World Bank questions Pak's poverty claims, flags rural crisis

The World Bank questioned Pakistan's claims of poverty reduction, noting limited improvement among the poor and...

Pakistan’s poverty rate rises to 25.3% in 2024-25: World Bank- shorter one also

A recent World Bank (WB) report has raised alarms over the increasing poverty rate in Pakistan, emphasising the...

44.7% of Pakistanis in poverty while neighbours progress, World B

This alarming figure exposes the failure of successive Pakistani governments to effectively address the rampant...

HRCP wants action to alleviate escalating economic crisis

The group demanded the imposition of price controls on essential goods such as staple foods and medicines.

People’s purchasing power has collapsed in PoK and GB: Activist  

Amjad Ayub Mirza, a political activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), stressed on Friday that the situation...

Poverty surges across Pakistan with spike in food, energy prices

According to the Macro Poverty Outlook, which was prepared for the recent annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF...

Pakistan at tipping point on poverty: World Bank

The World Bank has warned that Pakistan is at a tipping point on poverty with 40 per cent of its population below...

Pakistan’s 40 pc population lives below poverty line: World Bank

Pakistan’s 40 per cent population lives below the poverty line, as per the World Bank, Dawn reported.

Pakistan: Poverty, high inflation make lives of people miserable

Director of the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER), Ummat Ali, told Express Daily that...

Economic, political tension worsens poverty in Pakistan: Report

The report says Pakistan's economy is under stress with low foreign reserves and high inflation. Activity has fallen...

Pak's economic misery aiding terrorism and fanaticism

About 40 per cent of the people are below the poverty line in Pakistan. Poverty is the most fertile breeding ground...

Pakistan's poverty rate rises 35.7 pc

The poverty rate of Pakistan has risen by 35.7 per cent and the prices of edibles have increased by 20 to 31 per...