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Dec

Remittances 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 economy as workers’ remittances continued to grow […]

Halting UAE visas

Published in DAWN on November 27, 2020 IT appears that the Pakistani workforce in the UAE, along with labour from some other, mostly Muslim, countries, has become an unfortunate casualty of the Middle East’s changing geopolitics. While the actual reasons for halting employment and visit visas by the UAE are not clear at the moment, the move[…]

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Nov

New UK immigration system to be introduced in January

By Shazia Hasan Published in DAWN on November 22, 2020 KARACHI: “From January 1, 2021 we are implementing a new, fairer, global points-based immigration system, which will welcome people to the United Kingdom, who want to work and study based on what they have to offer, rather than where their passport is from.” This was said by[…]