New Delhi: Pakistan’s jobs crisis isn’t just a statistic—it’s real, it’s massive, and it’s getting worse. Fresh numbers from the country’s first digital census paint a pretty stark picture: about 18.7 million people are out of work out of a population of 241.5 million. That’s a 7.8 percent unemployment rate on the surface, but dig deeper and it’s clear the trouble runs much deeper, especially for young people.

Let’s talk about youth unemployment—honestly, it’s a disaster hiding in plain sight. Of the 171.7 million people who could be working, 11 percent can’t find jobs. For young Pakistanis aged 15 to 35, the outlook is even bleaker—a third are unemployed. A lot of them land in the NEET category (not in education, employment, or training). Some have just given up looking for work altoget

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