The Pak Banker - 2021-05-05

• Pakistan, China agree to enhance business, cultural ties
• IMF being urged to relax harsh terms: minister
• Govt to borrow Rs5 trillion from banks in 3 months
• BoP and AIM sign agreement for promotion of low-cost housing
• Istanbul joins European bank's Green Cities program
• RDA to convert to digital banking
• Leading banks interested in acquiring Silkbank's portfolio
• ECP accepts Miftah Ismail's plea, orders recount in NA-249 by-poll
• PM Imran to discuss release of Pak prisoners during Saudi Arabia visit
• SOP compliance better since Army's deployment: Asad
• Private housing societies contaminat­ing small dams
• Madrid voters go to the polls in COVID-influenced crunch election
• Vaccine hesitancy slows Africa's inoculatio­n drive
• Inter Milan win first league Serie A title in 11 years
• Asia's share markets edge up on recovery signals
• Indian shares tumble as COVID cases shoot past 20m
• EPL: Gareth Bale scores hat trick
• Pak vs Zim: Green Shirts start training for 2nd Test
• The TLP and elections
• Mamata kindles India's hope
• Benazir & the bomb
• A stagnant economy
• FBR failure
• A DARPA for health?
• Attacks on Western think-tanks
• War in Mideast
• Don't expect change
• Jobs and careers
• 'Transitory' hyper-inflation ahead
• Heeding complaints, Biden lifts refugee cap to 62,500
• India halts IPL as virus cases cross 20m
• G7 mulls weighs to counter China
• China calls for 'basic etiquette' after Philippine outburst
• Mexico City rail overpass collapses onto road, 23 killed
• UK's Labour 'fighting hard' for Hartlepool in key vote
• North Korea and US tread cautious line
• Bill and Melinda Gates to divorce, charitable foundation to remain intact
• KKR earnings surge 63pc on strong capital market business
• Chipmaker TSMC eyeing expansion of planned Arizona plant
• Profit of companies at PSX jumps 82pc
• Freelancer­s earn over Rs4b from abroad since Jan 2020
• Trade, industry need to follow SOPs: FPCCI
• Global e-commerce volume hits $26.7 trillion in 2019
• Refunds' payment a must to avert industrial crisis
• Pandemic boosted e-commerce in 2020: UNCTAD

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