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Pakistan has experienced an economic crisis as part of the 2022 political unrest. It has caused severe economic challenges for months due to which food, gas and oil prices have risen. As of 1 January 2025 Pakistan inflation rate was 4.1% lowest in 6.75 years. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused fuel prices to rise worldwide. Excessive ...
The budget included funding for a number of development initiatives to increase the nation's economic growth rate. The original outlays for the PDSP being estimated at Rs. 2.66 trillion for the development programme, which included a Rs 950 billion federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP), that was approved by the Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC). [5]
Pakistan's new finance minister Ishaq Dar said on Wednesday he will work to rein in inflation while cutting interest rates, saying the rupee currency was undervalued and promising a strong ...
The inflation rate has since eased, with the consumer price index rising 23.1% year-on-year in February, the lowest increase since June 2022, partly due to a high base effect.
Sadiq Sanjrani (Until 9 March 2024) [1] Chairman of the Senate: Yusuf Raza Gillani (From March 9) 4: Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (until 1 March 2024) Speaker of the National Assembly: Ayaz Sadiq (from 1 March 2024) 5 Yahya Afridi: Chief Justice of Pakistan: 6 Sikandar Sultan Raja: Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan: 7 16th National Assembly of ...
The International Monetary Fund will hold a crucial round of talks with Pakistan's newly elected government this week to determine whether the country has met conditions for receiving the much ...
The Pakistan government spent over 1 trillion rupees (about $16.7 billion) on poverty alleviation programs during the past four years, reducing poverty from 35% in 2000–01 to 29.3% in 2013 and further to 17% in 2015. [57] Rural poverty remains a pressing issue, as development in those areas has been significantly slower than in major urban areas.