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Workers facing ‘systemic violations’ of rights worldwide: report

Published 02 Jun, 2026 04:58am

PARIS: Repression of workers’ rights has deepened around the globe, with even “stable” countries like France and the...

‘Quarterly minimum wage revision, land reforms needed immediately’

Updated 02 Feb, 2026 06:32am

KARACHI: Renowned economist Kaiser Bengali on Saturday called for immediate land reforms and quarterly revision of...

ADB flags census data gap on employment, climate impact

Published 31 Jan, 2026 04:59am

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has flagged a critical data gap in Pakistan’s census, warning that the...

SESSI benefits to all workers: Experts, trade unionists demand reforms

Published 06 Dec, 2025 05:48am

KARACHI: The Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) hosted a seminar titled “Towards ...

Labour leaders vow to defeat bids to divide on racial and linguistic lines

Published 24 Nov, 2025 04:59am

KARACHI: Workers will defeat the conspiracy to divide them on the basis of race and language, as well as the...

PM hints at sending thousands of workers to Saudi Arabia

Updated 31 Oct, 2025 09:02am

ISLAMABAD: In a bold move to boost employment and enhance Pakistan’s global workforce, Prime Minister Shehbaz...

SMEDA, ILO hold session on roadmap for SMEs and worker formalisation

Published 26 Sep, 2025 08:13am

LAHORE: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) and the International Labour Organization...

Punjab increases minimum wage to Rs40,000

Published 10 Sep, 2025 05:52am

ISLAMABAD: The provincial government of Punjab has officially increased the minimum wage for workers to Rs 40,000 ...

A pathway to promote employability skills

Published 31 Jul, 2025 07:03am

Education expansion during the past decades did improve workers’ productivity and economic growth; however, it ...

Suthra Punjab programme: Workers to come under CM’s ration card programme

Published 12 Jul, 2025 06:27am

LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to extend the scope of the Chief Minister’s ration card to workers of ...

Imbalance–the seed of unhappiness

Published 22 Jan, 2025 06:23am

It is too much. I want to get out of it. There is no break. I am divided. These expressions have a familiar ring....

Curbs on workers, experts’ movement: Slowdown hits Dasu hydropower project work: World Bank

Updated 17 Oct, 2024 03:32pm

Says slowdown due to restrictions on the ground-transportation of international workers and experts from Islamabad to Dasu and shortage of armored vehicles for their movement within the project areas

Brain drain in Pakistan: causes, consequences and way forward

Published 01 Oct, 2024 06:49am

The migration of high-skilled workers is a global phenomenon. However, most migration is usually seen from...

PESSI approves Rs36bn surplus budget for FY2024-25

Published 31 Aug, 2024 06:55am

LAHORE: The Punjab Employees Social Security Institution (PESSI) governing body has approved a surplus budget of Rs...

Traumas & tragedies of expat Pakistanis

Updated 29 Jul, 2024 07:24am

In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Cassius complains, “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ...

The household worker

Updated 20 Jul, 2024 06:05am

According to definitions of the responsibility and scope of work of household workers they may clean homes, plan and...

Maryam says to give 1,224 free of cost flats to workers

Updated 11 Jul, 2024 07:06am

LAHORE: Announcing to give 1224 free flats to workers in Taxila and Sunder labor colonies, Chief Minister Maryam...

‘Oye Chote’ delivers powerful message on child labour

Updated 02 May, 2024 05:22am

LAHORE: In honour of International Labour Day, the Lahore Arts Council Alhamra organized a stirring presentation of...

CM vows to ensure safe, healthy environment for workers at workplace

Published 29 Apr, 2024 04:49am

LAHORE: “We are committed to health, welfare and safety of every worker in Punjab,” said Chief Minister Punjab...

March worker remittances record growth of 31pc MoM

Updated 09 Apr, 2024 09:48am

KARACHI: Inflows of workers remittance recorded a healthy growth of 31 percent in March 2024 compared to February...

‘Crackdown’ on workers: PTI criticises ‘silence’ of ECP

Published 22 Dec, 2023 05:22am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), on Thursday, lambasted the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for its...

AI technology—an industrial disruption explosion

Published 20 Dec, 2023 06:00am

IRobot was the famous Hollywood movie which was released in 2004. This movie examined the relationship between ...

CM for ending gender-based wage discrimination

Updated 23 Oct, 2023 09:21am

KARACHI: Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Justice Maqbool Baqar has directed the Labour Department to activate its...

Occupational health and safety

Published 17 Oct, 2023 05:51am

EDITORIAL: It’s very unfortunate that every now and then a report surfaces about miserable working conditions in...

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...

25,000 Norwegian industry workers to go on strike

Published 17 Apr, 2023 06:41am

OSLO: Almost 25,000 private-sector workers in Norway will go on strike from Monday morning after negotiations with...

Pension reforms

Published 03 Apr, 2023 06:36am

Throwing Molotov cocktails (petrol bombs) at the police and in return tear-gassed and water-cannoned with, as is the...

Zardari for increasing minimum wages to Rs 35,000

Updated 01 Feb, 2023 08:56am

LAHORE: Former president Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday that minimum wages for labourers and workers should be...

Economic slowdown will force workers into worse jobs: UN

Published 17 Jan, 2023 06:02am

A global economic slowdown will force more workers into accepting lower quality, poorly paid jobs in 2023, while...

‘Treat us as humans’

Published 19 Dec, 2022 06:00am

EDITORIAL: Coincidental to the International Human Rights Day recently, the delegates of sanitation workers from 24...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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