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labour market

Pakistan’s quiet jobs crisis

Pakistan’s quiet jobs crisis

Published 22 Jun, 2026 05:36am
Pakistan’s economic stabilization has come largely through contractionary policy: tighter spending, higher interest...
Labour market at a breaking point

Labour market at a breaking point

Published 02 Feb, 2026 05:59am
Pakistan is not running out of people willing to work. It is running out of an economic system capable of...
EDITORIAL: Skills before slogans

EDITORIAL: Skills before slogans

Updated 17 Jan, 2026 09:21am
EDITORIAL: The recent performance of the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission has finally shifted...
Rate of unemployment rises in country

Rate of unemployment rises in country

Published 26 Nov, 2025 07:35am
ISLAMABAD: In a troubling sign for the nation’s growing economic instability, Pakistan’s unemployment crisis has...
Gender pay gap

Gender pay gap

Published 22 Jul, 2025 06:30am
EDITORIAL: While Pakistan has made notable progress in increasing women’s participation across various fields of...
Struggling labour market

Struggling labour market

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:50am
EDITORIAL: The government is lucky to the extent that, once again, international institutions like ILO ...
June budget deficit falls to $174bn

June budget deficit falls to $174bn

Published 14 Jul, 2021 03:59am
WASHINGTON: The US government posted a June deficit of $174 billion, about a fifth of the June 2020 deficit of $864...
Sterling rises against dollar, euro

Sterling rises against dollar, euro

Updated 20 Apr, 2021 10:02am
LONDON: The pound rose 1% to hit a one-month high against the dollar on Monday at the start of a data-heavy week ...
US weekly jobless claims rise again

US weekly jobless claims rise again

Updated 09 Apr, 2021 09:19am
WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, but the...
S&P 500 hits 4,000 mark

S&P 500 hits 4,000 mark

Published 02 Apr, 2021 04:58am
NEW YORK: The S&P 500 breached the 4,000 mark for the first time on Thursday, powered by gains in technology...
Ireland targets return to full employment no later than 2023

Ireland targets return to full employment no later than 2023

Published 25 Feb, 2021 08:57pm
  • Irish businesses have been shut cumulatively for a longer period than any other European Union country over the last 11 months and have been back in a strict lockdown since late December that is set to run at least into April.
  • They see the change in hours worked as a reasonable proxy for the impact of the pandemic on the labour market.
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