Despite several days having passed since Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari and Mahmood Choudhry tied the knot, there is constant interest in the wedding events that took place and the effort put into them. While the question as to who designed Bakhtawar's nikah dress was laid to rest earlier, social media is now abuzz with discussions of the outfit she wore to her reception on January 30. It has emerged that the reception dress, a fully embroidered shalwar kameez, was designed by Haris Ahmed
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"The current account deficit for the first two months of FY18 has widened to US$ 2.6 billion. This is primarily driven by higher imports of productive goods, especially of machinery, metal and petroleum products. The increase in import of these three groups was strong enough to offset the combined impact of healthy growth in exports and workers' remittances during Jul Aug FY18," it said. Foreign direct investment recorded net inflows of US$ 456 million in Jul Aug FY18, more than double the level of inflows in the corresponding period last year. "This, together with other financial flows, was however not enough to manage the higher current account deficit." The central bank said exports presented an encouraging picture compared with information in July 2017. "Going forward, there are anticipations of gain in exports on account of favorable global economic conditions, improvement in domestic energy supplies, and incentives given to exporting industry," said the central bank. But it cautioned that imports were also expected to rise due to ongoing CPEC related investments and domestic economic activities. "Amid declining number of workers proceeding abroad there are prospects of sluggish growth in workers' remittances. Hence, an improvement in the country's external account and its foreign exchange reserve relies upon timely realization of official financial inflows along with thoughtful adoption of structural reforms to improve trade competitiveness in the medium term," it recommended.