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PM skips WEF meet; Bilawal to represent country

ISLAMABAD: The prevailing political and economic situation in the country has compelled Prime Minister Shehbaz ...

Updated 18 May, 2022 10:24am

PM to attend WEF moot at Davos

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif will be attending World Economic Forum’s annual meeting being held from...

Updated 13 May, 2022 10:13am

Business & Finance

VRG CEO, iPath CEO participate in WEF moot

NEW YORK: The World Economic Forum held the EDISON Alliance Champions Deputies & Executive Network Meeting to...

Published 10 May, 2022 05:10am

Pakistan

Dr Sara joins ‘WEF Young Global Leaders’ Class’

KARACHI: Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram, Co-founder and CEO-Sehat Kahani joins world’s most driven researchers, innovative...

Published 22 Apr, 2022 05:36am

Opinion

Global acclaim, local defame

Wonderful, Awful. Best, Worst. Developing, Destroying. Rising, falling. Good, bad. This is not a test of opposites ...

Published 07 Feb, 2022 05:22am

Editorials

WEF heaps praise on govt’s uplift vision

EDITORIAL: World Economic Forum (WEF) an annual event in Davos, Switzerland, where world leaders in government,...

Published 02 Feb, 2022 04:45am

Davos forum to be held in person May 22-26

GENEVA: The Davos summit will be held in person for the first time during the Covid-19 pandemic, from May 22-26, the...

Published 22 Jan, 2022 05:46am

World

Xi warns global confrontation ‘invites catastrophic consequences’

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping warned on Monday that confrontation between major powers could have...

Published 18 Jan, 2022 04:20am

World

Invest in nature and reap cash benefits, World Economic Forum urges cities

BARCELONA: After a landslide in 2017 killed 1,141 people and left more than 3,000 homeless in Sierra Leone's capital...

Published 17 Jan, 2022 12:27pm

World

World's 10 richest men doubled wealth during Covid: report

Oxfam says the men's wealth jumped from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion, at an average rate of $1.3 billion per day

Updated 17 Jan, 2022 03:37pm

Opinion

Renewable energy

The recently announced World Economic Forum’s Energy Transition Index 2021 has ranked Denmark, Finland and the...

Published 25 Dec, 2021 05:02am

Business & Finance

Promotion of circular economy: Engro Polymer & Chemicals joins WEF’s global plastic action partnership

KARACHI: Engro Polymer & Chemicals (EPCL) has become the first affiliate member from Pakistan to join the World...

Published 17 Nov, 2021 04:22am

WEF postpones China event

BEIJING: The World Economic Forum said on Wednesday that it is postponing its event planned for later this month in...

Updated 04 Nov, 2021 09:55am

World

Iceland elects Europe's first women-majority parliament

COPENHAGEN: Iceland has voted more women than men into its parliament, a first in Europe, in a national election ...

Published 27 Sep, 2021 05:51am

Opinion

Not another hashtag

Pakistanis live in two different realities; one reality is for the privileged, which in Pakistan's context would be...

Published 29 Jul, 2021 04:48am

BR Research

Assessing skills gap in a digital world

Like many countries Pakistan faces the skills shortage problem given the rising demand by the employers as well as...

Published 25 Jun, 2021 07:35am

World

Microsoft, Mastercard sign on to VP Harris's Central America strategy

The meeting will be attended by top executives from yogurt maker Chobani, food giant Nestle's Nespresso unit, financial companies Bancolombia and Davivienda as well as language-learning website Duolingo.
The US vice president's push to spur regional economic growth will focus on six areas.

Published 27 May, 2021 07:15pm

World

World Economic Forum cancels 2021 annual meeting in Singapore

The city-state has in recent days imposed some of the tightest restrictions since it exited a lockdown last year to combat a spike in local COVID-19 infections.
The WEF's next annual meeting will instead take place in the first half of 2022. Its location and date will be determined based on an assessment of the situation later this summer, it added in a statement.

Published 17 May, 2021 08:26pm

Pakistan

PTI govt spending huge amount for development of Karachi: Asad

The roads were broken in many areas of Karachi, he said adding that the people did not have proper facilities in the hospitals.

Published 05 May, 2021 12:14am

BR Research

Where the buck stops

Every year in March, there is a sudden burst of activity in the development world and amongst donor circles around...

Published 14 Apr, 2021 07:30am

Pakistan

Global climate change: Pakistan provides world a solution: PM’s aide

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam has said that Pakistan has...

Published 29 Mar, 2021 06:05am

Editorials

Towards a green future

EDITORIAL: This government has attracted well-deserved positive attention from an important international...

Published 22 Mar, 2021 04:18am

PTI govt’s environment policies recognised globally: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday said environment policies of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf were being...

