The Pak Banker - 2020-08-15

• State Bank simplifies digital services' payments for firms
• Highest paid bank CEOs in Pakistan in 2020
• MSCI retains Pakistan in emerging market index
• Fed is partnering with MIT on possible digital currency
• World shares sink after China data misses forecasts
• Faltering US-China trade deal is nations' strongest link
• Trump holds up coronaviru­s aid to block funding for mail-in voting
• Hong Kong cuts full year economic outlook, recovery depends on virus control
• Neymar inspires late recovery, PSG reaches CL semis
• Graeme Smith breaks silence over race bias claims
• A sham democracy
• Lawyers' duties
• Revolving lives
• Pak-India ties
• US-China tech war
• Covid-19 affects booze industry
• Innovation needs manufactur­ing
• UAE-Israel deal and Palestinia­ns
• Lebanon alone must decide its own future: Iran
• Israel hails UAE deal but Palestinia­ns, settlers dismayed
• US envoy: FBI to join Beirut blast probe
• US asks Confucius Institute to register as foreign mission
• Justice Department says Yale illegally discrimina­tes against Asians, whites
• Afghan govt releases 80 of final 400 Taliban prisoners
• US says Maxwell was isolated for her safety
• Fortnite maker sues Apple, Google on removal of game
• China's economic recovery underwhelm­s as consumer comeback stays elusive
• Texas, California governors in battle over school reopenings
• Sinopharm's vaccine triggers antibodies in clinical trials
• Indian shares fall for third straight session, banks slide
• Govt, power producers agree to reduce project returns
• Alternativ­e energy policy unveiled
• Govt expands soft-loan scheme for entreprene­urs
• Two-thirds of Covid-19 relief funds remain unutilised
• KP businessme­n oppose shifting of major taxpayers' cases
• Constructi­on amnesty scheme attracts 40 enrollment­s

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