News stories for Dr Omer Javed

Dr Omer Javed

Opinion

Shehbaz Sharif’s election year economic policies

Immediately after being elected as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif announced in National ...

Published 13 Apr, 2022 06:03am

Opinion

Economic and political instability

‘“Only a crisis — actual or perceived — produces real change. When the crisis occurs, the actions that are...

Published 08 Apr, 2022 05:28am

Opinion

Neoliberalism, globalization, and economic dependence

Pakistan has been a prolonged user of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) resources during the last three decades...

Published 01 Apr, 2022 05:41am

Opinion

A brewing commodity crisis and developing countries

The United Nations has warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukr-aine could trigger a global famine as Moscow’s Black...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 05:47am

Opinion

Beyond neoliberal and pro-cyclical policy

‘It is well known that the old model of austerity does not work. Not only does it cause the economy to contract ...

Published 18 Mar, 2022 05:20am

Opinion

Economic impact of war in Ukraine

The world was already seeing a severe onslaught of commodity supply-driven inflationary pressures in the wake of the...

Published 11 Mar, 2022 05:12am

Opinion

Climate change crisis and global response

The existential threat of climate change is unfolding fast, and the window of limiting average global temperatures...

Published 04 Mar, 2022 04:37am

Opinion

Global economic crisis and Neoliberalism

‘The global multilateral economic system has been stress tested twice this century. The first time was with the...

Published 25 Feb, 2022 06:19am

Opinion

Crisis of inflation, debt, and weak SDR allocation response

‘We’ve entered an era where supply constraints are the driving force of inflation rather than excess demand. ...

Published 18 Feb, 2022 04:31am

Opinion

Serious debt distress facing developing countries

Many of the developing countries are net importers of oil whose price has been rising, only recently to a seven-year...

Published 11 Feb, 2022 04:31am

Opinion

Covid-19: a pandemic that lays bare deep cracks in the neoliberal economic order

The pandemic has exposed the limited institutional capacity of both individual governments, and multilateral...

Published 04 Feb, 2022 04:43am

Opinion

Economic recovery, inequality, corruption, and wealth tax

January 2022 update of the IMF’s (International Monetary Fund’s) flagship report ‘Global Economic Outlook’...

Published 28 Jan, 2022 04:45am

Opinion

Inflation, monetary policy, borrowing costs, and debt sustainability

‘The start of this year is an eerie echo of 2021. A new variant of coronavirus has sent infections...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 05:27am

Opinion

Inflation and growth

While inflation has been caused primarily by the pandemic-led recession that fed into supply cuts, and the return of...

Published 14 Jan, 2022 06:50am

Opinion

CPTPP and Pakistan

Due to overall low economic institutional quality, recurring macroeconomic stabilization issues and lower market...

Published 07 Jan, 2022 06:22am

Opinion

2022: year of essential economic reform

There is a lot of spilt milk in terms of lost time to initiate meaningful, broad-based institutional, ...

Published 31 Dec, 2021 06:50am

Opinion

Turkey’s ‘new economic model’: any lessons for Pakistan?

Pakistan has seen its currency depreciate sizably during the ongoing tenure of this government; some justifiably to...

Updated 24 Dec, 2021 03:45pm

Opinion

Macroeconomic choices for 2022

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased policy rate by 1 percent (100 basis points) to 9.75 percent. This is the...

Published 17 Dec, 2021 04:30am

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

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 28 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.37 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 28 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	430 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 28 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 28 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 28 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 28 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	67.02 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 28 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	396.88 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 28 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 28 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.44 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / May 28 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	84.92 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 28 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.37 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 28 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	430 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 28 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 28 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 28 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 28 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	67.02 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 28 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	396.88 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 28 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 28 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.44 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / May 28 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	84.92 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / May 28 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	10,337,204 ▲ 0.00
Maple Leaf Cement / May 28 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	9,791,080 ▲ 0.00
National Bank / May 28 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	6,677,000 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 28 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	6,575,839 ▲ 0.00
TPL Properties / May 28 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	6,146,502 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / May 28 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	5,905,462 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 28 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	5,687,015 ▲ 0.00
Unity Foods Ltd / May 28 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	5,667,051 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Cement / May 28 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	5,559,000 ▲ 0.00
Gul Ahmed / May 28 Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited(GATM)	5,224,816 ▲ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 26	285.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 26	285.15
USD to Japanese Yen / May 26	140.60
USD to Swiss Franc / May 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 26	1.23
Euro to USD / May 26	1.07
UK LIBOR % / May 26	5.06

Stock	Volume
Hang Seng / May 25	18746.92
S&P 500 / May 26	4205.45
India Sensex / May 26	62501.69
Tokyo Nikkei / May 26	30916.31
Nasdaq / May 26	12975.69
FTSE 100 / May 26	7627.20
Dow Jones / May 26	33093.34
Germany DAX 30 / May 26	15983.97
France CAC40 / May 26	7319.18

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 26	72.67
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 26	20235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 26	202118
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 26	1946.46
Cotton US¢/pound / May 26	80.54

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