Published 15 Mar, 2021 05:22am

Business & Finance

UAE now among world’s top ten tax havens

PARIS: The UAE has entered the world’s top ten tax havens for the first time, research showed Tuesday, in a report...

Published 15 Mar, 2021 05:22am

Pakistan

PTI govt's policies on environment being recognised globally: PM

Govt's measures on green recovery programme from the Covid 19 pandemic and our climate action plan have been appreciated, says Imran
The PM also shared World Economic Forum’s video showing measures the government has taken to address a serious threat posed by climate change

Updated 14 Mar, 2021 03:13pm

Pakistan

Barrister Maleeka selected WEFYGL for 5 years

ISLAMABAD: Parliam-entary Secretary for Law and Justice Barrister Maleeka Bokhari has been selected as World ...

Updated 12 Mar, 2021 10:07am

Business & Finance

SECP asks listed cos to formulate, implement gender diversity policies

ISLAMABAD: In order to foster a beneficial and comfortable working environment for Pakistani women, the Securities...

Updated 09 Mar, 2021 09:36am

Opinion

What goes around comes around

Circular economy, an innovative business model developed recently, offers countries like Pakistan suffering from...

Published 17 Feb, 2021 04:24am

Opinion

Time to abandon shareholders’ capitalism

In China a majority of the economy is in private hands, but the government retains a decisive role, setting the...

Published 10 Feb, 2021 04:12am

World

Davos 2021 summit in S’pore postponed

GENEVA: The World Economic Forum said Wednesday that its annual meeting, which has already been postponed and moved...

Updated 04 Feb, 2021 10:01am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
B. F. Mod. / May 20 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	6.00 ▲ 1.00 (20.00%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / May 20 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	6.00 ▲ 1.00 (20.00%)
Silk Bank Ltd / May 20 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	1.24 ▲ 0.16 (14.81%)
Paramount Mod / May 20 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	8.00 ▲ 1.00 (14.29%)
Service Textile / May 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	10.90 ▲ 0.90 (9.00%)
Ruby Tex. / May 20 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	4.00 ▲ 0.30 (8.11%)
Aisha Steel Mill / May 20 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.85 ▲ 0.86 (7.83%)
First Imrooz Mod. / May 20 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	134.38 ▲ 9.37 (7.50%)
Janana D Mal / May 20 Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited(JDMT)	55.04 ▲ 3.84 (7.50%)
Sapphire Textile / May 20 Sapphire Textile Mills Limited(SAPT)	1004.55 ▲ 70.05 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
East West Ins. / May 20 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	77.07 ▲ -12.49 (-13.95%)
Pak. P.V.C. / May 20 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	4.32 ▲ -0.42 (-8.86%)
Trust Mod. / May 20 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	1.66 ▲ -0.14 (-7.78%)
Crescent Cotton / May 20 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	46.25 ▲ -3.75 (-7.50%)
Gatron Ind. / May 20 Gatron (Industries) Limited(GATI)	415.10 ▲ -33.65 (-7.50%)
AL-Noor Sugar / May 20 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	61.86 ▲ -5.01 (-7.49%)
Frontier Ceram / May 20 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	29.60 ▲ -2.39 (-7.47%)
S.G.Power / May 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	4.45 ▲ -0.35 (-7.29%)
Imperial Limited / May 20 Imperial Limited(IML)	13.95 ▲ -1.06 (-7.06%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / May 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	2.99 ▲ -0.22 (-6.85%)

Stock	Volume
Ghani Glo Hol / May 20 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	15,051,376 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,323,000 ▼ 0.00
Silk Bank Ltd / May 20 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	13,067,500 ▼ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	9,576,000 ▼ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	7,490,536 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Cement / May 20 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	6,985,000 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods Ltd / May 20 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	6,435,098 ▼ 0.00
Engro Polymer / May 20 Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited(EPCL)	5,808,622 ▼ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / May 20 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	5,229,500 ▼ 0.00
Pak Elektron / May 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	5,056,000 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 19	199.00
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 19	198.80
USD to Japanese Yen / May 19	128.45
USD to Swiss Franc / May 19	0.99
Pound Sterling to USD / May 19	1.23
Euro to USD / May 19	1.05
UK LIBOR % / May 19	0.82

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 19	3923.68
India Sensex / May 19	54208.53
Tokyo Nikkei / May 19	26205.29
Nasdaq / May 19	11418.16
Hang Seng / May 19	20041.14
FTSE 100 / May 19	7438.09
Dow Jones / May 19	31490.07
Germany DAX 30 / May 19	14007.76
France CAC40 / May 19	6352.94

Item	Value
Crude Oil / May 19	110.10
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / May 19	21180.00
Gold 10 Grams / May 19	113300.00
Gold Spot / May 19	1815.89
Cotton / May 19	128.99

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