Pakistan is waving a weapon on an empty stomach! 1.1 crore Pakistani rash fascinated, 21 lakh children are serious malnourished
Pakistan Acute Food Insecurity: Pakistan borrows weapons on one side, while 1.1 crore people are craving for grain. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has stated in its latest report that from November 2024 to March 2025, there is a high level of food insecurity in Pakistan, in which 1.1 crore people are expected to face insecurity. This report has been published by Pakistan’s newspaper Don.
Dawn, quoting a global report of 2025 on the food crisis published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on Friday, May 16, said Dawn said that 11 million people or analyzed population in 68 flood affected rural districts of Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is expected to face rapid food insecurity.
It consists of 17 lakh people living in emergency. Dawn, citing the report, said that population coverage increased by 38 percent between the 2024 peak (peak) and the current analysis of 2025. 25 new districts were added to the survey, which increased the number of people from 36.7 million people to 50.8 million people. Therefore, 2024 summit and 2025 projections cannot be compared.
It further states that despite the improvement in the situation compared to last year, the extreme weather situation will affect the livelihood of the people of Pakistan.
The report mentions that the 2024 summit in Pakistan was similar to 2023, between November 2023 and January 2024, 11.8 million people suffered high level of acute food insecurity.
Citing the report, it further states that Pakistan experienced a continuous high level of intense malnutrition between 2018 and 2024 in analyzed areas of Balochistan and Sindh. The spread of global acute malnutrition (GAM) was above 10 percent consecutive percent and reached more than 30 percent in some districts.
According to FAO reports, 1.18 crore people or 32 percent of the population of 1.18 crore people in 43 rural districts of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh were estimated to face high level of acute food insecurity during the winter season. Among them, 22 lakhs were in emergency under the integrated Food Insecurity Phase Classification (IPC) during November 2023 to January 2024.
It was also reported that pregnant and breastfeeding women had a large -scale spread of intense malnutrition, with low weight children being born especially in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Diarrhea, acute breathing infections and malaria levels were high, which worsened during the winter months. According to Dawn’s report, inadequate coverage of hygiene facilities and safe drinking water was an important concern, partially after heavy monsoon floods in 2022.
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