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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

World

34 million Afghans in poverty under Taliban rule: UN

KABUL: The number of Afghans in poverty nearly doubled to 34 million as the nation was racked by the collapse of the...

Published 18 Apr, 2023 06:01pm

Pakistan

International Peasants Rights Day: HWA advocates land reforms to address food insecurity

HYDERABAD: Sindh has long been plagued by a high frequency of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and other natural...

Published 17 Apr, 2023 06:41am

Opinion

Pakistan: the scourge of inequality

Wealth inequality in Pakistan is overwhelming. According to a World Inequality Database report, the top 10% of...

Published 17 Apr, 2023 06:41am

Pakistan

KP govt unveils social protection policy

PESHAWAR: The Provincial Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has prepared a Social Protection Policy to tackle poverty...

Published 27 Mar, 2023 06:15am

Business & Finance

Rising transportation costs fuelling inflation, says expert

KARACHI: In our country, the transportation cost is rising constantly and thus is unbearable. It has almost doubled...

Published 20 Mar, 2023 06:12am

Pakistan

Costly electricity to increase poverty: PDP chairman

KARACHI: Costly electricity would further spur poverty in Pakistan, making life miserable for tens of millions of...

Published 12 Mar, 2023 05:55am

Editorials

Fate of LDCs

EDITORIAL: It seems that the United Nations (UN) has finally realised that one of its most ineffective initiatives...

Published 11 Mar, 2023 03:16am

Pakistan

Sindh Assembly session: PTI mounts protest against rising inflation, poverty

KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday staged a protest against rising inflation and growing poverty...

Published 07 Mar, 2023 03:16am

Opinion

There’s no tomorrow with begging bowls

At school, while reading Charles Dickens’ (a personal favourite writer) novels, me and my classmates had developed...

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 06:55am

Opinion

Save our children

As I stopped at the red light I glanced outside and there on the footpath was a beggar woman with her infant ...

Updated 25 Feb, 2023 07:01am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 18	278.62
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 18	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 18	154.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 18	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 18	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 18	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5022.21
Nasdaq / Apr 17	15683.37
Dow Jones / Apr 17	37735.31
India Sensex / Apr 18	72965.85
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 18	38103.03
Hang Seng / Apr 18	16452.30
FTSE 100 / Apr 18	7883.62
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 18	17795.41

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 16	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 17	215964
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 18	82.77
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 18	2374.98
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 18	81.50
Petrol/Litre / Apr 19	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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