New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- Pakistan ranked 106th out of 122 countries in the 2026 Global Hunger Index, with a score of 25.5, placing it in the "serious" hunger category.

The report, released earlier this week, was published jointly by Welthungerhilfe, the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict at Ruhr University Bochum, and the Swiss organisation Helvetas under the theme "No Security Without Food Security". It highlighted a worsening food security crisis driven by economic instability, climate shocks and global conflicts, Dawn reported.

It also revealed that progress in South Asia had largely stalled, with conditions in both Pakistan and Afghanistan worsening since 2018. Afghanistan ranked 108th, with a score of 28.6.

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