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Govt allocates Rs200bn for poverty alleviation: Dr Sania

ISLAMABAD: The government has allocated Rs200 billion for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division in the...

Published 13 Jul, 2021 03:22am

Opinion

Tackling poverty

One of the key questions today is what has happened to the incidence of poverty in 2020-21, a year which is new...

Published 29 Jun, 2021 03:24am

Pakistan

Ehsaas Programme different from BISP: Dr Sania

LAHORE: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar said on Saturday that 95...

Published 27 Jun, 2021 03:56am

Opinion

Economic direction and role of government — II

The overall economic policy, including that of the philosophy of Budget, must take into consideration the fact that...

Published 26 Jun, 2021 03:24am

World

Debt could trap low-income nations in poverty

PARIS: A lasting divide risks emerging between rich and poor countries if the rising debt burden of low-income and...

Published 24 Jun, 2021 03:36am

Anti-poverty groups criticise rich countries over G7 tax deal

FRANKFURT: Anti-poverty campaigners on Monday criticised a deal reached by seven wealthy countries to impose a...

Published 08 Jun, 2021 04:09am

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

Bilawal slams PM over rising inflation, poverty

KARACHI: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has hit hard on Imran Khan’s PTI government for showing insensitivity...

Updated 10 May, 2021 10:21am

Pakistan

Bilawal slams PM over rising inflation, poverty

KARACHI: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has hit hard on Imran Khan’s PTI government for showing insensitivity...

Updated 10 May, 2021 10:21am

Pakistan

Poverty reduction to gauge PTI govt’s success after five years: PM

The representatives of respective banks and the Maritime Affairs Ministry signed the documents to provide loans to the fishermen under the Kamyab Jawan Programme.

Published 22 Apr, 2021 09:46pm

PM expands free meals programme

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday announced to expand the network of meals-on-wheels kitchens under...

Updated 12 Apr, 2021 09:14am

World

India contributed to nearly 60% of the global rise in poverty in 2020: Study

According to a recent study, an estimated 131 million people were thrust into poverty in 2020, as the global economic slump caused by the pandemic has shrunk the world's middle class population.
A large driver of this rising poverty appears to be the South Asian region, which “is estimated to have added nearly double the amount of people to the ranks of the globally poor as sub-Saharan Africa in the pandemic".

Updated 29 Mar, 2021 04:53pm

World

Lebanon protesters block roads over worsening poverty

Lebanon's economic crisis has been aggravated by several lockdowns to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Published 09 Mar, 2021 05:14pm

Business & Finance

What lessons can the world learn from China's War on Poverty?

Dr. Alessandra Cappelletti an associate professor in the Department of International Studies at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Liverpool University says there are some reasons why this project is so successful.

Published 02 Mar, 2021 02:21pm

Pakistan

Poverty-hit people looking towards PSP: Kamal

KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party Chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday said that the poverty and inflation-hit people...

Published 24 Feb, 2021 05:24am

Pakistan

Senate panel informed: 80m people in Pakistan living in poverty

ISLAMABAD: Forty percent or at least 80 million people of the total population of Pakistan are living in poverty and...

Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:23am

World

Pandemic reveals hidden poverty in wealthy Japan

Around 40 percent of workers are in vulnerable "non-regular" jobs with lower wages and contracts that can be terminated easily.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 06:07pm

Editorials

The population bomb

EDITORIAL: That about four percent of all newborns that came into the world on New Year’s Day were born in ...

Updated 08 Jan, 2021 03:30am

World

Pandemic tips more into extreme poverty in Nigeria's Lagos

Thousands of families live in the floating slum, often in tightly packed huts with no running water or electricity.

Published 07 Jan, 2021 06:52pm

World

Almost 700,000 people flung into poverty due to pandemic crisis in the U.K: Study

According to a recent study, nearly 700,000 individuals in the United Kingdom, have been flung into poverty as a result of the pandemic.
The onset of the pandemic pushed the total number of poverty stricken individuals in the United Kingdom to more than 15 million, or 23 percent of the population.

Updated 08 Dec, 2020 01:59pm

Business & Finance

COVID-19 set to push over 32mn of the world’s poorest people into extreme poverty: UN

The extreme poverty level in LDCs is projected to expand by 32 million in 2020, to reach 377 million people.

