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Jan

New law, new hope

By Nighat Dad Published in DAWN on January 20, 2022 IN July 2021, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, while deciding Civil Petition No 4570/2019 (‘Nadia Naz vs President of Pakistan & Others’), acknowledged the flaws and limitations in the Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, 2010, in great detail while penning that while the […]

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Jan

SBP keeps policy rate unchanged at 9.75pc

By Shahid Iqbal Published in DAWN on January 25, 2022 KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 9.75 per cent in its latest monetary policy and signalled that borrowing costs would remain steady for now, as recent tax increases were expected to curb demand and reduce the country’s budget[…]