June 2022

Rupee slide: economics vs politics – The Express Tribune

WATCH: Shehryar Afridi laments treatment of women in USDelta narrative against Pakistan Home Latest Pakistan Business Sci-Tech Phones World Opinion Life & Style Sports Blogs Archive Other The fiscal and monetary policies need to work in tandem, interest rate needs to be adjusted upwards.Underneath the recent wave of rupee depreciation, there lies the timeless story …

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Korea's Yoon picks veteran diplomats to help bolster ties with mighty neighbours – Pakistan Today

New South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has picked veteran diplomats to help boost ties with three major regional and one global player – China, Japan, Russia and the United Nations. Yun Duk-min, a former chief of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy, was tapped for ambassador to Japan, while former presidential secretary for foreign affairs Chang Ho-jin …

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Pakistan Default Risk Surges as Ousted Khan Plans New Protests – Bloomberg

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PM orders tax abolition for export industry's raw material – Dunya News

ISLAMABAD (APP) – Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to abolish all taxes on the raw materials of the export industry, as part of his government’s vision to develop an export-oriented economy.The prime minister, in a meeting with a delegation of the American Business Council, also directed the formation of task …

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Developing countries facing a very difficult economic situation – Pakistan Today

The pandemic, the Ukraine war and supply chain blockages all came togeherDuring its peak, the pandemic caused recession, and recession-like economic situation, in most parts of the world. Vaccine inequality, lack of debt moratorium/relief, little allocation of SDRs and overall financing, and lack of climate finance all meant that the developing countries– even after more …

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Rising corruption – The Express Tribune

India, inland water transport and water rightsPDM’s march Home Latest Pakistan Business Sci-Tech Phones World Opinion Life & Style Sports Blogs Archive Other TI reports in Pakistan are merely cited for point scoring business- no lessons are learnt. Pakistan’s sliding down in the corruption perceptions rankings is quite unfortunate. The 2021 Transparency International report has …

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Russia backs Imran's 'foreign plot' claim – The Express Tribune

Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor to tie the knot on April 14: reportAurat March called out for 'poorly worded' statement on current political discourse Home Latest Pakistan Business Sci-Tech Phones World Opinion Life & Style Sports Blogs Archive Other Moscow accuses Washington of ‘shameless interference’ in internal affairs of Islamabad While Pakistan's authorities concerned are far …

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Pakistan's premier faces a showdown with lawmakers after army withdraws backing – NPR

Diaa Hadid Abdul Sattar Imran Khan, prime minister of Pakistan, arrives for the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the Beijing National Stadium, last month. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption Imran Khan, prime minister of Pakistan, arrives for the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the Beijing National Stadium, …

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