Islamabad: Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged International Monetary Fund (IMF) to work with Pakistani government to protect its “Economically disadvantaged” population. International NGO (INGO), in its lengthy statement asked US-based money-lending institution to ensure shielding country’s vulnerable people by “Broadening social protection systems and minimising reform measures that risk further harm”.

“With poverty, inflation and unemployment soaring, Pakistan is facing one of worst economic crises in its history, jeopardising millions of people’s rights to health, food and an adequate standard of living,” global NGO’s statement read.

Commenting on impact of country’s economic situation on its vulnerable population, HRW Associate Asia Director Patricia Gossman said, “Millions of Pakistanis have been pushed into poverty and denied their fundamental social and economic rights.”

Published in The Daily National Courier, February, 08 2023

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