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IMF: back to square one

By Sarfaraz A Khan Published in DAWN on December 19, 2022 KARACHI: It wasn’t long ago when previous finance minister Miftah Ismail went to the IMF in the hope of securing a deal and getting funds that the country desperately needed. A few months later, Pakistan is back in pretty much the same situation. Pakistan’s financial managers […]

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Remittances decline 14pc in November

By Shahid Iqbal Published in DAWN on December 15, 2022 KARACHI: Remittances sent by overseas Pakistanis declined by 14 per cent in November this year. The inflows fell by 9.6 per cent during the first five months of the current fiscal year (FY23). The latest data released by the State Bank on Wednesday showed that the remittances[…]

Dr. Nasra Shah participated in a panel discussion organized by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute on “Migration in Post-COVID South Asia” on 7th December 2022

Dr. Nasra Shah participated (online) as a distinguished speaker in a discussion panel organized by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad on “Migration in Post-COVID South Asia” on 7th December 2022. In her comments, she noted that on average, more than half a million migrant workers from Pakistan went overseas annually during the last decade. This number[…]