Sunday, October 17, 2010

Pakistan observes World Poverty Elimination Day

KARACHI: Pakistan observed World Poverty Elimination Day on Sunday, along with rest of the global community to high light the importance of the poverty elimination from the world.

The United Nations approved in 1992 to observe every year a day, on October 17, as the World Poverty Elimination Day to express solidarity with the global poor community and high light the importance of the practical efforts for the eradication of the poverty.

According to a World Bank report, more than 1100 million people of the world are hardly able to earn mere 1 US dollar daily and, due to this nominal earning, they are severely afflicted by the poverty.

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