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Published in Business Recorder on February 08, 2022 A little noticed sub-section of the recent IMF country report is about the effects of climate change on Pakistan. The country is among the top ten worst impacted countries (in terms of damage) over the last two decades. However, Pakistan’ contribution to the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is […]

By Shahbaz Rana Published in The Express Tribune on February 05, 2022 ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slapped six more conditions on Pakistan, including increasing individual income tax rates and power tariffs while also faulted Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin’s first budget for increasing macroeconomic vulnerabilities. The IMF on Friday released its detailed report on the[…]

By Amin Ahmed Published in DAWN on February 05, 2022 • Framework will facilitate global investment, industries relocation to special economic zones • PM meets Chinese corporate leaders, NDRC chairman • Imran says CPEC delivering tangible benefits • Chinese firms ready to set up $3.5bn Gwadar reprocessing park, $350m textile cluster near Lahore ISLAMABAD / BEIJING: Pakistan’s[…]