Islamabad [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): The sitting of the Pakistan National Assembly was adjourned till Wednesday after the Opposition parties attacked the Imran Khan government's budget proposals saying that it had failed to provide relief to the masses from unemployment and inflation.
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari lashed out at the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) over issues of price hike, unemployment and poverty in the country and called for increased salaries.
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 9 (ANI): Having high unemployment, poverty and inflation, the Pakistan economy is under stress and the government plans to take nearly $16 billion gross foreign loans in the next fiscal year to meet the requirements of maturing external public debt and cover up the
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 7 (ANI): The number of unemployed people in Pakistan has increased during the COVID-induced lockdowns, indicating that millions are still out of work despite a projected 3.9 per cent GDP growth.
Geneva [Switzerland], June 5 (ANI): The labour market crisis created by Covid-19 pandemic is far from over and employment growth will be insufficient to make up for the losses suffered until at least 2023, according to a new assessment by International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Karachi [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Sindh chapter on Monday announced holding protests against Imran Khan's government at the district-level in the Sindh province from June 3 to June 15 against acute water shortage.
Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): The US Labour Department on Friday reported that the American economy added only 266,000 jobs - way below the one million jobs expected by economists - while the unemployment rate rose to 6.1 per cent.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) plans to launch an agitation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after Eidul Fitr in protest against the government's failure to control inflation and unemployment.
Quetta [Balochistan], April 27 (ANI): Balochistan is losing the fight against poverty, illiteracy, and unemployment with every passing day and an economic and resource crisis is looming over it.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): In recent years, there has been an increase in the rate of unemployment due to reasons ranging from economic downturn to the lack of vocational skills in hopeful candidates.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 17 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's sister YS Sharmila on Saturday staged a protest against Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR)-led government demanding to fill up government job vacancies in the state.
Karachi [Pakistan], April 8 (ANI): A new opinion poll conducted by the market research company Ipsos from March 18 to 24 has shown that around 73 per cent of Pakistanis feel that the country is heading in the wrong direction.