(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 ...

New Delhi: Pakistan’s once-promising poverty reduction trajectory has come to a “troubling halt” with the poverty rate rising by 7 percentage points between 2021-2022 and 2023-2024 to reach 25.3 ...

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's poverty rate has soared to 29%, the highest in 11 years, while income inequality has climbed to its worst level in nearly three decades, exposing deep cracks in the country's economic ...

Recent data showed that poverty in Pakistan has risen significantly in recent years. The national poverty rate increased to ...

In June 2008, Pakistan launched the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), the country’s largest single social support initiative. It was established as an autonomous institution in 2010, facilitating ...

Balochistan Plunges Deeper Into Poverty As Islamabad Takes Away Mineral Wealth. New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) While resource-rich Balochistan accounts for roughly half of Pakistan's discovered mineral ...

Amsterdam, Dubai and Islamabad, 05 November 2024 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a global digital operator, announces that JazzCash, its fintech platform in Pakistan, has joined ...

Pakistan has just cleared another International Monetary Fund (IMF) review, and on paper the news looks good. Growth is back, inflation has come down from painful highs, and the country has even ...

As Pakistan stands at the crossroads of digital transformation, a critical gap in the current financial infrastructure becomes increasingly apparent: Our insurance penetration remains just 0.8% of the ...