Pakistan’s poverty crisis is deeper than the government is willing to admit, and the gap between official claims ...
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Pakistan's Enduring Poverty

Pakistan, May 6 -- In the dusty corners of Pakistan's war-torn regions, poverty is not just an economic condition; it is a harsh, visible reality etched into every wall, every field, and every face.
(Reuters) -Pakistan’s sharp decline in poverty has stalled in recent years due to economic shocks and a lack of structural reforms, the World Bank said on Tuesday. The international lender said that ...
Pakistan’s latest poverty figures should not just alarm policymakers, they should force a fundamental rethink of how the ...
Nearly 70 percent of households still consume unsafe water, and air pollution contributes to more than 128,000 premature deaths annually, according to UNICEF. This is not just a data issue — it is a ...
After 20 years of progress, a recently released World Bank report paints a grim picture: one in four Pakistanis now lives in poverty, with peaks of 42.7 per cent in Balochistan. This is driven by a ...
Why did projected economic growth rates change between the regional Economic Update and the Pakistan Development Update? Estimates in the October Pakistan Development Update reflected new information ...