By 2023, the country’s economy had all but stalled, and the IMF forecast only 0.5 per cent growth. On the other hand, in ...

(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 ...

The World Bank has revised the global income thresholds used to measure poverty, resulting in a big increase in Pakistan's poverty headcount, which now stands at 44.7%. However, experts caution that ...

Senate Chairman Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday called upon philanthropists and civil society organisations to strengthen ...

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 ...

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif made a blunt admission, saying, “We are ashamed, begging for money.” He revealed that he and Army Chief Asim Munir have been travelling abroad to seek financial aid amid the ...

In Pakistan, the economic crisis and climate-related natural disasters are placing sustained pressure on the poorest families. In a nation where around 45 percent of the population lives below the ...

Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, Syed Imran Ahmad Shah held an important high-level meeting with World ...

When Pakistani authorities burst into a makeshift hospital in Lahore this year, doctors were caught mid-way through two illegal kidney transplants, the local donors and Omani clients still unconscious ...

Islamabad: Pakistan’s education system falters at the transition from primary to secondary education, where a girl completing ...