Poverty surges in Pakistan, inequality reaches highest level in 27 years as economic crisis deepens World News
Pakistan’s poverty rate has climbed to an 11-year high of 29%, while income inequality has reached a 27-year high, according to an official survey released by Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Friday. The report estimates that about 70 million people currently live in extreme poverty, defined as a threshold of Rs 8,484 needed to meet … Read more