Unemployment — a hard nut to crack

If you think the budget for the upcoming fiscal year (FY25), beginning July 1, can help the economy create enough jobs for the millions of jobless people, you are too optimistic. And if you think that the budget can help reduce poverty, you need to differentiate between the ways in which people are lifted out of poverty for good and governmental cash transfers that mitigate their financial hardships temporarily.

Admitted that the increased size of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) ...