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Jun

Delusions of income equality

By Afshan Subohi Published in DAWN on June 27, 2022 Saeeda, a part-time maid, never had it easy. It has always been tough for her to sustain the family on her own and the fluctuating meagre earnings of her husband Moin, a self-employed house painter. Now with steep inflation, the family income falls short to cover their […]

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Crisis slide

By Aisha Khan Published in DAWN on June 23, 2022 GAME theory is described as “a branch of applied mathematics that provides tools for analysing situations in which parties, called players, make decisions that are interdependent. This interdependence causes each player to consider the other player’s possible decisions in formulating strategy”. While game theory is primarily a[…]

Winning back the Fund – and the people

By Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri Published in The News on June 23, 2022 The good news is that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has formally recognized that Pakistan has completed its two action plans covering 34 action items. With this, Pakistan met all technical requirements to exit from the FATF’s list (grey list) of countries with[…]