19
NovPoverty puzzle
By Rashid Amjad Published in Dawn on November 14, 2025 THE recent World Bank Pakistan Development Update, released at the end of October 2025, claims that poverty fell in 2024-25. This assertion raises troubling questions, especially since Pakistan’s poverty assessment report, published just a few months earlier by the World […]
19
NovPakistan’s reliance on remittances masks weak industry, low exports, stalled reforms
By SHAMSUL ISLAM KHAN Published in The Express Tribune on November 17, 2025 KARACHI: The strong rupee is luring imports, impacting domestic industry competitiveness and hurting exports. For the past three years, the government has been celebrating rising home remittances as its politico-economic success that has helped stabilise the rupee[…]
10
NovRemittances rise 11.9% to $3.42b
By Usman Hanif Published in The Express Tribune on November 08, 2025 KARACHI: Overseas Pakistanis sent home $3.42 billion in October 2025, marking an 11.9% year-on-year increase, offering some relief to Pakistan’s fragile external account at a time when the trade deficit has ballooned to $12.6 billion, driven by a[…]
05
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[…]
