For our children
Most children in Pakistan continue to suffer from nutritional anaemia, particularly iron deficiency. There has been little improvement over the years to deal with the issue. This widespread malnutrition poses…
Child nutrition
FOR Pakistan, soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) has emerged as a major health issue in recent years. With some 17 million school-aged children at risk, it is among the 10 countries with…
Healthy children
Dieting, the conscious control or restriction of the diet to lose weight, has a long and colorful history. One of the first dietricians was the English doctor George Cheyne. Because…
Budget Speech 2020-21
Mr. Speaker, 1. I start my submissions with the name of Allah Almighty, the most gracious, the most merciful. It is a matter of great honour and pleasure for me…
Beyond clichés
Pakistan’s doublespeak on security policies is notorious throughout the world. Last week, the government extended its practice of saying one thing while doing another into the realm of social issues.…
Beyond clichés
Pakistan’s doublespeak on security policies is notorious throughout the world. Last week, the government extended its practice of saying one thing while doing another into the realm of social issues.…
From hard to harder
‘There is no use of running on the wrong road’ — Turkish proverb ELITE misrule in Pakistan has scarred the nation and left a legacy of socioeconomic underdevelopment and political…
Farming and health
AT the core of food security is not only the need to provide sufficient, safe and nutritious food to fill empty stomachs but also to avoid malnutrition and diet-related non-communicable…
Human capital disaster
THE World Bank recently launched the Human Capital Review report for Pakistan in Karachi and Islamabad. The headlines of the report were not a surprise: Pakistan’s Human Capital Index is…
Malnutrition woes
MALNUTRITION, or poor nutrition, emerges when one’s diet does not contain the right amount of nutrients. Poor nutrition can be broadly categorised as ‘undernutrition’ and ‘over-nutrition’. In most developing countries,…
