Islamabad, October 17, 2018 (PPI-OT): The global trend towards smaller families is a reflection of people making reproductive choices to have as few or as many children as they want, and when they want. Once people lack choice, it can…
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The initiative of the present govt. will gear towards reducing hunger to the zero level in Pakistan by year 2030
Islamabad, October 16, 2018 (PPI-OT): The theme for World Food Day this year-2018 was “Our Actions are our Future. A Zero Hunger world by 2030 is possible” Various organizations including Ministry of National Food Security Research, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council…
Message of the United Nations Secretary General on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Islamabad, October 16, 2018 (PPI-OT): “Twenty-five years ago, the world commemorated the first International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Since then, nearly 1 billion people have escaped poverty, thanks to political leadership, inclusive economic development and international cooperation. However,…
Message by Finbarr Curran, Representative and Country Director, United Nations World Food Programme Pakistan
Islamabad, October 15, 2018 (PPI-OT): Asalam Alykum! And Good Morning to you all. World Food Day is an opportunity to take stock of the progress we have made in our shared journey toward Zero Hunger — one of the 17…
Display of a collection of photos associated with agriculture stories
Islamabad, October 15, 2018 (PPI-OT): A collection of photos telling stories of men, women and youth associated with agriculture in Pakistan went on display in Islamabad. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized this exhibition in Islamabad…
Message of the Secretary-General on World Food Day – 2018
Islamabad, October 15, 2018 (PPI-OT): In our world of plenty, one person in nine does not have enough to eat. About 820 million people still suffer from hunger. Most of them are women. Some 155 million children are chronically malnourished…
UNICEF and WHO join forces to support Pakistan’s mass measles immunisation campaign
Islamabad, October 15, 2018 (PPI-OT): Today the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) joined the Government of Pakistan in kick-starting a nationwide measles campaign to vaccinate more than 32 million children – one-sixth of the…