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NovWorld Bank study finds Pakistan’s urbanisation level at 88pc
By Amin Ahmed Published in Dawn on November 05, 2025 ISLAMABAD: An analysis of a World Bank policy research working paper reveals that Pakistan’s true level of urbanisation is close to 88 per cent, based on satellite imagery and the Degree of Urbanisation methodology. According to the working paper titled […]
Unseen work
Published in Dawn on November 03, 2025 WOMEN shoulder the overwhelming majority of unpaid domestic and care work, a new report by the ILO has revealed. According to the labour body, of the 117.4m Pakistanis engaged in such work, nearly 67m are women. They cook, clean, tend livestock, and look[…]
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NovDevastation on repeat: How climate change is worsening Pakistan’s deadly floods
Azadeh Moshiri Published in bbc.com on November 02, 2025 Rescuers and relatives searched knee-deep in water for the body of one-year-old Zara. She’d been swept away by flash floods; the bodies of her parents and three siblings had already been found days earlier. “We suddenly saw a lot of water.[…]
‘Warming, wired world’ becomes playground for the rich
By Zofeen T. Ebrahim Published in Dawn on October 30, 2025 IN PAKISTAN, the wealthiest 10 per cent hold 42pc of the national income — lower than the average across major Asian economies, but still enough to create massive inequalities that make it impossible to build fair or sustainable societies.[…]
