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Apr

New finance minister faces uphill tasks, warns WB

By Shahbaz Rana Published in The Express Tribune on April 20, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The day Pakistan appointed its new finance minister to cope with the challenges – containing rising inflation and navigating through one of the worst external sector crisis, the World Bank on Tuesday reminded the country that 34% of its population was living on just […]

16

Apr

Minimum wage is no puzzler

By Dr Pervez Tahir Published in The Express Tribune on December 17, 2021 Employers have gone to the Supreme Court of Pakistan against the Sindh High Court judgement endorsing the provincial government’s decision to fix minimum wage at Rs25,000 per month. The legal argument is that due procedure has not been followed, while the economic case refers[…]

15

Apr

SIR — Save, implement and review

By Ishrat Husain Published in The News on April 15, 2022 The new coalition government has assumed power at a time of deep external and internal economic difficulties in the midst of a highly-polarized polity and society. The immediate temptation would be to distance itself from what the previous government had done and formulate a brand new[…]