'Pakistan reeling under mounting unemployment'

IANS | January 4, 2026 8:33 PM

New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Pakistan government "continues to peddle a comforting unemployment rate of 7 per cent", yet, according to prominent economist Dr Hafeez Pasha, the real figure is closer to 22 per cent, according to an article in the Pakistani media.

IMF’s orthodoxy set to consign Pakistan to a low-growth trap: Report

IANS | January 4, 2026 7:48 PM

New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The IMF’s orthodoxy is set to consign Pakistan to a low-growth trap for years and without a fundamental rethink of the current strategy, and a change in the sham nature of the fiscal austerity being imposed, the economy will continue to be impaired for the long term, while ordinary Pakistanis will continue to suffer needlessly, a new report has warned.