London, March 25 (IANS) Pakistan’s education system continues to face difficulty in keeping the girls enrolled in schools. During early years, young girls in neatly pressed uniforms attend classes in schools, however, many of them disappear from the education system when they reach adolescence, a report has revealed. “In classrooms across Pakistan, the story often begins with promise. Young girls in neatly pressed uniforms clutch textbooks, recite lessons and pose for photographs that symbolise …
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London, March 20 (IANS) The deprivation of essential services in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) has forged a widening humanitarian divide, where inflation, unemployment, food insecurity, and power shortages intertwine with political exclusion and security-driven administration, a report has highlighted. According to a recent report in the UK-based newspaper ‘Asian Lite’, the increasing involvement of women and students in demonstrations h…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Pakistan has locked itself into a “dangerous economic trap” by prioritising short‑term expatriate remittances and foreign aid over productive development, a report has said.The report from Asian Lite said prioritising remittances and aid over development creates “profound structural problems that sets Pakistan to stagnation.”Further, it highlighted a dangerous trend of remittance money used to finance consumption of luxury imports rather than investment.The country re…
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Pakistan’s economy continues to survive on external support rather than real reform, as policymakers rely on foreign borrowing and strategic alliances to avoid repeated financial collapse, a report has said.For decades, Pakistan has faced recurring economic crises, only to be rescued each time by foreign creditors, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), or friendly nations, according to an analysis by Sakariya Kareem.Instead of building a competitive export-driven econ…