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Posts Tagged ‘State Bank’

Global Currency Game

By Guest Blogger • Oct 11th, 2009 • Category: Features

Currency today is not just a medium of exchange or store of value but it affects the fate of nations, oversees. Suppose you own few shares of a firm. Indeed you have ownership in that company, on papers, which will be diluted when the company decides to increase the number of shares. Same goes with [...]



Profit From the Meltdown

By The Pakistani Spectator • Oct 27th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

As I sit writing these lines in New York, on this October day, fall weather is upon us. The view outside my window is a curious mixture of an early (native) “Indian Summer”, as well as autumn. Much of the shrubbery in my backyard nature preserve has already turned red, with some shades of green [...]



Increase in Robberies

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Oct 24th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Due to the baseless rumors that the banks are going bankrupt and they are about to clamp down on the lockers of the people and will freeze the accounts for an unspecific period of time has created a panic and many a people have withdrawn their money and valuables from the banks and have put [...]



Elections & Economy

By Farid Masood • Feb 2nd, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Holding elections for a poor (apparently rich) country like Pakistan is a big ask, in terms of administrative measure, economic burden, rising issues of political parties, international pressures and terrorism etc. Here the terrorism does not means in American terms, basically the dealing between politicians and the prospect killing of politicians.
State Bank of Pakistan has [...]



New Currency Note

By The Pakistani Spectator • Aug 1st, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

Last year, when the government introduced new design of currency notes it claimed that these notes were of improved design and it was impossible to make a counterfeit note of the same design.
A number of people made the hullabaloo over the identical size, colour and design of Rs.20 and Rs.5000 note. Reportedly, many [...]