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Involvement of private sector a must to achieve SDGs: Aisha

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance, Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha Friday emphasized the involvement of the private...

Published 14 May, 2022 04:05am

Pakistan

Provision of drinking water: Daraz partners with UNDP Pakistan

KARACHI: Daraz has partnered with UNDP Pakistan to provide clean drinking water to an estimated 14,000 households in...

Published 24 Apr, 2022 05:36am

Business & Finance

Socio-economic development to be enhanced by curbing illicit trade: report

LAHORE: The pace of socio-economic development in Pakistan can be improved by reducing the loss of the national...

Published 19 Apr, 2022 05:32am

Editorials

The emergent task at hand

EDITORIAL: The state of the economy today necessitates a set of policy reversals as well as reforms on an emergent...

Published 12 Apr, 2022 05:17am

Business & Finance

National UNDP-Jazz SDG Bootcamp concludes

ISLAMABAD: Bech-lo.pk has won the first national Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Bootcamp conducted jointly by...

Published 05 Apr, 2022 05:38am

Pakistan

‘Green Innovators 2022’ programme launched in Sindh

KARACHI: The Green Innovators 2022 programme has been launched by Ministry of Climate Change, Sindh Education...

Published 24 Mar, 2022 05:36am

Pakistan

Better governance, delivery system linked to rapid uplift

ISLAMABAD: To accelerate sustainable development in the country, we need to revamp our governance and improve the...

Published 11 Mar, 2022 05:12am

Pakistan

Rs40bn for ‘Kamyab Jawan business loans’ approved: Dar

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Youth Affairs Muhammad Usman Dar, Tuesday, said the...

Published 02 Mar, 2022 04:35am

Tarin briefs UNDP team about economic challenges, reforms

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin held a meeting with Knut Ostby, Resident...

Updated 01 Mar, 2022 09:26am

Pakistan

Achievements of ‘Deliver Justice Project’ acknowledged

PESHAWAR: The EU-funded ‘Deliver Justice Project’ has been able to make remarkable achievements in the Rule of...

Published 04 Feb, 2022 04:43am

Pakistan

Sustainable Development Goals: Qureshi for building partnership between public, private sectors

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has called for building partnership between the public and private...

Published 27 Jan, 2022 04:05am

Pakistan

ATCs in merged areas: US embassy, UNDP and KP P&D hold groundbreaking ceremony

ISLAMABAD: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the US Embassy’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 05:27am

Pakistan

NAP on business and human rights: FCCI chief explains salient features

FAISALABAD: The National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights will help Pakistan to become a well-integrated ...

Published 19 Dec, 2021 04:37am

Opinion

Us and them — an unequal landscape

Inequality in its numerous forms defines our country’s social fabric. This concept of inequality is based on...

Published 11 Dec, 2021 04:12am

Pakistan

UNDP vows to support govt’s national climate response

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Development Programme’s Pakistan office has said that the international body...

Published 06 Dec, 2021 06:19am

World

UN says Afghanistan faces ‘unprecedented’ economic shock

KABUL: Afghanistan’s GDP could contract 20 percent within a year, the UN predicted in a new report on Wednesday,...

Published 02 Dec, 2021 03:57am

Pakistan

Afghanistan: EU envoy says human rights hit by humanitarian crisis

LAHORE: The panellists at the session on “The Impact of Closing Boarder on Afghan Refugees” at the Asma Jahangir...

Published 22 Nov, 2021 05:31am

Pakistan

Cities’ development: Lack of investment in infrastructure main hurdle: Maggo

KARACHI: Mian Nasser Hyatt Maggo, President FPCCI has said that lack of investment in infrastructure is making...

Published 21 Nov, 2021 04:19am

Opinion

Jumping the gap — how to undo inequality?

The rent-seeking and unproductive usage of resources has exacerbated inequality in Pakistan. Even in times of higher...

Published 11 Nov, 2021 05:20am

UN sets up trust fund for ‘people’s economy’

GENEVA: The United Nations said on Thursday it had set up a special trust fund to provide urgently needed cash...

Updated 22 Oct, 2021 09:22am

Pakistan

UNDP, TCCF launch #StopTheSpread

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) have launched a joint...

Published 19 Oct, 2021 03:52am

Pakistan

PDMA KP observes International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction

PESHAWAR: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in collaboration with the GLOF-II...

Published 14 Oct, 2021 04:14am

Pakistan

Forensic Science Laboratory: KP Govt, UNDP sign cost-sharing agreement

PESHAWAR: The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tuesday signed a cost-sharing agreement with United ...

