News stories for Dr Omer Javed

Dr Omer Javed

Opinion

Ending the assault of austerity and procyclical policy stance

‘The world is confronting multiple, compounding crises, from Covid-19, energy, inflation, debt, and climate shocks...

Published 23 Dec, 2022 05:54am

Opinion

IMF policy needs a serious rethink

The first major jolt to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) thinking regarding pursuing austerity policy...

Published 16 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Opinion

Contradictions in economic policy stance and a way forward

In its policy prescription, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been pushing Pakistan for adopting procyclical...

Updated 09 Dec, 2022 06:32am

Opinion

Non-austerity policy needed for resilient, inclusive, sustainable growth

The world is fast entering deep recesses of environmental, public health, and economic crises. Virtually, over the...

Published 02 Dec, 2022 05:47am

Opinion

COP27 meetings: achievements, setbacks, and deficiencies

This year’s COP meetings that were supposed to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from November 6-18, but had to go...

Updated 25 Nov, 2022 04:00pm

Opinion

The Bridgetown Initiative

‘A perennial question hanging over UN climate conferences is how developing countries will finance their domestic...

Published 18 Nov, 2022 05:53am

Opinion

The elusive ‘new normal’

‘A nd the clock is ticking. We are in the fight of our lives. And we are losing. Greenhouse gas emissions keep...

Updated 11 Nov, 2022 06:14am

Opinion

Mission climate change

COP27 meetings in Egypt will start on November 6, but the global conference with its first meeting in 1995 is yet to...

Published 04 Nov, 2022 05:56am

Opinion

Climate change crisis and COP27

COP27 – 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – which will be...

Updated 28 Oct, 2022 06:35am

Opinion

Austerity and SDR allocation

The world is suffering from multiple crises — from strong inflationary headwinds to low growth — at the back of...

Published 21 Oct, 2022 05:57am

Opinion

Important issues for IMF, WB annual meetings 2022

‘When they gather in Washing-ton next week for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group annual...

Published 14 Oct, 2022 03:39am

Opinion

Floods, debt, and SDRs

Pakistan is facing unprecedented floods of a profoundly catastrophic nature. While 3 million livestock have died in...

Published 30 Sep, 2022 05:52am

Opinion

A world running towards recession

‘Central banks are intent on driving the world economy perilously close to a recession. Late to see the worst...

Published 23 Sep, 2022 05:50am

Opinion

Floods, food & debt crises, and 77th UNGA session

The United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA’s) 77th Session from September 13-27 comes at a very crucial time ...

Published 16 Sep, 2022 06:04am

Opinion

Shocks and Pakistan’s economy

‘We are living in a time of overlapping emergencies: the pandemic is not over, climate change is a reality, and...

Published 09 Sep, 2022 06:09am

Opinion

The flood catastrophe

Reportedly, around 33 million people stand affected by the most intense and devastating floods in the history of...

Published 02 Sep, 2022 06:00am

Opinion

Crisis of food prices

‘Food prices have surged more than 20% this year, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. About 345...

Published 26 Aug, 2022 05:35am

Opinion

Price stabilisation and extent of tight monetary policy

‘Today American policymakers face a stark choice. Either, they can fight inflation by continuing to hike interest...

Published 19 Aug, 2022 05:57am

Opinion

Need for fresh SDR allocation

Last August, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued enhanced special drawing rights (SDRs) allocation to the...

Published 12 Aug, 2022 05:44am

Opinion

Acute food inflation and a shallow global policy leadership response

The ‘Food security’ update recently released by World Bank indicated a very difficult food inflation situation...

Published 05 Aug, 2022 06:27am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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