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By Salman Siddiqui Published in The Express Tribune on August 11, 2023 KARACHI: Significant setback as the inflow of workers’ remittances from overseas Pakistanis through official channels dropped to a five-month low of $2 billion in July. This decline has raised concerns about Pakistan’s ability to sustain import payments and manage maturing foreign debt obligations. The State […]

By Shahid Iqbal Published in Dawn on July 11, 2023 KARACHI: Pakistan lost over $4 billion in remittances sent by overseas Pakistan in FY23, much higher than the amount the PMLN-led coalition struggled to secure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the outgoing fiscal year. Data issued by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday[…]

By Tariq Khosa Published in Dawn on July 03, 2023 THE recent drowning of some 300 Pakistanis off the Greek coast, in their attempt to illegally reach Italy, is a national tragedy. This was the third such major incident since February. Keeping in view the UN Protocol against Smuggling of Migrants, 2000, and factors peculiar to Pakistan,[…]