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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

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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