Informal jobs
IN the last decade, informal jobs have mushroomed in Pakistan. Part of the reason is the high income tax levy which makes small firms contain costs by hiring cheap labour…
Boeing suppliers fear long-term jobs hit from strike
Boeing’s two-week-old strike has forced aerospace supplier Pathfinder Manufacturing to furlough 14 out of the company’s 54 employees, and CEO Dave Trader fears he may need to send more home…
Revisiting govt jobs
“Permanent jobs with absolute job security have made the government officers complacent. It has brought great inefficiencies in the system, while also limited the dreams of the youth to just…
Shell cuts low-carbon jobs, scales back hydrogen in overhaul by CEO
Shell will cut around 15% of the workforce at its low-carbon solutions division and scale back its hydrogen business as part of CEO Wael Sawan’s drive to boost profits, it…
Remote jobs
Pakistan is facing a severe employment crisis with millions of young people unable to find viable job opportunities. The traditional job market has failed to keep pace with the demands…
Market turmoil is doing central bankers’ jobs for them
Tighter financing conditions in markets sparked by banking sector turmoil may have done much of central banks’ jobs for them, boosting the case for an end to interest rate hikes…
Economic slowdown will force workers into worse jobs: UN
A global economic slowdown will force more workers into accepting lower quality, poorly paid jobs in 2023, while inflation gobbles up real term wages, the United Nations warned Monday. As…
Pakistan’s younger women riding a digital wave in drive for better jobs
When Kainat Naz joined a women-friendly technology boot camp a year ago, she had no idea it would completely change her life and her views on how women can work…
Afghans fear for jobs and money after Taliban takeover
As a nurse at one of Kabul’s main hospitals, Latifa Alizada was the breadwinner for her family, providing for her three young boys and unemployed husband. Now — since the…
Jobs
Pursuant to the results of a Google search, based on projections by IMF outlook April 2017, ignoring the mischief-makers who always scream "Lies" on hearing anything sounding like IMF, gross…
