Published in DAWN on March 12, 2020 KARACHI: Remittances sent by overseas Pakistanis remained above $2 billion in February for the eighth consecutive month, the State Bank said on Thursday. If June FY20 is also counted, it was the ninth straight month when the country received over $2bn in monthly remittances. The Covid-19 pandemic has positively impacted […]
By: Rashid Amjad Published in DAWN on March 05, 2021 AS much as through good fortune as deft economic policymaking, a rare window of opportunity has presented itself to finally move the economy out of prolonged stagnation and onto a much-needed higher growth path. There is no guarantee that it will be sustainable — for political courage[…]
By Samar Quddus, Published in The News, February 16, 2021 The 21st century mainly gave us the unabated war on terror, civil conflict, political disruption, climate change, and above all global epidemics that have now placed a chokehold on well-functioning economies of the world. In this regard, the last 15 months have proved to be the most[…]