The Pak Banker - 2024-03-20

• Curtain rises on five-year plan for economic revival
• SBP keeps key policy rate unchanged at 22 percent
• Pakistan, IMF extend talks to conclude SBA review
• Fears grow over impact of cheaper dollar
• Punjab CM Maryam okays 20,000 electric bikes for students on easy installmen­ts
• US envoy Blome, FM Dar discuss economy, regional security
• Punjab presents Rs4.48 trillion budget for next three months
• Stocks stage comeback, KSE-100 gains nearly 1pc
• Stock markets rise before key rate decisions
• Islamabad United win PSL 9 after last ball thriller against Multan Sultans
• Russian oil exports from its western ports revised up 10pc in March
• Nasdaq leads Wall St higher ahead of Fed meeting; Nvidia kicks off AI conference
• Of old and new faces
• Women in Punjab
• Gender parity
• Climate in focus
• Blighted Britain
• Can Michigan save Palestine?
• Netanyahu’s war or Israel’s genocide
• Ramadan and the power of faith and unity
• Turkiye-Turkmenist­an deals mean for region’s gas
• Israel the biggest loser from its maximalist policy
• UN says Israel’s blocking of Gaza aid may be war crime
• US out of money for Ukraine arms, Pentagon chief asks allies to contribute
• India to hold seven-phase general election from April 19, results on June 4
• Türkiye to secure border with Iraq by summer
• Crisis-hit Sri Lankan economy rebounds as tourists return
• China Jan-Feb refinery output up 3pc on Lunar New Year travels
• UAE announces mandatory health insurance for private sector employees from 2025
• Apple in talks to let Google's Gemini power iPhone AI features
• Zac Goldsmith banned from driving for a year over speed violations
• Elon Musk says will ‘open source’ Grok AI chatbot
• Customers to pay more after 20pc new tax on foreign banks
• Al Tadamun Microfinan­ce boosts women’s funding to $49.7m in 2023
• Bank of Japan ends negative interest rate policy
• China seen leaving benchmark lending rates unchanged in March
• Australia's central bank holds rates as expected, waters down tightening bias
• WB group to provide Egypt with $6b over 3 years

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