Pakistan, Aug. 13 -- In 1951, Pakistan conducted its first-ever population census shortly after independence. The fledgling nation's population stood at approximately 33.8 million. This number, though ...

Poverty in Pakistan has worsened sharply over the past six years, with nearly 27 million more people falling below the poverty line, taking the country's total poor population to around 70 million, ...

Twenty years ago, I asked whether Pakistan’s swelling working-age population would prove a demographic dividend or a demographic threat. The answer, I argued then, depended entirely on what ...