The Pak Banker - 2021-03-03

• Banks avoid large deposits as negative interest looms
• 30pc of TERF goes to new projects, says Baqir
• Bank of Baroda's stress disclosure a warning sign
• Pakistan improves position on World Bank Index
• Wells Fargo shares jump after Fed plans its overhaul
• Pakistan's tax-to-GDP ratio drops below average levels: WB
• Buzdar announces uplift plan for every district
• Fracas in Sindh Assembly as PTI lawmakers scuffle with dissident MPAs
• PM Imran throws full support behind Hafeez Shaikh, says PTI is united
• Turkey wants to produce jets and missiles with Pakistan
• ECP's narrative 'weak' on Senate polls reforms: Fawad
• SC orders demolition of illegal chambers of lawyers in capital
• Senate elections on March 3 to be held as per past practice: ECP
• US meatpacker­s announce vaccine plans, many workers still waiting
• Bond selloff eases but risk gauges flash orange
• India sees fuel demand seen rebounding in year to March 2022
• Spain's jobless hit 4 million for first time in five years
• Liverpool win as top-four battle heats up
• PSL to go ahead as 2 foreign players test positive for Covid-19
• The dubious national interest
• Vaccine reluctance
• Headwinds from the US
• A twist to behold
• SC order on Senate elections
• A US' bad idea
• Pakistan's outreach to Sri Lanka
• Myanmar's battle for democracy
• 'End of liberal democracy'
• Medicare loophole
• MAGALand in Orlando
• Nigerian schoolgirl­s recount kidnap ordeal
• China's electoral reform set to upend Hong Kong politics
• Myanmar police fire stun grenades
• US sanctions for Navalny poisoning may come today
• COVID prompts new look at company taxes globally
• Syrian victims of chemical attacks file case
• China says UN rights boss should not prejudge
• Austria, Denmark break ranks with EU to produce vaccines with Israel
• Biden's top financial regulatory picks to face scrutiny in Congress
• Mining magnets: Arctic island finds green power can be a curse
• German exports to UK fell a third in January as Brexit hit
• Airlines remain in 'dire straits'
• Legislatio­n still needed to meet FATF benchmarks
• Reserve Bank of Australia girds for long fight
• Chinese investment in Pakistan tops with $402.8m
• ME Bank closing in on deal with Bank of Queensland
• Cement companies show significan­t profits
• RBI says banks reluctant to lend to big business

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