Pakistan Forward

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.