In the heat of the mid-morning sun, two lengthy queues of men and women wind around a World Food Programme (WFP) charity distribution facility in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital. Many of those seeking assistance in Khwaja Rawash, a middle-class area near Kabul International Airport, are Afghanistan’s new poor. They used to have good careers, but now … Read more
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has requested the World Food Programme (WFP) director general David Beasly to differentiate white food grade poppy seeds from the opium seeds, a statement said on Wednesday. Unisame president Zulfikar Thaver stated that since the code number of both seeds are the same, the genuine white … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Wednesday approved the summary submitted by the Ministry of Energy regarding withdrawal of sales tax on subsidy granted to the distribution companies. Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan chaired the meeting. A source in the Power Division said a dispute is going on … Read more
ADDIS ABABA – The United Nations said Wednesday that Ethiopia had detained 72 drivers working for the World Food Programme (WFP) in a northern city along the only functional road leading into the famine-threatened Tigray region. “We confirm that 72 outsourced drivers contracted by WFP have been detained in Semera. We are liaising with the Government … Read more
An over-the-top increase in food product prices at the Kabul Airport has been witnessed by citizens of the country that are trying to flee from Afghanistan. A private news agency claimed that an Afghan national Fazl-ur-Rehman stated that the price of each water bottle and plate of rice is being sold at $40 and $100 … Read more
