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Pakistan is in the midst of a growing human development crisis with most indicators of literacy, education, health, poverty and other aspects of human welfare having deteriorated in recent years . The just released Human Development Report 2023-24 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) places Pakistan in the low human development category. It shows Pakistan has slipped in the global human development index rankings from 161 to 164 out of 192 countries. This composite index measures achievement in three aspects of human development: a long and healthy life, access to education and a reasonable standard of living. On the Multidimensional Poverty Index and Gender Inequality Index Pakistan fares poorly. The report also says that as inequality has increased it has led to losses in human development.

This dismal picture of human development prompted the resident representative of UNDP in Pakistan, Samuel Rizk to call for urgent reforms and robust governance. While the Shehbaz Sharif government has moved quickly to engage the IMF as part of its efforts to address Pakistan’s macroeconomic crisis given the country’s heavy foreign debt service obligations ahead, it has yet to focus on........

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