The fifth workshop on 'Covering Balance of Payments' held in November, 2018

The fifth workshop in the series of six training workshops for economic journalists was arranged by the State Bank of Pakistan and at Aman Tower, IBA City Campus, Karachi, on November 15. The topic was ‘Covering Balance of Payments’ and the purpose of the workshop was to make economic journalists familiar with the external account as it relates to Pakistan and how to cover issues relating to it.

The training was divided into three sessions. In the first part, an SBP expert gave a detailed presentation about Pakistan's external account. The expert explained both the concepts and the data besides elaborating on recent trends. In the second session, the media trainer presented on why the balance of payments needs to be covered, how to look for stories on it and how to gather reporting. In the last session, workshop participants were divided into groups and asked to develop a story idea on balance of payments and make a presentation. Through the group critique carried out after the final assignment session, it was determined how much participants had learned about balance of payments and its subsequent reporting.

Presentation delivered in Workshop:

• Covering Balance of Payments by Naween Mangi

• Balance of Payments by Asma Khalid