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Reverse migration

EDITORIAL: One by one the social spillovers of the financial meltdown are beginning to show. Now there’s a very...

Published 18 Oct, 2023 06:09am

Markets

Gold extends decline for 9th day as fears of higher US rates weigh

BENGALURU: Gold prices edged lower for a ninth straight session on Thursday, as US data indicating tight labor ...

Published 06 Oct, 2023 03:03am

Opinion

The formidable challenge of rising inflation and price hike

The government has reduced the prices of petroleum products. It’s a positive development. The decrease, however, ...

Published 02 Oct, 2023 07:07am

Opinion

Fall in industrial production

The estimate of the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) for the month of July 2023 has recently been released by ...

Updated 26 Sep, 2023 07:12am

Opinion

Worst is yet to come

Inflation and purchasing power erosion pinch is now reflected in volumetric sales’ reduction in products and...

Updated 25 Sep, 2023 07:36am

Editorials

Household debt cycle

EDITORIAL: One of the enduring lessons of economic downturns is that they run households, especially middle- and...

Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am

Closed industrial units: Minister advocates payment of power bills in instalments

Caretaker Minister for Commerce and Industry says there are one million unemployed across the country due to the closure of industrial units

Updated 23 Sep, 2023 08:45pm

World

UK unemployment rises as wage growth hits record high

LONDON: The UK unemployment rate edged higher to 4.3 percent in the three months to the end of July, as wage growth...

Published 12 Sep, 2023 07:59pm

Opinion

Rising unemployment and falling real wages

The devastation caused by the floods and the resulting supply shortages, along with severe import restrictions, has...

Updated 22 Aug, 2023 06:53am

World

Spanish unemployment rate falls to lowest level since 2008

MADRID: Spain’s unemployment rate fell in the second quarter of 2023 to its lowest level since 2008, official data...

Published 27 Jul, 2023 02:53pm

Opinion

Sharjeel Inam Memon - a politician who is widely known for his political acumen

As a student of the media industry, I have been attentively observing a large number of politicians but there are...

Published 23 Jul, 2023 03:25am

Opinion

There’s no cure to bad luck

Noted economist Dr Hafiz A Pasha has forecast that the year 2023-24 is likely to witness a moderate decline from the...

Published 20 Jul, 2023 03:12am

World

With record unemployment, China’s youth confront bleak job market

BEIJING: Rather than celebrating finishing university, this summer Chinese graduates shared photos of themselves...

Published 20 Jun, 2023 11:19am

Pakistan

Gallup survey: 23.6pc of jobless youth in urban Sindh hold varsity degree

KARACHI: A research conducted by Gallup Pakistan and PRIDE, using data from the Labour Force Survey 2020-21, shows...

Published 14 Jun, 2023 06:21am

Pakistan

‘Proper distribution of resources a must for national development’

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum ...

Published 07 Jun, 2023 06:05am

Business & Finance

SAI’s budget proposals for industrial sector: Govt recommended to save industries from closure, prevent unemployment

ISLAMABAD: The SITE Association of Industry (SAI) has recommended the government to save industries from closure,...

Published 24 May, 2023 05:57am

World

Eurozone unemployment drops to record-low 6.5% in March

BRUSSELS: Unemployment in the eurozone hit a record low of 6.5 percent in March, the EU’s statistics agency said...

Published 03 May, 2023 02:27pm

Pakistan

Research puts unemployment rate of youths in Punjab at 6.69pc

ISLAMADAD: Research conducted by Gallup Pakistan and PRIDE, using data from the Labour Force Survey 2020-21, showed...

Published 28 Apr, 2023 06:08am

Opinion

WB: A wake-up call

Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Nero was rightly blamed for ignoring a serious matter, and neglecting his people...

Published 08 Apr, 2023 06:21am

Business & Finance

US weekly jobless claims fall; layoffs jump in March

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, but the picture of...

Published 07 Apr, 2023 06:06am

Opinion

Economic impasse is a ticking bomb waiting to go off

Nothing is going right in the country. The sovereign default is inevitable without an IMF (International Monetary...

Published 20 Mar, 2023 06:12am

World

Fed seen on shallower rate path as wage gains cool

The Federal Reserve may have less reason to raise interest rates as sharply or as high as earlier thought after a...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 09:52pm

Opinion

Past the point of no return!

For weeks noted economists and economic researchers have cited numerous indicators, like low foreign exchange...

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 06:51am

Business & Finance

NBGP concerned at interest rate hike reports

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan and President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum,...

Published 25 Feb, 2023 06:23am

Business & Finance

Dollar steady as data point to higher-for-longer US interest rates

NEW YORK: The dollar was steady against its major peers on Thursday, as new data showed a still-tight US labor...

Published 24 Feb, 2023 06:00am

Business & Finance

Cooling US inflation lifts hope for smaller Fed rate hike

WASHINGTON: Slowing inflation and a cooling property sector are fueling expectations that the US central bank can...

Published 29 Jan, 2023 12:14pm

World

Despite India’s economic growth, few jobs and meagre pay for urban youth

FARIDABAD: Ravi Verma, hired by an electrical parts manufacturing firm early last year as India’s economy surged,...

Published 23 Jan, 2023 02:25pm

World

Brazil’s unemployment continues to fall to new seven-year low

BRASÍLIA: Brazil’s unemployment continued to fall in the three months from September to November 2022, hitting a new...

Published 19 Jan, 2023 07:44pm

World

UK unemployment stable but inflation slams wages: data

LONDON: UK unemployment is steady but wages have tanked further, official data showed Tuesday, as sky-high inflation...

Published 17 Jan, 2023 02:57pm

Opinion

All is far from well

The state of the economy today should be a source of serious concern to the eleven-party coalition government in...

Published 02 Jan, 2023 05:54am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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