By Rafia Zakaria Published in DAWN on November 02, 2022 IN recent years, as Pakistan has hurtled from one catastrophe to another, remittances sent by Pakistani workers living abroad have been a source of some small amount of stability. When foreign investments have seemed scant and aid packages have dried up, workers sending money back to families, […]
By Atika Rehman Published in DAWN on October 26, 2022 AS the fog cast by political uncertainty appears to settle with the appointment of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, one thing is clear: a long winter of financial hardship is on the cards for households across the country. The cost of living crisis has forced around 24 million[…]
By Salman Siddiqui Published in The Express Tribune on October 12, 2022 KARACHI: Remittances sent home by overseas Pakistanis slowed down to a four-month low at $2.44 billion in September 2022. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Tuesday that the receipts contracted 10.5% in September 2022 compared to inflows of $2.72 billion in the prior[…]