Latest Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement News & Updates

New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Pakistan’s poverty rate has risen sharply over the past six years, with nearly 29 per cent of the population now living below the poverty line, as repeated economic shocks, high inflation and weak growth eroded household incomes and consumption, a report has said.According to an analysis by Dawn — based on the Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES) and the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement (PSLM) — the country’s poverty rate increased to 28.9 per c…