In South Punjab, a divided opposition (PTI, PPP, Independents) seem to help retain a few seats
#PTI comfortably ahead of competitors in #KPK - better position than 2013 General Election
#PPP continues to have smooth sailing in #Sindh, however #PTI seems to have acquired votes (possibly not many seats due to a spread of votes across the province)
Among those who heard the speech , 33% agreed with the general point of view taken by Nawaz Sharif, a larger 39% said they disagreed and 24% said they neither agreed or disagreed.
The report provides a statistical overview of the current microfinance landscape in Pakistan & it explores three penetration levels based on data collected in the following three studies: Access to Finance Survey, Household Integrated Economic Survey & the National Poverty Report
Key Findings:
1. Based on estimation models using A2Fs 2015 data the potential market for microcredit in Pakistan is estimated to be 40.9 million for people aged between 18-65 years.
All Economic Vulnerability indicators show improvement in W7. This doesn’t mitigate the fact that nearly all HH's experienced economic shock & those who have fallen below poverty line would need either govt. or NGO assistance to climb up.
Significant decline in proportion of Pakistanis who claim to have reduced the number or size of meals for some family members to cover their household's basic needs
Since June, significant decline in the number of households observed who report relying on less preferred or inexpensive food items to cover basic household needs in the past 7 days – 10% fall from 22%