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"30 million pushed into poverty" in Pakistan: PTI blames govt for economic
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pakistan's opposition party PTI slammed the government over a bleak economic survey, blaming it for rising poverty, inflation, and mass emigration. They claimed 30 million people were pushed into poverty, growth collapsed, and citizens are fleeing due to poor governance and economic mismanag
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Economic, political tension worsens poverty in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 2 years, 11 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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World Bank cuts Pakistan's growth projection to 2 per cent after floods
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 8 (ANI): The World Bank has estimated that Pakistan's GDP growth will slow down from 5 per cent in the fiscal year 2022 to around 2 per cent in the fiscal year 2023 following one of the most devastating floods in the country's history.
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Floods in Pakistan cause economic loss to the tune of USD 12.5 billion
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 5 (ANI): The estimated economic loss to Pakistan from floods has increased from USD 10 billion to USD 12.5 billion.
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Pakistan's rising debts, decreasing exchange reserves raise concern
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 14 (ANI): Pakistan is in economic turmoil as its foreign debts are rising while foreign exchange reserves are decreasing.
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Electricity workers protest in Lahore against inflation, petrol price hike
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): Electricity workers in Pakistan have protested in Lahore against inflation and rising poverty and unemployment in the county.
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57 per cent of Pakistanis happy with Imran Khan's exit
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): A survey in Pakistan found that 57 per cent of respondents were happy over the exit of Imran Khan as Prime Minister of the country.
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Gender discrimination worsened poverty in Pakistan: Analysts
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 12 (ANI): Amid the rising inflation in Pakistan, Analysts said that if there will be a sole breadwinner in the family, where women are not be allowed to work independently, the poverty will increase and economic prosperity decreases.
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Pakistan PM's adviser downplays incidence of poverty
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad,{Pakistan }: November 27, (ANI): Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin downplayed on Friday the incidence of poverty in Pakistan while insisting that its rate has gone down recently.
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Poverty in Pakistan rises to over 5 pc in 2020, estimates World Bank
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): The World Bank (WB) has estimated that poverty in Pakistan has increased from 4.4 per cent to 5.4 per cent in 2020, as over two million people have fallen below the poverty line.
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