Remittances dip to 5-month low
By Salman Siddiqui Published in The Express Tribune on August 17, 2022 KARACHI: The flow of remittances sent home by overseas Pakistanis slowed down to a five-month low at $2.52 billion in the first month (July) of current fiscal year mainly due to lesser number of working days in the […]
Against heavy odds
By Rashid Amjad Published in DAWN on August 17, 2022 WITH the country reaching its 75th anniversary, there has been much doom and gloom as the economy passes through another downturn triggered by its recurring trade imbalance and debt crises. Yet, it is important to remind ourselves that notwithstanding its[…]
Pakistan’s total debt jumps to Rs60 trillion
By Shahbaz Rana Published in The Express Tribune on August 16, 2022 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s total debt and liabilities skyrocketed to Rs59.7 trillion as the nation added Rs12 trillion, or one-fourth of its total debt incurred in the past 74 years, in the diamond jubilee year, thanks to the imprudent fiscal[…]
Mapping the conditions of women and children in Pakistan
By Mahnaz Rahman Published in The News on August 14, 2022 In 2020, the UN Secretary-General Ant—nio Guterres’ delivered remarks on “Women and Power” at The New School in New York: “The women’s rights movement came of age in the twentieth century. Women Heads of State dispelled any doubts about[…]








