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Beyond poverty alleviation: crafting a comprehensive social policy for all

Social policy, whether taken as a sectoral policy or as a policy of issues depending upon the specifics of the...

Published 20 Jun, 2025 06:20am

Opinion

Pakistan’s vision amidst FY26 Budget

Pakistan’s annual budget has traditionally been more of a routine fiscal exercise conducted every year, covering...

Published 14 Jun, 2025 06:04am

Pakistan’s threshold: World Bank fixes new poverty lines at $4.20/person/ day

ISLAMABAD: The new poverty lines for Pakistan — a lower middle-income country, set at $4.20/person/day up from...

Updated 06 Jun, 2025 07:40pm

Pakistan

Selected districts: Piloting of innovative social protection interventions approved

KARACHI: The Social Protection Department, Government of Sindh, in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and ...

Published 26 May, 2025 05:56am

Opinion

Development impact bonds: a possible solution to curb learning poverty in Pakistan

“One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.” Malala Yousafzai Education is a transformative...

Updated 22 May, 2025 07:38am

Opinion

Pakistan is a good story

Pakistan, which seems to be under the euphoria of having its economic recovery termed a ‘good story’ by...

Updated 17 May, 2025 07:43am

Opinion

Poverty may trump low inflation

Inflation has come down dramatically – from 28.3 percent in January 2024 to 1.5 percent in February 2025. The...

Published 24 Mar, 2025 06:16am

Pakistan

Speakers at a seminar explain how poverty can be reduced

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar have underscored that without equal access to education, financial resources, and...

Published 14 Feb, 2025 08:20am

Editorials

Debt and poverty

EDITORIAL: Surely, neither the government nor the people needed yet another research report to tell them that...

Published 01 Feb, 2025 06:30am

Opinion

Strengthening philanthropy: Building a path for sustainable social investment

Philanthropy in Pakistan is more than just a tradition that is woven into the social fabric, guided by principles of...

Updated 25 Nov, 2024 08:22am

World

Battle against hunger, poverty: G20 summit kicks off with global pact

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened the summit of the Group of 20 major economies...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:35am

Business & Finance

Economic growth: Experts recommend measures to policymakers

ISLAMABAD: Amid sluggish growth and increasing poverty ratio in the country, experts on Wednesday recommended ...

Published 07 Nov, 2024 06:40am

Editorials

Facing the reality of acute poverty

EDITORIAL: The state of human well-being in much of the world continues to present a complex, worrying picture, with...

Updated 25 Oct, 2024 06:44am

World

UN report says 1.1bn people in acute poverty

UNITED NATIONS: More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:10am

Pakistan

Global eradication of poverty day observed

LAHORE: With the theme of "Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment Acting together for just, peaceful and...

Updated 18 Oct, 2024 07:45am

World

Goal to end extreme poverty by 2030 ‘out of reach’: World Bank

WASHINGTON: A global target of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is “out of reach,” said the World Bank on Tuesday,...

Published 16 Oct, 2024 06:58am

IMF concerned at low investment in social sector

Fund warns underinvestment perpetuating poverty and widening inequality across country

Updated 13 Oct, 2024 03:15pm

Opinion

Trapped in circumstances

Poverty is found in different shapes and sizes in the country. Not many families can eat meat even a few times in a...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:14am

Opinion

Overcrowded and underprepared: Pakistan’s crisis

Population growth can be a double-edged sword: it can either provide a growing labor force that drives economic...

Updated 09 Sep, 2024 08:33am

Finance ministry spells out 5 major economic challenges

High fuel prices among the many issues facing Pakistan's economy

Updated 03 Sep, 2024 11:52am

Opinion

Social sector spending

The Federal Ministry of Finance has released the estimates of poverty-related expenditures for 2022-23. Thanks are...

Published 27 Aug, 2024 06:44am

Opinion

Middle class is in deep recession

What good is a 3.2 percent GDP growth rate next year and inflation dropping below 10 percent in FY25 to someone...

Updated 15 Aug, 2024 06:52am

Poverty and power costs cannot be fully eradicated: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday said a complete freedom from poverty and the cost of electricity...

Updated 09 Aug, 2024 09:19am

Govt takes much of the credit for decline in food inflation

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum Dr Musadik Masood Malik on Thursday said that the positive impact of the...

