News stories for Dr Omer Javed

Dr Omer Javed

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

Opinion

Global economic players’ dismal policy action

International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released the July 2022 update of one of its flagship reports ‘World...

Published 29 Jul, 2022 06:14am

Opinion

Default risk at hand

Around end of March, in a World Bank published article ‘Are we ready for the coming spate of debt crises’ it was...

Published 22 Jul, 2022 06:07am

Opinion

A cruel IMF programme

‘The pandemic triggered a dramatic increase in public debt in developing economies, from 54 to 65 per cent of GDP...

Published 15 Jul, 2022 06:20am

Opinion

Inflation, stagflation, recession

Years of neoliberal assault globally leading to a diminishing role of government, especially in regulating markets,...

Published 08 Jul, 2022 05:36am

Opinion

Reflections on G7 leaders’ summit 2022

G7 Leaders’ Summit 2022 was held recently in Germany, a little over a year later after the last such meetings were...

Updated 01 Jul, 2022 06:42am

Opinion

WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference and Covid vaccine

‘Last week’s WTO 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva concluded with pro-corporate, anti-worker, and...

Published 24 Jun, 2022 06:15am

Opinion

Global economy at a delicate crossroad – II

A similar balance should be struck in the case of developing countries like Pakistan for it is critical to dealing...

Published 15 Jun, 2022 05:47am

Opinion

Global economy at a delicate crossroad – I

Global economy stands at a delicate crossroad, where wrong policy choices will be difficult to unwind in at least ...

Published 10 Jun, 2022 06:16am

Opinion

Needed: an objectives-based and mission-oriented budget

‘…which is outcomes-based budgeting. First ask ourselves what needs to be done. What does it mean to tackle...

Published 03 Jun, 2022 05:56am

Opinion

Policy rate and oil subsidy — II

Therefore, such policy increase will likely do a lot of harm to the impact of bottom-up approach by the previous...

Updated 01 Jun, 2022 09:44am

Opinion

Policy rate and oil subsidy — I

In its latest Monetary Policy Statement (MPS), released a few days ago, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) raised policy...

Published 28 May, 2022 05:11am

Opinion

Urgent need for economic diplomacy activism

‘It is therefore in advanced economies’ interest to help poorer countries reduce the mounting risk of little...

Published 20 May, 2022 05:42am

Opinion

Controlling inflation, financing deficits — II

Moreover, the government should even think of immediately quitting the IMF programme. If the Fund does not ...

Published 17 May, 2022 05:39am

Opinion

Controlling inflation and financing deficits — I

In April 2020, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director (MD) had reportedly called the Covid pandemic a...

Published 14 May, 2022 04:05am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 18	278.62
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 18	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 18	154.61
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 18	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 18	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 18	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 18	5011.12
India Sensex / Apr 18	72488.99
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 18	37716.66
Nasdaq / Apr 18	15601.50
Hang Seng / Apr 18	16385.87
FTSE 100 / Apr 18	7877.05
Dow Jones / Apr 18	37775.38
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 18	17837.40

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 18	82.64
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	214077
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 18	2374.36
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 18	80.61
Petrol/Litre / Apr 19	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00