October 26, 2026 October 26, 2026I argue that the World Bank finding that Pakistan accounts for about 48 per cent of the extreme poor in the MENAAP region should not be read as a verdict on Pakistan’s entire development record. […]
October 12, 2026 October 12, 2026Pakistani mothers have their last child at 34 on average, against 29 in Bangladesh and 27 in India. Their childbearing window lasts 11 years, against 9 and 6. […]
October 12, 2026 October 12, 2026Child marriage in Pakistan fell from 37% to 22% in a generation. Half of the fall is the shift to more schooling; half happened inside each schooling level. […]
October 8, 2026 October 8, 2026In Pakistan and India alike, unemployment is lowest among the least educated and highest among graduates: 11.0% in Pakistan, 12.9% in India […]
October 8, 2026 October 8, 2026Pakistani women have their first child 3 months sooner after marriage than Indian women: 19 months against 22 […]
October 8, 2026 October 8, 2026One in five Pakistani mothers has lost a child: 20% in the 2020 PBS survey, 23% in the 2017-18 DHS […]
October 6, 2026 October 6, 2026Karachi’s informal water economy runs on an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 tankers, making up to 50,000 deliveries a day. […]
