COVID-19 and systemic resilience : rethinking the impacts of migrant workers and labour migration policies
Published in Cadmus This paper argues that concerns about the resilience of essential services require a reassessment of the impacts of migrant workers and the design of labour migration and related public policies. The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the high share of migrants among ‘key workers’ who deliver essential services, notably […]
Heavily in debt
Published in DAWN on December 19, 2020 PAKISTAN’S foreign debt and liabilities have been increasing rapidly over the last several years. The government is forced to borrow heavily from external sources — including multilateral and bilateral creditors, and commercial lenders — in order to meet its foreign debt repayment obligations,[…]
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DecNearly a million Pakistanis went abroad for work in over two years: PM’s aide
Published in The Express Tribune on December 18, 2020 ISLAMABAD: Nearly a million Pakistanis have been sent abroad for work by the PTI government over the past two years, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfiqar Bukhari said on the occasion of World Migrants Day. “Despite the[…]
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DecRemittances remain above $2b
By Salman Siddiqui Published in The Express Tribune on December 12, 2020 KARACHI: Pakistan once again created history with over $2 billion worth of workers’ remittances for the sixth consecutive month in November, which helped the country to continue to meet its international payment obligations. “More good news for Pakistan’s[…]
