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JunPAKISTANI STUDENTS AND THE ‘AMERICAN DREAM’
By Anmol Irfan Published in Dawn on June 06, 2025 Shayan* and his wife Aliya* spent the last couple of months preparing their travel plans, which included a potential Haj trip after a visit back home to their families in Pakistan. At least, this was the plan up until the […]
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Jun45pc of Pakistanis live below poverty line: WB
By Khaleeq Kiani Published in Dawn on June 06, 2025 ISLAMABAD: Almost forty-five per cent of Pakistan’s population lives below the poverty line, according to a World Bank report released on Thursday. The finding, based on a survey conducted in 2018-19, comes in the wake of an update of global[…]
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JunWhy this must be a transition budget
By Ishrat Husain Published in The News on June 03, 2025 THE finance minister recently announced that the next budget would be a ‘strategic’ budget rather than making the math work. The annual budget is not only an instrument of fiscal policy (taxation, levies and expenditure choices ) but also[…]
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MayEconomy posts surprise growth of 2.7%
By Shahbaz Rana Published in The Express Tribune on May 21, 2025 ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday claimed that the economy grew by 2.7% in the current fiscal year, driven by an unexpected 4.8% growth in the industrial sector — despite earlier concerns over contractionary policies and the high cost[…]
