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Literacy in Pakistan is a key for social-economic progress. The literacy rate in Pakistan has seen gradual improvement over the past few decades, but it remains a significant challenge. According to recent data, the overall literacy rate in Pakistan is estimated to be around 60-65%, [1] with notable gender disparities. The literacy rate for ...
Pakistan still has a low literacy rate relative to other countries. [8] As of 2022 Pakistan's literacy rates range from 96% in Islamabad to 23% in the Torghar District. [9] Literacy rates vary by gender and region. In tribal areas female literacy is 9.5%, [10] while Azad Kashmir has a literacy rate of 91%. [11]
English: The map above shows the percentage of Pakistanis aged ten or older who were literate in each Pakistani district according to the final official results of the 2017 Pakistan Population & Housing Census.
Most universities of Karachi are considered to be amongst the premier educational institutions of Pakistan. For 2004–05, the city's literacy rate was estimated at 65.26%, 4th Highest in Pakistan after Lahore, Islamabad & Rawalpindi, [citation needed] with a GER of 111%, highest in Sindh. [13]
Lakson Group launched Daily Express in 1998 with a novel approach to newspaper distribution in Pakistan, headquartered in Lahore instead of the conventional hub, Karachi. [4] This decision was underpinned by an assertion that Punjab province, with Lahore as its capital, housed more Urdu newspaper readers than Karachi. [4]
Although there is a treasure trove of children's books in Urdu, Pakistan fails to provide a good bookshelf of English fiction for children. There have been attempts, but the market is full of international authors like Enid Blyton , Roald Dahl and the popular Sweet Valley, R.L Stine, Famous Five, Hardy Boys series.
International and regional news 14 Daily Nai Baat [4] Urdu Lahore, Karachi, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta 2011 Current/political 15 Daily Sarhad (Urdu: سرحد) Peshawar 1970 16 Business Recorder: English Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore 1965 Pakistan's first financial newspaper 17 Daily Times: Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad 2002 18 Dawn [5]
The 2023 Census of Pakistan was the detailed enumeration of the Pakistani population and the seventh national census in the country. [1] [2] [3] It was conducted by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. [4] It was also the first ever digital census to be held in Pakistan, including the first in South Asian history. [5]