29

Mar

THE DEADLY GULF DREAM

By Vital Signs Published in DAWN on March 27, 2022 A deel Riaz was only 22 years old when he died in November 2018 in Saudi Arabia. He had three older brothers and two sisters. His family are farmers in a rural region of Pakistan. And he was part of a team that painted mosques. “There was […]

11

Mar

February remittances reach $2.2b

By Omar Qureshi Published in The Express Tribune on March 11, 2022 KARACHI: The remittances sent home by overseas Pakistanis inched up 2% month-on-month to $2.2 billion in February 2022. The thin increase in remittances came following the resumption of global travel and non-inclusion of proceeds from the Roshan Digital Account in the overall remittances. According to[…]

24

Feb

Foreign debt peaks to $13b in Jul-Jan

By Shahbaz Rana Published in The Express Tribune on February 24, 2022 ISLAMABAD: The government received over $13 billion in foreign loans during the first seven months of current fiscal year, an increase of 70% over the same period of previous year, with no immediate respite in sight from growing indebtedness of Pakistan. The Ministry of Economic[…]