State Bank’s role
Published in DAWN on January 31, 2022 THE passage of the SBP Amendment Bill that gives absolute powers to the central bank will remove the last hitch in the way of the revival of the suspended IMF programme. But it would also drastically change the bank’s job description and its […]
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JanOur monetary policy goals
By Riaz Riazuddin Published in DAWN on January 29, 2022 WHAT should be the goals of our monetary policy? Should it be to maintain price stability or promote growth, or both? It must be both, as universally accepted worldwide, because money and credit influence both inflation and growth. Excessive money[…]
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JanGovt in violation of debt reduction law, cabinet told
By Shahbaz Rana Published in The Express Tribune on January 26, 2022 ISLAMABAD: A new debt policy statement for the last fiscal year on Tuesday revealed that the federal government’s burden was Rs11.8 trillion higher than legally allowed limit set by parliament and that some targets fixed under the debt[…]
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JanNew law, new hope
By Nighat Dad Published in DAWN on January 20, 2022 IN July 2021, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, while deciding Civil Petition No 4570/2019 (‘Nadia Naz vs President of Pakistan & Others’), acknowledged the flaws and limitations in the Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, 2010, in[…]
