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  "id": 12560780,
  "title": "Pakistan drives regional rise in poverty levels",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/pakistan-drives-regional-rise-in-poverty-levels-12560780",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-07T02:02:22.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2035294/pakistan-drives-regional-rise-in-poverty-levels"
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  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: Projecting Pakistan’s economic growth at 3.8 per cent and fiscal deficit at 3.5pc for the current fiscal year, the World Bank on Tuesday said the country was home to almost half of the extremely poor population in the entire Middle East, North Africa and Afghanistan-Pakistan (Menaap) region. “Menaap is the only region in the world in which poverty remains above pre-pandemic levels and…",
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        "title": "Pakistan drives regional rise in poverty levels",
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        "published": "2026-10-07T02:02:22.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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