Food security
Pakistan has the largest contiguous irrigation system in the world. Yet, only 63 per cent of Pakistani households are ‘food secure’. The Indus Basin Irrigation System covers an area of…
Food insecurity in Pakistan
The World Food Programme (WFP), run under the auspices of the United Nations, has recently designated hunger as the new normal. Its recently published Global Operational Response Plan 2022 warns…
Experts highlight importance of artificial intelligence in classroom
A two-day international conference on applied linguistics concluded on Sunday after holding a total of two plenary and 10 academic sessions. The conference was held under the aegis of the…
European firms strike high-stakes bond deals
European firms are selling debt that can be converted into their own shares at an unrelenting pace, as they seek shelter from the fastest escalation in interest rates by major…
Food security in danger
As defined by the World Food Summit (1996), “food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets…
2nd Pakistan International Food, Nutrition and Healthcare Summit and Expo at Pak China Friendship Center Islamabad organized by National Alliance for Safe Food
2nd Pakistan International Food, Nutrition and Healthcare Summit and Expo on December 21-22, 2022 at Pak China Friendship Center Islamabad Organized by National Alliance for Safe Food. The University of…
Food banks are a ‘lifesaver’ as UK feels cost of living crisis
“This absolutely has been a lifesaver to me,” says Michael Cox. The 51-year-old hasn’t eaten in two days and so finally resolved to visit one of Britain’s growing number of…
Global food crisis
As parents and global citizens, we are very worried about the cost-of-living crisis that the world is facing – the worst in over a generation. The interlinked shocks of the…
Floods, food & debt crises, and 77th UNGA session
The United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA’s) 77th Session from September 13-27 comes at a very crucial time for Pakistan, as the country suffers from unprecedented floods, while it was already…
Food insecurity
Pakistan has yet again fallen prey to climate-induced calamities. This time the scale of the disaster is much worse as all four provinces are experiencing the worst kind of floods,…
