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Apr

New finance minister faces uphill tasks, warns WB

By Shahbaz Rana Published in The Express Tribune on April 20, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The day Pakistan appointed its new finance minister to cope with the challenges – containing rising inflation and navigating through one of the worst external sector crisis, the World Bank on Tuesday reminded the country that 34% of its population was living on just […]

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Apr

UAE announces 10 types of new entry, residence visas

Published in The Express Tribune on April 18, 2022 In one of the biggest overhauls of the visa system, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday introduced a new entry and residence scheme offering “10 types of entry visas with simplified requirements and more benefits”. According to an official statement, the new visas require no host or[…]

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Apr

Minimum wage is no puzzler

By Dr Pervez Tahir Published in The Express Tribune on December 17, 2021 Employers have gone to the Supreme Court of Pakistan against the Sindh High Court judgement endorsing the provincial government’s decision to fix minimum wage at Rs25,000 per month. The legal argument is that due procedure has not been followed, while the economic case refers[…]

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