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Dr Omer Javed

Opinion

The great economic challenge

Proud nations, with will of steel, shine the brightest when the clouds are the darkest. The current economic...

Published 23 Jun, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

Huge global economic policy challenges

‘The world is facing numerous extreme, interlinked challenges, including a climate emergency and growing economic...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am

Opinion

Climate change, debt, and inflation

“If you’ve been feeling confused and as though everything is impacting on you all at the same time, this is not ...

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 07:10am

Opinion

Gross financing, and medium-term economic strategy

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Country Report No. 22/288, released in September 2022 – the last such report...

Published 02 Jun, 2023 03:56am

Opinion

Global economic crisis: Neoliberalism, debt sustainability, SDRs, and multilateralism

The global economy is facing existential threats of climate change and Pandemicene crises. The underlying basis for...

Updated 26 May, 2023 07:12am

Opinion

A mission-oriented Budget

Never before in 75-year history of the country has Annual Budget been so important. Now that Pakistan has struggled...

Published 19 May, 2023 06:17am

Opinion

Economic stress

Since around September 2021, and especially since April last year, economic stress has come to Pakistan from a ...

Updated 12 May, 2023 06:33am

Opinion

Pakistan, and international global financial order: Revisiting macroeconomic policy

In the recently released report ‘Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia’ by International...

Published 05 May, 2023 06:44am

Opinion

Shock therapy neoliberal market reform in Pakistan

One can only be shocked to see the lack of understanding by local media, and many of their guests on TV shows...

Updated 28 Apr, 2023 06:28am

Opinion

An immediate call for a second Bretton Woods

The world is facing an existential threat in the shape of climate change crisis, with one of the main outcomes in ...

Updated 21 Apr, 2023 07:03am

Opinion

A retarding economic growth outlook: IMF and ‘Chicago boys’ in a fix

‘The International Monetary Fund warned that its outlook for global economic growth over the next five years is ...

Updated 14 Apr, 2023 07:10am

Opinion

Serious economic crisis due to austerity policies, and weak multilateralism

Inadequate provision of International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) special drawing rights (SDRs) to Pakistan, like in...

Updated 07 Apr, 2023 06:32am

Opinion

SDR allocation, monetary tightening, inflation, and banking crisis

While the International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues to not provide a much-needed special drawing rights (SDRs)...

Published 31 Mar, 2023 06:45am

Opinion

Neoliberalism, austerity, and climate change crisis

‘Scientists have delivered a “final warning” on the climate crisis, as rising greenhouse gas emissions push ...

Published 24 Mar, 2023 05:55am

Opinion

Austerity and the threat of another pandemic

‘During the peak of the Omicron wave in January 2022, US congressional leaders across the political spectrum were...

Updated 17 Mar, 2023 06:44am

Opinion

Understanding austerity

There is a general confusion in Pakistan, whereby austerity policies are taken as belt-tightening in terms of...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am

Opinion

Developing countries’ lost decade?

Global average temperatures have reached 1.2 degrees centigrade above the pre-industrial era, and most scientific...

Updated 03 Mar, 2023 06:58am

Opinion

Debt and fiscal space

David Malpass, in a recent interview, has reportedly talked about China’s non-disclosure clause as one of the...

Updated 24 Feb, 2023 06:36am

Opinion

Debt relief for developing countries

When the Covid pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) back in early 2020, a number of...

Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

Balancing austerity demands with better debt relief and SDR support

’Developing nations may need to find as much as $2.5 trillion over five years to meet external debt-service costs as...

Updated 10 Feb, 2023 12:30pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 13	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 13	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 13	140.85
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 13	0.85
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 13	1.31
Euro to USD / Sep 13	1.11

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 13	5,626.02
India Sensex / Sep 13	82,890.94
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 13	36,581.76
Nasdaq / Sep 13	17,683.98
Hang Seng / Sep 13	17,369.09
FTSE 100 / Sep 13	8,273.09
Dow Jones / Sep 13	41,393.78
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 13	18,699.40

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 13	68.65
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 13	18,735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 13	227,966
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 13	2,577.70
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 13	69.82
Petrol/Litre / Sep 15	259.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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