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Budget 2023-24: Impediments to a viable economy

The provisional data issued by the National Accounts Committee portray a bleak picture of the economy where real GDP...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am

Pakistan

Pakistan 'held back' by 'very high levels of energy subsidies': ILO

The International Labour Organization (ILO), a United Nations (UN) agency, has said that “very high levels of energy...

Updated 17 Jan, 2023 06:44pm

World

Global jobs growth will ‘deteriorate significantly’ this quarter: ILO

GENEVA: Global employment growth will “deteriorate significantly” this quarter, hit by the economic turmoil caused...

Published 31 Oct, 2022 05:00pm

World

Right to unionise must be recognised for all workers: ILO

GENEVA: More unions and collective bargaining are vital to help countries recover from the pandemic and to overcome...

Published 06 May, 2022 05:03am

World

UN’s labour agency suspends cooperation with Russia

GENEVA: The UN’s International Labour Organization said Wednesday it was halting all technical cooperation with...

Published 24 Mar, 2022 05:36am

World

Covid-hit domestic workers lost far more jobs than others: ILO

GENEVA: The pandemic has taken a harsh toll on domestic workers who have lost far more jobs than others despite a...

Published 16 Jun, 2021 03:40am

World

Pakistan elected as regular member of the governing body of the International Labour Organization

Becomes one of four newly-elected regular members from Asia-Pacific Group for the 2021-2024 term

Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:49pm

Pandemic plunges 100 million more workers into poverty: UN

Covid-19 "has not just been a public health crisis, it's also been an employment and human crisis," ILO chief said.

Updated 02 Jun, 2021 05:03pm

Pakistan

Women’s jobs: ‘Covid-19 wiped out a disproportionately higher share’

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar,...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:19am

Pakistan

Over 11m Pakistanis went to Arab states since 1970: ILO report

ISLAMABAD: Since 1971, more than 11 million Pakistanis have proceeded to Arab States (in particular the Gulf...

Published 25 Mar, 2021 05:08am

Business & Finance

Pakistan among world’s largest manpower provider for online services

The advisor informed that most of the technical manpower is from the IT services sector.

Published 01 Mar, 2021 02:34pm

Pakistan

Govt provides assistance to 15m Covid-19-hit labourers: Sania

PESHAWAR: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Dr Sania Nishtar...

Published 15 Feb, 2021 04:53am

World lost equivalent of 255m jobs in 2020: UN

GENEVA: The coronavirus pandemic took a huge toll on global jobs last year, the United Nations said Monday, with the...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:05am

World

World lost equivalent of 255mn jobs in 2020: UN

The lost working hours last year shrank global labour income by a full 8.3 percent, the ILO said.

Published 25 Jan, 2021 08:40pm

World

Fragile recovery seen in global labour market after huge 2020 losses: ILO

The losses compared with the previous year were equivalent to 255 million full-time jobs and included an "unprecedented" 114 million workers joining the ranks of the unemployed.
I am pleased to say that there is some relatively good news in all of this, that we do see tentative signs of recovery - these signs are fragile, they are uncertain and the prospects are notably uneven.

Published 25 Jan, 2021 06:59pm

World

Pandemic-driven shift to home work carries risks: UN

GENEVA: The shift to home-working triggered by the coronavirus pandemic looks set to endure long-term, making it...

Updated 18 Jan, 2021 04:44am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
SME Leasing Ltd / Oct 3 SME Leasing Limited(SLL)	2.24 ▲ 0.47 (26.55%)
Hala Enterprise / Oct 3 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	8.99 ▲ 1.00 (12.52%)
Habib Ins. / Oct 3 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	5.05 ▲ 0.54 (11.97%)
Merit Packaging / Oct 3 Merit Packaging Limited(MERIT)	7.94 ▲ 0.69 (9.52%)
Masood Textile / Oct 3 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	41.82 ▲ 2.92 (7.51%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Oct 3 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	17.20 ▲ 1.20 (7.50%)
K.S.B.Pumps / Oct 3 KSB Pumps Company Limited(KSBP)	99.13 ▲ 6.92 (7.50%)
Pak Hotels / Oct 3 Pakistan Hotels Developers Limited(PHDL)	297.04 ▲ 20.72 (7.50%)
United Dist. / Oct 3 United Distributors Pakistan Limited(UDPL)	33.99 ▲ 2.31 (7.29%)
JS Investments / Oct 3 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	15 ▲ 1.00 (7.14%)

Stock	Price
Next Capital / Oct 3 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	4.14 ▼ -0.55 (-11.73%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Oct 3 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	8.17 ▼ -1.00 (-10.91%)
Punjab Mod / Oct 3 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	1.60 ▼ -0.19 (-10.61%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Oct 3 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	10.71 ▼ -0.98 (-8.38%)
Unicap Modaraba / Oct 3 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	1.36 ▼ -0.12 (-8.11%)
Hussain Industries / Oct 3 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	15.40 ▼ -1.25 (-7.51%)
Mehmood Tex / Oct 3 Mehmood Textile Mills Limited(MEHT)	518 ▼ -42.00 (-7.50%)
Janana D Mal / Oct 3 Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited(JDMT)	44.83 ▼ -3.63 (-7.49%)
J.A.Textile / Oct 3 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	51.05 ▼ -4.13 (-7.48%)
Bank of Khyber / Oct 3 The Bank of Khyber(BOK)	10.21 ▼ -0.79 (-7.18%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	57,194,203 ▲ 0.01
Cnergyico PK / Oct 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	17,096,921 ▲ 0.10
Oil & Gas Dev. / Oct 3 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	17,023,821 ▼ -0.40
Pak Petroleum / Oct 3 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	6,591,768 ▼ -0.12
Unity Foods Ltd / Oct 3 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	5,644,636 ▲ 0.21
First Prudential Mod. / Oct 3 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	5,527,500 ▼ -0.09
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	4,943,706 ▲ 0.08
Bankislami Pak. / Oct 3 BankIslami Pakistan Limited(BIPL)	4,793,413 ▼ -0.01
Fauji Foods Ltd / Oct 3 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	4,672,141 ▲ 0.15
Pak Refinery / Oct 3 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	4,594,785 ▲ 0.16

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 3	286.04
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 3	285.64
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 3	149.79
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 3	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 3	1.21
Euro to USD / Oct 3	1.05
UK LIBOR % / Sep 28	5.43

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 2	4288.39
India Sensex / Oct 2	65828.41
Nasdaq / Oct 2	13307.77
Dow Jones / Oct 2	33433.35
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 3	31237.94
Hang Seng / Oct 3	17295.97
FTSE 100 / Oct 3	7509.27
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 3	15210.01
France CAC40 / Oct 3	7048.41

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 2	18235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 2	173610
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 3	88.49
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 3	1827.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 3	87.52

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