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Extremely high unemployment rate

The digital Population and Housing Census of 2023 conducted by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has come up with an amazing and extremely worrying estimate. Apparently, the overall national…

Higher unemployment and lower real wages

There has been a great deal of euphoria about the stabilisation of the economy of Pakistan. This is amply demonstrated by the quantum decline in the rate of inflation. The…

Rising unemployment and falling real wages

The devastation caused by the floods and the resulting supply shortages, along with severe import restrictions, has led to a big loss of growth in the economy. The Pakistan Bureau…

Big rise in poverty, unemployment

The current combination of various negative factors is likely to lead to a big exponential jump in the number of unemployed and the poor in the country. There is the…

The Unemployment Challenge

The unemployment challenge

Mohsin Iqbal in a letter to the editor of Business Recorder had asked me to write about 'the unemployment challenge'. This article is in response to the request. Source of…