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		<title>SCOPE, PPAF launch livelihood uplift programme</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2012/01/18/scope-launches-livelihood-uplift-programme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saleem Shaikh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Saleem Shaikh]]></category>
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Thatta,  January 18: Members of civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations and political leaders have pressed on need to take all-out efforts to launch livelihood development programmes to alleviate poverty in Sindh.
They also noted that rising ...]]></description>
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		<title>Landlessness, farmers’ exploitation, rising food prices push more farmers into poverty trap: Oxfam</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/06/01/landlessness-farmers-exploitation-rising-food-prices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/06/01/landlessness-farmers-exploitation-rising-food-prices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saleem Shaikh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gender issues in Pakistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islamabad: Around 250 farmers from different parts of the country, with the support of Pakistani NGOs and the international aid agency, Oxfam today launched a ‘Farmers’ Charter of Demands’. The wish list calls upon the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Sufi singer repairing musical instruments for breads</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2010/12/18/battle-for-bread-forces-sufi-singer-to-repair-musical-instruments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2010/12/18/battle-for-bread-forces-sufi-singer-to-repair-musical-instruments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Haroon Akram Gill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art and Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floods in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[KHAIRPUR: He is a harmonium player and Sufi singer, but the times have changed and now he has diverted his attention to tuning and repairing musical instruments to earn his livelihood. Bakhshal Faqeer, a resident ...]]></description>
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		<title>Consumerism rides high in Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2010/12/07/consumerism-rides-high-in-pakistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2010/12/07/consumerism-rides-high-in-pakistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mian Ahsan Liaqat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[KARACHI:A majority of Pakistanis believe that the economy is in recession and that it will not revive within the next 12 months. However, consumer confidence in the country has remained stable during the past six ...]]></description>
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		<title>Petrol price hike a ‘deathblow’ to masses- appeal of Slogan of Roti Kapra Aur Makaan lost</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2010/11/03/petro-price-hike-a-deathblow-to-masses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2010/11/03/petro-price-hike-a-deathblow-to-masses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mian Ahsan Liaqat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil Prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islamabad: The Pakistan Economy Watch on Wednesday said recent hike in the price of petroleum products is a deathblow to masses and economy. The masses already reeling under rocketing inflation will be further burdened because ...]]></description>
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		<title>PM stresses poverty eradication through WB assisstance</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2009/02/06/pm-stresses-poverty-eradication-through-wb-assisstance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2009/02/06/pm-stresses-poverty-eradication-through-wb-assisstance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noreen Gill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pak Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked the World Bank to focus on provision of improved health and education facilities to the people at the grassroots level to help tackle poverty, one of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Govt finalizing PRSP: Shaukat Tarin</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/12/04/govt-finalizing-prsp-shaukat-tarin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/12/04/govt-finalizing-prsp-shaukat-tarin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noreen Gill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shaukat Tareen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: The government is finalizing the poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP)-II with the consultation of all stakeholders to steer the country on the path of sustained and broad based economic growth. This was stated by ...]]></description>
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		<title>Zardari launches Rs 34 bln BISP</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/10/09/zardari-launches-rs-34-bln-bisp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/10/09/zardari-launches-rs-34-bln-bisp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nabeel Malik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pak Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Balochistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benazir Bhutto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benazir Income Support Programme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FATA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NADRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waziristan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday launched the Rs 34 billion Benazir Income Support Programme for the poor and vulnerable segments of society. Under the scheme, families, having income less than Rs 6000 per ...]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Crisis threatens efforts towards Global Anti-Poverty Targets</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/10/07/financial-crisis-threatens-efforts-towards-global-anti-poverty-targets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/10/07/financial-crisis-threatens-efforts-towards-global-anti-poverty-targets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mubashar Nizam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Development Goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York: Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro has warned countries that the current financial crisis, which is impacting all economies and exacerbating the suffering of millions, is also threatening the efforts to slash poverty, hunger, disease ...]]></description>
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		<title>Deregulation a threat bigger than World War III</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/10/05/deregulation-a-threat-bigger-than-world-war-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/10/05/deregulation-a-threat-bigger-than-world-war-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omer Azam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Globalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illiteracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan Economy Watch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islamabad: Pakistan Economy Watch has said that deregulation and globalisation are bigger threats than World War III. Over 500 million people have been pushed below the poverty threshold in the underdeveloped world. The world is ...]]></description>
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		<title>WB mission discusses agricultural development opportunities with ZTBL</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/09/22/5281/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/09/22/5281/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omer Azam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture in Pakistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Irrigation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: The World Bank mission headed by Ms Christine Rennie paid a visit to the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited ZTBL, Headquarters and met the Bank&#8217;s Chief Muhammad Zaka Ashraf., said the bank&#8217;s press release issued ...]]></description>
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		<title>When Humanity would be priority religion?</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/09/13/when-humanity-would-be-priority-religion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/09/13/when-humanity-would-be-priority-religion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ambarish Pandey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[child labour]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pensions]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pak-times.com/?p=5027</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a long time when I was really fed up with monotonous daily routine and work, I finally thought to take a vacation, a leave from the daily chores. I finally packed my bags off ...]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank Vice President meets Finance Minister</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/08/29/world-bank-vice-president-meets-finance-minister-3144/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/08/29/world-bank-vice-president-meets-finance-minister-3144/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noreen Gill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benazir Income Support Programme]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: Ms. Isabel M. Guerrero Vice President, World Bank, South Asian Region met Syed Naveed Qamar, Finance Minister here on Friday. She was accompanied by her predecessor, former World Bank Vice President, Mr. Praful C. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Up to 2,500 HIV Cases registered in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/08/09/up-to-2500-hiv-cases-registered-in-afghanistan-3029/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/08/09/up-to-2500-hiv-cases-registered-in-afghanistan-3029/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omer Azam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illiteracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL: There are an estimated 2500 HIV positive cases in Afghanistan, a country reeling from decades of war, poverty, illiteracy, massive displacements, high levels of poppy cultivation and commercial and unsafe sex. Unsafe injection practices, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan teachers face poverty</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/06/25/afghan-teachers-face-poverty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2008/06/25/afghan-teachers-face-poverty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rubab Saleem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL: Low salaries are forcing many of Afghanistan’s teachers to take on second jobs so they can feed their families. Despite promises that their wages would be increased, schoolteachers in Kabul said there have been ...]]></description>
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