Seventy per cent of households are estimated to consume contaminated water, while around 25 million people still practice open defecation.
Seventy per cent of households are estimated to consume contaminated water, while around 25 million people still practice open defecation.
Desk Report
Published
September 1, 2026
Pakistan’s response to malnutrition often begins with food: supplements, fortified products or therapeutic feeding. Yet, 70 per cent of households are estimated to consume contaminated water, while around 25 million people still practice open defecation.
PAKISTAN’S nutrition crisis is not short of diagnosis. What it lacks is the machinery and political discipline to...
Pakistan’s agriculture sector possesses sufficient potential to feed the country’s population with its existing resources; the…
Poor nutrition can affect learning, productivity, household incomes and the country’s economic future.
Financing is the biggest obstacle in the way of reforms needed to make nutrition a major objective rather than treating food…
Nutrient-rich foods are the first to be cut from diets due to a decrease in purchasing power.
SUJAWAL: Clutching their hungry babies, a group of mothers mix a semolina dish under the guidance of a teacher, an attempt to…
