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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 / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 15	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 15	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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