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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

Editorials

They seem more content, less bitter?

EDITORIAL: Social and economic disparity was always high in Pakistan but now it is growing to a dangerous level. The...

Published 20 Feb, 2023 06:26am

Opinion

Big rise in poverty, unemployment

The current combination of various negative factors is likely to lead to a big exponential jump in the number of...

Updated 04 Feb, 2023 07:11am

Opinion

‘Each one feed one’

It was not long ago that there was this popular slogan “Each one teach one”. This slogan was originally an...

Published 04 Feb, 2023 06:08am

Opinion

Jail time hardened Lula’s resolve to tackle poverty over profit

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s 580-day stretch behind bars imbued him with a renewed sense of...

Published 02 Jan, 2023 06:08am

President urges nation to work for country’s progress

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has stressed upon the nation to renew its journey of transforming Pakistan into a...

Updated 01 Jan, 2023 10:07am

Pakistan

Pakistan calls for mobilising resources to end poverty, hunger and address climate issues

NEW YORK: Pakistan stressed the international community on Wednesday for evolving an emergency action plan and...

Published 15 Jul, 2022 07:29am

Pakistan

Poverty: PM for joint efforts to take Ummah out of the woods

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday stressed the need for joint efforts, coupled with unity ...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 05:19am

Pakistan

Social acceptance of corruption deepens poverty: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that acceptability of corruption by the society is the main cause of...

Published 04 Mar, 2022 04:37am

BR Research

Poverty-stricken world

The first goal of United Nation’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) is ending poverty in all forms by 2030....

Published 29 Dec, 2021 07:56am

PM links poverty of nations to corruption of their leadership

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan, while calling corruption a reason to destroy a country, said the factor behind...

Published 19 Dec, 2021 04:37am

BR Research

SDG report card

Still trying to emerge from the pandemic, countries’ progress on many of the SDGs has halted and backtracked due ...

Published 17 Dec, 2021 08:01am

Pakistan

South Asia: Speakers pinpoint multiple non-traditional security challenges

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar argue that South Asia grapples with multiple non-traditional security challenges...

Published 15 Dec, 2021 06:34am

Pakistan

Shehbaz slams PTI govt over rising inflation

LAHORE: Slamming the PTI government, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday...

Published 15 Dec, 2021 06:34am

World

IMF approves $276mn loan deal for poverty-stricken Niger

DAKAR: The International Monetary Fund has approved a three-year loan deal for Niger worth around $276 million, the...

Published 09 Dec, 2021 05:10pm

Editorials

Blame game

EDITORIAL: Inter-ministerial coordination and cooperation, the hallmark of smooth government functioning, appears to...

Published 06 Oct, 2021 04:17am

World

World needs to spend another $100 trillion on UN fight against global woes: report

LONDON: Global goals tackling poverty, inequality, injustice and climate change face a $100 trillion funding...

Updated 17 Sep, 2021 06:08pm

Markets

Pakistan for early completion of Stream Gas Pipeline Project

ISLAMABAD: In a virtual meeting with Russian Ambassador Danila Ganich, Deputy Chairman Senate Mirza Muhammad Afridi...

Published 16 Sep, 2021 04:02am

Business & Finance

PM urges usage of China's Juncao technology to address food insecurity

Says sustainable ways of achieving economic recovery, growth, and development are critical during the pandemic
Remarks come during virtual forum on 20th anniversary of Juncao Assistance and Sustainable Development Cooperation

Updated 03 Sep, 2021 03:41pm

World

Pandemic threatens Asia-Pacific's progress on global development goals, says ADB

Developing Asia's extreme poverty rate - or the proportion of its people living on less than $1.90 a day - would have fallen to 2.6% in 2020 from 5.2% in 2017 without COVID-19

Published 24 Aug, 2021 12:02pm

Pakistan

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

Debt could trap low-income nations in poverty

World

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

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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 2	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 2	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / May 2	155.37
USD to Swiss Franc / May 2	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 2	1.25
Euro to USD / May 2	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 1	5018.39
Nasdaq / May 1	15605.48
Dow Jones / May 1	37903.29
India Sensex / May 2	74720.19
Tokyo Nikkei / May 2	38236.07
Hang Seng / May 2	18192.04
FTSE 100 / May 2	8149.68
Germany DAX 30 / May 2	17906.01

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 2	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 2	79.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 2	20000
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 2	206619
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 2	2311.74
Diesel/Litre / May 2	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 2 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 2 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 2 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 2 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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