09

Mar

SBP keeps policy rate unchanged

By Shahid Iqbal Published in DAWN on March 09, 2022 KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 9.75 per cent on Tuesday. However, it warned that continued adverse conditions on the Russian-Ukraine front could pose challenges to the outlook for the current account deficit and inflation expectations, necessitating changes in […]

08

Mar

War in Ukraine: Crisis is unleashing ‘hell on earth’ for food prices

By Tom Kavanagh Published in bbc.com on March 08, 2022 The head of the World Food Programme, David Beasley, has warned the conflict in Ukraine could send global food prices soaring, with a catastrophic impact on the world’s poorest. Ukraine and Russia are both major exporters of basic foodstuffs, and the war has already hit crop production,[…]

For a sustainable tomorrow

By Zile Huma Published in The News on March 08, 2022 The UN theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2022, is ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’. It also supports the main theme of the 66th session on the Commission of the Status of Women “achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls[…]