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Apr

Loans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World Bank

By Shahbaz Rana Published in The Express Tribune on April 04, 2023 ISLAMABAD: The World Bank, on Tuesday, said that various economic shocks pushed nearly four million Pakistanis into poverty this fiscal year. The lender also urged Islamabad to immediately arrange fresh foreign loans to avert a “public debt crisis”. The Pakistan Development Update – a flagship […]

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04

Apr

1 million Pakistanis to get work visas

Published in The Express Tribune on April 03, 2023 ISLAMABAD: Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Sajid Hussain Turi has said that the government would send one million Pakistanis abroad for employment opportunities this year. Turi made this announcement in an exclusive interview with a private television channel on Sunday. “Saudi authorities will be visiting Pakistan soon to issue[…]

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03

Apr

How To End Pakistan’s Dangerous Current Account Deficits

By Murtaza Syed Published in Dissent Today on March 31, 2023 For the last fifty years, Pakistan’s macroeconomic management has been among the poorest in the world. This is most starkly manifested in 23 IMF programs, which is the most that any country has ever had. This makes us the IMF’s most notorious repeat offender. In sharp[…]

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