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Human Development Index

Editorial: Economy: stability alone isn’t enough

Updated 12 Nov, 2025 07:45am

EDITORIAL: While government ministers do not tire of touting Pakistan’s hard-earned economic stability, achieved...

Rechanneling BISP for greater impact

Updated 01 Aug, 2025 08:33am

How do economies grow? By putting their productive resources to the most efficient use. Yet in Pakistan, nearly half...

Isn’t the fault actually in our stars?

Published 22 Jul, 2025 06:47am

While the world sets its sight on mars, Pakistan is moving in a backward trajectory. The latest Human Development...

Navigating Pakistan’s debt quagmire through Islamic finance

Updated 21 Jul, 2025 08:04am

Pakistan faces formidable economic headwinds amidst the dual debt challenges that threaten to undermine its ...

Beyond growth: Pakistan’s war against poverty, privilege, and the digital divide

Published 24 Jun, 2025 06:33am

Let’s not sugarcoat it — Pakistan is a land of jarring contrasts. In one part of town, a billionaire is escorted...

Falling behind: Pakistan’s HDI crisis

Updated 14 May, 2025 08:13am

Pakistan’s ranking in the Human Development Index (HDI) 2025 stands at a sobering 168 out of 193 countries, with a...

Down there with the worst

Updated 12 May, 2025 06:58am

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s descent to 168th out of 193 countries in the latest Human Development Index (HDI) ranking is...

Development gap of Balochistan

Published 03 Apr, 2025 05:39am

The province of Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan in terms of area. It has an area of 347,190 sq.kms,...

Human development index of provinces

Published 10 Dec, 2024 06:43am

The Population and Housing Census of 2023 has generated a lot of useful information on key indicators. The ...

Why should they suffer from malnourishment and poverty?

Updated 25 May, 2024 07:03am

Twenty months after the great deluge 2022 occurred, 45-year-old Kashi and her 9 boys and 4 girls sit under a...

Pakistan falls in human development

Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am

The global Human Development Report of 2023-24 has been released recently by the United Nations Development Program...

IMF blamed for cutbacks in social services

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 10:39am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has blamed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for cutbacks in social services...

Finally, some sense

Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am

EDITORIAL: It is sincerely hoped that the prime minister’s call for insulating the fields of health and education...

Geo-dynamics – 2023

Updated 30 Dec, 2022 06:40am

At the start of 2023, the catch words are flux, realignment, reset, new world order, pivot, tilt. I am no...

Human Development Index: Pakistan falls

Published 20 Sep, 2022 05:51am

The UNDP Global Human Development Report for 2021-22 was released on the 8th of September. In the Human Development...

Human development setback

Published 15 Sep, 2022 05:57am

EDITORIAL: When it rains, it pours. Reeling from one disaster after another for the last couple of years, mainly the...

Human development set back 5 years by Covid, other crises: UN

Published 09 Sep, 2022 06:09am

UNITED NATIONS, (United States): A United Nations report published Thursday argues that an unprecedented array of...

Socio-economic development to be enhanced by curbing illicit trade: report

Published 19 Apr, 2022 05:32am

LAHORE: The pace of socio-economic development in Pakistan can be improved by reducing the loss of the national...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 30	277.31
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 30	277.11
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.84
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.33
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 29	3.88

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 30	7,651.54
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,480.29
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,753.72
Nasdaq / Sep 30	26,861.06
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,613.27
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,606
Dow Jones / Sep 30	50,906.05
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,199.19
France CAC40 / Sep 30	7,964.51

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	90.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 30	18,680
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 30	378,631
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,154.77
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	78.52
Petrol/Litre / Oct 1	387.54
Diesel/Litre / Oct 1	402.24

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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