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MarPakistan to miss wheat production target, again
By Mehtab Haider Published in The News on March 11, 2023 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s wheat production target is likely to hit by 1.7 million tonnes for the current fiscal year as the Met office has forecast heavy rains for two weeks, starting from the third week of March. Officials said on […]
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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,[…]
