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Jul

IT exports cross record $2bn mark

Published in DAWN on July 27, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports of information technology grew by 47.4 per cent to cross the $2 billion mark for the first time in the country’s history in the outgoing fiscal year. In absolute terms, the IT exports reached $2.12bn in 2020-21 as against $1.44bn in the preceding year, according to data[…]

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Global supply chains buckle

Published in The Express Tribune on July 25,  2021 BEIJING/LONDON: A new worldwide wave of Covid-19. Natural disasters in China and Germany. A cyber-attack targeting key South African ports. Events have conspired to drive global supply chains towards breaking point, threatening the fragile flow of raw materials, parts and consumer goods, according to companies, economists and shipping[…]