10-27-2008, 03:57 AM
<b>Businessmen urge govt to avoid IMF: Number of poor rises to 44pc</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>KARACHI, Oct 25 : Poor are now well over 44 per cent of Pakistanâs population who include 28 per cent living in abject poverty,</b> Shaukat Tareen, the prime ministerâs adviser on finance, informed a packed hall of moaning and groaning businessmen here on Saturday at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI).<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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