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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 / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 18	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 18	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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