RAJANPUR, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Amina Bibi lost her husband, a boatman, to kidney failure soon after massive floods in 2010 hit the remote district of Rajanpur in Pakistan's Punjab ...
When Sham Bhai begins to sing, a hush falls over the village. Her clear, steady voice drifts across the dusty lanes and mud homes, carried by the same wind she sings about - winds that now come ...
The microfinance sector, including microfinance banks and institutions, is gradually converting its operations from ...
On her travels to rural villages in Pakistan's Balochistan Province, Dr. Shazia Khpalwak witnesses the impact of inadequate nutrition, poor infrastructure, and limited education. All those factors ...
Pakistan’s livestock and dairy sectors hold immense potential to catalyze economic growth and rural development. Contributing approximately 14 percent to the national GDP and accounting for 60 percent ...
I went for Hajj in 1994, when the government used to issue travellers’ cheques to pilgrims instead of foreign currency. Most pilgrims, many of them illiterate rural folk, had no idea how ...
MALAL, Pakistan (AP) — Bulls are yoked together by thick wooden frames in a sun-scorched field of rural Pakistan, while behind them, holding onto nothing more than ropes and his honor, is a man on a ...
The Splintering i. Tara was born in Mazinagar, a rural village in Pakistan, which later evokes only memories of darkness and ...
Pakistani drama 'Ghost School' exploring education crisis gets international sales representation from MPM Premium ahead of Toronto premiere.