ISLAMABAD: A candid warning came from the World Bank ahead of the new election cycle in Pakistan, stating that Pakistan is in its tipping-point crisis where 40 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. Making it clear that international lenders and development partners could only advise with international experiences of successes and some financing but hard choices and course-correcting decisions could only be taken within the country. (Source:…

On the 20th of September 2023, the BBC reported that “Many teenage girls say they experience sexual harassment in their day-to-day lives and do not feel safe on the street alone. In a survey of 2,000 young people aged 13-18,

On September 20, 2023, Al Jazeera Channel broadcasted scenes from the graduation of the first batch of mobilized women in Marawi district in the northern state, in response to the call of the Commander-in-Chief...

At the beginning of September, two extraordinary events occurred almost simultaneously in Indonesia. The first is the series of the 43rd ASEAN Summit which was held in Jakarta on 5-7 September with the theme ASEAN as the epicentrum of growth. Second, at the same time clashes broke out in Rempang - Batam which occurred on September 7 - 2023,