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Morocco survivors seek aid as earthquake toll passes 2,100

MOULAY BRAHIM: Survivors of Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades struggled to find food, water...

Updated 10 Sep, 2023 09:39pm

Joint efforts targeting $2bn disbursements: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has indicated that the joint efforts are targeting disbursements of around US$2 billion...

Updated 10 Sep, 2023 09:41am

Finance minister says govt to go for rollover of deposits

Says it was important to remove import restrictions across the board since Pakistan was an import-intensive country

Updated 09 Sep, 2023 02:30pm

World

Yellen to work with India at G20 Summit to aid successful communique crafting

NEW DELHI: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday the United States was willing to work with India to...

Published 08 Sep, 2023 11:16am

Pakistan

World Bank report says 15,000 buses needed for Karachi’s transport system

KARACHI: The World Bank report has revealed that a total of 15,000 buses are needed for the comprehensive transport...

Published 08 Sep, 2023 06:01am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: They must take governance courses, maybe they would learn

“I propose that the subject titled governance, relatively new if one considers other centuries old subjects like...

Published 07 Sep, 2023 06:21am

World

G20 summit: Who is coming to India, and who is not

NEW DELHI: Leaders from the world’s top economies arrive in India on Friday for a two-day G20 summit overshadowed by...

Published 06 Sep, 2023 11:39am

Business & Finance

World Bank official, Shamshad discuss economic situation

Dr Akhtar appreciates institution's role as one of the major development partners of Pakistan

Updated 06 Sep, 2023 10:21am

Business & Finance

Mounting debt burden eroding economic sovereignty: PDP

KARACHI: Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf Shakoor said though on paper we claim that we are the citizens...

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

World

Pakistan among countries in grip of debt problems

LONDON: The persistent and damaging debt problems gripping a number of developing world nations will be a core topic...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:57pm

Opinion

Heavy indebtedness & power sector crisis

In terms of new commitments, the Government of Pakistan signed new agreements, worth USD 7,228 million, during the...

Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am

Pakistan

Effective strategies sought to address agri sector’s vulnerabilities

ISLAMABAD: Agriculture experts Friday called for effective strategies and policies to address the vulnerabilities of...

Published 26 Aug, 2023 06:13am

Editorials

The problem of child labour

Cruelty to children working as domestic help is rampant in this society, getting attention in a few cases when...

Published 25 Aug, 2023 06:34am

World

Biden to push IMF and World Bank reforms at G20 summit: White House

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will urge reforms to the IMF and World Bank that will better serve developing...

Published 22 Aug, 2023 09:51pm

Opinion

The power sector woes

Presently, the power sector has become an existential threat for Pakistan. The situation has been further...

Published 17 Aug, 2023 03:49am

Punjab education sector: $300m project rated as ‘highly relevant’ by WB wing

ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank has rated the “Third Punjab Education Sector...

Updated 17 Aug, 2023 09:07am

Markets

Power crisis cost Vietnam $1.4bn: World Bank

HANOI: A severe power shortage in Vietnam caused by an intensely hot spell and unprecedented drought in May and June...

Published 11 Aug, 2023 11:18am

Pakistan

Wapda holds seminar

LAHORE: Wapda organized a seminar on “Impact Evaluation of Climatic Changes on Water Resources” in collaboration...

Published 11 Aug, 2023 05:17am

GPP for KP project: Implementation progress rated as satisfactory by World Bank

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has rated the overall implementation progress of the Governance and Policy Programme (GPP)...

Updated 11 Aug, 2023 09:27am

ECNEC approves projects worth Rs173.625bn

ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved Rs173.625 billion projects...

Updated 10 Aug, 2023 09:30am

Opinion

How to galvanise our exports

If we can start from an economic policy perspective, policymakers are asking the wrong question: how to increase...

Updated 09 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Editorials

Global hunger index

EDITORIAL: Nobody should be surprised that Pakistan is doing so badly on the Global Hunger Index (GHI), ranking 99...

Published 06 Aug, 2023 03:18am

Business & Finance

World Bank rates implementation progress of NTMP-1 as ‘moderately satisfactory’

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has rated the implementation progress of the “National Transmission Modernization-1...

Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am

Flood relief: $10.33bn loans, $550m grants received

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has received $ 10.33 billion out of $ 10.953 billion as loans and $ 550.4 million in grants for...

Updated 01 Aug, 2023 09:14am

Opinion

Hunger in Pakistan

Pakistan hosts the poorest population with per capita income at $1550 compared with Bangladesh at $2660 and India at...

Published 29 Jul, 2023 05:28am

Business & Finance

Country receives $4.4bn from WB, ADB in FY2022-23

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan received $ 4.4 billion from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the fiscal year...

Published 28 Jul, 2023 03:02am

Opinion

An indictment of our politicians

India’s foreign exchange reserves had risen for a third straight week to total $609.02 billion as of July 14, the...

Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am

Opinion

Reducing rising electricity tariff?—II

LIBOR has gone up; thus a case for reduction of this margin suitably. Second solution is increase in the repayment...

Updated 26 Jul, 2023 06:38am

Industrial consumers: PLL, SSGC may be allowed to auction off unutilized capacity of LNG

ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to allow Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) and Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) to...

Updated 25 Jul, 2023 10:04am

Opinion

Inequality, poverty, and austerity — II

Unfortunately, both the IMF and individual countries practicing these, in or outside of the IMF programme, are not...

Published 22 Jul, 2023 06:25am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 14	278.71
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 14	278.51
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 14	157.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 14	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 14	1.28
Euro to USD / Jun 14	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 14	5,431.60
India Sensex / Jun 14	76,992.77
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 14	38,814.56
Nasdaq / Jun 14	17,688.88
Hang Seng / Jun 14	17,941.78
FTSE 100 / Jun 14	8,146.86
Dow Jones / Jun 14	38,589.16
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 14	18,002.02

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 14	78.45
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 14	19,935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 14	207,047
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 14	2,333.04
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 14	72.14
Petrol/Litre / Jun 16	258.16

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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