Reforming the state to create 30 million jobs

Reforming the state to create 30 million jobs

During his recent visit, Ajay Banga warned that Pakistan must create 2.5 to 3 million jobs annually – roughly 30 million over the next decade – or risk converting its demographic advantage into instability. This is not a development slogan but a structural test of the state. In today's geopolitical environment, economic resilience is inseparable from national security. A country unable to productively absorb its youth risks internal volatility, …