Islamabad, April 7 (IANS) Poverty in Pakistan is structural and not cyclical with the tariffs paid by the people of the country today not being the price of electricity but recovery of past multi-billion dollar policy errors, a report has highlighted. According to Pakistan’s Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, around 50 million Pakistanis were living below the poverty line in 2018. By 2024, the number had increased to roughly 70 million.”In 2018, the average electricity ta…
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Islamabad, April 6 (IANS) People blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) at various locations in Diamer district of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan to demand rights of Diamer-Bhasha Dam land-affected people and warned that they would hold a long march towards the construction site of the dam if their demands were not met. Several people travelling to and from other parts of Pakistan to PoGB were left stranded due to the sit-in. The Diamer-Bhasha Dam land-affected committee, under the ‘Huqooq Do…