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World Bank’s IFC doubles investment commitments in Pakistan to $1.5bn in FY23

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank, committed approximately $1.5 billion in...

Updated 13 Sep, 2023 04:55pm

World

More than 330mn children still in extreme poverty: UNICEF

WASHINGTON: The Covid-19 pandemic caused a sharp slowdown in the fight to end child poverty, with 333 million...

Published 13 Sep, 2023 12:35pm

Business & Finance

Only 50pc of SECP registered entities file tax returns

ISLAMABAD: A total of 50,000 companies are filing their annual income tax returns out of over 100,000 entities...

Updated 13 Sep, 2023 09:46am

Business & Finance

Hybrid social protection system: $600m PCRSP project facing delay: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: The hybrid social protection system and the new payment system of the Pakistan Crisis Resilient Social...

Updated 12 Sep, 2023 09:14am

Backward areas of Balochistan: World Bank official briefs PM

ISLAMABAD: World Bank Country Director Najy Benhassine, on Monday, met with the Caretaker Prime Minister, Anwaarul...

Updated 12 Sep, 2023 08:51am

World

Morocco survivors seek aid as earthquake toll passes 2,100

MOULAY BRAHIM: Survivors of Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades struggled to find food, water...

Updated 10 Sep, 2023 09:39pm

Joint efforts targeting $2bn disbursements: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has indicated that the joint efforts are targeting disbursements of around US$2 billion...

Updated 10 Sep, 2023 09:41am

Finance minister says govt to go for rollover of deposits

Says it was important to remove import restrictions across the board since Pakistan was an import-intensive country

Updated 09 Sep, 2023 02:30pm

World

Yellen to work with India at G20 Summit to aid successful communique crafting

NEW DELHI: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday the United States was willing to work with India to...

Published 08 Sep, 2023 11:16am

Pakistan

World Bank report says 15,000 buses needed for Karachi’s transport system

KARACHI: The World Bank report has revealed that a total of 15,000 buses are needed for the comprehensive transport...

Published 08 Sep, 2023 06:01am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: They must take governance courses, maybe they would learn

“I propose that the subject titled governance, relatively new if one considers other centuries old subjects like...

Published 07 Sep, 2023 06:21am

World

G20 summit: Who is coming to India, and who is not

NEW DELHI: Leaders from the world’s top economies arrive in India on Friday for a two-day G20 summit overshadowed by...

Published 06 Sep, 2023 11:39am

Business & Finance

World Bank official, Shamshad discuss economic situation

Dr Akhtar appreciates institution's role as one of the major development partners of Pakistan

Updated 06 Sep, 2023 10:21am

Business & Finance

Mounting debt burden eroding economic sovereignty: PDP

KARACHI: Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf Shakoor said though on paper we claim that we are the citizens...

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

World

Pakistan among countries in grip of debt problems

LONDON: The persistent and damaging debt problems gripping a number of developing world nations will be a core topic...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:57pm

Opinion

Heavy indebtedness & power sector crisis

In terms of new commitments, the Government of Pakistan signed new agreements, worth USD 7,228 million, during the...

Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am

Pakistan

Effective strategies sought to address agri sector’s vulnerabilities

ISLAMABAD: Agriculture experts Friday called for effective strategies and policies to address the vulnerabilities of...

Published 26 Aug, 2023 06:13am

Editorials

The problem of child labour

Cruelty to children working as domestic help is rampant in this society, getting attention in a few cases when...

Published 25 Aug, 2023 06:34am

World

Biden to push IMF and World Bank reforms at G20 summit: White House

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will urge reforms to the IMF and World Bank that will better serve developing...

Published 22 Aug, 2023 09:51pm

Opinion

The power sector woes

Presently, the power sector has become an existential threat for Pakistan. The situation has been further...

Published 17 Aug, 2023 03:49am

Punjab education sector: $300m project rated as ‘highly relevant’ by WB wing

ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank has rated the “Third Punjab Education Sector...

Updated 17 Aug, 2023 09:07am

Markets

Power crisis cost Vietnam $1.4bn: World Bank

HANOI: A severe power shortage in Vietnam caused by an intensely hot spell and unprecedented drought in May and June...

Published 11 Aug, 2023 11:18am

Pakistan

Wapda holds seminar

LAHORE: Wapda organized a seminar on “Impact Evaluation of Climatic Changes on Water Resources” in collaboration...

Published 11 Aug, 2023 05:17am

GPP for KP project: Implementation progress rated as satisfactory by World Bank

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has rated the overall implementation progress of the Governance and Policy Programme (GPP)...

Updated 11 Aug, 2023 09:27am

ECNEC approves projects worth Rs173.625bn

ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved Rs173.625 billion projects...

Updated 10 Aug, 2023 09:30am

Opinion

How to galvanise our exports

If we can start from an economic policy perspective, policymakers are asking the wrong question: how to increase...

Updated 09 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Editorials

Global hunger index

EDITORIAL: Nobody should be surprised that Pakistan is doing so badly on the Global Hunger Index (GHI), ranking 99...

Published 06 Aug, 2023 03:18am

Business & Finance

World Bank rates implementation progress of NTMP-1 as ‘moderately satisfactory’

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has rated the implementation progress of the “National Transmission Modernization-1...

Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am

Flood relief: $10.33bn loans, $550m grants received

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has received $ 10.33 billion out of $ 10.953 billion as loans and $ 550.4 million in grants for...

Updated 01 Aug, 2023 09:14am

Opinion

Hunger in Pakistan

Pakistan hosts the poorest population with per capita income at $1550 compared with Bangladesh at $2660 and India at...

Published 29 Jul, 2023 05:28am

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 23	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 23	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 23	154.75
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 23	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 23	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 23	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 23	5070.55
India Sensex / Apr 23	73738.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 23	37552.16
Nasdaq / Apr 23	15696.64
Hang Seng / Apr 23	16828.93
FTSE 100 / Apr 23	8044.81
Dow Jones / Apr 23	38503.69
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 23	18137.65

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 23	83.54
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 23	2323.25
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 23	81.72
Petrol/Litre / Apr 24	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 24 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 24 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 24 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 24 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 24 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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