Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Pakistan ranks among four countries that contribute half of global maternal deaths: UN report

Pakistan

UNITED NATIONS:  Pakistan is ranked among four countries — together with Nigeria, India and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) — that accounted for nearly half of the estimated 260,000 maternal deaths worldwide in 2023, according to UN data released Monday that has prompted stark warnings about the impact of cuts to aid funding by … Read more

US funding pause affect 1.7m people in Pakistan including refugees  

US funding

UNITED NATIONS: UN agencies offered a dire assessment of the global impact of deep cuts to grassroots humanitarian funding by the incoming Trump administration and reiterated calls for U.S. to retain its position as a global aid leader. The development follows the pause announced to billions of dollars of funding on 24 January by the … Read more