By Shahid Iqbal Published in DAWN on February 12, 2022 KARACHI: The remittances being sent by the overseas Pakistanis fell by 5 per cent year-on-year to $2.144 billion in January, showed data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday. On month-on-month, the remittances depicted a fall of $376 million or 15pc. The workers’ remittances […]
Published in DAWN on February 09, 2022 ISLAMABAD: Estimates suggest that 9.1 million people of Pakistani origin live abroad which makes the country, the sixth largest diaspora in the world. This number accounts for almost 5pc of the country’s population. Taking this into consideration, Pakistan welcomes the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) agreement among United Nations-member states[…]
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FebPublished 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[…]
