London, March 7 (IANS) Pakistan’s growing poverty has disrupted socio-economic stability, fuelling child labour and widening inequalities, while financial hardships restrict access to education, especially for women. Critics and experts argue that despite financial and developmental assistance from global institutions, “ineffective and inefficient” government policies, political instability, and widening inequality has driven the worsening poverty situation across Pakistan.Citing Acute Foo…
Latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) News & Updates
Islamabad, Feb 24 (IANS) The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis, covering 45 vulnerable rural districts in Pakistan, has revealed that 7.5 million people – 21 per cent of the population assessed – face crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity from December last year to March 2026. Of these, 1.25 million people are in emergency, a rung below famine and marked by food shortages and increasing malnutrition, a report has stated. The data showcases that too man…