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By Waqar Wadho Published in Dawn on April, 20, 2026 PAKISTAN’S unemployment rate has hovered around six to seven per cent for nearly three decades. Policymakers cite it, donors reproduce it, and policy conversations move on (at least until the next Labour Force Survey). A persistently modest unemployment rate, by any standard reading, signals a healthy labour […]
Trapped in place
By Waqar Wadho Published in Dawn on April, 20, 2026 PAKISTAN’S unemployment rate has hovered around six to seven per cent for nearly three decades. Policymakers cite it, donors reproduce it, and policy conversations move on (at least until the next Labour Force Survey). A persistently modest unemployment rate, by any standard reading, signals a healthy labour[…]