Pakistan, April 23 -- The overall unemployment rate in Pakistan During the past decade has increased from 5.1% to 5.7%, while the unemployment rate among graduates rose alarmingly to 16.3% in 2017-18 from 5.3% in 2006-07, reveals the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

The Pakistan Employment Trends 2018 survey conducted by the PBS revealed alarming proportions as the unemployment rate among female graduates rose significantly to 41% in 2017-18, while it was 9.7% in 2006-07. Male graduates' unemployment rate surged to 7.3% in 2017-18 from 4.6% in 2006-07.

Similarly, unemployment rate among intermediates rose to 11.7% in 2017-18 from 6.5% in 2006-07, while under-matric jobless rates swelled to 6.4% in the said period.

"Unemployment rat...