• November 18, 2014
• Television

KARACHI: Digital finance channels can lead to rapid expansion in access to financial services, particularly to those currently not served, thus help promote economic growth of the country. Addressing State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)’s International Branchless Banking moot on ‘Innovations in Digital Finance for Financial Inclusion’, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said digital payments could be […]

• July 8, 2013
• Freedom of Expression

RECENTLY, I attended a workshop organised by Shehri, a Karachi-based NGO. The workshop was about the ‘Right to Information and Freedom of Information’ . We were informed that a common citizen is empowered to access all information held by the government (except for the sensitive one) through Article 19A of the Constitution of Pakistan. The […]

• June 25, 2013
• Information Technology

By: Mehtab Haider ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s telecom sector has witnessed net outflows of $390.9 million in the outgoing financial year, official sources told the News on MondayExperts said that puts a big question mark on the the PML-N government’s plan to auction Third Generation (3G) technology to fetch around $1 billion in licence fees. The raising […]

• February 12, 2013
• General News, Media and Governance

KARACHI: Deputy Governor of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Kazi Abdul Muktadir has said that a comprehensive media campaign for promoting inherent strengths of Islamic finance and clearing common apprehensions, confusions and misconceptions about Islamic banking and finance is being launched shortly, according to a statement issued on Monday. While chairing a meeting, he said […]