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May

April remittances decrease 29% to $2.2 billion

Published in The News on May 10, 2023 After hitting a seven-month high in March, remittances sent by overseas Pakistanis decreased to $2.21 billion in April — down 29% year-on-year, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) shared Wednesday in its monthly bulletin. Last month’s high remittances were because of Ramadan and Eid ul Fitr as well as […]

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May

Economic slowdown triggers massive unemployment

By Aamir Shafaat Khan Published in Dawn on May 07, 2023 KARACHI: Millions of jobs in formal or informal sectors of the economy across the country have been lost due to a massive decline in industrial production so far this fiscal year. The ongoing restrictions on the import of raw materials, the foreign exchange crisis and rising[…]

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May

AI in education

By Neda Mulji Published in Dawn on May 04, 2023 IT would be an understatement to say AI has taken the world by a storm. Much like the pandemic, it is sweeping through countries and enmeshing itself in human lives at an alarming pace. No matter what the age or the education background, basic literacy and access[…]