People In Pakistan Driven Into Hardships Due To Insufficient Economic Growth

A carriage driver waits for customers on a street in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Dec. 6, 2012. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s economic growth at 3.25 percent in 2012-13, which it said is insufficient to achieve significant improvement in living standards and to absorb the rising labor force.

A Pakistani butcher cuts chicken meat at his shop in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Dec. 6, 2012.

A Pakistani laborer rides a loaded donkey-cart on a street in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Dec. 6, 2012. <Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal>