(Reuters) -Pakistan’s sharp decline in poverty has stalled in recent years due to economic shocks and a lack of structural reforms, the World Bank said on Tuesday. The international lender said that ...
By 2023, the country’s economy had all but stalled, and the IMF forecast only 0.5 per cent growth. On the other hand, in India, the economy remained on a robust growth path with an above 6 per cent ...
The World Bank has revised the global income thresholds used to measure poverty, resulting in a big increase in Pakistan's poverty headcount, which now stands at 44.7%. However, experts caution that ...
The World Bank has expressed serious concern over Pakistan’s economy as the country has failed to reduce poverty despite massive loans injected by the IMF. The current model of growth has failed to ...
Addressing a CSR Summit, he said poverty was more widespread in rural areas than in urban centres. He added that 10 million ...
Pakistan, Feb. 9 -- Pakistan's youth are stepping out of the sidelines and into the heart of climate decision-making. Young ...
Why did projected economic growth rates change between the regional Economic Update and the Pakistan Development Update? Estimates in the October Pakistan Development Update reflected new information ...
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Pakistan's broken economic contract

Economic challenges persistently haunt Pakistan. The country is facing economic crises that have become a common refrain. Despite the efforts of successive governments and their tall claims, the ...
When Pakistani authorities burst into a makeshift hospital in Lahore this year, doctors were caught mid-way through two illegal kidney transplants, the local donors and Omani clients still unconscious ...
Pakistan has just cleared another International Monetary Fund (IMF) review, and on paper the news looks good. Growth is back, inflation has come down from painful highs, and the country has even ...