Climate Change the Cost of Inaction The climate change induced disasters are worsening socio-economic crisis in Pakistan whereas, the inaction from government and lack of anticipatory planning is increasing the cost of climate change effects. The distress is being felt at national, as well as individual level given, more people are being pushed into poverty. …
Low Employability of Graduates “Pakistani universities have become parking places for unemployed youth” One of the core objectives of Higher Education degree programmes is training of individuals for high employability. However, it seems higher education is not sufficient anymore to acquire a suitable job. According to some estimates, one-third of educated youth is unemployed in …
Social protection in times of Covid No part of the world has remained untouched by the coronavirus pandemic. Everyone has suffered directly or indirectly due to the disease or been affected by the preventive measures. Social protection systems are crucial to protect the poor and the vulnerable when such crises hit. In this case, the …
The Underfed Seniors Of Pakistan Sitting in his rather spartan clinic in a poor neighborhood of Rahim Yar Khan, Dr. Mohammad Saeed Tahir feels concerned about malnutrition affecting the health of the senior patients that he comes across in his practice. “As per routine, I ask my senior patients to eat well,” he says. “But …
