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Apr

IMF puts five demands before Shehbaz Sharif govt

By Mehtab Haider Published in The News on April 21, 2022 ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet Wednesday expressed serious concerns on the economic situation of the country, with Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail telling the press later on that the PTI government had laid down ‘atom bombs’ instead of landmines on their way out at the […]

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Apr

New finance minister faces uphill tasks, warns WB

By Shahbaz Rana Published in The Express Tribune on April 20, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The day Pakistan appointed its new finance minister to cope with the challenges – containing rising inflation and navigating through one of the worst external sector crisis, the World Bank on Tuesday reminded the country that 34% of its population was living on just[…]

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Apr

Minimum wage is no puzzler

By Dr Pervez Tahir Published in The Express Tribune on December 17, 2021 Employers have gone to the Supreme Court of Pakistan against the Sindh High Court judgement endorsing the provincial government’s decision to fix minimum wage at Rs25,000 per month. The legal argument is that due procedure has not been followed, while the economic case refers[…]