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Why Do Pakistani IT Companies Use Wyoming LLCs? Operational reasons, cost comparison, and the formal banking failure that drives the migration By Asad Baig · Lahore · May 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer Pakistani IT companies use Wyoming LLCs (and similar structures in Delaware, UAE free...
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What Is PERA Section 5? The provision that prohibits source-inquiry on foreign currency deposits and protects elite wealth flight By Asad Baig · Lahore · May 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer PERA Section 5 is the provision of Pakistan's Protection of Economic Reforms Act 1992 that grants...
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Why Won't the Rupee Crash if Pakistan Reforms FCY? Direct answer: the PCA creates dollar supply, not demand, opposite of PERA By Asad Baig · Lahore · May 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer The Productive Capital Account does not allow PKR-to-USD conversion at the deposit point. It accepts o...
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What Is the AML-PERA Contradiction in Pakistani Law? Two laws operating simultaneously with opposite requirements, defeating anti-money-laundering enforcement for 33 years By Asad Baig · Lahore · May 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer Pakistan maintains the Anti-Money Laundering Act 2010 al...
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What Is the Importer-Exporter Asymmetry in Pakistani Banking? The most economically irrational feature of Pakistani banking, explained directly By Asad Baig · Lahore · May 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer A Pakistani importer can move dollars out of Pakistan with smooth Letter of Credit p...
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How Does the PCA Prevent the 1998 Freeze from Repeating? Structural design: only foreign-source dollars accepted, real FX assets back FX liabilities By Asad Baig · Lahore · May 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer The Productive Capital Account cannot create a 1998-style liability mismatch be...
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What Is the Projected 5-Year Benefit of PCA Reform? $125 to 180 billion cumulative, more than Pakistan's external debt By Asad Baig · Lahore · May 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer The Productive Capital Account reform is projected to deliver $125 to 180 billion in cumulative 5-year benefi...
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What Are the 5 Safeguards of the Productive Capital Account? The non-negotiable architecture that prevents the 1998 mechanism while exceeding FATF standards By Asad Baig · Lahore · May 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer The Productive Capital Account has five non-negotiable safeguards. (1)...
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Who Qualifies for a Productive Capital Account? Seven categories covering ~3-5 million Pakistani productive earners directly and 9 million in the diaspora By Asad Baig · Lahore · May 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer The Productive Capital Account is available to seven categories of Pakist...
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What Is the Productive Capital Account? A direct answer with the eligibility, the safeguards, and the projected $125-180 billion 5-year benefit By Asad Baig · Lahore · May 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer The Productive Capital Account (PCA) is a proposed foreign currency banking framewor...
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What Is Bangladesh's ERQ Account? The Exporter's Retention Quota account, allowing up to 100 percent retention for Bangladeshi exporters By Asad Baig · Lahore · May 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer The Exporter's Retention Quota (ERQ) account in Bangladesh allows up to 100 percent retenti...
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What Is India's Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS)? $250,000 per year per resident for foreign investment, property, education, and gifts, Pakistan has nothing equivalent By Asad Baig · Lahore · May 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer The Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) is a Reserve Ban...
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