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Pakistan Economic Survey fails to calculate unemployment rate for current year

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

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 10:44am

Opinion

Tariff situation undoubtedly impacting US economy

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

Published 10 Mar, 2025 05:58am

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

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

Updated 04 Mar, 2025 09:29am

Opinion

Extremely high unemployment rate

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

Updated 04 Mar, 2025 07:04am

Pasha says concerned at current unemployment rate

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

Updated 10 Feb, 2025 03:44pm

Business & Finance

Panel informed: Unemployment rate stands at 6.3pc

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

Published 15 Nov, 2024 06:20am

Opinion

Leveraging private sector to empower Pakistan’s youth

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

Published 03 Sep, 2024 07:10am

World

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

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

Published 02 Jul, 2024 02:52pm

Editorials

Trends in unemployment

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

Updated 22 Jun, 2024 07:28am

Business & Finance

Unemployment rate stands at 6.3pc

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

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Business & Finance

Dollar drops after US job data

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

Published 04 May, 2024 05:48am

Business & Finance

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

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

Published 20 Mar, 2024 11:13pm

Markets

Europe’s STOXX 600 logs weekly gains

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

Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am

World

Global unemployment seen rising modestly in 2024: UN labour body

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

Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:33pm

Opinion

Outlook 2024-I

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

Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am

Opinion

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

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

Published 20 Dec, 2023 06:22pm

Pakistan

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

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

Published 12 Aug, 2023 06:26am

Opinion

The youth bulge

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

Updated 04 Jul, 2023 05:50am

Unemployment rate fell to 6.3pc in FY21

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

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 08:59am

World

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

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

Published 05 May, 2023 09:32am

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

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

Updated 15 Apr, 2023 08:33pm

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

Business & Finance

Fed delivers another big rate hike; Powell vows to 'keep at it'

WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell vowed on Wednesday that he and his fellow policymakers would "keep...

Updated 22 Sep, 2022 04:46am

Markets

Copper bounces after US jobs data

LONDON: Copper prices rebounded from their lowest in more than a month on Friday after US jobs data spurred optimism...

Published 04 Sep, 2022 05:44am

World

Spain jobless rate down on recovery in tourism sector

MADRID: Spain’s unemployment rate fell in the second quarter of 2022, data showed on Thursday, helped by a recovery...

Published 28 Jul, 2022 06:27pm

Pakistan

Khurram Dastgir confident inflation will slow down from September

Says rupee will stabilise after friendly countries disburse financial aid
Stresses that Pakistan has enough reserves to cover 2 months for diesel, and 34 days for petrol

Updated 21 Jul, 2022 05:02pm

Editorials

Joblessness: Is the crisis for real?

EDITORIAL: The economic activities are slowing down. Both monetary and fiscal policies are working by design under...

Published 21 Jul, 2022 05:40am

World

US job growth likely slowed in June; unemployment rate seen at 3.6%

WASHINGTON: US employers likely hired the fewest workers in 14 months in June, but the jobless rate probably...

Published 08 Jul, 2022 10:54am

World

US job growth beats expectations; unemployment rate steady at 3.6%

WASHINGTON: US employment increased more than expected in May, while the unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%,...

Published 03 Jun, 2022 05:46pm

Editorials

The need for across the board sacrifice

EDITORIAL: There is overwhelming evidence that in spite of a high growth rate in the current year other ...

Published 02 Jun, 2022 06:19am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 13	283
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 13	282.75
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 13	143.75
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 13	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 13	1.36
Euro to USD / Jun 13	1.15
UK LIBOR % / Jun 12	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 12	6,045.26
Nasdaq / Jun 12	19,662.48
Dow Jones / Jun 12	42,967.62
India Sensex / Jun 13	81,216.80
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 13	37,834.25
Hang Seng / Jun 13	23,892.56
FTSE 100 / Jun 13	8,839.41
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 13	23,434.96
France CAC40 / Jun 13	7,687.50

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 12	16,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 12	305,984
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 13	72.11
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 13	3,421.89
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 13	67.63
Petrol/Litre / Jun 14	253.63
Diesel/Litre / Jun 14	254.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	2.93 ▲ 1 (51.81%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 13 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	3.02 ▲ 0.9 (42.45%)
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 13 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	3.39 ▲ 1 (41.84%)
Media Times Ltd / Jun 13 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.74 ▲ 0.61 (28.64%)
Invest Bank / Jun 13 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	7.11 ▲ 1 (16.37%)
First Dawood Prop. / Jun 13 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	3.65 ▲ 0.45 (14.06%)
Unicap Modaraba / Jun 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	3.52 ▲ 0.35 (11.04%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Jun 13 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	5.70 ▲ 0.54 (10.47%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jun 13 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.13 ▲ 0.38 (10.13%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jun 13 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	25.70 ▲ 2.34 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jun 13 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7.95 ▼ -0.97 (-10.87%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Jun 13 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	37.98 ▼ -4.22 (-10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 13 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	18,889.10 ▼ -2098.79 (-10%)
Khyber Textile / Jun 13 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	1,794.55 ▼ -199.39 (-10%)
Fateh Ind. / Jun 13 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	119.55 ▼ -13.28 (-10%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 13 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	30.53 ▼ -3.39 (-9.99%)
Reliance Weaving / Jun 13 Reliance Weaving Mills Limited(REWM)	123.76 ▼ -13.74 (-9.99%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jun 13 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	59.14 ▼ -6.46 (-9.85%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Jun 13 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	7.67 ▼ -0.83 (-9.76%)
Hafiz Ltd. / Jun 13 Hafiz Limited(HAFL)	273 ▼ -28 (-9.3%)

Stock	Volume
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	116,570,487 ▲ 1
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	86,654,041 ▲ 0.08
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 13 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	72,368,767 ▲ 0.9
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jun 13 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	27,891,113 ▲ 0.76
B.O.Punjab / Jun 13 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	26,329,771 ▼ -0.26
Media Times Ltd / Jun 13 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	24,472,029 ▲ 0.61
Cnergyico PK / Jun 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	24,435,209 ▼ -0.37
Kohinoor Spining / Jun 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	24,359,706 ▲ 0.17
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 13 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	22,960,384 ▲ 1
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 13 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	19,416,645 ▼ -0.14

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