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As the economy moves towards the end of FY20, it continues to face high uncertainty owing to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic on several economic fronts. High levels of uncertainty are also reflected in recent State Bank of …

International experts revealed that falling remittances may affect sovereign ratings by external finances and economic growth. Remittances are a key source of foreign currency receipts. As a consequence, lower remittances would most likely widen current account deficits, contributing to higher …

When it comes to education, there are not only big differences in attainment levels across the world, but also the amount of a country’s resources which are spent on investment in the sector. According to the OECD’s latest report, Norway is one …

Recently, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that rising pension bill is a far more serious problem for the government than the power sector debt. It is a fact that unfunded pension liabilities are ballooning and will become financially untenable if …

Interview with Dr. Syed Arif Hussain — Insurance sector expert PAGE: What is the current state of the insurance sector in Pakistan? Dr. Syed Arif Hussain: The potential of insurance growth in Pakistan is too much in all areas of insurance …

Conversation with Mr Zafar Iqbal Ahmed — founding Managing Director, SAI Company (Private) Limited PAKISTAN & GULF ECONOMIST had conversation with Mr Zafar Iqbal Ahmed vis à vis the prevailing energy situation in the wake of pandemic and the future …

The studies revealed that insurance is one of the main and significant fields of the economy. To protect people from risks and from dangers is the main part of the insurance. As we know in modern period there are too …

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will have a huge and lasting negative effect on the global economy; 2020 and 2021 will be lost years in terms of growth, and it is expected that the global economy will recover to pre-coronavirus levels …

During the first nine months of fiscal year July-March FY2020, the Pakistan’s cement industry recorded a healthy growth. Cement sector performance has backed through the increased exports chiefly clinker, which went up by 100 percent during the period under review. …

This chart uses IMF estimates to show the countries most burdened by their national debt. Japan has by far the biggest problem, with general government gross debt at 238 percent of its GDP. In fourth place, the economic struggles of Lebanon add an extra …

Dr. John P. Holdren (Advisor on S&T to US President Barack Obama for his double term in office and who has been a distinguished faculty at Harvard and Berkley for over two decades) believes that there are two ways a …

The health, geopolitical and socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 crisis are significant and catastrophic. Organizations are finding way to understand, react, and learn lessons from the rapidly unfolding events. While the effects of the exponential impact of the virus have proved …