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Every issue

2 issues. Each one keeps its own frozen copy of the data it was built from, at a URL that does not change.

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Vol 1

16 Sept 2026

Inequality and living standards Current issue

Inequality and living standards

Inequality in Pakistan cuts across what families earn and own, the opportunities available to them, and the public services they can rely on. Eight pieces examine who pays for the state, how far people must travel for education and care, and how households manage when their money buys less.

Cover Contents Lead story Health Education Editor's letter

Data shipped 14 files · 8 pieces

tax_incidence_deciles.csv tax_incidence_figdata.json district_access_mpi.csv health_access_figdata.json travel_time_tehsils.csv school_access_districts.csv school_access_coverage.csv school_access_figdata.json school_access_enrolment_by_sex.csv school_access_enrol_figdata.json school_access_map_figdata.json mpi_profile_districts.csv middle_budget_categories.csv middle_budget_figdata.json

Vol 1

14 Aug 2026

Launch issue

Growth without an engine

Export-led growth is the right ambition, but the engine that will deliver it never gets built. Two new household surveys show why.

Cover Contents Lead story District Editor's letter

Data shipped 10 files · 6 pieces

gdp_growth.csv sector_employment.csv productivity.csv lights_tehsils.csv mpi_districts.csv flfp.csv flfp_prov.csv lfpr_districts_2020_21.csv flfp_delta_districts.csv plotline.csv

What "archived" means here

Issues are frozen

An issue closes on its publication date. Its charts are rebuilt from the CSVs stored beside it, so the figures you see today are the figures it published.

Revisions do not rewrite history

When an official series is revised, the published issue keeps its numbers. The revision becomes a dated note on that issue, and a story in a later one.

URLs are permanent

An issue owns a dated path — /issues/2026-08/ — and everything under it. Nothing a later issue publishes can collide with an earlier one.

Corrections are public

Every correction is listed on the corrections page and on the piece itself, with the previous figure left legible.