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Elite privilege eats up $17.4bn of Pakistan’s economy: UNDP

Elite privilege eats up $17.4bn of Pakistan’s economy: UNDP

Asad Hsashim ISLAMABAD: Economic privileges accorded to Pakistan’s elite groups, including the corporate sector, feudal landlords, the political class and the country’s powerful military, add up to an estimated $17.4bn, or roughly 6 percent of the country’s economy, a new United Nations report has found, Al Jazeera reported. Released last week, the UN Development Programme’s

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