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[…]
Economic management
By Sakib Sherani Published in DAWN on December 04, 2020 THE present government has been roundly criticised for its handling of the economy ever since[…]
Halting UAE visas
Published in DAWN on November 27, 2020 IT appears that the Pakistani workforce in the UAE, along with labour from some other, mostly Muslim, countries,[…]
New UK immigration system to be introduced in January
By Shazia Hasan Published in DAWN on November 22, 2020 KARACHI: “From January 1, 2021 we are implementing a new, fairer, global points-based immigration system,[…]