05

Jul

The 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 pre-pandemic peak levels and low-skilled workers still […]

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23

May

Investment-GDP ratio falls to lowest since FY1973

Published in The News on May 23, 2024 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s total investment has declined to its lowest ebb since 1972-3 and now it stands at 13.1 per cent of GDP in the current fiscal year 2023-24 despite a deafening chorus of boosting up the investment climate through the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC). The investment-to-GDP ratio stood[…]

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09

Apr

Remittances soar to $2.95 billion

By Salman Siddiqui Published in The Express Tribune on April 09, 2024 KARACHI: The inflows of workers’ remittances sent home by overseas Pakistanis hit a two-year high at $2.95 billion in March, taking the cumulative inflows to $21 billion in the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2024. The remittances have risen to this level[…]

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