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Feb

Technology needs context

By Zahra Mughis Published in The News on January 25, 2024 Providing free laptops or tablets to schools or learners won’t address the systemic educational inequalities in the country. Technology, by design, does not alter the fundamentals because its use and impact are contextual. It is the strategic adoption of technology that enables inclusion, benefiting the otherwise […]

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Jan

Expanding job frontiers: Pakistanis to benefit from new Qatar pacts

By Ayaz Akbar Yousafzai Published in The News on December 24, 2023 Islamabad and Doha signed key agreements to bolster job opportunities for Pakistanis during the three-day official visit of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Jawad Sohrab Malik to Qatar. The move was made by signing several agreements and[…]

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Jan

IMF assured of building reserves, free floating exchange rate

By Zaheer Abbasi Published in Business Recuder on January 21, 2024 ISLAMABD: The caretaker government has committed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that it would build reserves as conditions permit and let the rupee find its market value as imports are normalised even if pressures re-emerge. Pakistan in a letter of Intent (LoI), signed and submitted[…]