The Pak Banker - 2020-06-26

• IMF lowers Pakistan's growth forecast to 1 percent
• Bank of England may toughen rules for non-banks
• State Bank cuts main policy rate by 100 bps to 7pc
• Pakistan's current account posts $13m surplus
• Demand for safe European govt debt rises; spreads widen
• Lockdowns test investment bankers
• US layoffs remain elevated as weak demand persists
• Wirecard collapses owing $4 billion
• Imran should question PCB about cricket's dismal state
• Ramos fires back at Real Madrid's critics over referees
• Creeping religiosit­y
• The petrol fiasco
• Weaponisin­g Peca
• Benefits of tax exemptions
• How COVID-19 could doom SAT and ACT
• The battle for Asia hegemony
• Invite the Arctic-5 to the G-7
• Trump fuels right-wing violence
• What UAE needs is a giant shipping line
• India's rupee is headed for 80 to dollar
• Second wave concerns spook UAE investors
• As Israel threatens West Bank annexation, Gazans recall settler withdrawal
• Thai army holds ceremony countering pro-democracy protesters view of history
• Germany, France shore up aid to beleaguere­d WHO
• Kosovo scraps White House talks with Serbia after leader indicted
• Bayer bets on science in bid to prevent future Roundup lawsuits: legal experts
• Vaccine makers face medical manufactur­ing feat in history
• Lufthansa soars after top shareholde­r backs bailout
• Iran plans oil exports from the Gulf of Oman to secure crude flow
• Death toll from Mexican quake rises to 10 as residents clear rubble
• KSE-100 sheds 325 points on lower growth forecast
• Race for new Bank of Thailand chief extended
• Goods imports enjoy most sales tax exemptions
• Global analysts positive on ICICI Bank
• Consumer groups oppose move to hike gas prices by 110pc
• Gender equality forms part of a better future: EBRD President Suma Chakrabart­i

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