Improving image on child rights on April 29, 2019It has been 19 years since the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC); Pakistan has not improved its ranking on child rights, lagging behind Iran, India, Sri Lanka and even Myanmar. These countries ratified CRC after Pakistan. Pakistan’s statistics show awful figures. Pakistan has more than one million absolute child […]
What governments owe the labour on April 22, 2019The budget process has started and the associations representing various kinds of businesses are sharing their proposals with the government. The absence of a pro-poor perspective in these consultations is a huge challenge for the decision makers as major issues concerning the poor may get neglected. These include the matter of minimum wages. It may […]
Pakistan’s legislative gap in nutrition on April 14, 2019Pakistan has appalling nutrition statistics and is losing more than 1.229 trillion rupees (2-3% GDP) annually. A significant proportion of the population is unable to meet its dietary needs as nearly 39 percent of people are living in multidimensional poverty. A great many are not able to provide a glass of milk, an apple daily […]