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Strong US employment gains expected in March; jobless rate seen falling to 3.7%

WASHINGTON: US job growth likely continued at a brisk clip in March, with the unemployment rate falling to a new...

Published 01 Apr, 2022 11:49am

World

China unemployment jumps as Covid surge disrupts business

BEIJING: Unemployment in China rose and youth unemployment spiked in the first months of the year, data showed...

Published 15 Mar, 2022 11:50am

Pakistan

PPP leader optimistic about Feb 27 ‘long march’ protest’s prospects

LAHORE: Former prime minister and Pakistan People’s Party Punjab president Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Tuesday said ...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 05:46am

Pakistan

PIDE releases research report on unemployment

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) has released its latest report on unemployment in the...

Published 07 Feb, 2022 05:22am

BR Research

Moderating confidence

In the latest post-MPS analyst briefing of the SBP, one word, like a euphemism, kept coming up: moderation. The...

Published 01 Feb, 2022 07:45am

World

Spain's unemployment drops to lowest since before financial crisis

MADRID: Spanish unemployment fell in the fourth quarter to its lowest since the onset of the financial crisis of...

Published 27 Jan, 2022 02:12pm

World

French unemployment hits near-decade low in 2021

PARIS: The number of unemployed people in France fell to its lowest in almost ten years in late 2021, official data...

Published 26 Jan, 2022 08:49pm

BR Research

Towards universal health care?

Health is an essential component of the Sustainable Develop-ment Goals (SDGs). The SDG 3.8 specifically aims to...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 08:02am

BR Research

Poverty-stricken world

The first goal of United Nation’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) is ending poverty in all forms by 2030....

Published 29 Dec, 2021 07:56am

BR Research

SDG report card

Still trying to emerge from the pandemic, countries’ progress on many of the SDGs has halted and backtracked due ...

Published 17 Dec, 2021 08:01am

Fed sees three interest rate hikes in 2022

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve, signalling its inflation target has been met, said on Wednesday it would end its...

Updated 16 Dec, 2021 10:43am

Pakistan

Shehbaz slams PTI govt over rising inflation

LAHORE: Slamming the PTI government, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday...

Published 15 Dec, 2021 06:34am

Markets

In year-end meetings, top central banks may diverge over inflation, Omicron

Major central banks meet this week to assess risks from the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus even as they...

Published 14 Dec, 2021 12:44pm

World

Turkish unemployment dips to 11.2% in Oct, underutilisation up

ISTANBUL: Turkey's unemployment rate fell to 11.2% in October from a revised 11.4% a month earlier, while a...

Published 10 Dec, 2021 12:20pm

Pakistan

TI-P survey describes police as ‘most corrupt department’

ISLAMABAD: The National Corruption Perception Survey (NCPS) 2021 conducted by the Transparency Internati-onal-...

Published 08 Dec, 2021 06:22am

Govt says expecting 5pc growth

Energy minister says government made the national economy stable and a record increase in foreign remittance is being witnessed

Updated 05 Dec, 2021 11:09am

Pakistan

PPP says govt going to drop ‘Rs600bn mini-budget bomb’ on people

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) said Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) government is going to drop Rs600...

Published 04 Dec, 2021 04:23am

World

S. Africa sets new unemployment record of 34.9 percent

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's unemployment rate rose again in the third quarter of 2021 to set a new record of 34.9...

Updated 30 Nov, 2021 06:23pm

Pakistan

Audio, video recordings: PBC demands ‘independent’ inquiry commission

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) demanded that an independent Inquiry Commission, comprising a former chief...

Published 25 Nov, 2021 03:53am

World

New US jobless aid claims drop below pre-pandemic level: govt

WASHINGTON: In a milestone in the US economy's recovery from the pandemic, the government said Wednesday new claims...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 08:01pm

Pakistan

PML-N terms gas crisis ‘criminal negligence’ of govt

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and leader of the opposition in the National Assembly...

Published 21 Nov, 2021 04:19am

Business & Finance

KATI says it’s concerned at PKR slide

KARACHI: Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) President Salman Aslam has expressed concern over high...

Published 17 Nov, 2021 04:22am

Business & Finance

Consumer Confidence Index declines to 70.8 points in Q3

KARACHI: Pakistan Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) has declined sharply 19.6 percent to 70.8 points in July-Sep of...

Published 09 Nov, 2021 04:48am

Fed turns focus to rate debate

WASHINGTON: US Federal Reserve officials on Monday turned their focus towards a debate over interest rate policy ...

Updated 09 Nov, 2021 09:50am

Pakistan

Population explosion, unemployment: Govt must help produce highly skilled manpower: TEVTA chief

FAISALABAD: Pakistan must invest in its most precious human resource to face the multiple challenges of population...

Published 04 Nov, 2021 04:32am

PML-N terms it ‘a fraud package’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), while terming Prime Minister Imran Khan’s relief package as a...

Updated 04 Nov, 2021 09:38am

Pakistan

PML-N foresees early election

HYDERABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Central General Secretary Ahsan Iqbal terming the year of 2022 as ...

Published 02 Nov, 2021 05:20am

Opinion

What’s in store?

Price hike is now the number one issue for a vast majority of country’s people. They’re finding it extremely...

Published 30 Oct, 2021 04:37am

World

US unemployment aid filings hit fresh pandemic low

WASHINGTON: Fewer Americans made unemployment benefit filings last week than at any other point since the pandemic,...

Published 28 Oct, 2021 06:22pm

Pakistan

Rising inflation, unemployment: PPP to stage nationwide protest tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), Wednesday, announced to stage nationwide protest on October 29 (Friday)...

Published 28 Oct, 2021 04:06am

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 27	153.76
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 27	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 27	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 27	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 27	5,459.10
India Sensex / Jul 27	81,332.72
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 27	37,667.41
Nasdaq / Jul 27	17,357.88
Hang Seng / Jul 27	17,021.31
FTSE 100 / Jul 27	8,285.71
Dow Jones / Jul 27	40,589.34
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 27	18,417.55

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 27	77.16
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 27	17,535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 27	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 27	2,387.19
Diesel/Litre / Jul 27	283.63

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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