Iraq’s Kurds starve as tourism receipts go extinct
In a normal year, Ahmed Hazem's mountainside restaurant would be teeming with tourists. But a nationwide curfew aimed at combatting the novel coronavirus has...
JS Banks takes the lead in SBP Rozgar Finance Scheme
Under the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, all around the globe central banks are using policy instruments to stimulate growth and reduce layoffs. In...
Why does Trump want to expand the G7 into a G11?
On June 03, the US President Donald Trump invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the upcoming G7 Summit. President Trump has also invited...
Federal budget 2020-21 was a bold move on part of the PTI govt?
The economy which the PTI Govt took over in 2018 had been subjected to horrendous mismanagement force-multiplied by rampant corruption. By the end of...
SBP initiative allows hassle-free remittance collection from JS Bank
According to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Pakistan has the sixth largest diaspora in the world. Pakistan received a record of...
Punjab Govt planning early launch of Quaid-e-Azam Business Park
Punjab Govt, after its new budget (2020-21), is gearing to stimulate business and investments across Pakistan's biggest province. Soft launch of "Quaid-e-Azam Business Park"...
Did JS bank really increase its profits by 1000%?
Growing from strength to strength, JS Bank reported a profit before tax of PKR 628.5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 as...
Chinese investment in India soars in spite of boycott calls
Amid the clamour to boycott Chinese goods and cut trade ties, in the wake of the killing of its 20 soldiers in a border...
Yemen faces economic disaster as Saudi remittances dwindle
On top of war and the coronavirus pandemic, Yemen faces looming economic disaster as a crisis gripping its main benefactor Saudi Arabia dents remittances...
How successful was SBP’s rozgar scheme
For private security services Covid-19 pandemic posed multiple problems. The closing down of business and industries meant loss of revenues for them, reducing overheads...
Ways Covid-19 can accelerate development in Pakistan
Human health and wellbeing have never seemed more essential to economic development than they are today. In the midst of a global pandemic, I am...
Trump threatens decoupling from China amid talks
US President Donald Trump threatened decoupling of the United States from China, maintaining that he had the option to separate from China's deeply intertwined...