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Poverty on the rise

EDITORIAL: Ideally, the government should have already known what the recent PIDE (Pakistan Institute of Development...

Published 02 Jun, 2024 02:53am

Opinion

Why should they suffer from malnourishment and poverty?

Twenty months after the great deluge 2022 occurred, 45-year-old Kashi and her 9 boys and 4 girls sit under a...

Updated 25 May, 2024 07:03am

Opinion

Pakistan’s elite and the art of deception

“The ends justify the means,” Machiavelli’s famous adage, permitting rulers to forsake moral high grounds in...

Published 02 May, 2024 04:58am

Pakistan

Economic welfare, poverty eradication: CM seeks to enhance cooperation with Iran

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has sought to enhance cooperation with Iran in various economic...

Published 24 Apr, 2024 03:50am

Editorials

Shocking poverty trends

EDITORIAL: The spillover effects of the low growth/high inflation double whammy are becoming clearer by the day. And...

Published 09 Apr, 2024 05:06am

No reduction in poverty in sight: World Bank projects 1.8pc growth

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has projected Pakistan’s GDP growth at 1.8 percent against the budgetary estimates of 3.5...

Updated 03 Apr, 2024 09:46am

World

Sri Lanka recovering but poverty enduring: World Bank

COLOMBO: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka will return to growth this year, the World Bank said Tuesday, but around a quarter of...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 07:53pm

Opinion

Eradicating systemic corruption

The pervasive issue of corruption and mismanagement acts as a two-edged sword that significantly undermines societal...

Published 05 Mar, 2024 03:09am

Rural areas: One-quarter of population still below poverty line: WB

ISLAMABAD: While poverty has decreased significantly over the past two decades, one-quarter of the population still...

Updated 03 Mar, 2024 05:29pm

Opinion

Future tech: promise against poverty

Do you anticipate the technological landscape changing significantly, in ways that are currently unpredictable, by...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am

Bilawal steps up criticism of ‘Takht-e-Lahore’

SHIKARPUR: Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the burden of the...

Updated 03 Feb, 2024 09:00am

Opinion

‘Rising poverty’

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed ‘Rising poverty’ carried by the newspaper on last Tuesday. The writer,...

Published 01 Feb, 2024 04:52am

Bilawal urges PTI workers to support his party

LAHORE: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing a public gathering of the party in Lahore...

Updated 22 Jan, 2024 08:54am

World

Millions of Afghans go hungry as winter cold bites

PUL-E ALAM: Khurma had to borrow her neighbour’s shoes to walk to Pul-e Alam city to collect a cash handout being...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 12:09pm

Pakistan

Economic policies should revolve around job creation: PDP

KARACHI: Showing deep concerns over growing joblessness in the country, Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf...

Published 11 Dec, 2023 06:41am

Opinion

Global hunger, food security challenges

Member States should facilitate the continued strengthening of the United Nations development system and boost the...

Published 08 Dec, 2023 05:20am

Pakistan

Disparities fuelling poverty: expert

KARACHI: Many countries in the world have income disparities but we have too much income disparity; therefore the...

Published 26 Nov, 2023 03:31am

Pakistan

JI urges voters to reject ‘enemies of the poor’

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and candidate for National Assembly NA-46, Mian Aslam has asked the...

Published 06 Nov, 2023 05:27am

Pakistan

Nawaz to tame inflation, end unemployment and poverty: Asif

SIALKOT: Former federal defence minister and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Khawaja Muhammad ...

Published 22 Oct, 2023 03:20am

Pakistan

Speaker links political, economic stability to poverty reduction

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said that political and economic stability are essential to...

Published 18 Oct, 2023 06:09am

World

IMF, World Bank urge funds for poverty, climate fights

MARRAKESH, (Morocco): The heads of the IMF and World Bank urged member nations on Friday to boost the funding...

Published 14 Oct, 2023 05:32am

Opinion

Poverty on the rise

Poverty levels have risen from 34.2 percent in 2022 to 39.4 percent in 2023, pushing 12.5 million people below the...

Updated 09 Oct, 2023 07:03am

Pakistan

Poverty headcount in Pakistan reached 39.4% in FY23, projects World Bank

Expects poverty reduction to be gradual in the medium term, owing to weak growth and lower labor income, persistent inflation (especially for food and energy), and lower remittances

Updated 03 Oct, 2023 10:35pm

Opinion

IMF’s policy needs deeper political economic thinking

‘“Escalating protests in Pakistan against rising costs linked to IMF demands, which follow similar protests in...

Published 02 Oct, 2023 07:03am

Opinion

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

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

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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 13	278.73
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 13	278.53
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 13	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 13	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 13	1.28
Euro to USD / Jun 13	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 13	5421.03
India Sensex / Jun 13	76818.22
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 13	38793.17
Nasdaq / Jun 13	17608.44
Hang Seng / Jun 13	18017.22
FTSE 100 / Jun 13	8215.48
Dow Jones / Jun 13	38712.21
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 13	18630.86

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Jun 13	268.36
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 13	78.31
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 13	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 13	206361
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 13	2311.94
Diesel/Litre / Jun 13	270.22

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 13 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 13 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 13 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 13 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 13 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 13 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 13 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 13 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 13 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 13 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 13 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 13 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 13 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 13 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 13 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 13 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 13 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 13 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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