Experts predict half a million job losses on expected dip in exports to US
A laborer pushes a load of bricks at a brick kiln on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan on May 1, 2023. The country’s already high jobless rate is expected to take a further hit from U.S. tariffs. © Reuters
ADNAN AAMIR
December 4, 2025 10:41 JST
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan is facing the prospect of more job losses as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff measures threaten to cut exports to the world’s largest economy, experts warn, as a new labor survey shows the South Asian country’s unemployment rate hitting its highest level in two decades, leaving key export sectors exposed to further layoffs.