The Pak Banker - 2024-04-30

• Developing an Islamic financial identity
• 7th straight status quo: SBP holds key interest rate at 22 percent
• IDB president vows to complete projects in Pakistan at the earliest
• World Bank sees fall in commodity prices
• Dar calls for enhancing ‘economic diplomacy’
• Fazl reaffirms resolve to continue struggle against alleged rigging in polls
• KSE-100 falls below record high of 73,000 points amid sell-off
• Pakistan’s debt trap has become death trap
• TPL Insurance, Regal Automobile­s Forge strategic partnershi­p for innovative solutions in auto sector
• PTI will not accept Fawad Ch back again: Raoof Hasan
• PTI announces to join farmers’ protest against wheat procuremen­t policy
• What is bitcoin halving – and will it affect the price?
• Most Gulf markets up in early trade; Fed decision in focus
• Oil prices steady on Hamas ceasefire talks
• After title win, Mbappe and PSG have sights set on treble
• West Indies outclass Pakistan in second T20
• Indian bond yields seen consolidat­ing after two-day decline
• UHI and UHC
• Why insecure?
• Rethinking renewables
• Lethal streets
• Return to the helm
• Trump followers were asleep at the switch
• Developmen­t, democracy dominate debate in India’s polls
• Trump might have dozed off in court
• Is China growing tired of Russia’s war in Ukraine?
• We are closer to nuclear disaster
• G7 holds ‘strategic’ talks in climate hotspot Italy
• Blinken tells GCC FMs Israel must do more to boost Gaza aid
• Israeli embassies worldwide on alert over potential ICC arrest warrants for Gaza war crimes
• Pro-Khalistan slogans raised in presence of Trudeau on Khalsa Day event
• ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say
• Dubai announces $35b constructi­on of world’s largest airport terminal
• Vietnam jails soft drinks tycoon for eight years in $40m fraud case
• Reduction in storage battery costs to boost shift to renewables: IEA
• Tesla to lay off more than 10pc of its staff
• Injury rates for Musk’s SpaceX exceed industry average for second year
• Rate cut: the virtues of patience
• Manulife and Standard Chartered HK announce distributi­on partnershi­p
• AU Small Finance Bank to double balance sheet to Rs2.5 trillion in 3 yrs
• NEOM welcomes global banking leaders to witness ongoing progress firsthand
• Banks may have to slow down loan growth in FY25: S&P Global Ratings
• Japan bond futures off lows as BOJ keeps rates steady

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