The Pak Banker - 2021-05-04

• Big banks see challenges, opportunit­ies in CBDCs
• Pakistani banks don't lend to private sector
• Foreigners invest $245.6m in Pakistan's currency bonds
• Pakistan's exports to US increase by 14.81pc
• Australia, NZ dollars steady in cautious trade
• US banks use AI to watch workers, public
• Pakistan to vaccinate 70 million people by end of 2021: Dr Faisal
• Next budget should focus on inflation control: PM
• Jahangir Tareen, son’s bails extended till May 19
• Huawei to train govt staffers on ICT skills: President told
• Govt proposes electoral reforms to ensure transparen­cy in polls
• Dr Firdous defends tirade against AC Sialkot Sonia Sadaf
• Airport security app Clear looks to score with US 'vaccine passport'
• EU factories raced ahead in April, prices jumped: PMI
• IPL match postponed after 2 players test positive for Covid
• China's April home prices maintain momentum: survey
• Spinners take Sri Lanka closer to victory
• Miller clinches Spanish MotoGP as Bagnaia takes lead
• Ethereum breaks past $3,000 to quadruple in value in 2021
• Terms of engagement
• Co-optation and expediency
• Objectivel­y speaking
• A blurred world
• Journalist­s' plight
• The 'Amazon economy'
• COVID relief package
• In pursuit of equity
• Responsibi­lity to post-pullout
• The enduring strength of remittance­s
• Eradicatin­g malaria
• Turkey lockdown to rescue tourism season
• Rhino poachers are back after SA eases lockdown restrictio­ns
• 3M hit with punitive damages by US jury in earplug trial
• Berkshire defends $8b Texas power proposal to combat blackouts
• UK hosts first G7 FM meeting
• India's COVID cases near 20m; national stay-at-home order urged
• Difference­s with China hard to reconcile: Ardern
• Tesla, under scrutiny in China, steps up engagement with regulators
• Berkshire Hathaway faces headwinds as shareholde­rs look to its future
• Political clash erupts in El Salvador as Congress votes out judges
• Drug distributo­rs face off against West Virginia in opioid trial
• Canadian Pacific files objection with US regulator
• Cryptocurr­ency firm Paxos raises $300m at $2.4b valuation
• War, doubts slow vaccinatio­n in disputed Yemen city
• Exports continue to show upward trend
• Exports cross $2b mark for seven months
• Ireland's banking landscape undergoing drastic change
• Inflation in double digits after 12 months
• Pakistan to get PPEs worth $14.5m from UNICEF
• Forex inflows through RDA cross a billion dollars mark

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