By Shahid Iqbal Published in Dawn on November 05, 2024 KARACHI: Higher foreign inflows are expected this month as the remittances crossed $3 billion in October, while the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) expects $500 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) this week. In a briefing with the analysts and researchers after the announcement of the […]
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OctBy Almazia Shahzad Published in The News on October 24, 2024 A new important piece in the legal domain of Pakistan’s public finance management system is the National Fiscal Pact (NFP), which reportedly all four provinces have now signed onto. The pact will be governed by a Memorandum of Understanding, in contrast to the constitutionally binding National[…]
By Amna Nasir Zaman Published in The News on October 04, 2024 Pakistan’s education sector is a flagrant reflection of the country’s entrenched socio-economic and gender disparities, with low budgetary allocations further widening the divide. Despite pledges of education emergency and pressures from global bodies to increase education budget to 4 percent of the GDP, it continues[…]
