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NovBy SHAMSUL ISLAM KHAN Published in The Express Tribune on November 17, 2025 KARACHI: The strong rupee is luring imports, impacting domestic industry competitiveness and hurting exports. For the past three years, the government has been celebrating rising home remittances as its politico-economic success that has helped stabilise the rupee and achieve a current account surplus, but […]
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NovBy Usman Hanif Published in The Express Tribune on November 08, 2025 KARACHI: Overseas Pakistanis sent home $3.42 billion in October 2025, marking an 11.9% year-on-year increase, offering some relief to Pakistan’s fragile external account at a time when the trade deficit has ballooned to $12.6 billion, driven by a surge in imports. This rise reflects continued[…]
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NovBy Amin Ahmed Published in Dawn on November 05, 2025 ISLAMABAD: An analysis of a World Bank policy research working paper reveals that Pakistan’s true level of urbanisation is close to 88 per cent, based on satellite imagery and the Degree of Urbanisation methodology. According to the working paper titled “When Does a Village Become a Town?:[…]
