The Pak Banker - 2021-07-03

• Pakistan's economy in growth mode: SBP's Baqir
• TeamApt providing digital bank services for unbanked
• Ratings of Meezan Bank upgraded to AAA/A-1+
• Singapore, IMF, WB to create central bank digital currency
• Non-bank financiers' asset improved despite covid-19
• Army stands by govt's decision not to give bases to US: Bajwa
• Pakistan receives 2.5m doses of Moderna vaccine from US
• Outburst against CJP: SC rejects PPP leader's apology
• Centre blackmaili­ng NAB chairman: Saeed Ghani
• PM did not attend security briefing for Shahbaz: Fawad
• Cleaning of 14 major, 514 small drains allowed in Karachi by cabinet, SHC told
• Pandemic tourism: Thailand launches Phuket 'sandbox' plan
• Johnson to confront Merkel over quarantine demand for vaccinated Britons
• Dominican Republic need reforms in power sector: IMF
• Hassan Ali, Rizwan earn top tier central contracts
• EBRD strengthen­s SMEs in West Bank and Gaza
• FIFA extends PFF NC mandate despite Pakistan suspension
• Impasse with IMF?
• The discord over water
• Hong Kong's return
• How we learn
• Inflation holds the key
• Crisis in Syria
• Following the partisan playbook
• Mental illness
• Creating huge midterm dangers
• A storm is coming
• Last US troops leave biggest air base in Afghanista­n
• Power outages hit Iraq in scorching heat
• No decision yet in Turkey's negotiatio­ns for Kabul Airport
• WHO decision challenges West to recognize Chinese vaccines
• UN urges Palestinia­n authority to allow protests
• Collapsed Florida building likely to be demolished
• Jordan's monetary policy remains accommodat­ive during COVID-19: IMF
• DeSantis feuds with Trump over Florida rally amid search for survivors
• Russia rejects renewing aid from Iraq to Syria's northeast
• Cases shows police accountabi­lity in fatal shootings is still lax in NC
• EBRD announces full Paris alignment by end-2022
• $8.3b agreements signed during FY 2020-21
• Pakistan to see its first Sharia-compliant REIT soon
• Bid to turn TV viewers into bank clients
• India irked by growing presence of Big Tech in financial services
• Academics question central bank accountabi­lity, independen­ce
• Battle for digital banking licences heats up

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