ISLAMABAD: A candid warning came from the World Bank ahead of the new election cycle in Pakistan, stating that Pakistan is in its tipping-point crisis where 40 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. Making it clear that international lenders and development partners could only advise with international experiences of successes and some financing but hard choices and course-correcting decisions could only be taken within the country. (Source:…

I noticed an increase in short videos being shared on social media, of people taking the Shahada and becoming Muslim. That caught my interest. It set me off on a research journey to find out how many people, especially in the Western World, are becoming Muslim.

On the 14th of September, UNICEF reported that nearly 300,000 children have been affected in Libya after Storm Daniel devastated entire cities. Two dams bursting resulted in catastrophic flooding of the areas in the water flow path. Beyond the immediate risks of death and injury, the severe floods in Libya put children at increased risk of waterborne diseases, displacement and loss of essential services.

The number of children in mental health crisis in England has hit a record high according to analysis of NHS data by the mental health charity Young Minds that was published in August. The data revealed that the number of children and young people undergoing treatment or waiting to start care reached a new record with 466,230 open referrals in May to children and young people’s mental health services.