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OctFinance ministry warns of higher inflation
By Khaleeq Kiani Published in DAWN on October 29, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Recording fiscal deficit during the first two months of the current fiscal year unchanged at 0.9 per cent of GDP, the finance ministry on Thursday warned that the exchange rate, commodity supplies and seasonality could intensify the magnitude of […]
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OctThrough the glass ceiling and the language barrier
By Daud Khan/Ahmed Raza Published in Express Tribune on October 24, 2021 MILAN: The Pakistani diaspora in Italy – numbering about 150,000 – is the largest in Europe after the UK. The bulk of the first generation immigrants have limited education levels and are stuck in low income activities such[…]
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OctIndustrial employment jumped 112pc to 2.34m in 10 years from 2005: survey
By Mubarak Zeb Khan Published in Dawn, October 22, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The number of employed persons in the country’s industrial sector posted an increase of 112.7 per cent to 2.340 million in 2015-16 compared to 1.11m in 2005-06, a survey report of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said. The[…]
Crisis looming
By Khurram Husain Published in Dawn, October 21, 2021 RARELY have I seen a ruler so oblivious to the tsunami heading his way. While the prime minister is busy preaching family values to the country on a daily basis, the spiral of inflation that is heading in our direction once[…]
