Perfect stressing developing countries to focus on education, health
MUMBAI: Bollywood Mr perfect Amir Khan has urged developing countries of the world and Asia to concentrate on education and health to eliminate poverty and...
Pakistan’s nuclear assets are in safe hands: PM Nawaz
by Mirza Hassan
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday has said that Pakistan wants good relations with neighboring countries, adding that his visit to India was better....
Poverty affects child brain growth rate: study
by Usman Khan
WASHINGTON: A recent study conducted by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis by author Dr. Joan Luby claimed that brain development of a...
A bug feast fit for Aztec kings makes a comeback
by AFP
MEXICO CITY: A feast fit for an Aztec king is making a comeback in Mexican restaurants serving some of the insect delicacies once relished by...
World Bank sets ‘expiration date’ on poverty
by AFP
WASHINGTON: The World Bank gathered the might of the international community behind its audacious plan to eradicate extreme poverty within a generation....
Consensus driven OIC agenda, framework on Islamic finance for poverty alleviation stressed
by Hadi Aziz
Cairo/Islamabad: In a policy paper titled, ‘Targeting Underdevelopment and Poverty Reduction in Muslim World: Role of Islamic Finance’ presented at the 4th Think Tanks Forum...
13,000 Greeks homeless in Athens, says report
by Areeb Hasni
Athens: Greece capital Athens has almost 13,000 people homeless and the number is till increasing, A new report says....