15

Apr

Shaukat Tarin responds to Atif Mian, lists PTI achievements

By Mehtab Haider Published in The News on April 13, 2022 ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Shaukat Tarin has opposed economist Atif Mian’s tweets regarding leaving economy in the worst shape, arguing that he should have contributed to benefiting economy rather than taking a telescopic view from far away. Tarin made a telephonic call to this scribe on […]

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[…]