Child vaccination drives were halted in both Afghanistan and Pakistan in March 2020 to avoid the risk of COVID-19 transmission to children, caregivers and vaccinators themselves.
Research by the Jubilee Debt Campaign indicates a major breach by the IMF of its own policies, with $93 billion of lending to highly indebted countries without any debt restructurings.
As almost no advertising revenue is available from a fledgling private sector independent of the government, this advertising ban poses a grave threat to the media group’s economic viability.
The Belt and Road Initiative is China’s trillion-dollar infrastructure and investment programme stretching across 70 countries, linking China to the rest of Asia, Africa, and Europe via land and maritime networks.
MPs and campaigners have raised questions about the Pakistan Rule of Law programme, which has handed down over 350 death sentences during the last five years and has cost the taxpayer £9.32 million in the current financial year.