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JunPublished in www.iom.int on June 13, 2023 Geneva/Berlin/Cairo – Nearly 3,800 people died on migration routes within and from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region last year (January-December 2022), the highest number since 2017 when 4,255 deaths were recorded according to newly released data from the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Missing Migrants Project (MMP). […]
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JunBy Waqar Satti Published in The News on June 25, 2023 ISLAMABAD: After making all the critical amendments in line with the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) demands, the National Assembly Sunday passed the budget for the fiscal year 2023-24, as the country seeks external financing to avert a sovereign default. In a last-ditch effort to clinch a[…]
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JunBy Pervez Hoodbhoy Published in Dawn on June 24, 2023 ON Monday, the national flag flew half-mast to mourn the hundreds of Pakistanis resting in their watery graves under the Mediterranean. In lieu of roughly $7,500 apiece paid to trafficking agents, the ill-fated ones had hoped to start a new life in Europe. Like cattle, the Pakistanis[…]
