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Article: Pakistani Government Pursuing Multi-Pronged Policy
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- August 4, 1996
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The Pakistani government is pursuing a multi-pronged policy to
tackle the acute problem of unemployment in the country, a senior
official said here today.
Talking with a delegation of Britain-based Pakistani investors,
Pakistani government consultant Awais Jawaid Bangash said that the
first policy is to solve the problem through economic development
with specific employment generating schemes.
The second policy pertains to efforts for reducing population
growth to curtail supply side on the labor market, Bangash said.
Pakistan's present population is estimated at 131.63 million and
its growth rate is 2.9 per cent in the fiscal year 1995-96.
Bangash said that the third policy is to reduce ...