Saudi Arabia approves granting citizenship to global experts under Vision 2030
Published in Dawn on July 05, 2024 Saudi Arabia has approved granting Saudi citizenship to scientists, doctors, researchers, entrepreneurs, and other individuals with rare skills, experience, and specializations. According to a royal decree, the kingdom has offered citizenship to talented individuals in medical, scientific, cultural, sports, and technical fields to […]
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JulThe Centre on Migration, Remittances and Diaspora (CIMRAD) launched the Pakistan Migration Report 2024 on June 11th, 2024, in a ceremony held at the Lahore School of Economics Burki Campus.
The Pakistan Migration Report 2024 is the third in the series published biennially by CIMRAD. This report addresses the key questions of brain drain – exodus of high-skilled professionals, irregular migration, and trends observed in worker remittances. It draws on official outmigration data to show that it has returned to[…]
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JulSMOKERS’ CORNER: FAITH AND THE ECONOMY
By Nadeem F. Paracha Published in Dawn on June 30, 2024 Lee Kuan Yew, the former prime minister of Singapore and the architect of the tiny country’s giant economy, first visited Pakistan in 1988. According to the celebrated columnist Ardeshir Cowasjee, when Yew was leaving, a Pakistani journalist asked him[…]
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JunAccounting for change
By Khurram Husain Published in Dawn on June 21, 2024 THE resistance to change in Pakistan is an old problem but it wears a new face every few years. These days the resistance to change is wearing the face of an accounting problem. In other words, everything from our debt[…]
