23

Dec

Gender and population

By Nida Kirmani Published in DAWN on December 23, 2023 ACCORDING to Pakistan’s 2023 census, our country’s population has officially surpassed the 240 million mark — an increase of 33.8m people since the previous census in 2017. The growth rate jumped from 2.4 per cent in 2017 to 2.55pc in 2023, which is a worrying reversal of […]

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16

Dec

More than $2.2 billion promised for global refugee crisis at UN forum

By Emma Farge Published in news.yahoo.com on December 16, 2023 GENEVA (Reuters) -Countries and businesses at a major U.N. forum pledged more than $2.2 billion towards a global displacement crisis and promised jobs for tens of thousands of refugees in an outcome the United Nations chief said would help “stem the tide of misery”. Thousands of people[…]

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12

Dec

Pakistan regionally

By Dr Niaz Murtaza Published in DAWN on December 12, 2023 WE lag economically even in South Asia. This lag is well-known but not its huge scale. To display that, I compare Saarc economies using World Bank data which runs up to 2022 and thus excludes our poor 2023 data. I focus on the state we left[…]

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