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Developing countries: Pakistan demands debt relief, financing access

Published 18 May, 2026 05:40am

NEW YORK: Pakistan’s UN ambassador warned on Sunday that the ongoing US-Iran war and its resulting energy supply...

Aurangzeb pushes for debt relief, fair trade at Boao Forum

Updated 26 Mar, 2025 08:06pm

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has called for reforms in international financial institutions to better address...

Debt relief delays could mean ‘disorderly’ defaults: IMF official

Published 30 Jan, 2024 06:34pm

JOHANNESBURG: The flagship debt restructuring process for low income countries needs to speed up, otherwise there...

IMF, World Bank announce $4.5 billion debt relief for Somalia

Published 13 Dec, 2023 11:46pm

NAIROBI: Somalia reached the end of a debt forgiveness initiative on Wednesday overseen by the International...

Climate change, debt, and inflation

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 07:10am

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

Yellen raps China for serving as ‘roadblock’ in debt restructuring process

Published 20 Apr, 2023 08:28pm

WASHINGTON: As the world’s largest official bilateral creditor, China should participate in meaningful debt relief...

IMF: Zambia needs bilateral debt relief to secure next payout

Published 06 Apr, 2023 05:23pm

LUSAKA: The next International Monetary Fund (IMF) payout to Zambia from a total loan of $1.3 billion is contingent...

Debt relief for developing countries

Published 13 Mar, 2023 06:15am

Many developing and low-income countries are under debt distress, and a few of which are also facing food crisis as...

Debt relief for developing countries

Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am

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

China agrees to formation of global sovereign debt ‘roundtable’: IMF

Published 17 Dec, 2022 05:58am

WASHINGTON: Chinese officials have agreed to participate in a global sovereign debt “roundtable” that would...

PM seeks debt relief, climate compensation

Updated 08 Nov, 2022 09:52am

Speaks at the COP27 climate conference alongside UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

PM likely to seek debt relief from China

Updated 29 Oct, 2022 10:54am

PM scheduled to undertake official visit to China from Nov 1

APAT for consensus national policy to get rid of debts

Published 24 Oct, 2022 05:45am

LAHORE: All Pakistan Anjuman Tajran (APAT) Central President Ashraf Bhatti has said that an agreed national policy...

Pakistan urgently needs debt relief: UN

Updated 12 Oct, 2022 09:42am

GENEVA: Cascading global crises have left 54 countries — home to more than half of the world’s poorest people...

Pakistan among countries urgently need debt relief: UN

Updated 11 Oct, 2022 10:29am

GENEVA: Cascading global crises have left 54 countries -- home to more than half of the world's poorest people -- in...

US extends $132 million debt relief to Pakistan after floods

Updated 30 Sep, 2022 09:39pm

ISLAMABAD: Washington on Friday rolled over an agreement to suspend service payments on $132 million of Pakistan's...

Bilawal renews call for urgent debt relief, aid

Published 30 Sep, 2022 05:52am

WASHINGTON: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday renewed call for urgent debt relief and aid to help...

PM seeks ‘substantial’ debt relief

Published 24 Sep, 2022 03:49am

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has made an urgent appeal to the international donors and rich countries for...

How to solve the debt crisis

Updated 22 Apr, 2022 06:20pm

A previous article (Real clear economics, BR, 24 Mar 2022) pointed out that governments of Pakistan have borrowed ...

China needs to be ‘more active’ in G20 debt relief effort: Yellen

Published 18 Feb, 2022 04:31am

WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said China needs to do more to accelerate global efforts to provide...

IMF chief urges G20 to move faster on debt relief

Published 16 Feb, 2022 08:25pm

We estimate that about 60 percent of low-income countries are in or at high risk of debt distress, double 2015 levels, says Georgieva

IMF's Gopinath says 'lot more' work needed to help countries reduce debt levels

Published 25 Jan, 2022 08:43pm

WASHINGTON: The Group of 20 countries need to step up their efforts to help low-income countries deal with high...

World Bank seeks $100bn in donations to address 'tragic reversals' in development

Published 11 Oct, 2021 07:33pm

WASHINGTON: The World Bank hopes to raise $100 billion in donations for the International Development Association...

Poor countries' debt rose 12% to record $860bn in 2020: World Bank

Published 11 Oct, 2021 06:40pm

WASHINGTON: The debt burden of the world's low-income countries rose 12% to a record $860 billion in 2020 as...

IMF approves fourth round of debt relief for poor countries

Published 08 Oct, 2021 09:02pm

This debt service relief helps free up scarce financial resources for vital health, social and economic support to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, says IMF

PM Imran calls on UN to stop 'illicit flow of money from poor to richer capitals'

Updated 05 Oct, 2021 10:17pm

Says this is crushing people in the developing world through inflation and poverty

Sudan devalues currency to meet key condition for debt relief

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 29	277.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 29	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 28	3.90

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 29	7,670.84
Nasdaq / Sep 29	26,797.54
Dow Jones / Sep 29	51,349.92
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,729.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,728.56
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,534.37
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,714.17
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,546.29
France CAC40 / Sep 30	8,055.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 29	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 29	374,945
Petrol/Litre / Sep 30	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Diesel/Litre / Sep 30	402.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Sep 30 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.73 ▲ 0.77 (15.52%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Sep 30 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	20.41 ▲ 1.86 (10.03%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Sep 30 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.57 ▲ 1.51 (10.03%)
Sindh Modaraba / Sep 30 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	33.28 ▲ 3.03 (10.02%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Sep 30 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	26.38 ▲ 2.4 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Sep 30 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	113.96 ▲ 10.36 (10%)
Dadex Eternit / Sep 30 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	150.32 ▲ 13.67 (10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Sep 30 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	29.04 ▲ 2.64 (10%)
Oilboy Energy / Sep 30 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	18.59 ▲ 1.69 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ashfaq Textile / Sep 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	50.57 ▼ -5.62 (-10%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Sep 30 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	118.83 ▼ -13.16 (-9.97%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Sep 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.25 ▼ -1.15 (-9.27%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Sep 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	918.13 ▼ -92.07 (-9.11%)
Pakistan Services / Sep 30 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,019.63 ▼ -99.15 (-8.86%)
Mandviwala / Sep 30 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	77.07 ▼ -7.14 (-8.48%)
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	23.41 ▼ -1.84 (-7.29%)
D.M. Corporation / Sep 30 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	165.33 ▼ -11.63 (-6.57%)
Cordoba Logistics / Sep 30 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	28.32 ▼ -1.94 (-6.41%)
EMCO Industries / Sep 30 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	32.10 ▼ -1.93 (-5.67%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Sep 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,446,994 ▲ 0.11
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	58,387,095 ▲ 0.77
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Sep 30 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	50,882,891 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Sep 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,308,841 ▲ 0.03
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Sep 30 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	21,823,804 ▲ 1.27
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 30 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	17,873,579 ▲ 0.1
Pak Refinery / Sep 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,817,038 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,431,935 ▼ -0.01
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	16,575,953 ▼ -1.84
F. Nat.Equities / Sep 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	14,238,200 ▲ 0

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