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DecMore than $2.2 billion promised for global refugee crisis at UN forum
By Emma Farge Published in news.yahoo.com on December 16, 2023 GENEVA (Reuters) -Countries and businesses at a major U.N. forum pledged more than $2.2 billion towards a global displacement crisis and promised jobs for tens of thousands of refugees in an outcome the United Nations chief said would help “stem […]
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DecPakistan regionally
By Dr Niaz Murtaza Published in DAWN on December 12, 2023 WE lag economically even in South Asia. This lag is well-known but not its huge scale. To display that, I compare Saarc economies using World Bank data which runs up to 2022 and thus excludes our poor 2023 data.[…]
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DecSaving climate
By Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri Published in The News on December 10, 2023 The Covid-19 pandemic, a phenomenon that eluded previous infectious threats like Ebola, SARS, MERS and swine flu, was declared a pandemic not only due to its contagious nature but also because it posed a threat to humanity,[…]
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DecRevitalising Pakistan’s export engine, economic activity
By Aadil Nakhoda Published in Express Tribune on December 11, 2023 KARACHI: The recent trade statistics published by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) for November 2023 suggest that exports in the first five months of FY24 are hovering at levels similar to those reported for the first five months[…]
