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A turbulent week lies ahead for gold

Updated 07 Sep, 2026 07:17am

The non-farm payroll report that was issued on Friday offered strong evidence of a robust economic activity in the...

Pakistan’s quiet jobs crisis

Published 22 Jun, 2026 05:36am

Pakistan’s economic stabilization has come largely through contractionary policy: tighter spending, higher interest...

Contesting finance minister’s narrative

Updated 12 Jun, 2026 07:47am

Growth rate for the outgoing fiscal year has been estimated at 3.7 percent, a rate lower than the budgeted 4.2...

Economic Survey: Pakistan’s unemployment rose to 7.1%

Published 11 Jun, 2026 08:00pm

Pakistan’s unemployment rate rose to 7.1% in 2024-25, up from 6.3% a year earlier, even as the country’s economy...

Fed leaves rates unchanged, sticks with single cut in 2026 despite higher inflation

Published 19 Mar, 2026 12:45am

The dollar pared its earlier gains, with the dollar index last up 0.27%. U.S. Treasury yields also pared gains

EDITORIAL: A labour market under pressure

Updated 28 Nov, 2025 07:44am

EDITORIAL: Released after a significant gap of four years by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the latest...

Revitalisation of industry urged to check joblessness

Published 27 Nov, 2025 07:44am

KARACHI: Mian Zahid Hussain, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum & All Karachi Industrial...

Rate of unemployment rises in country

Published 26 Nov, 2025 07:35am

ISLAMABAD: In a troubling sign for the nation’s growing economic instability, Pakistan’s unemployment crisis has...

Pakistan Economic Survey fails to calculate unemployment rate for current year

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 10:44am

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Survey 2024-25 failed to calculate the unemployment rate for the current year and instead...

Tariff situation undoubtedly impacting US economy

Published 10 Mar, 2025 05:58am

The US economy added 151,000 jobs, but the unemployment rate rose to 4.1%. This is a key economic indicator for the...

PBS conducts first digital census: Around 7.8pc of total population unemployed

Updated 04 Mar, 2025 09:29am

ISLAMABAD: Around 7.8 percent (187,359,79 population) of the total population (241,499,431) of the country is...

Extremely high unemployment rate

Updated 04 Mar, 2025 07:04am

The digital Population and Housing Census of 2023 conducted by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has come up...

Pasha says concerned at current unemployment rate

Updated 10 Feb, 2025 03:44pm

ISLAMABAD: “Poverty rate has risen to 44 percent and inflation is still in double digits.” Dr Hafeez Pasha, former...

Panel informed: Unemployment rate stands at 6.3pc

Published 15 Nov, 2024 06:20am

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel was informed on Thursday that the unemployment rate in the country stands at 6.3...

Leveraging private sector to empower Pakistan’s youth

Published 03 Sep, 2024 07:10am

Over the past couple weeks, I had the privilege of visiting some of Pakistan’s leading universities, digital ...

Italy May unemployment rate stable at 6.8%, but 17,000 jobs lost in month

Published 02 Jul, 2024 02:52pm

ROME: Italy’s unemployment rate was stable at 6.8% in May, national statistics bureau ISTAT reported on Tuesday,...

Trends in unemployment

Updated 22 Jun, 2024 07:28am

EDITORIAL: One of the most ignored contributors to the unemployment rate – which stands at 6.3 percent, according...

Unemployment rate stands at 6.3pc

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

ISLAMABAD: With 4.51 million unemployed population, the rate of unemployment in Pakistan stands at 6.3 percent, the...

Dollar drops after US job data

Published 04 May, 2024 05:48am

NEW YORK: The dollar fell to a three-week low against the yen on Friday after data showed that US jobs growth slowed...

Fed still sees three rate cuts in 2024 amid sticky inflation, stronger economy

Published 20 Mar, 2024 11:13pm

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, but policymakers indicated they still...

Europe’s STOXX 600 logs weekly gains

Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am

PARIS: Europe’s main stock indices were flat on Friday, but notched strong gains over the week that saw record...

Global unemployment seen rising modestly in 2024: UN labour body

Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:33pm

GENEVA: The global unemployment rate is expected to inch up to 5.2% this year primarily because of a rise in...

Outlook 2024-I

Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am

Global perspective has recently changed as economies have shown to be more resilient than experts had anticipated....

