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Floods to drag up to 9 million Pakistanis into poverty: World Bank

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Pakistan has been lashed by unprecedented monsoon rains this year which killed 1,700, devastated two million homes, and put a third of the nation underwater. Eight million people remain displaced, living in ramshackle tent cities and scattered camps near the stagnant lakes which swallowed their belongings and livelihoods.

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Floods to drag up to 9 million Pakistanis into poverty: World Bank

Says inflation in the country is set to stand at 23pc for the financial year 2023.

2 years ago·Pakistan

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ARY News

Floods to drag up to 9 million Pakistanis into poverty: World Bank

Between six and nine million Pakistanis are set to be dragged into poverty as a result of cataclysmic monsoon flooding linked to climate change

2 years ago·Pakistan

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Capital FM Kenya

Floods to drag up to 9 million Pakistanis into poverty: World Bank

Islamabad (AFP), Oct 6 – Between six and nine million Pakistanis are set to be dragged into poverty as a result of cataclysmic monsoon flooding linked to climate change, the World Bank said on Thursday.Pakistan has been lashed by unprecedented monsoon rains this year which killed 1,700, devastated two million homes, and put a third of the nation underwater.Eight million people remain displaced, living in ramshackle tent cities and scattered camp…

2 years ago·Nairobi, Kenya

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Geo News

9m Pakistanis pushed into poverty due to floods: World Bank

World Bank says Pakistan's poverty rate is expected to rise between 2.5-4 percentage points as a direct consequence of floods

2 years ago

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The Express Tribune

Floods to drag up to 9m Pakistanis into poverty: World Bank

WB report says country's poverty rate is expected to rise between 2.5 and 4 percentage points

2 years ago·Pakistan

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Digital Journal

Floods to drag up to 9 million Pakistanis into poverty: World Bank

Between six and nine million Pakistanis are set to be dragged into poverty as a result of cataclysmic monsoon flooding linked to climate change, the World

2 years ago

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