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Apr

Economy slows as growth dips

By Usman Hanif Published in The Express Tribune on April 25, 2025 KARACHI: While signs of macroeconomic recovery are emerging, Pakistan’s economic growth decelerated during the first half of fiscal year 2024-25 (H1-FY25), as contraction in the industrial sector and a slowdown in agriculture weighed heavily on overall performance. Although the services sector witnessed a slight improvement, […]

Conference eyes urbanisation for economic turnaround

Published in Dawn on April 26, 2025 LAHORE: Experts at a two-day conference on the management of Pakistan’s economy organized by the Lahore School of Economics (LSE) have called urbanization a key to country’s economic growth and urged the government to focus on this. The event focused on challenges to growth and trade, against the backdrop of[…]

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Apr

Explainer: Why such a massive, sudden rise in remittances

By Aimen Siddiqui Published in The News on April 15, 2025 KARACHI: Pakistan’s record monthly worker remittances in March is a result of both the government’s efforts to control flow of money through legal channels and a stable rupee, say experts. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday released data on the country’s monthly inflows for[…]