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German unemployment seen rising to highest level in almost a decade

BERLIN: Germany’s economic weakness is finally taking a toll on the labour market, with the number of unemployed...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 09:35am

Pakistan

Workers demand govt de-seal cigarette factory

ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of employees and workers of Walton Tobacco Company Tuesday appealed to the Chief Justice of Azad...

Published 17 Apr, 2024 05:28am

World

Greek unemployment rises to 11.0% in February

Greece’s jobless rate stood at 11.0% in February, up from an upwardly revised 10.6% in January, data from statistics...

Published 01 Apr, 2024 03:12pm

World

Unemployment among Saudis declines to 7.7% in Q4

RIYADH: Unemployment among Saudi citizens decreased to 7.7% in the fourth quarter of last year, down from 8.6% in...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 01:32pm

Business & Finance

SCCI to highlight the issue of unemployment facing KP

PESHAWAR: Preparations for organizing a business conference theme: “Watan Kay Maimar – Tajir Aur Sanatkar”...

Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am

Opinion

Shall we tell the politicians?

Pakistan continues to grapple with a multitude of complex challenges that threaten its national security, hinder its...

Published 03 Mar, 2024 02:55am

Pakistan

PU conference: Govt urged to halt establishment of new general universities

LAHORE: The government is being urged to halt the establishment of new general universities, with a focus instead on...

Published 01 Mar, 2024 02:59am

Markets

Business community opposes hike in gas prices

KARACHI: Industrial and business community has strongly opposes gas price surge gas tariff hike threatens industrial...

Published 17 Feb, 2024 05:51am

Opinion

Future tech: promise against poverty

Do you anticipate the technological landscape changing significantly, in ways that are currently unpredictable, by...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am

Nawaz says will overcome economic challenges

SIALKOT: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday promised to...

Updated 29 Jan, 2024 09:48am

Bilawal urges PTI workers to support his party

LAHORE: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing a public gathering of the party in Lahore...

Updated 22 Jan, 2024 08:54am

Opinion

How online business ventures can help deal with unemployment challenge

Business closures, downsizing, joblessness, recession, industry decline, market saturation, shutdowns, ...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:02am

Business & Finance

China 2023 economic growth tipped to be weakest in decades

BEIJING: China’s economy likely grew at its weakest annual rate for more than three decades in 2023, data is...

Published 15 Jan, 2024 12:03pm

World

Global unemployment seen rising modestly in 2024: UN labour body

GENEVA: The global unemployment rate is expected to inch up to 5.2% this year primarily because of a rise in...

Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:33pm

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The number of misses is rising exponentially

“Eggs have become very expensive.” “Everything has, the Sensitive Price Index is over 42 percent and the...

Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:22am

Pakistan

Bilawal voices concern over people’s economic hardships

LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that doors of political parties are...

Published 19 Dec, 2023 05:20am

Editorials

No delay in elections

EDITORIAL: Good of ECP (Election Commission of Pakistan) to crush all talk of any possible delay in the February...

Published 05 Dec, 2023 03:01am

Pakistan

PPP to address rising unemployment, inflation: Bilawal

MARDAN: Chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari here on Friday said the welfare of the...

Published 18 Nov, 2023 06:03am

Editorials

Menace of overloading

EDITORIAL: It’s a shame that you can always count on transporters’ associations to throw a fit every time they...

Published 26 Oct, 2023 06:08am

Pakistan

20.9pc female engineering graduates unemployed, 50.9pc out of labour force: Labour Force Survey 2020-21

KARACHI: An analysis of the Labour Force Survey 2020-21 has revealed that out of total 28,920 female engineering...

Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:19am

Pakistan

Nawaz to tame inflation, end unemployment and poverty: Asif

SIALKOT: Former federal defence minister and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Khawaja Muhammad ...

Published 22 Oct, 2023 03:20am

Business & Finance

KATI apprises AIG Rind about issues facing business community

KARACHI: The quest to eradicate street crimes in Karachi has taken centre stage as Additional Inspector General ...

Published 20 Oct, 2023 05:17am

Editorials

Reverse migration

EDITORIAL: One by one the social spillovers of the financial meltdown are beginning to show. Now there’s a very...

Published 18 Oct, 2023 06:09am

Markets

Gold extends decline for 9th day as fears of higher US rates weigh

BENGALURU: Gold prices edged lower for a ninth straight session on Thursday, as US data indicating tight labor ...

Published 06 Oct, 2023 03:03am

Opinion

The formidable challenge of rising inflation and price hike

The government has reduced the prices of petroleum products. It’s a positive development. The decrease, however, ...

Published 02 Oct, 2023 07:07am

Opinion

Fall in industrial production

The estimate of the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) for the month of July 2023 has recently been released by ...

Updated 26 Sep, 2023 07:12am

Opinion

Worst is yet to come

Inflation and purchasing power erosion pinch is now reflected in volumetric sales’ reduction in products and...

Updated 25 Sep, 2023 07:36am

Editorials

Household debt cycle

EDITORIAL: One of the enduring lessons of economic downturns is that they run households, especially middle- and...

Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am

Closed industrial units: Minister advocates payment of power bills in instalments

Caretaker Minister for Commerce and Industry says there are one million unemployed across the country due to the closure of industrial units

Updated 23 Sep, 2023 08:45pm

World

UK unemployment rises as wage growth hits record high

LONDON: The UK unemployment rate edged higher to 4.3 percent in the three months to the end of July, as wage growth...

Published 12 Sep, 2023 07:59pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 3	278.23
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 3	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / May 3	153.05
USD to Swiss Franc / May 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 3	1.25
Euro to USD / May 3	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 3	5127.79
India Sensex / May 3	73878.15
Tokyo Nikkei / May 3	38236.07
Nasdaq / May 3	16156.33
Hang Seng / May 3	18475.92
FTSE 100 / May 3	8213.49
Dow Jones / May 3	38675.68
Germany DAX 30 / May 3	18001.60

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 3	78.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 3	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 3	205418
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 3	2301.74
Cotton US¢/pound / May 3	78.06
Petrol/Litre / May 4	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 4 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 4 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 4 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 4 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 4 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 4 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 4 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 4 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 4 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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