Society

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  Society

  2023-04-05

  Camelback enumerators tally Balochistan tribespeople for Pakistani census

  Parts of Balochistan are so remote that census enumerators must travel by camel. Pakistan might have 220 million residents by now.

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  Society

  2023-03-21

  Disaffected Iranians usher in new year as prices rise, protests rekindle

  Iranians struggle to hold on to Nowruz traditions as inflation and the fight over personal freedoms dampen the festive mood across the country.

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  Society

  2022-10-28

  US commits another $30 million for Pakistan flood relief

  The assistance brings to $97 million the flood aid to Pakistan by the United States, the largest donor.

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  Society

  2022-10-20

  Russia's war in Ukraine pushes 4 million children in Central Asia, Europe into poverty

  'The steep rise in child poverty will almost certainly result in lost lives, lost learning and lost futures', said UNICEF regional director Afshan Khan.

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  Society

  2022-09-20

  Devastating floods test China's claim of being Pakistan's 'all-weather friend'

  Pakistanis are criticising the relatively paltry level of aid from China, some even calling it 'a joke', while low-quality Chinese tents are proving more trouble than they are worth.

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  Society

  2022-07-29

  Suicide rates rise in Afghanistan amid poverty, unemployment

  Thousands of Afghans have lost their jobs over the past year, and the closure of schools has forced millions of Afghan girls to stay home. The result is a toxic mixture of desperation.

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  Society

  2022-06-16

  Poverty forces 70 Afghan couples to marry in mass wedding

  Historically, couples from families unable to foot the bill have sometimes opted to pool their resources in low-cost large scale marriages.

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  Society

  2022-01-25

  Pashtun tribes in Balochistan block highway, halt work in protest of CPEC

  The Chinese project is ignoring local tribes' concerns and destroying billions of rupees' worth of agricultural land in the name of development.

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  Society

  2021-12-01

  Pakistan offers to host OIC meeting on Afghanistan as crisis looms

  The proposed meeting on December 17 in Islamabad will be likely be the biggest international gathering on Afghanistan since the fall of the previous government.

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  Society

  2021-07-13

  Concerns continue to mount in Balochistan over Chinese influence

  A major source of tension in the region is tied to huge deep-sea Chinese trawlers taking away the livelihoods of local fisherman.