News stories by Irfan Ulhaq

RAHIM YAR KHAN, Pakistan, Jul 12 (IPS) - Villagers living with a desert at their doorstep in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province are finding life more bountiful thanks to recent training on how to use their smartphones to buy, sell and gather information.

RAHIM YAR KHAN, Punjab, Pakistan, Jun 28 (IPS) - Farmer Abdul Waheed, 32, has been using his cell phone for everything but work for the past seven years. But after a recent training session he has installed six farming apps and says the move has paid off.