Pakistan is one of the major beneficiaries of foreign remittances, whereas the volume of foreign remittances to Pakistan has also…
Year: 2020
During FY20 Pakistan received record remittances. On a cumulative basis, workers’ remittances increased to a historic high level of US$23.120…
According to a recent World Bank report, remittances to low and middle-income countries are projected to fall by nearly 20…
Every year billion of dollar or payment sent by overseas to their home countries. Over the last twenty years these…
Webinar on ‘Halal Industry in Pakistan: Potential and Challenges’ organised very recently by the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce…
As the economy moves towards the end of FY20, it continues to face high uncertainty owing to the challenges posed…
Remittances are seeing a global boost in digital payments even while the physical ones decreased as the pandemic set in.…
Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) held a gong ceremony to mark the successful book building and listing of Pakistan Energy Sukuk…
Interview with Agha Shahab Ahmed Khan – President, Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile: Director…
Interview with Mr Shamim A. Firpo – Chairman, Firpo Group of Companies PAGE: Tell me something about yourself and your organization,…
Interview with Mr Khalid Tawab – Chairman, Tawab Group of Companies [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile: Mr Khalid Tawab is…
Interview with Mr Ahmed Chinoy (H.I.S.I) – Chairman, Pakistan Cloth Merchants Association [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile: Mr Ahmed Chinoy…
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Pakistan: Workers’ Remittances (Million US Dollars) Item Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 FY20 Jul-20 I. …
International experts revealed that falling remittances may affect sovereign ratings by external finances and economic growth. Remittances are a key…
The Analysis of Economic survey of Pakistan FY2020 showed that broad money enlarged by Rs 1,481.3 billion during 01 Jul-24…
Renewed selling pressure predicted for Taiwan stock market The Taiwan stock market has finished higher in two of three trading…
Banks, cements keep index moving up; coming week may be volatile Treading on gains posted in the earlier weeks, the…
Published in Geo News on Sep 14th, 2020, An Indian court’s decision to stall the release of a Netflix…
Published in Dawn News on Sep 14th, 2020, REUTERS The film starring Gal Gadot had been scheduled for release…
Published in ARY News on Sep 13th, 2020, Reuters VENICE: “Nomadland”, a US movie about a community of van dwellers…
Published in Dawn on Sep 11th, 2020, A fitting tribute to the late Urdu fiction writer and his genius.…
Published in The Nation on Sep 9th, 2020, Sputnik The new live-action remake of the popular Disney film ‘Mulan’ saw…
Published in ARY News on Sep 13th, 2020, By AFP New York: Japan’s Naomi Osaka came from a set down to beat…
Brazilian superstar Neymar. — Twitter Published in Geo News on Sep 12th, 2020, AFP PARIS: Neymar has sealed an…
Published in The Nation on Sep 13th, 2020, LAHORE – Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh has said…
The high amount of players going to the tour is expected to affect quality of domestic tournaments. Photo: File …
Published in Samaa News on Sep 10th, 2020, Australian Open organisers are looking to stage the next year’s tournament…
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is seen with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani during a joint news conference in Tehran, Iran.…
Talks between the two sides were to begin shortly after a US-Taliban agreement in February, but began only over the…
Published in The Nation on Sep 13th, 2020, Online Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned his French counterpart Emmanuel…
FILE PHOTO: Bottles of drugs sit on the shelf at the Rock Canyon Pharmacy, in Provo, Utah, U.S., May 9,…
Published in The Nation on Sep 12th, 2020, Anadolu The Palestinian Authority on Friday condemned Bahrain’s move of normalizing…
*Prime Minister rubbishes mindset doubting patriotism of dual national Pakistanis Prime Minister Imran Khan rubbishing the mindset doubting the patriotism…
Jebel Ali port welcomes container ship HMM GDANSK on maiden visit Gulf: DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali Port has welcomed…
Japan’s worst postwar economic downturn could force new leader to boost stimulus Japan’s economy sank deeper into its worst postwar…
Traders fear 10pc drop in Sept exports Traders have voiced fear that Pakistan’s export revenues will decline further in the…
An EU ETS for shipping would undermine a global GHG solution Yesterday the World Shipping Council published a paper highlighting…
Pakistan News: Cyber crimes increased by 120pc in year: National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication has decided…
Commodity Markets In 2020 Sugar industry needs to outsource field production, upgrade technology Sugarcane is one of the highest yielding…
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Mian Zahid lauds pm, COAS interest in improving Karachi situation Says masses, business community optimistic about future President Pakistan Businessmen…
Kibor rate is the average interest rate at which term deposits are offered between prime banks in the Pakistani wholesale…
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