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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
Pak Gen. Ins. / May 7 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	3.50 ▲ 0.49 (16.28%)
United Ins. / May 7 The United Insurance Company(UNIC)	7.87 ▲ 1.00 (14.56%)
Sakrand Sugar / May 7 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	7.90 ▲ 1.00 (14.49%)
Jubilee Sp. / May 7 Jubille Spinning & Weaving Mills Limited(JUBS)	4.15 ▲ 0.44 (11.86%)
First Pak Modaraba / May 7 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	2.39 ▲ 0.24 (11.16%)
PICIC Insurance / May 7 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.40%)
Chakwal Spinng / May 7 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	1.97 ▲ 0.17 (9.44%)
First Fid. Leas. / May 7 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	3.25 ▲ 0.25 (8.33%)
Buxly / May 7 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	49.45 ▲ 3.45 (7.50%)
Crescent Fib. / May 7 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	54.34 ▲ 3.79 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
First Elite Cap. Mod. / May 7 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	3.13 ▲ -0.26 (-7.67%)
Bal. Wheel / May 7 Baluchistan Wheels Limited(BWHL)	78.35 ▲ -6.35 (-7.50%)
Gatron Ind. / May 7 Gatron (Industries) Limited(GATI)	498.58 ▲ -40.42 (-7.50%)
Ideal Sp. / May 7 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	30.33 ▲ -2.45 (-7.47%)
Idrees Tex. / May 7 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	17.52 ▲ -1.41 (-7.45%)
IbrahimFibres / May 7 Ibrahim Fibres Limited(IBFL)	165.30 ▲ -12.70 (-7.13%)
Habib Metro Mod / May 7 Habib Metro Modaraba(HMM)	5.61 ▲ -0.43 (-7.12%)
Kohat Tex. / May 7 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	15.52 ▲ -1.18 (-7.07%)
Mirpurkhas Sugar / May 7 Mirpurkhas Sugar Mills Limited(MIRKS)	93.00 ▲ -6.99 (-6.99%)
Pak. P.V.C. / May 7 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	4.50 ▲ -0.33 (-6.83%)

Stock	Volume
Worldcall / May 7 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	80,166,000 ▼ 0.00
TRG Pakistan / May 7 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	14,358,170 ▼ 0.00
Telecard Ltd. / May 7 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,662,000 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods / May 7 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	10,917,761 ▼ 0.00
Ghani Global Hold. / May 7 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	10,567,000 ▼ 0.00
Hum Network / May 7 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	9,603,500 ▼ 0.00
Aisha Steel / May 7 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	7,338,000 ▼ 0.00
Waves Singer (R) / May 7 Waves Singer Pakistan Limited (R)(WAVESR1)	6,701,000 ▼ 0.00
Kot Addu / May 7 Kot Addu Power Company Limited(KAPCO)	6,266,500 ▼ 0.00
Dost Steel / May 7 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	3,060,500 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 5	153.10
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 5	153.00
USD to Japanese Yen / May 5	109.20
USD to Swiss Franc / May 5	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 5	1.39
Euro to USD / May 5	1.20
UK LIBOR % / May 5	0.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 5	4167.59
India Sensex / May 5	48677.55
Tokyo Nikkei / May 5	28812.63
Nasdaq / May 5	13582.43
Hang Seng / May 5	28417.98
FTSE 100 / May 5	7039.30
Dow Jones / May 5	34230.34
Germany DAX 30 / May 5	15170.78
France CAC40 / May 5	6339.47

Item	Value
Crude Oil / May 5	65.63
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / May 5	11300.00
Gold 10 Grams / May 5	89163.00
Gold Spot / May 5	1784.30
Cotton / May 5	87.33

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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