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Nov

Why are remittances falling?

By Mohiuddin Aazim Published in DAWN on November 21, 2022 Remittances continue to decline. In July-October this year, these remittances fell to $9.9 billion, down 8.6 per cent from $10.827bn in July-October last year. If the declining trend continues, total remittances in FY23, ending in June, would remain close to $30bn, lower than the $31bn that flowed […]

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Nov

Pakistan amidst an eight billion planet

By Dr Luay Shabaneh Published in The Express Tribune on November 15, 2022 The world’s population hits the edge of eight billion this month, on 15 November 2022. Many questions and ideas come to the minds of demographers, development practitioners, economists, planners and politicians. Some of the questions include the ability of the planet to sustain this[…]

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Nov

IT sector for ease of doing business

By Usman Hanif Published in The Express Tribune on November 11, 2022 KARACHI: Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) has called on the government to enhance the ease of doing business in the country to increase the much-touted information technology (IT) exports. “While the Federal Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MoITT) and Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB)[…]