Economic revival vs rising poverty

Economic revival vs rising poverty

Pakistan today stands at a striking crossroads of perception and reality. On the surface, headline numbers tell a story of revival – the stock market is scaling record highs, inflation has cooled from recent peaks, and the government proudly points to a stabilised economy under the IMF programme. Yet beneath these upbeat indicators lies a harsher truth: millions of Pakistanis are sliding deeper into poverty, their livelihoods battered by inflati…