By Shahid Iqbal Published in DAWN on February 12, 2022 KARACHI: The remittances being sent by the overseas Pakistanis fell by 5 per cent year-on-year to $2.144 billion in January, showed data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday. On month-on-month, the remittances depicted a fall of $376 million or 15pc. The workers’ remittances […]
Published in Business Recorder on February 08, 2022 A little noticed sub-section of the recent IMF country report is about the effects of climate change on Pakistan. The country is among the top ten worst impacted countries (in terms of damage) over the last two decades. However, Pakistan’ contribution to the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is[…]
By Shahbaz Rana Published in The Express Tribune on February 05, 2022 ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slapped six more conditions on Pakistan, including increasing individual income tax rates and power tariffs while also faulted Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin’s first budget for increasing macroeconomic vulnerabilities. The IMF on Friday released its detailed report on the[…]