Pakistan has proposed that the World Trade Organization (WTO) establish a multilateral framework on investment facilitation. Seventy other countries have supported the initiative, which will be considered at the next WTO ministerial conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2020. In preparation, a high-level forum was held in Astana on 28 September 2018. Pakistan’s participant at the forum was our Graduate Institute’s Visiting Professor, Khalil Hamdani.
By Aimen Siddiqui Published in The News on April 15, 2025 KARACHI: Pakistan’s record monthly worker remittances in March is a result of both the government’s efforts to control flow of money through legal channels and a stable rupee, say experts. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday released data on the country’s monthly inflows for […]
By Mahira Sarfraz Published in Dawn on April 14, 2025 State Bank Governor Jameel Ahmad on Monday said that remittances were at a record $4.1 billion during the month of March. Remittances from overseas Pakistani workers had soared by nearly 40 per cent year-on-year in February 2025, reaching $3.12bn. Compared to January 2025, remittance inflows increased by[…]
