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Outrage as minister urges Pakistan to drink less tea

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A senior minister in Pakistan has urged people to reduce tea consumption to buoy the economy amidst severe crisis. The country’s Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal, told…

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The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has announced that it is seeking new commitments to fund its 2022-2026 Strategy at a virtual event to launch its investment case. The strategy, if fully…

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Pakistan Day, or Pakistan Resolution Day, also Republic Day, is a national holiday in Pakistan primarily commemorating the adoption of the first Constitution of Pakistan during the transition of the…

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Through its Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan has now joined the World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership. Ahead of the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly, where plastic pollution will…

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This generation of students now risks losing $17 trillion in lifetime earnings in present value, or about 14 per cent of today’s global GDP, as a result of COVID-19 pandemic-related…

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The COVID-19 outbreak inflicted a devastating blow to the sustainable development aspirations of South Asia at a time when the subregion urgently needed an accelerated implementation pathway for achieving by…

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Pakistan’s economy recovered in Fiscal Year 2021, in part due to the government’s effective use of targeted lockdowns to manage the spread of COVID-19, while also permitting economic activity to…