News stories for Dr Omer Javed

Dr Omer Javed

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

Opinion

Budget and GDP growth: export-led and bottom-up

Prime Minister Imran Khan in his speech in the parliament on the last day of the fiscal year highlighted that...

Published 02 Jul, 2021 04:20am

Opinion

Economic direction and role of government — III

The government is, therefore, required to outsource or privatize as less as possible. It is also required to engage...

Published 01 Jul, 2021 04:10am

Opinion

Economic direction and role of government — II

The overall economic policy, including that of the philosophy of Budget, must take into consideration the fact that...

Published 26 Jun, 2021 03:24am

Opinion

Economic direction and role of government — I

When the Great Depression hit the world in the first half of 20th century, John Maynard Keynes correctly highlighted...

Published 25 Jun, 2021 04:20am

Opinion

Stimulus and institutional reform

Unlike many budgets in the past, the Budget 2021/22 places strong emphasis on providing stimulus for economic ...

Published 18 Jun, 2021 04:16am

Opinion

The G7 at Cornwall

The meetings of Group of Seven (G7) at Cornwall in the United Kingdom (UK) come at a very crucial time, primarily...

Published 12 Jun, 2021 05:04am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Chakwal Spinning / Sep 28 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	1.42 ▲ 0.24 (20.34%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Sep 28 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	5 ▲ 0.50 (11.11%)
Dandot Cement / Sep 28 Dandot Cement Company Limited(DNCC)	10.29 ▲ 0.99 (10.65%)
Abdullah Shah / Sep 28 Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills Limited(AGSML)	5.49 ▲ 0.45 (8.93%)
Universal Ins. / Sep 28 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	3.80 ▲ 0.29 (8.26%)
Shakarganj / Sep 28 Shakarganj Limited(SML)	37.42 ▲ 2.61 (7.50%)
Int. Knit. / Sep 28 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	14.47 ▲ 0.97 (7.19%)
JDW Sugar / Sep 28 JDW Sugar Mills Limited(JDWS)	374 ▲ 24.00 (6.86%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Sep 28 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	16 ▲ 1.00 (6.67%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Sep 28 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	0.86 ▲ 0.05 (6.17%)

Stock	Price
F.Treet Manuf / Sep 28 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	3.20 ▼ -0.69 (-17.74%)
SME Leasing Ltd / Sep 28 SME Leasing Limited(SLL)	2 ▼ -0.40 (-16.67%)
Pak Oilfields / Sep 28 Pakistan Oilfields Limited(POL)	391 ▼ -48.49 (-11.03%)
Shadab Textile / Sep 28 Shadab Textile Mills Limited(SHDT)	10.72 ▼ -1.00 (-8.53%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Sep 28 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	24.80 ▼ -2.00 (-7.46%)
Masood Textile / Sep 28 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	41.65 ▼ -3.21 (-7.16%)
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 28 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	24.40 ▼ -1.60 (-6.15%)
Pak Oxygen Ltd. / Sep 28 Pakistan Oxygen Limited(PAKOXY)	88.22 ▼ -5.53 (-5.90%)
Ismail Ind. / Sep 28 Ismail Industries Limited(ISIL)	650 ▼ -40.69 (-5.89%)
Image Pakistan / Sep 28 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	12.70 ▼ -0.69 (-5.15%)

Stock	Volume
Maple Leaf Cement / Sep 28 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	11,085,943 ▲ 0.07
Pak Petroleum / Sep 28 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	9,115,995 ▲ 0.03
Agritech Limited / Sep 28 Agritech Limited(AGL)	7,368,500 ▲ 0.31
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 28 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	7,096,855 ▲ 0.00
P.I.A.C.(A) / Sep 28 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	6,933,000 ▲ 0.14
Oil & Gas Dev. / Sep 28 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	6,830,288 ▼ -0.49
Dewan Motors / Sep 28 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	6,537,980 ▼ -0.05
Bankislami Pak. / Sep 28 BankIslami Pakistan Limited(BIPL)	6,477,203 ▼ -0.05
B.O.Punjab / Sep 28 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	6,308,530 ▼ -0.02
Fauji Foods Ltd / Sep 28 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	5,490,475 ▲ 0.18

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 28	288.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 28	287.73
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 28	149.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 28	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 28	1.21
Euro to USD / Sep 28	1.05
UK LIBOR % / Sep 27	5.43

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 27	4274.51
Nasdaq / Sep 27	13092.85
FTSE 100 / Sep 27	7593.22
Dow Jones / Sep 27	33550.27
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 27	15217.45
France CAC40 / Sep 27	7071.79
India Sensex / Sep 28	66115.09
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 28	31744.50
Hang Seng / Sep 28	17429.46

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 27	17935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 27	174950
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 28	94.58
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 28	1874.97
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 28	88.65

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