Shahid Hassan Siddiqui, chairman of the Research Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance, said 40% of Pakistan’s population earns less than 100 rupees ($1) a day, and a family of two adults and two children living in one room needs at least 12,000 rupees ($120) a month to maintain an adequate calorie intake: “Pakistan has no middle class. Most people live in grinding poverty; a handful are filthy rich.”
Pakistan’s education budget is smaller than Ethiopia’s, while its health budget is the lowest in the world, in spending per population.
Economists estimate that Pakistan’s richest 2% control most of the economy.
Pakistan’s education budget is smaller than Ethiopia’s, while its health budget is the lowest in the world, in spending per population.
Economists estimate that Pakistan’s richest 2% control most of the economy.
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