News stories for Dr Omer Javed

Dr Omer Javed

Opinion

Stabilisation and growth without much reforms – II

In contrast to the prescription being followed in Pakistan like in many other IMF programme countries over the ...

Published 06 Jun, 2021 02:56am

Opinion

Stabilisation and growth without much reforms – I

In the latest interaction with the public, Prime Minister Imran Khan highlighted that the country’s economy had...

Published 04 Jun, 2021 05:06am

Opinion

Beyond GDP: equity, wellbeing and sustainability

Let me start the article by giving two quotes in order to lay the basis for understanding why it is important for...

Published 28 May, 2021 04:08am

Opinion

Vaccine availability

‘But while hundreds of millions of vaccine doses have been administered globally, there are deep disparities. In...

Published 21 May, 2021 05:04am

Opinion

Tarin’s plan falls short of needed reform approach — II

The 1990s’ world was mostly a neoliberal world with the Washington Consensus-styled policies such as small...

Published 18 May, 2021 05:05am

Opinion

Tarin’s plan falls short of needed reform approach — I

‘In this context, ‘moonshot’ thinking is about setting targets that are ambitious but also inspirational, able...

Published 16 May, 2021 04:26am

Opinion

Covid-19: School education crisis in Pakistan

‘Compared with the scale of South Asia’s first wave, which peaked in September, the second is shocking. …South...

Published 07 May, 2021 04:35am

Opinion

Climate change crisis: more talk than action

'This is a dire warning that the economic recovery from the Covid crisis is currently anything but sustainable for...

Published 30 Apr, 2021 05:06am

Opinion

Reducing vaccine inequality

‘Ensuring widespread global access to Covid-19 vaccines, which is necessary for preventing cases and deaths and...

Published 23 Apr, 2021 05:12am

Opinion

A difficult economic triangle

In a recent Financial Times (FT) article ‘IMF urges eurozone to boost spending to fuel economic recovery’, ...

Published 16 Apr, 2021 03:40am

Opinion

‘World Economic Outlook’ and IMF’s own performance

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released the April edition of its flagship report ‘World Economic...

Published 09 Apr, 2021 04:51am

Opinion

Need for a ‘new normal’ economic recovery

The pre-Covid world was a neoliberal world, which exacerbated income inequality between the rich and poor within...

Published 02 Apr, 2021 04:58am

Opinion

Urgent need for revisiting economic policy

Prime Minister Imran Khan generally underscores the need for promoting wealth creation since there had been no...

Published 26 Mar, 2021 05:22am

Opinion

Post-pandemic world challenges

‘For the first time in world history, people around the world are being forced to acknowledge that we all face a...

Published 19 Mar, 2021 05:32am

Opinion

Dealing effectively with climate change crisis

‘When representatives from nearly 200 countries finalized the Paris climate agreement on December 12, 2015, there...

Published 12 Mar, 2021 05:10am

Opinion

Global vaccine justice — II

Moreover, vaccine inequality, whereby rich countries are significantly outpacing poorer countries in terms of ...

Published 06 Mar, 2021 05:01am

Opinion

Global vaccine justice — I

‘The global Covid-19 vaccine roll-out is creating a “vaccine apartheid”. As of February 24, approximately 216...

Published 05 Mar, 2021 05:17am

Opinion

Issues in farm economy and related markets

‘Before the coronavirus outbreak, food insecurity was already a severe problem. More than 820 million people –...

Published 26 Feb, 2021 05:20am

Opinion

Lagging green spending globally

‘The world’s leading economies have announced economic stimulus packages that will pump approximately US$4.6...

Published 19 Feb, 2021 04:07am

Opinion

Understanding Neoliberalism

‘Neoliberalism is the defining political economic paradigm of our time – it refers to the policies and practices...

Published 12 Feb, 2021 04:54am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
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%)
Invest Bank / Sep 28 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	1.12 ▲ 0.07 (6.67%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Sep 28 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	0.86 ▲ 0.05 (6.17%)
Chakwal Spinning / Sep 28 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	1.25 ▲ 0.07 (5.93%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Sep 28 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	5.30 ▲ 0.28 (5.58%)
EFU General / Sep 28 EFU General Insurance Limited(EFUG)	89.50 ▲ 4.65 (5.48%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Sep 28 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	0.98 ▲ 0.05 (5.38%)
Habib Rice Products / Sep 28 Habib Rice Product Limited(HRPL)	39.50 ▲ 2.00 (5.33%)

Stock	Price
Pak Oilfields / Sep 28 Pakistan Oilfields Limited(POL)	387.30 ▼ -52.19 (-11.88%)
Shadab Textile / Sep 28 Shadab Textile Mills Limited(SHDT)	10.72 ▼ -1.00 (-8.53%)
Kohat Textile / Sep 28 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	11.30 ▼ -0.95 (-7.76%)
Masood Textile / Sep 28 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	41.50 ▼ -3.36 (-7.49%)
SME Leasing Ltd / Sep 28 SME Leasing Limited(SLL)	2.24 ▼ -0.16 (-6.67%)
Gharibwal Cement / Sep 28 Gharibwal Cement Limited(GWLC)	16 ▼ -0.69 (-4.13%)
First Prudential Mod. / Sep 28 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	1.58 ▼ -0.06 (-3.66%)
Attock Petroleum / Sep 28 Attock Petroleum Limited(APL)	291.50 ▼ -10.47 (-3.47%)
St.Chart.Bank / Sep 28 Standard Chartered Bank (Pak) Ltd(SCBPL)	28 ▼ -1.00 (-3.45%)
Artistic Denim / Sep 28 Artistic Denim Mills Limited(ADMM)	54 ▼ -1.90 (-3.40%)

Stock	Volume
Maple Leaf Cement / Sep 28 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	11,085,943 ▼ -0.06
Pak Petroleum / Sep 28 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	9,115,995 ▲ 0.23
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 28 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	7,096,855 ▲ 0.01
P.I.A.C.(A) / Sep 28 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	6,933,000 ▲ 0.24
Oil & Gas Dev. / Sep 28 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	6,830,288 ▲ 0.34
Agritech Limited / Sep 28 Agritech Limited(AGL)	6,585,000 ▲ 0.40
Dewan Motors / Sep 28 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	6,537,980 ▲ 0.06
Bankislami Pak. / Sep 28 BankIslami Pakistan Limited(BIPL)	6,477,203 ▼ -0.25
B.O.Punjab / Sep 28 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	6,308,530 ▼ -0.03
Sui North Gas / Sep 28 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	5,152,021 ▲ 0.02

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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