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World Bank disputes Pakistan's poverty claims, flags deep rural crisis and
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The World Bank questioned Pakistan's claims of poverty reduction, noting limited improvement among the poor and worsening rural poverty. It warned that Pakistan's economic model remains insufficient for sustainable growth, with deep inequalities and stalled progress since 2015, as reported b
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Pakistan's poverty rate rises to 25.3% in 2024-25: World Bank
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A recent World Bank (WB) report has raised alarms over the increasing poverty rate in Pakistan, emphasising the urgency for long-term, inclusive reforms to safeguard the country's most vulnerable communities, according to Dawn.
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44.7% of Pakistanis in poverty while neighbours progress, World Bank revea
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
This alarming figure exposes the failure of successive Pakistani governments to effectively address the rampant poverty afflicting nearly half of the nation's citizens.
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Pakistan's human rights body urges immediate action to alleviate escalatin
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The group demanded the imposition of price controls on essential goods such as staple foods and medicines.
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People's purchasing power has collapsed in PoK and GB: Activist
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Amjad Ayub Mirza, a political activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), stressed on Friday that the situation in the region is getting worse by the day, adding that the people's buying power has collapsed.
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Poverty surges across Pakistan with spike in food, energy prices: World Ba
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to the Macro Poverty Outlook, which was prepared for the recent annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF in Marrakesh, Morocco, prolonged and high inflation in food and energy prices, combined with a lack of substantial economic growth, could lead to social upheaval and negatively
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Pakistan at tipping point on poverty: World Bank
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The World Bank has warned that Pakistan is at a tipping point on poverty with 40 per cent of its population below the poverty line, The Financial Post reported.
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Pakistan’s 40 pc population lives below poverty line: World Bank
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Pakistan’s 40 per cent population lives below the poverty line, as per the World Bank, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Poverty, high inflation make lives of people miserable
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Director of the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER), Ummat Ali, told Express Daily that inflation in these months has made life challenging for people who are poor.
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Economic, political tension worsens poverty in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The report says Pakistan's economy is under stress with low foreign reserves and high inflation. Activity has fallen with policy tightening, flood impacts, import controls, increased borrowing and fuel costs, low confidence, protracted policy and political uncertainty. Despite some projected
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Pakistan's economic misery aiding terrorism and religious fanaticism
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
About 40 per cent of the people are below the poverty line in Pakistan. Poverty is the most fertile breeding ground for terrorism as evidenced in the country. Many of the misled suicide bombers who offered their services to the Jihadi organizations were prompted to do so due to frustration,
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Pakistan's poverty rate rises 35.7 pc
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The poverty rate of Pakistan has risen by 35.7 per cent and the prices of edibles have increased by 20 to 31 per cent, reported Pak vernacular media, Intekhab Daily.
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