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AprEconomy slows as growth dips
By Usman Hanif Published in The Express Tribune on April 25, 2025 KARACHI: While signs of macroeconomic recovery are emerging, Pakistan’s economic growth decelerated during the first half of fiscal year 2024-25 (H1-FY25), as contraction in the industrial sector and a slowdown in agriculture weighed heavily on overall performance. Although […]
Conference eyes urbanisation for economic turnaround
Published in Dawn on April 26, 2025 LAHORE: Experts at a two-day conference on the management of Pakistan’s economy organized by the Lahore School of Economics (LSE) have called urbanization a key to country’s economic growth and urged the government to focus on this. The event focused on challenges to[…]
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AprExplainer: Why such a massive, sudden rise in remittances
By Aimen Siddiqui Published in The News on April 15, 2025 KARACHI: Pakistan’s record monthly worker remittances in March is a result of both the government’s efforts to control flow of money through legal channels and a stable rupee, say experts. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday released[…]
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AprRemittances hit $4.1bn for March: SBP governor
By Mahira Sarfraz Published in Dawn on April 14, 2025 State Bank Governor Jameel Ahmad on Monday said that remittances were at a record $4.1 billion during the month of March. Remittances from overseas Pakistani workers had soared by nearly 40 per cent year-on-year in February 2025, reaching $3.12bn. Compared[…]
