The national ‘cost of basic needs’ line places about 21.9pc of the population below the poverty threshold, based on 2018-2019 ...

A World Bank report highlights Pakistan's growing poverty and inequality, worsened by poor reforms and external shocks like ...

While presenting the findings here at the World Bank's local office, Wieser said that higher growth and lower inflation ...

World Bank says Pakistan’s 3% growth rate is too low to reduce poverty; urges reforms in tax, exports, and investment sectors.

Despite Field Marshal Asim Munir’s global diplomacy and growing influence, Pakistan’s economic collapse, deepening poverty, ...

(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, a country with over a quarter billion people, is one that is extremely vulnerable to climate change. Pakistan, with ...

Over 1.6 million children in Sindh, Pakistan, are engaged in child labour, highlighting a persistent societal issue despite ...

Pakistan is grappling with an escalating poverty crisis, a situation exacerbated by economic mismanagement, structural ...

According to the World Bank Group, Pakistan's poverty rate, which had fallen dramatically from 64.3 per cent in 2001-02 to 21.9 per cent in 2018-19, has started climbing again since 2020.