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MarRemittances slip to $2bn in February
Published in The News on March 10, 2023 Pakistani workers’ remittances — the money sent home by expatriates — fell 9.5% to $2 billion in February, year-on-year, as economic uncertainties and exchange rate fluctuations prompted people to use illegitimate channels for transactions. The remittances stood at $2.2 billion in the […]
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MarNo date given for staff-level agreement with IMF
By Shahbaz Rana Published in The Express Tribune on March 09, 2023 ISLAMABAD: Central bank Governor Jameel Ahmad said on Wednesday that staff-level agreement (SLA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was “close to finalisation” but shied away from giving a date amid his forecast of a reduction in non-debt[…]
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MarHanging out with Pakistan’s 1%
By Fouzia Nasir Ahmad Published in The Express Tribune on March 05, 2023 KARACHI: Rosita Armytage, a governance specialist, anthropologist and author from Australia recently visited Pakistan to launch her book Big Capital in an Unequal World: The Micro Politics of Wealth in Pakistan, a fascinating insight into Pakistan’s upper crust,[…]
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FebExperts urge study on social remittances’ impact on global migration
By Shahab Omer Published in Pakistan Today on February 22, 2023 LAHORE: The Centre on Migration, Remittances and Diaspora (CIMRAD), Lahore School of Economics organized first of its kind international conference on ‘Social Remittances and Social Change: Links between Home and Host Countries” on February 21 and 22, 2023 at[…]
