Addressing a CSR Summit, he said poverty was more widespread in rural areas than in urban centres. He added that 10 million ...

It is when a natural disaster hits a country that its government, international humanitarian agencies, and the media wake up to the vulnerability of the people, especially those living in extreme ...

The World Bank has adjusted upward the income levels in an effort to measure global poverty, which has also pushed the percentage of Pakistanis living in poverty by to 44.7% - an outcome that may not ...

(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 ...

A new report underscores the sharp contrast between India and Pakistan's post-Covid economic paths. While Pakistan's brief 6 ...

Without sustained efforts to introduce population control, Pakistan is unlikely to prosper along the lines envisioned by P.M. Imran Khan Writing in daily Dawn on Feb. 2, columnist Zahid Husain ...

New Delhi: In a stark contrast, India has made significant strides in reducing poverty, lifting 171 million people out of extreme poverty between 2011-12 and 2022-23, according to the World Bank.

(New York) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should work with Pakistan’s government to protect the economically disadvantaged by broadening social protection systems and minimizing reform ...