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Skills development, labour market demand: ILO urges Pakistan to strengthen connection

Published 18 Aug, 2026 07:08am

ISLAMABAD: The International Labour Organization (ILO) has urged Pakistan to strengthen the connection between...

Pakistan’s quiet jobs crisis

Published 22 Jun, 2026 05:36am

Pakistan’s economic stabilization has come largely through contractionary policy: tighter spending, higher interest...

Fed says oil shock means getting inflation down takes longer

Published 11 Apr, 2026 06:16am

San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly said the US economy is fundamentally solid, the labour market has...

Labour market at a breaking point

Published 02 Feb, 2026 05:59am

Pakistan is not running out of people willing to work. It is running out of an economic system capable of...

EDITORIAL: Skills before slogans

Updated 17 Jan, 2026 09:21am

EDITORIAL: The recent performance of the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission has finally shifted...

Rate of unemployment rises in country

Published 26 Nov, 2025 07:35am

ISLAMABAD: In a troubling sign for the nation’s growing economic instability, Pakistan’s unemployment crisis has...

Household survey: PIDE unveils key findings

Published 09 Oct, 2025 06:33am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) on Wednesday unveiled key findings from the...

Gender pay gap

Published 22 Jul, 2025 06:30am

EDITORIAL: While Pakistan has made notable progress in increasing women’s participation across various fields of...

Workers see dramatic fall in share of global income: UN

Published 04 Sep, 2024 05:34pm

GENEVA: Workers have seen their slice of the global income pie shrink significantly over the past two decades,...

‘Pakistan committed to ending inequalities in labour market’

Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan is committed to eliminating inequalities in the labour market which not only...

Central Europe’s path to lower inflation strewn with hazards

Published 11 Jan, 2023 06:44am

Romania’s 25 basis point rate hike on Tuesday may signal an end to Central Europe’s aggressive 18-month campaign...

Struggling labour market

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:50am

EDITORIAL: The government is lucky to the extent that, once again, international institutions like ILO ...

US weekly jobless claims at 16-month low; shortages hamper manufacturing

Published 16 Jul, 2021 04:34am

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to a 16-month low last week as...

June budget deficit falls to $174bn

Published 14 Jul, 2021 03:59am

WASHINGTON: The US government posted a June deficit of $174 billion, about a fifth of the June 2020 deficit of $864...

Australia's labour market stays strong

Published 06 Jul, 2021 03:48am

SYDNEY: Australian job advertisements extended their record-breaking run in June as demand for labour remained ...

Brazil’s unemployment rate stuck at historic high 14.7pc

Published 01 Jul, 2021 04:09am

BRASILIA: Brazil’s unemployment rate held steady at a historic high of 14.7% in the three months through April,...

Czech central bank returns to rate hikes to cool inflation risks

Published 23 Jun, 2021 06:10pm

The rate hike, widely expected, follows a similar increase by Hungary's central bank on Tuesday that was the first in the European Union in the aftermath of the pandemic.

Pandemic plunges 100 million more workers into poverty: UN

Updated 02 Jun, 2021 05:03pm

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

UK jobless rate falls again, hiring up

Published 19 May, 2021 06:00am

LONDON: Britain’s unemployment rate fell again to 4.8% between January and March, when the country was under a...

US weekly jobless claims drop below 500,000; layoffs lowest since 2000

Updated 07 May, 2021 10:01am

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell below 500,000 last week for the...

US consumer confidence soars to 14-month high; house prices accelerate

Updated 28 Apr, 2021 10:04am

WASHINGTON: US consumer confidence jumped to a 14-month high in April as increased vaccinations against COVID-19 and...

US business spending on equipment ends Q1 on strong note

Updated 27 Apr, 2021 10:05am

WASHINGTON: New orders for key US-made capital goods rose solidly in March and shipments surged, cementing...

Sterling rises against dollar, euro

Updated 20 Apr, 2021 10:02am

LONDON: The pound rose 1% to hit a one-month high against the dollar on Monday at the start of a data-heavy week ...

US weekly jobless claims rise again

Updated 09 Apr, 2021 09:19am

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, but the...

S&P 500 hits 4,000 mark

Published 02 Apr, 2021 04:58am

NEW YORK: The S&P 500 breached the 4,000 mark for the first time on Thursday, powered by gains in technology...

US weekly jobless claims hit one-year low

Updated 26 Mar, 2021 09:25am

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to a one-year low last week,...

US weekly jobless claims at four-month low; labour market slowly improving

Updated 12 Mar, 2021 10:09am

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits dropped to a four-month low last week as...

Ireland targets return to full employment no later than 2023

Published 25 Feb, 2021 08:57pm

Irish businesses have been shut cumulatively for a longer period than any other European Union country over the last 11 months and have been back in a strict lockdown since late December that is set to run at least into April.
They see the change in hours worked as a reasonable proxy for the impact of the pandemic on the labour market.

Thursday's early trade: Dow hits record high

Published 12 Feb, 2021 04:54am

NEW YORK: The Dow hit a record high on Thursday while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hovered near all-time highs as...

US labour market struggling, but light at the end of tunnel

Updated 12 Feb, 2021 11:47pm

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week as the...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 29	277.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 29	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 28	3.90

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 29	7,670.84
Nasdaq / Sep 29	26,797.54
Dow Jones / Sep 29	51,349.92
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,729.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,728.56
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,534.37
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,714.17
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,546.29
France CAC40 / Sep 30	8,055.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 29	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 29	374,945
Petrol/Litre / Sep 30	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Diesel/Litre / Sep 30	402.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18

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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