Fuel taxes, hunger and inflation deepen household crisis despite economic stabilisation

KARACHI: Pakistan’s improving macroeconomic indicators are increasingly being overshadowed by mounting pressure on household incomes, as high petroleum taxation, persistent cost-of-living pressures and alarming hunger indicators raise questions over the social cost of the country’s economic stabilisation programme. While the government and international lenders have pointed to improvements in foreign exchange reserves, fiscal management […] The post Fuel taxes, hunger and inflation deepen househ

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