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Dr Omer Javed

Opinion

Covid’s Omicron variant and some likely repercussions

‘The global risk from the new Omicron coronavirus variant is “very high”, the World Health Organization...

Updated 03 Dec, 2021 05:22am

Opinion

A tight macroeconomic policy stance and its repercussions

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is its latest monetary policy statement (MPS) increased policy rate by 150 basis points...

Published 26 Nov, 2021 05:15am

Opinion

COP26 left a lot to be desired

‘Many people around the world already consider the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow a...

Published 19 Nov, 2021 04:35am

Opinion

High commodity prices — what could have been done differently?

With Brent Crude prices at very low position of around $20 a barrel around the third week of April last year, and...

Published 12 Nov, 2021 04:46am

Opinion

Climate change crisis and COP26

'Parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement pledged to limit global warming to well below 2°C and to pursue efforts to...

Published 05 Nov, 2021 04:39am

Opinion

Supply chain crisis: balancing globalization and autarky

'The supply chain crisis threatening the global economy risks lasting at least another year unless governments step...

Published 29 Oct, 2021 05:05am

Opinion

Pakistan should leave IMF programme

Pakistan should come out of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, pursue active economic diplomacy, and...

Updated 22 Oct, 2021 04:54pm

Opinion

Politics and Bretton Woods institutions

‘The “Doing Business” controversy has shaken confidence in the World Bank and the IMF. But it must not obscure...

Published 15 Oct, 2021 04:08am

Opinion

Supply chain crisis, imported inflation, and greater autarky

Prime Minister, Imran Khan reportedly indicated that inflationary pressures are mainly due to imported inflation, as...

Published 08 Oct, 2021 04:30am

Opinion

Dilemma facing IMF, and programme countries

The pandemic has seen international commodity prices, especially food prices, sky rocket; while oil prices also ...

Published 01 Oct, 2021 04:07am

Opinion

Rising stagflationary concerns

The world, including developing countries where food inflation is particularly on the higher side, is facing...

Published 24 Sep, 2021 04:40am

Opinion

Pandemic and a difficult economic situation of developing countries

‘Developing countries have been ravaged by a combination of the pandemic-driven health crisis, collapsing exports,...

Published 17 Sep, 2021 03:52am

Opinion

Dirty air, foreign aid, and climate funds

Burning of fossil fuel has had a significant role in exacerbating climate change crisis, the tipping point of which...

Published 10 Sep, 2021 04:41am

Opinion

Tackling air pollution

‘The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) shows that strong pollution policies pay back in additional years of life for...

Published 03 Sep, 2021 04:58am

Opinion

SDRs: Allocation, reallocation, and fiscal usage

Writing in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2009 in a Project Syndicate published article ‘The new...

Published 27 Aug, 2021 04:52am

Opinion

Starkest report on climate change and ‘unequivocal’ human involvement

‘It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in...

Published 13 Aug, 2021 04:44am

Opinion

SDR allocation of $650bn – important but inadequate

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved allocation of US$650 billion, which is worth 456 billion of Special...

Published 06 Aug, 2021 04:18am

Opinion

Climate disasters, vaccine inequality and global economic recovery

'Six years ago, in Paris, the countries of the world committed themselves to avoiding the worst of that nightmare by...

Published 30 Jul, 2021 05:10am

Opinion

Towards better global corporate tax regime

‘Since the 1980s, countries have competed for business by reducing companies’ taxes. A few nations, like Ireland...

Published 16 Jul, 2021 04:34am

Opinion

Supply issues and difficult oil prices

Oil prices have continued to overall significantly rise since November of last year, on the back of restricted ...

Published 09 Jul, 2021 04:25am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Gen.Ins. / Dec 6 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	3.72 ▲ 0.63 (20.39%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Dec 6 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	1.14 ▲ 0.11 (10.68%)
Next Capital / Dec 6 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	10.19 ▲ 0.98 (10.64%)
Pervez Ahmed Co / Dec 6 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	1.13 ▲ 0.10 (9.71%)
Nazir Cotton Mills / Dec 6 Nazir Cotton Mills Limited(NCML)	5.18 ▲ 0.38 (7.92%)
Kohinoor Energy / Dec 6 Kohinoor Energy Limited(KOHE)	38.50 ▲ 2.09 (5.74%)
Nishat Power / Dec 6 Nishat Power Limited(NPL)	17.50 ▲ 0.43 (2.52%)
Pakgen Power / Dec 6 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	25.00 ▲ 0.49 (2.00%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 6 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	4.09 ▲ 0.05 (1.24%)
Nimir Resins / Dec 6 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	18.17 ▲ 0.14 (0.78%)

Stock	Price
Nestle PakistanXD / Dec 6 Nestle Pakistan Limited(NESTLE)	4948.75 ▲ -401.25 (-7.50%)
John&Philips / Dec 6 Johnson & Phillips (Pakistan) Limited(JOPP)	44.00 ▲ -3.50 (-7.37%)
National Refinery / Dec 6 National Refinery Limited(NRL)	234.20 ▲ -13.76 (-5.55%)
Pakistan Alumin / Dec 6 Pakistan Aluminium Beverage Cans Limited(PABC)	31.50 ▲ -1.13 (-3.46%)
Pak Reinsurance / Dec 6 Pakistan Reinsurance Company Limited(PAKRI)	21.50 ▲ -0.72 (-3.24%)
Nishat Mills Ltd / Dec 6 Nishat Mills Limited(NML)	80.00 ▲ -1.88 (-2.30%)
Kot Addu Power / Dec 6 Kot Addu Power Company Limited(KAPCO)	30.70 ▲ -0.72 (-2.29%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Dec 6 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	14.55 ▲ -0.27 (-1.82%)
Netsol Tech. / Dec 6 NetSol Technologies Limited(NETSOL)	89.00 ▲ -1.37 (-1.52%)
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 6 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	7.27 ▲ -0.11 (-1.49%)

Stock	Volume
Hascol Petrol / Dec 6 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	5,340,985 ▼ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Dec 6 Telecard Limited(TELE)	2,758,000 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 6 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	2,401,500 ▼ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 6 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	2,285,871 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods Ltd / Dec 6 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	2,096,790 ▼ 0.00
TPL Properties / Dec 6 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	1,324,000 ▼ 0.00
Byco Petroleum / Dec 6 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	1,122,500 ▼ 0.00
G3 Tech. / Dec 6 G3 Technologies Limited(GTECH)	1,085,000 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 6 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	1,046,500 ▼ 0.00
Ghani Glo Hol / Dec 6 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	964,000 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 3	176.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 3	176.77
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 3	112.76
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 3	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 3	1.32
Euro to USD / Dec 3	1.13
UK LIBOR % / Dec 3	0.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 3	4502.41
India Sensex / Dec 3	57696.46
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 3	28029.57
Nasdaq / Dec 3	15007.96
Hang Seng / Dec 3	23766.69
FTSE 100 / Dec 3	7122.32
Dow Jones / Dec 3	34471.42
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 3	15169.98
France CAC40 / Dec 3	6765.52

Item	Value
Crude Oil / Dec 3	65.72
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / Dec 3	17380.00
Gold 10 Grams / Dec 3	100500.00
Gold Spot / Dec 3	1784.26
Cotton / Dec 3	104.20

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