Mio Sato, Chief of Mission, International Organization for Migration (IOM) visited CIMRAD
Ms. Mio Sato, Chief of Mission, IOM-Pakistan visited the Graduate Institute of Development Studies (GIDS), Lahore School of Economics, along with Sibgha Ajaz, Project Coordinator, Migration Management Department, IOM on July 28, 2021. Dr. Nasra Shah and Dr. Fareeha Zafar represented the Institute’s Centre on International Migration, Remittances and Diaspora […]
IMF approves $650bn to boost global economy
By Anwar Iqbal Published in DAWN on August 04, 2021 WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the largest-ever distribution of monetary reserves of $650 billion to boost the global economy and help emerging and low-income nations deal with the mounting debt and Covid-19 crises. The IMF board of[…]
Alarm bells ringing as trade deficit hits $3.058bn in July
Published in DAWN on August 3, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The government’s battle against bloated trade deficit is reversing as it widened 81.4 per cent in the first month of the current fiscal year (FY22), driven largely by almost double increase in imports compared to exports from the country. Merchandise trade deficit[…]
Workshop on “COVID-19 Health and Socio-Economic Crises: Consequences on Population and Migration in the Gulf”
Dr. Nasra M. Shah, Professor at Graduate Institute of Development Studies (GIDS), Lahore School of Economics co-organized a virtual workshop with Dr. Francoise De Bel-Air on “COVID-19 Health and Socio-economic Crises: Consequences on Population and Migration in the Gulf”. The workshop was held on July 23-24 under the Gulf Research[…]







