By Our Correspondent Published in The News on November 12, 2022 KARACHI: On Friday, the central bank data showed that remittances from Pakistanis working abroad dropped by 8.6 percent to $9.9 billion in the first four months of the current fiscal year. The country received $10.8 billion in remittances from overseas workers in July–October FY2022. Similarly, in […]
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[…]