Wednesday, July 3, 2024

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FM urges public-private partnership at the launch of ‘Pakistan SDG Investment Report 2021’

Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi urges for building partnerships between the public and private sectors

Millions more may fall into poverty in Pakistan due to COVID-19, UNDP warns

Due to the economic slowdown, the IMF predicts 40% of the population can fall below the poverty line.

First water recycling prototype inaugurated at car wash station in Islamabad

First water recycling prototype inaugurated at a car wash station in Islamabad together with the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad supported by UNDP. Prototype demonstration of recycling water at car wash service stations was held in Islamabad in collaboration with Metropolitan Corporation...

Pakistan launches landmark ‘Climate Change financing framework’

Pakistan launches Climate Change Financing Framework to mainstream climate change into planning and budget systems Pakistan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) unveiled a ‘Climate Change Financing Framework’ (CCFF) on Monday to combat climate change. This landmark initiative will make...

4 out of 10 Pakistanis live in multidimensional poverty

People in FATA and Balochistan living in extreme multidimensional poverty whereas poverty ratio in KPK is at 49%, Gilgit-Baltistan and Sindh at 43%, Punjab at 31% while the rate is lowest in Azad Jammu and Kashmir at 25% ISLAMABAD – Around 39 percent of...

Japan contributes $16 million for FATA returnees, Afghan refugees

The US$ 16 million grant will support the returnees to FATA as well as education, livelihoods and vocational training opportunities for Afghan refugee youth in Pakistan ISLAMABAD - The Government of Japan has announced a contribution of US$16 million in total to...

New Forensic Science Laboratory launched in Malakand

Criminal justice in Malakand gets a boost with UNDP Pakistan-supported SWAT – Malakand district has got its a new regional Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) which will facilitate the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) police force to improve its criminal investigations by using modern forensic...

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South Korea’s KAI signs $1.4 billion deal to launch mass production of homegrown KF-21 fighter jets

Nine years after the development of South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae began, the Korean government finalized a significant deal with Korea Aerospace Industries for the production of 20 fighter jets