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Facilitate to educate

There are a lot of suggestions on how to eradicate poverty and help the underprivileged survive in these days of...

Updated 29 Sep, 2023 06:54am

Editorials

Significant rise in poverty

EDITORIAL: World Bank officials while briefing the media noted that Pakistan’s poverty level rose to 39.4 percent...

Updated 27 Sep, 2023 07:05am

World

Macron vows $150m towards rural hunger at Global Citizen festival

NEW YORK: French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday announced a $150 million commitment to the International Fund...

Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:34am

Economic model ‘flops’: Poverty hits 39.4pc mark, say World Bank officials

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s current economic development model is no longer reducing poverty and provides few benefits to...

Updated 23 Sep, 2023 05:38pm

World leaders warn goals to fight hunger, poverty, climate change in peril

UNITED NATIONS: World leaders meeting at the United Nations on Monday warned of the peril the world faces unless it...

Updated 19 Sep, 2023 09:45am

World

More than 330mn children still in extreme poverty: UNICEF

WASHINGTON: The Covid-19 pandemic caused a sharp slowdown in the fight to end child poverty, with 333 million...

Published 13 Sep, 2023 12:35pm

World

WFP warns cuts could push 24m people to brink of famine

GENEVA: The World Food Programme said Tuesday that shrinking funding was forcing it to drastically slash rations in...

Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:17am

Opinion

Balochistan falls behind

Balochistan is the smallest province of Pakistan, with a share of 6.2% in the national population, according to the...

Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:56am

World

IMF warns climate shocks may increase conflict deaths

NAIROBI: Climate change threatens to exacerbate conflict in fragile nations across the globe and lead to increased...

Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am

Editorials

The problem of child labour

Cruelty to children working as domestic help is rampant in this society, getting attention in a few cases when...

Published 25 Aug, 2023 06:34am

Opinion

Fiscal discipline key to reforms

Before Pakistan can embark on the long and tedious journey of structural reforms, fiscal discipline must be embraced...

Published 23 Aug, 2023 05:50am

BRACE report lists factors leading to greater poverty

ISLAMABAD: Rising inflation, particularly food inflation (highest in the history of Pakistan), increase in...

Updated 11 Aug, 2023 09:29am

Pakistan

UNIDO conducts session on poverty alleviation

KARACHI: The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) conducted an information session and...

Published 05 Aug, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

Hunger in Pakistan

Pakistan hosts the poorest population with per capita income at $1550 compared with Bangladesh at $2660 and India at...

Published 29 Jul, 2023 05:28am

PM vows to eliminate economic woes

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday reiterated the resolve by promising the people to eradicate...

Updated 24 Jul, 2023 08:51am

Opinion

Inequality, poverty, and austerity — II

Unfortunately, both the IMF and individual countries practicing these, in or outside of the IMF programme, are not...

Published 22 Jul, 2023 06:25am

Opinion

Inequality, poverty, and austerity–I

Two reports recently released clearly indicate that in the wake of pandemic, not only has progress on sustainable...

Published 21 Jul, 2023 07:08am

World

165m people fell into poverty in 3 years of crisis: UN

UNITED NATIONS: The Covid-19 pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine have pushed 165 million...

Published 15 Jul, 2023 06:08am

Pakistan

Indirect taxes fuelling poverty: PDP

KARACHI: Opposing the idea of collecting radio license fee from the public through electricity bill, Pasban...

Published 10 Jul, 2023 06:52am

Social Protection Accounts launched: PM reaffirms commitment to further expand BISP

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday reaffirmed his commitment to further expand the Benazir Income...

Updated 08 Jul, 2023 08:58am

Pakistan

No one in the country should go to bed hungry: minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiative Ahsan Iqbal urged attention to food...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am

Pakistan

Growth, poverty alleviation: Khar sees significant contribution of GSP+ scheme

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar, while highlighting the importance of GSP Plus in...

Published 14 Jun, 2023 06:21am

Pakistan

BISP, KfW German Development Bank ink MoU

PESHAWAR: The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) and KfW, a German Development Bank, have forged a partnership...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 06:26am

Pakistan

IMF blamed for cutbacks in social services

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has blamed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for cutbacks in social services...

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 10:39am

Opinion

Income inequality: export-led growth only solution

Pakistan is currently in difficult circumstances, grappling with deindustrialization and widespread unemployment. ...

Published 18 May, 2023 06:10am

Business & Finance

World Bank for more investment in human development

KARACHI: The World Bank’s report, Pakistan Human Capital Review (HCR), Building Capabilities throughout Life,...

Published 03 May, 2023 06:53am

Pakistan

Baroness Warsi, SAPM advocate gender equality, poverty reduction

ISLAMABAD: Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a current Member of the House of Lords and former co-Chairwoman of the UK’s...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:15am

Opinion

Contrasting trends

The economy is showing contrasting trends in different segments of activity. This is due to various factors like the...

Published 25 Apr, 2023 06:25am

Pakistan

Govt keen to eradicate poverty from tribal areas: minister

PESHAWAR: KP Caretaker Minister for Excise and Narcotics Control Haji Manzoor Khan Afridi has paid rich tributes to...

Published 25 Apr, 2023 06:25am

Wheat price decision: LHC puts its weight behind caretaker govt

Says fixing of wheat price was within the jurisdiction and powers of the government

Updated 25 Apr, 2023 09:09am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 1 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.45 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 1 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	543.95 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 1 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 1 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 1 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 1 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	70.01 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 1 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	345.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 1 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 1 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Oct 1 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	86.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 1 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.45 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 1 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	543.95 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 1 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 1 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 1 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 1 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	70.01 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 1 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	345.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 1 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 1 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Oct 1 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	86.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
Oil & Gas Dev. / Oct 1 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	10,868,813 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	9,629,472 ▲ 0.00
Agritech Limited / Oct 1 Agritech Limited(AGL)	9,567,000 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Oct 1 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	6,502,449 ▲ 0.00
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 1 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	6,306,500 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 1 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	5,897,086 ▲ 0.00
TPL Properties / Oct 1 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	5,187,915 ▲ 0.00
Image Pakistan / Oct 1 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	4,549,000 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	4,331,521 ▲ 0.00
Citi Pharma Ltd / Oct 1 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	4,238,438 ▲ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 28	287.90
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 28	287.70
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 29	149.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 29	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 29	1.22
Euro to USD / Sep 29	1.06
UK LIBOR % / Sep 28	5.43

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 28	4299.70
Nasdaq / Sep 28	13201.28
Dow Jones / Sep 28	33666.34
India Sensex / Sep 29	65686.70
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 29	31764.51
Hang Seng / Sep 29	17832.11
FTSE 100 / Sep 29	7644.96
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 29	15403.20
France CAC40 / Sep 29	7167.41

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 28	17935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 28	176357.60
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 29	91.68
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 29	1864.84
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 29	88.99

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