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Learning from China’s economic philosophy and policy — XVI

Updated 06 Nov, 2026 07:08am

A related aspect of the external sector is exchange rate management: while Pakistan — guided generally by the...

Learning from China’s economic philosophy and policy — VIII

Updated 18 Sep, 2026 07:51pm

With regard to China’s financial system, and how it is effectively reined in to appropriately gel with fiscal policy...

Nikkei jumps 5pc as Trump signals timeline to end Iran war

Published 02 Apr, 2026 06:03am

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average rose 5 percent on Wednesday, supported by hopes of de-escalation in the Middle...

Nobel economist Aghion says no repeat 2008 financial crisis

Published 09 Mar, 2026 09:06pm

PARIS: The war in the Middle East is unlikely to trigger a collapse of the world economy on the scale of the 2008...

BCBS phase II reforms: SBP issues revised instructions

Updated 25 Sep, 2025 09:19am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued revised instructions under the Basel Capital Adequacy Framework...

The worst market crashes since 1929

Published 08 Apr, 2025 05:40am

PARIS: Monday’s stock market collapses in Asia and Europe after China retaliated to steep US tariffs revived...

Managing public investment the mission-oriented way

Updated 24 Nov, 2023 06:37am

Two renowned intellectuals – Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, and columnist for Guardian ...

Important global economic challenges

Updated 20 Oct, 2023 06:33am

Decades of neoliberal assault of advocating greater market fundamentalism, and lesser government regulation produced...

World Bank needs to revisit its policy and lending focus

Updated 06 Oct, 2023 09:56am

In its recently released report ‘Pakistan development update October 2023: restoring fiscal sustainability’ the...

Bank of England projects 100 billion pound loss for QE programme

Published 28 Apr, 2023 06:26pm

LONDON: The Bank of England estimated on Friday that its quantitative easing programme would rack up a total...

Shock therapy neoliberal market reform in Pakistan

Updated 28 Apr, 2023 06:28am

One can only be shocked to see the lack of understanding by local media, and many of their guests on TV shows...

US lending slowed last month on banking concerns: Fed

Published 20 Apr, 2023 12:19am

WASHINGTON: Lending declined in many parts of the United States over recent weeks, the Federal Reserve announced...

US Fed warns of 'widespread' inflationary pressures

Published 09 Mar, 2023 01:24am

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve warned Wednesday that the United States still faces "widespread" inflationary...

Caught in the crossfire?

Published 06 Mar, 2023 08:25am

While the government is getting considerable flak due to the long delay in IMF program revival and resulting...

The darkness deepens

Published 25 Jan, 2023 06:25am

They say the night is darkest before the dawn. On Monday, it couldn’t have gotten darker—somewhere, someone in...

Most CEOs gloomy on growth in more than a decade: PwC survey

Published 23 Jan, 2023 05:57am

DAVOS: Confidence among companies in their growth prospects has dropped the most since the 2007-08 global financial...

Yellen says a US default could cause global financial crisis

Published 21 Jan, 2023 06:41am

DAKAR/WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that a potential US default could cause a global...

Gated UK property funds are open to further risk

Published 12 Jan, 2023 06:26am

UK property funds face further exit requests, asset fire sales and reduced demand from pension schemes after payout...

IMF policy needs a serious rethink

Published 16 Dec, 2022 05:58am

The first major jolt to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) thinking regarding pursuing austerity policy...

Austerity and SDR allocation

Published 21 Oct, 2022 05:57am

The world is suffering from multiple crises — from strong inflationary headwinds to low growth — at the back of...

Global Economy: Factory data dampen global ‘soft landing’ hopes

Published 01 Jul, 2022 07:18pm

LONDON/TOKYO: Global factory growth stalled in June as higher prices and a darker economic outlook left consumers...

World Bank’s Reinhart sees ‘long haul’ before any debt reductions for developing countries

Published 29 Jun, 2022 07:01pm

MADRID: World Bank chief economist Carmen Reinhart said it could take many more years before the growing number of...

PIA reports revenue shortfall for 2021

Published 29 May, 2022 06:48am

KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has reported a revenue shortfall for 2021 as compared to 2020,...

Fraying central bank consensus spurs dollar and market stress: McGeever

Published 04 May, 2022 11:18am

ORLANDO: The highest inflation in decades is unraveling whatever policy consensus there was between the world's ...

The cost of IMF programme

Published 29 Apr, 2022 05:43am

Pakistan has been a prolonged user of International Monetary Fund (IMF) resources since the decade starting 1990,...

‘Black swan’ LME nickel chaos shows regulators still missing market risks

Published 14 Apr, 2022 04:55am

Last month’s chaos in London Metal Exchange nickel trading has shone a light on the failure of a core reform from...

How the world has changed—II

Published 31 Mar, 2022 05:11am

The above (carried in the first part of this two-part article) appears to paint a rather bleak picture of the future...

Britain cedes control of bailed-out NatWest bank

Published 30 Mar, 2022 06:08am

LONDON: Britain announced Monday that it has ceded control of bailed-out bank giant NatWest, cutting its stake to...

Russian default no longer ‘improbable’, but no trigger for financial crisis: IMF

Published 14 Mar, 2022 07:22am

WASHINGTON: Russia may default on its debts in the wake of unprecedented sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, but...

Russian default no longer 'improbable', but no trigger for global financial crisis: IMF

Published 13 Mar, 2022 10:01pm

WASHINGTON: Russia may default on its debts in the wake of unprecedented sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, but...

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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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