Published 13 Oct, 2021 04:47am

Opinion

Inequality in human development

Pioneering work was done by the late Dr. Mahbubul Haq in the early 90s on the construction of a Human Development...

Published 12 Oct, 2021 04:44am

Pakistan

Pakistan has poor track record of protecting disabled people: UNDP

ISLAMABAD: The UNDP Pakistan National Human Development Report on Inequality revealed that Pakistan has a poor track...

Updated 09 Oct, 2021 04:50pm

Pakistan

BOI presents three ‘game- changing’ projects to UNDP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been working towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the years with...

Published 30 Sep, 2021 04:15am

UNDP launches disaster insurance programme

LONDON: The United Nations Development Programme has launched an initiative to help governments and the private...

Published 28 Sep, 2021 05:12am

Editorials

Push for a representative government in Kabul

EDITORIAL: As the world waits for the Taliban to make the new setup inclusive, at last week’s Shanghai Cooperation...

Published 24 Sep, 2021 04:40am

Pakistan

Ministry determined to improve EVM standards: Faraz

ISLAMABAD: Less than a week after Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) voiced its concerns over the functionality ...

Published 24 Aug, 2021 05:02am

Pakistan

UNDP rep highlights findings of NHDR 2020

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan Resident Representative Knut Ostby on Friday...

Published 15 Aug, 2021 04:47am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
SME Leasing Ltd / May 27 SME Leasing Limited(SLL)	3.40 ▲ 0.95 (38.78%)
Reliance Ins. / May 27 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	6.45 ▲ 0.95 (17.27%)
Escorts Bank / May 27 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	7.06 ▲ 1.00 (16.50%)
Punjab Mod / May 27 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	1.92 ▲ 0.22 (12.94%)
Dandot Cement / May 27 Dandot Cement Company Limited(DNCC)	8.20 ▲ 0.90 (12.33%)
F.Treet Manuf / May 27 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	8.75 ▲ 0.75 (9.38%)
Samba Bank / May 27 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	10.25 ▲ 0.86 (9.16%)
Ruby Tex. / May 27 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	4.35 ▲ 0.35 (8.75%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / May 27 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	1.03 ▲ 0.08 (8.42%)
Husein Sugar / May 27 Husein Sugar Mills Limited(HSM)	13.72 ▲ 1.00 (7.86%)

Stock	Price
Tri-Star Mutual / May 27 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	5.75 ▲ -1.00 (-14.81%)
Nazir Cotton Mills / May 27 Nazir Cotton Mills Limited(NCML)	5.17 ▲ -0.68 (-11.62%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / May 27 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	8.20 ▲ -0.99 (-10.77%)
Silk Bank Ltd / May 27 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	1.29 ▲ -0.14 (-9.79%)
Askari Life Assur. / May 27 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	6.21 ▲ -0.67 (-9.74%)
Ist.Dawood Bank / May 27 First Dawood Investment Bank Limited(FDIBL)	2.10 ▲ -0.18 (-7.89%)
Ghazi Fabrics / May 27 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	5.81 ▲ -0.49 (-7.78%)
Thal Ind.Corp. / May 27 Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	253.91 ▲ -20.58 (-7.50%)
Cordoba Logistics / May 27 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	13.21 ▲ -1.07 (-7.49%)
Philip Morris Pak. / May 27 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	536.53 ▲ -43.47 (-7.49%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / May 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	63,944,791 ▼ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	54,932,038 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	21,383,000 ▼ 0.00
Hum Network / May 27 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	21,349,500 ▼ 0.00
Ghani Glo Hol / May 27 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	19,460,637 ▼ 0.00
Pak Elektron / May 27 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	19,140,500 ▼ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	18,961,000 ▼ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	15,469,500 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods Ltd / May 27 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	12,464,558 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / May 27 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	11,951,000 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 26	202.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 26	202.00
USD to Japanese Yen / May 26	127.04
USD to Swiss Franc / May 26	0.96
Pound Sterling to USD / May 26	1.26
Euro to USD / May 26	1.07
UK LIBOR % / May 26	0.82

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 26	4057.84
India Sensex / May 26	54252.53
Tokyo Nikkei / May 26	26604.84
Nasdaq / May 26	11740.65
Hang Seng / May 26	20116.20
FTSE 100 / May 26	7564.92
Dow Jones / May 26	32637.19
Germany DAX 30 / May 26	14231.29
France CAC40 / May 26	6410.58

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 26	114.16
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 26	21180.00
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 26	118900.00
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 26	1855.80
Cotton US¢/pound / May 26	124.33

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