Published 07 Dec, 2020 11:52am

World

COVID-19 could push one billion people into extreme poverty by 2030, UN warns

UN study suggests that the phenomenon can only be avoided by taking timely measures like investing in public health, social and safety net programmes and green transition

Published 04 Dec, 2020 11:04am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Sally Tex. / Jul 30 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	5.39 ▲ 0.79 (17.17%)
Security Bank / Jul 30 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.35 ▲ 0.91 (14.13%)
Ist Paramount / Jul 30 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	8.80 ▲ 1.00 (12.82%)
Tri-Star / Jul 30 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	7.49 ▲ 0.81 (12.13%)
Dewan Farooque Motors / Jul 30 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	11.68 ▲ 1.00 (9.36%)
Ghazi Fab. / Jul 30 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	13.60 ▲ 1.00 (7.94%)
Thal LTD / Jul 30 Thal Limited(THALL)	434.16 ▲ 30.28 (7.50%)
Thal Ind. / Jul 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	320.68 ▲ 22.37 (7.50%)
Arpak Int. / Jul 30 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	87.09 ▲ 6.07 (7.49%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Jul 30 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	14.78 ▲ 1.03 (7.49%)

Stock	Price
Image Pakistan / Jul 30 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	27.91 ▲ -6.29 (-18.39%)
Trust Mod. / Jul 30 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	2.72 ▲ -0.33 (-10.82%)
First Fid. Leas. / Jul 30 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	3.02 ▲ -0.28 (-8.48%)
Blessed Tex. / Jul 30 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	475.45 ▲ -38.55 (-7.50%)
Gatron Ind. / Jul 30 Gatron (Industries) Limited(GATI)	520.78 ▲ -42.22 (-7.50%)
Pak Engg. / Jul 30 Pakistan Engineering Co Limited(PECO)	392.73 ▲ -31.84 (-7.50%)
Prosperity / Jul 30 Prosperity Weaving Mills Limited(PRWM)	46.38 ▲ -3.76 (-7.50%)
Khairpur / Jul 30 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	65.59 ▲ -5.31 (-7.49%)
Mehran Sugar / Jul 30 Mehran Sugar Mills Limited(MRNS)	53.58 ▲ -4.34 (-7.49%)
Dawood Equities / Jul 30 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	19.68 ▲ -1.59 (-7.48%)

Stock	Volume
Worldcall / Jul 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	49,369,000 ▼ 0.00
Byco Petroleum / Jul 30 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	46,970,500 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods / Jul 30 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	16,065,452 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Fert. Bin / Jul 30 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited(FFBL)	10,222,000 ▼ 0.00
Hum Network / Jul 30 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	10,015,500 ▼ 0.00
Aisha Steel / Jul 30 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	9,649,500 ▼ 0.00
Silkbank / Jul 30 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	9,425,000 ▼ 0.00
Hascol Petroleum / Jul 30 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	9,171,860 ▼ 0.00
TPL Corp / Jul 30 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	8,869,500 ▼ 0.00
P.T.C.L.A / Jul 30 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	8,636,500 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 29	162.00
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 29	161.90
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 29	109.85
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 29	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 29	1.39
Euro to USD / Jul 29	1.18
UK LIBOR % / Jul 29	0.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 29	4400.64
India Sensex / Jul 29	52443.71
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 29	27725.72
Nasdaq / Jul 29	14762.59
Hang Seng / Jul 29	25473.88
FTSE 100 / Jul 29	7016.63
Dow Jones / Jul 29	34930.93
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 29	15570.36
France CAC40 / Jul 29	6609.31

Item	Value
Crude Oil / Jul 29	72.32
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / Jul 29	13080.00
Gold 10 Grams / Jul 29	94050.00
Gold Spot / Jul 29	1810.11
Cotton / Jul 29	90.52

poverty

Govt allocates Rs200bn for poverty alleviation: Dr Sania

Tackling poverty

Ehsaas Programme different from BISP: Dr Sania

Economic direction and role of government — II

Debt could trap low-income nations in poverty

Anti-poverty groups criticise rich countries over G7 tax deal

Pandemic plunges 100 million more workers into poverty: UN

Bilawal slams PM over rising inflation, poverty

Bilawal slams PM over rising inflation, poverty

Poverty reduction to gauge PTI govt’s success after five years: PM

PM expands free meals programme

India contributed to nearly 60% of the global rise in poverty in 2020: Study

Lebanon protesters block roads over worsening poverty

What lessons can the world learn from China's War on Poverty?

Poverty-hit people looking towards PSP: Kamal

Senate panel informed: 80m people in Pakistan living in poverty

Pandemic reveals hidden poverty in wealthy Japan

The population bomb

Pandemic tips more into extreme poverty in Nigeria's Lagos

Almost 700,000 people flung into poverty due to pandemic crisis in the U.K: Study

COVID-19 set to push over 32mn of the world’s poorest people into extreme poverty: UN

COVID-19 could push one billion people into extreme poverty by 2030, UN warns

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