Updated 09 Aug, 2024 09:22am

BR Research

Interview with Nisha Mandani, Founder and President – Our Aim Foundation

‘Our mission is to reach out to people wherever the need arises’ Nisha Mandani co-founded Our Aim Foundation in 2008...

Published 05 Aug, 2024 09:03am

Business & Finance

‘Too many’ indirect taxes in budget will fuel poverty: NBG

KARACHI Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, Mian Zahid Hussain has said that some conditions of the...

Published 24 Jun, 2024 07:00am

Editorials

Poverty on the rise

EDITORIAL: Ideally, the government should have already known what the recent PIDE (Pakistan Institute of Development...

Published 02 Jun, 2024 02:53am

Opinion

Why should they suffer from malnourishment and poverty?

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

Updated 25 May, 2024 07:03am

Opinion

Pakistan’s elite and the art of deception

“The ends justify the means,” Machiavelli’s famous adage, permitting rulers to forsake moral high grounds in...

Published 02 May, 2024 04:58am

Pakistan

Economic welfare, poverty eradication: CM seeks to enhance cooperation with Iran

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has sought to enhance cooperation with Iran in various economic...

Published 24 Apr, 2024 03:50am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 19	283.73
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 19	283.53
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 19	145.26
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 19	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 19	1.34
Euro to USD / Jun 19	1.15
UK LIBOR % / Jun 18	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 18	5,980.87
Nasdaq / Jun 18	19,546.27
Dow Jones / Jun 18	42,171.66
India Sensex / Jun 19	81,415.69
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 19	38,488.34
Hang Seng / Jun 19	23,203.65
FTSE 100 / Jun 19	8,808.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 19	23,175.77
France CAC40 / Jun 19	7,594.91

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 18	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 18	307,831
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 19	75.58
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 19	3,356.54
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 19	66.67
Petrol/Litre / Jun 20	258.43
Diesel/Litre / Jun 20	262.59

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Askari Life Assur. / Jun 19 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	7.40 ▲ 1 (15.63%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Jun 19 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	10.07 ▲ 1 (11.03%)
Equity Modaraba / Jun 19 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.60 ▲ 0.34 (10.43%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Jun 19 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	8.70 ▲ 0.8 (10.13%)
Crescent Textile / Jun 19 The Crescent Textile Mills Limited(CRTM)	20.85 ▲ 1.9 (10.03%)
Service Textile / Jun 19 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	21.64 ▲ 1.97 (10.02%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jun 19 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	39.69 ▲ 3.61 (10.01%)
National Silk / Jun 19 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	48.58 ▲ 4.42 (10.01%)
Karam Ceramics / Jun 19 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	56.73 ▲ 5.16 (10.01%)
Int. Knit. / Jun 19 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	22.41 ▲ 2.04 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Unicap Modaraba / Jun 19 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	3.07 ▼ -0.42 (-12.03%)
Shadab Textile / Jun 19 Shadab Textile Mills Limited(SHDT)	75.89 ▼ -8.43 (-10%)
Pak Synthetics / Jun 19 Pakistan Synthetics Limited(PSYL)	60.78 ▼ -6.75 (-10%)
Pakgen Power / Jun 19 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	192.29 ▼ -21.36 (-10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 19 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	55.87 ▼ -6.21 (-10%)
Gillette Pak / Jun 19 Gillette Pakistan Limited(GLPL)	224.55 ▼ -24.95 (-10%)
ECOPACK Ltd / Jun 19 Ecopack Limited(ECOP)	66.42 ▼ -7.38 (-10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 19 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	12,393.10 ▼ -1377.05 (-10%)
Sardar Chemical / Jun 19 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	62.45 ▼ -6.94 (-10%)
Merit Packaging / Jun 19 Merit Packaging Limited(MERIT)	14.77 ▼ -1.64 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,599,560 ▼ -0.01
Sui South Gas / Jun 19 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	35,602,100 ▼ -1.18
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 19 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	30,281,434 ▼ -0.39
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 19 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	25,166,746 ▼ -0.05
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	21,008,163 ▼ -0.17
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jun 19 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	19,362,254 ▼ -0.81
Invest Bank / Jun 19 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	18,857,349 ▲ 0.54
TPL Properties / Jun 19 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	16,119,235 ▼ -0.3
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 19 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	14,394,194 ▼ -0.16
Yousuf Weaving / Jun 19 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	14,359,754 ▲ 0.33

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