Pakistan Economic Survey fails to calculate unemployment rate for current year ISLAMABAD: The Economic Survey 2024-25 failed to calculate the unemployment rate for the current year and instead... Updated 10 Jun, 2025 10:44am
Opinion Tariff situation undoubtedly impacting US economy The US economy added 151,000 jobs, but the unemployment rate rose to 4.1%. This is a key economic indicator for the... Published 10 Mar, 2025 05:58am
Print PBS conducts first digital census: Around 7.8pc of total population unemployed ISLAMABAD: Around 7.8 percent (187,359,79 population) of the total population (241,499,431) of the country is... Updated 04 Mar, 2025 09:29am
Opinion Extremely high unemployment rate The digital Population and Housing Census of 2023 conducted by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has come up... Updated 04 Mar, 2025 07:04am
Print Pasha says concerned at current unemployment rate ISLAMABAD: “Poverty rate has risen to 44 percent and inflation is still in double digits.” Dr Hafeez Pasha, former... Updated 10 Feb, 2025 03:44pm
Business & Finance Panel informed: Unemployment rate stands at 6.3pc ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel was informed on Thursday that the unemployment rate in the country stands at 6.3... Published 15 Nov, 2024 06:20am
Opinion Leveraging private sector to empower Pakistan’s youth Over the past couple weeks, I had the privilege of visiting some of Pakistan’s leading universities, digital ... Published 03 Sep, 2024 07:10am
World Italy May unemployment rate stable at 6.8%, but 17,000 jobs lost in month ROME: Italy’s unemployment rate was stable at 6.8% in May, national statistics bureau ISTAT reported on Tuesday,... Published 02 Jul, 2024 02:52pm
Editorials Trends in unemployment EDITORIAL: One of the most ignored contributors to the unemployment rate – which stands at 6.3 percent, according... Updated 22 Jun, 2024 07:28am
Business & Finance Unemployment rate stands at 6.3pc ISLAMABAD: With 4.51 million unemployed population, the rate of unemployment in Pakistan stands at 6.3 percent, the... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Business & Finance Dollar drops after US job data NEW YORK: The dollar fell to a three-week low against the yen on Friday after data showed that US jobs growth slowed... Published 04 May, 2024 05:48am
Business & Finance Fed still sees three rate cuts in 2024 amid sticky inflation, stronger economy WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, but policymakers indicated they still... Published 20 Mar, 2024 11:13pm
Markets Europe’s STOXX 600 logs weekly gains PARIS: Europe’s main stock indices were flat on Friday, but notched strong gains over the week that saw record... Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am
World Global unemployment seen rising modestly in 2024: UN labour body GENEVA: The global unemployment rate is expected to inch up to 5.2% this year primarily because of a rise in... Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:33pm
Opinion Outlook 2024-I Global perspective has recently changed as economies have shown to be more resilient than experts had anticipated.... Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am
Opinion The giant ship of China’s economy will continue to cleave the waves Since the beginning of this year, the China’s economy has been moving forward, overcoming obstacles and showing a... Published 20 Dec, 2023 06:22pm
Pakistan ‘Green jobs for women, youth are need of the hour’ LAHORE: “Currently, 64 percent of Pakistan population is younger than 30 years of age. The country now has more... Published 12 Aug, 2023 06:26am
Opinion The youth bulge The high rate of population growth of Pakistan, among the highest in the world, has led to the emergence of a large... Updated 04 Jul, 2023 05:50am
Print Unemployment rate fell to 6.3pc in FY21 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent in 2020-2021 from 6.9 per cent in 2018-2019, according... Updated 09 Jun, 2023 08:59am
World Slower US job growth expected in April; unemployment rate seen rising to 3.6% WASHINGTON: US employers likely hired the fewest workers in nearly 2-1/2 years in April as the cumulative and... Published 05 May, 2023 09:32am
Print World Bank estimates fall in GDP per capita income to $1,399 Says poverty will inevitably increase with pressures from weak labour markets and high inflation Updated 15 Apr, 2023 08:33pm
Opinion Big rise in poverty, unemployment The current combination of various negative factors is likely to lead to a big exponential jump in the number of... Updated 04 Feb, 2023 07:11am
Business & Finance Fed delivers another big rate hike; Powell vows to 'keep at it' WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell vowed on Wednesday that he and his fellow policymakers would "keep... Updated 22 Sep, 2022 04:46am
Markets Copper bounces after US jobs data LONDON: Copper prices rebounded from their lowest in more than a month on Friday after US jobs data spurred optimism... Published 04 Sep, 2022 05:44am
World Spain jobless rate down on recovery in tourism sector MADRID: Spain’s unemployment rate fell in the second quarter of 2022, data showed on Thursday, helped by a recovery... Published 28 Jul, 2022 06:27pm
Pakistan Khurram Dastgir confident inflation will slow down from September Says rupee will stabilise after friendly countries disburse financial aid Stresses that Pakistan has enough reserves to cover 2 months for diesel, and 34 days for petrol Updated 21 Jul, 2022 05:02pm
Editorials Joblessness: Is the crisis for real? EDITORIAL: The economic activities are slowing down. Both monetary and fiscal policies are working by design under... Published 21 Jul, 2022 05:40am
World US job growth likely slowed in June; unemployment rate seen at 3.6% WASHINGTON: US employers likely hired the fewest workers in 14 months in June, but the jobless rate probably... Published 08 Jul, 2022 10:54am
World US job growth beats expectations; unemployment rate steady at 3.6% WASHINGTON: US employment increased more than expected in May, while the unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%,... Published 03 Jun, 2022 05:46pm
Editorials The need for across the board sacrifice EDITORIAL: There is overwhelming evidence that in spite of a high growth rate in the current year other ... Published 02 Jun, 2022 06:19am
Budget 2025-26: Pakistan targets 4.2% growth as Aurangzeb presents proposals ‘for a competitive economy’