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Published in arynews.tv on April 16, 2021 MUSCAT: Oman has now become the fourth Gulf state to implement Value Added Tax (VAT), with a flat 5 per cent being imposed on a range of goods and services from Friday, April 16. The other economies to have done so in recent […]

Published in DAWN on April 12, 2021 Remittances from Pakistani workers employed abroad exceeded $2 billion for the 10th consecutive month in March at $2.7 billion — up 43 per cent from a year earlier, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Monday. Proactive policy steps by the government[…]

By Sakib Sherani Published in DAWN on April 09, 2021 AFTER 21 months of IMF-mandated fiscal austerity and demand management, the prime minister appears to have had enough and has signalled a change of course. The finance minister overseeing the implementation of the IMF programme, which the prime minister publicly[…]

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