International Migration amid a World in Crisis
By Joseph Chamie Prepared for The Center for Migration Studies Executive Summary This article comprehensively examines international migration trends and policies in light of the […]
PM Imran Khan thanks overseas Pakistanis for ‘record-breaking’ month of remittances
Published in The News on January 08, 2021 Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that Pakistan had had a “record-breaking” month for December as far as[…]
SBP Launches Survey of Overseas Pakistanis to Assess Recent Trends and Prospects for Remittances
Published in External Relations Department on December 24, 2020 State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in collaboration with Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (MPD&SI)[…]
Growth versus stability
By Rashid Amjad Published in DAWN on January 04, 2021 THE consensus amongst the economic policymaking triumvirate in government — finance, planning and State Bank[…]
COVID-19 and systemic resilience : rethinking the impacts of migrant workers and labour migration policies
Published in Cadmus This paper argues that concerns about the resilience of essential services require a reassessment of the impacts of migrant workers and the[…]
Heavily in debt
Published in DAWN on December 19, 2020 PAKISTAN’S foreign debt and liabilities have been increasing rapidly over the last several years. The government is forced[…]
Nearly a million Pakistanis went abroad for work in over two years: PM’s aide
Published in The Express Tribune on December 18, 2020 ISLAMABAD: Nearly a million Pakistanis have been sent abroad for work by the PTI government over[…]
Remittances remain above $2b
By Salman Siddiqui Published in The Express Tribune on December 12, 2020 KARACHI: Pakistan once again created history with over $2 billion worth of workers’[…]
PM spells out 10-point action plan to avert economic collapse in developing countries
Published in The Express Tribune on December 05, 2020 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday proposed a 10-point agenda for urgent action to avert[…]