Faisalabad world’s 3rd dirtiest city; Lahore 10th
In a 2018 report of world cities with dirty air released today, Faisalabad was ranked as the world’s third dirtiest city. Lahore was ranked 10th. Top seven cities with dirtiest air came from from India. The...
Lahore tops world ranking for worst air quality
Wali Zahid | IMC Lahore tops the world ranking for worst air quality today, according to AirVisual, the real-time air quality map. The top ten worst ranked cities include three Indian cities – Delhi, Kolkata...
Pakistan GDP grows to 13-year-high 5.8% in 2018: SBP
Pakistan’s economy grew by 5.8% in 2018, the highest in 13 years. Last year, the GDP growth was recorded at 5.4%, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) annual report released yesterday. Graphic,...
Pakistan ranks worst in South Asia in Global Hunger Index
Above: Global Hunger Index (GHI) scores by rank, 2000 GHI, 2005 GHI, 2010 GHI, and 2018 GHI Pakistan has ranked 14th worst among 119 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2018. With 20.5 percent of its...
Pakistan now among top 40 global economies
Pakistan is among the world’s largest economies by Gross Domestic Product, GDP numbers from the World Bank, released on 21 September 2018 reveal. The above visualisation of world economy is done by HowMuch. IMF...
IMF & World Bank see Pakistan GDP growth falling to below 3%
Wali Zahid | IMC 7 April 2019 update: Pakistan’s GDP growth is projected to slow down to 3.4% in fiscal year 2018-19, from 5.8% a year before, and to 2.7% in FY2019-20, reflecting a broad-based weakening in...
Pakistan is world’s 4th fastest growing economy: HSBC
Wali Zahid | IMC Pakistan is the world’s fourth fastest growing economy after Bangladesh, Ethiopia and India, according to the 2018 global research report by HSBC. Titled ‘The World in 2030‘, and...
Pakistan tops gender inequality ranking in Asia Pacific
Wali Zahid | IMC In a 2018 McKinsey report, Pakistan tops gender inequality ranking in Asia Pacific in 2018. Image above. In work inequality (labour force participation, professional and technical jobs, perceived...
Pakistan exports at a glance 2013-18
What Pakistan exported in 2016. Worth $27.8 billion. Top 3: ICT, House linen, rice | Source: Harvard CID Atlas Wali Zahid | IMC Center for International Development at Harvard University (CID) is a good resource in...
What is in for Pakistan and India in SCO Qingdao Summit?
Wali Zahid | IMC Various versions of this article appeared in The News International, Pakistan’s largest-selling daily (Op-Ed part 1, part 2), China Pictorial, China-India Dialogue (in English and Chinese)...