The giant ship of China’s economy will continue to cleave the waves

Published 20 Dec, 2023 06:22pm

Since the beginning of this year, the China’s economy has been moving forward, overcoming obstacles and showing a...

‘Green jobs for women, youth are need of the hour’

Published 12 Aug, 2023 06:26am

LAHORE: “Currently, 64 percent of Pakistan population is younger than 30 years of age. The country now has more...

The youth bulge

Updated 04 Jul, 2023 05:50am

The high rate of population growth of Pakistan, among the highest in the world, has led to the emergence of a large...

Unemployment rate fell to 6.3pc in FY21

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 08:59am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent in 2020-2021 from 6.9 per cent in 2018-2019, according...

Slower US job growth expected in April; unemployment rate seen rising to 3.6%

Published 05 May, 2023 09:32am

WASHINGTON: US employers likely hired the fewest workers in nearly 2-1/2 years in April as the cumulative and...

World Bank estimates fall in GDP per capita income to $1,399

Updated 15 Apr, 2023 08:33pm

Says poverty will inevitably increase with pressures from weak labour markets and high inflation

Big rise in poverty, unemployment

Updated 04 Feb, 2023 07:11am

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

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 30	277.31
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 30	277.11
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.84
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.33
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 29	3.88

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 30	7,651.54
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,480.29
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,753.72
Nasdaq / Sep 30	26,861.06
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,613.27
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,606
Dow Jones / Sep 30	50,906.05
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,199.19
France CAC40 / Sep 30	7,964.51

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	90.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 30	18,680
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 30	378,631
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,154.77
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	78.52
Petrol/Litre / Oct 1	387.54
Diesel/Litre / Oct 1	402.24

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Imrooz Mod. / Oct 1 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	286.94 ▲ 26.09 (10%)
Asim Textile / Oct 1 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	124.99 ▲ 11.03 (9.68%)
D.M. Corporation / Oct 1 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	179.89 ▲ 14.56 (8.81%)
Sitara Chemical / Oct 1 Sitara Chemical Industries Limited(SITC)	739.77 ▲ 54.97 (8.03%)
ARM Green Industries / Oct 1 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	52.50 ▲ 3.49 (7.12%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 1 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	44.99 ▲ 2.8 (6.64%)
First IBL Mod. / Oct 1 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	15.80 ▲ 0.96 (6.47%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Oct 1 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	27.50 ▲ 1.6 (6.18%)
Tandlianwala Sugar / Oct 1 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	525 ▲ 28.18 (5.67%)
GOC (Pak) / Oct 1 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	168 ▲ 8.8 (5.53%)

Stock	Price
EFU Life Assr / Oct 1 EFU Life Assurance Limited(EFUL)	129 ▼ -35.01 (-21.35%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Oct 1 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	7.50 ▼ -0.94 (-11.14%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	26.14 ▼ -2.9 (-9.99%)
Mughal Energy / Oct 1 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	37 ▼ -4 (-9.76%)
AN Textile Mills / Oct 1 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	75.66 ▼ -4.86 (-6.04%)
Bela Auto / Oct 1 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	66.10 ▼ -4.14 (-5.89%)
Nadeem Tex. / Oct 1 Nadeem Textile Mills Limited(NATM)	66 ▼ -4 (-5.71%)
Pakistan Services / Oct 1 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	962 ▼ -57.63 (-5.65%)
JS Investments / Oct 1 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	35.05 ▼ -1.72 (-4.68%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Oct 1 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	46.81 ▼ -2.11 (-4.31%)

Stock	Volume
Kohinoor Spinning / Oct 1 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	9,521,279 ▲ 0.02
Pak Int.Bulk / Oct 1 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	7,796,793 ▲ 0.3
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	4,824,982 ▼ -2.9
Oilboy Energy / Oct 1 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	1,956,876 ▲ 0.51
Pak Refinery / Oct 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	1,644,731 ▲ 0.73
Yousuf Weaving / Oct 1 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	1,285,386 ▲ 0.08
Aisha Steel Mills / Oct 1 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	1,151,186 ▲ 0.27
Cnergyico PK / Oct 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	1,107,497 ▲ 0.02
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Oct 1 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	1,043,453 ▼ -0.01
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	945,223 ▲ 0.13

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