Pakistan is the poverty capital of Greater Middle East. Nearly half of the region’s poor living on less $3 a day are in Pakistan. It is neither an anomaly nor unanticipated. The numbers tell the story of Pakistan’s long history of bad decisions, lack of reforms and ignoring its citizens.
In 2017, Shekhar Gupta started ThePrint with a simple belief: Indian readers want journalism that asks why and what next, not just what. And that enough of them would be willing to pay for good journalism.
Nine years on, that belief has held.
And, in these nine years, we’ve stayed true to our mission. We’ve been asking the follow-up questions, going beyond the headlines and explaining what’s actually happening. We’ve travelled across the country to bring you in-depth, visually-compelling stories from the ground.
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