Gallup poll reveals 54% decline in Pakistani income amid Covid-19
Sindh's decline in income stood lowest in the country with around 13% change.
KARACHI: As Corona’s war continue, a year later 54% of Pakistanis are worried about the decline in their income and work schedule due to Covid-19, according to a Gallup Pakistan survey,
The survey revealed that 28% of people are worried about low income and 7% are affected by working hours, while 19% are worried about both schedule and income being affected.
However, 41 percent said they were not affected by the negative economic effects of Covid-19.
More than 42 percent of Pakistanis expected unemployment to rise in the coming six months, as compared to only 30% expecting the opposite, the third report on Pakistan Consumer Confidence Index by Dun & Bradstreet and Gallup Pakistan revealed.
41 percent of people in Balochistan complained of low income due to the epidemic.
33% from Punjab and 31% from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said that the decline in income. While in Sindh decline in income stood lowest in the country with around 13% change.
