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Literacy rate in Pakistan stagnates at 60 per cent: Survey
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 23 (ANI): A survey by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reveals that literacy rate among children aged 10 and above in Pakistan has stagnated at 60 per cent.
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Pak's inflation skyrockets to over 11 pc amid record surge in food prices
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Inflation in Pakistan skyrocketed to over 11 per cent amid a surge in food prices amid the Ministry of Finance's failure to give a realistic and professional assessment of the increasing prices in its monthly reports.
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Pakistan records highest inflation in months at 9.1 pc
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 2 (ANI): In wake of a surge in prices of food and electricity, especially in the rural areas of the country, inflation in Pakistan jumped to over nine per cent in March, the highest rate in several months, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Th
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Consumer inflation reaches 9-year high in Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 5 (ANI): Inflation rose to 12.7 per cent year-on-year, the highest level in nine years mainly driven by an increase in prices of food items, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said in a report.
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Pak govt. fails to improve business environment as trade deficit continues
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Jan. 10 (ANI): Even as the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) led government is claiming record economic progress in the country, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has reported that the yearly decline in exports entered into its eleventh straight quarter in the September -D
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Sixth census in Pakistan unlikely to take off
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov. 27 (ANI): The long-awaited sixth population and housing census in Pakistan is unlikely to take off, as the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has not been able to come out with a concrete time frame for conducting it.
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