Undocumented Afghan Women Fear Eviction from Pakistan — Global Issues

Undocumented Afghan Women Fear Eviction from Pakistan — Global Issues

Afghans living illegally in Pakistan have asked the authorities to reconsider their threat to evict them by November 1 because of the Taliban’s attitude toward working women and education for girls. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Thursday, October 12, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, Oct 12 (IPS) – Amid…

Skyrocketing Inflation Puts Food Security in Pakistan at Risk — Global Issues

Skyrocketing Inflation Puts Food Security in Pakistan at Risk — Global Issues

Jamaat-i-Islami party stage protest in Peshawar against price-hikes. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar, pakistan) Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, Sep 26 (IPS) – “We are under extreme stress about skyrocketing prices of essential edible commodities and the cost of gas and electricity. The situation is…

Floods, Now Torrential Monsoon Rains Leave Pakistani Women in Crisis — Global Issues

Floods, Now Torrential Monsoon Rains Leave Pakistani Women in Crisis — Global Issues

Women outside an emergency vehicle aimed at helping those affected by flooding. CREDIT: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar, pakistan) Friday, August 18, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, Aug 18 (IPS) – Torrential monsoon rains have left the people, especially women, in crisis as they are still grappling to recover…

Transgender People Face Growing Violence, Discrimination in Pakistan — Global Issues

Transgender People Face Growing Violence, Discrimination in Pakistan — Global Issues

Transgender people often entertain at weddings and other events, but they increasingly face violent acts, especially since part of an Act ensuring their rights was recently struck down. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Monday, July 24, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, Jul 24 (IPS) – “The problems transgender people…

Food Insecurity Fears as Pakistan Faces Cyclone, Monsoon Season — Global Issues

Food Insecurity Fears as Pakistan Faces Cyclone, Monsoon Season — Global Issues

Temporary medical camps are still the norm in some areas of Pakistan as the country struggles to recover from last year’s flooding. Now areas of the country are facing Cyclone Biparjoy and a monsoon season, and warnings are that food insecurity may increase. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Tuesday,…

Theatre Used to Dispel Polio Immunisation Myths in Pakistan — Global Issues

Theatre Used to Dispel Polio Immunisation Myths in Pakistan — Global Issues

Dramas, using professional actors and compelling storylines, are used to persuade reluctant parents to have their children immunized against polio. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Friday, May 05, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, May 05 (IPS) – Pakistan, one of two polio-endemic countries in the world, has started staging…

Afghan Tailors Flee to Pakistan After Ban on Stitching Womens Clothing — Global Issues

Afghan Tailors Flee to Pakistan After Ban on Stitching Womens Clothing — Global Issues

Afghan Women refugees undergoing sewing and embroidery training in Peshawar, Pakistan. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Monday, April 10, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, Apr 10 (IPS) – “I had my shop in Afghanistan but came here after the Taliban’s warning against stitching women’s clothes. Now, I am working…

Stampedes as Destitute Throng Pakistans Free Flour Distribution Points — Global Issues

Stampedes as Destitute Throng Pakistans Free Flour Distribution Points — Global Issues

A man collects his ration at one of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) collection points. The project, however, has resulted in deaths and injuries as people flocked to the collection points. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, Mar 29 (IPS) –…

Pakistani Flood Survivors Welcome Funding, But Demand Immediate Disbursement — Global Issues

Pakistani Flood Survivors Welcome Funding, But Demand Immediate Disbursement — Global Issues

Flood victims in Pakistan would like to see the funding received for Pakistan’s recovery disbursed to them urgently. Many still live in temporary accommodation after they lost their homes and family in the 2022 floods. – Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Friday, January 13, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR,…

Women Commuters Travel Safe in Innovative Bus Scheme in Pakistan — Global Issues

Women Commuters Travel Safe in Innovative Bus Scheme in Pakistan — Global Issues

Women students and workers travel free from harassment in the BRT buses, which reserves seats for them in the conservative region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. by Ashfaq Yusufzai Wednesday, January 04, 2023 Inter Press Service Jan 04 (IPS) – A bus rapid transport (BRT) system in Peshawar is benefiting female students…