COVID-19: `food insecurity poses greater threat to poor workers´
(WorldNews Pakistan)

The problems of peasants and daily-wagers, especially in the rural parts of Sindh, have been increasing during the COVID-19 lockdown, as they are already vulnerable enough to face food insecurity, said the Hari Welfare Association (HWA) on Tuesday. HWA President Akram Khaskheli fears that if the lockdown continued without proper provision of food support to this segment of society, their conditions can turn like that of the people of drought-hit Tharparkar. Khaskheli observed that the existing ration support is not enough because it can barely last less than a week in an average family, while the closure of economic engines...