Remittances fall 8.6pc to $9.9bn in July-October
By Our Correspondent Published in The News on November 12, 2022 KARACHI: On Friday, the central bank data showed that remittances from Pakistanis working abroad dropped by 8.6 percent to $9.9 billion in the first four months of the current fiscal year. The country received $10.8 billion in remittances from […]
More than half of all healthcare spending ‘out of pocket’
By Mubarak Zeb Khan Published in DAWN on November 08, 2022 ISLAMABAD: The share of people paying for healthcare expenses on their own, or out of pocket (OOP) made up 52.8 percent of the total health expenditure in 2019-20, up slightly went from 51.7pc in 2017-18, the National Health Account[…]
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NovRace to COP27
By Aisha Khan Published in DAWN on November 04, 2022 IT is the time of the year when countries convene to negotiate roles and responsibility for safeguarding the future of the planet. This year the strident chorus of voices will reach a crescendo in its demand for urgent climate action.[…]
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NovGlobal economy and challenges for Pakistan
By Waqar Masood Khan Published in Business Recorder on November 03, 2022 The following two paragraphs from the World Economic Outlook, October 2022, neatly sum up the challenges facing the global economy: “Global economic activity is experiencing a broad-based and sharper-than-expected slowdown, with inflation higher than seen in several decades.[…]
