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Food insecurity touches 24.35pc of households: PDP
KARACHI: For nearly one in four households in Pakistan, putting adequate food on the table has become a daily struggle, said Pasban Democratic Party PDP chairman Altaf Shakoor here on Sunday. He said poverty and inflation are now biting hard and according to the latest Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES 2024-25), moderate-to-severe food insecurity has surged to 24.35 percent of households, up from 15.92 in 2018-19 — a relative increase of 53 percent in just six years. Within this group, severe food insecurity — where skipping meals and reducing portions become recurring realities — has...
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