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India’s foreign minister says ready to step up on global issues

NEW DELHI: India is prepared to take a much bigger role in global affairs and would help the world with more...

Published 26 Apr, 2022 10:51am

World

Russia to update its strategy in World Trade Organization amid sanctions, says Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that “illegal” restrictions on Russian companies by Western...

Published 20 Apr, 2022 08:17pm

Business & Finance

WTO warns against dividing world economy over war in Ukraine

GENEVA: The WTO warned Tuesday that Russia’s war in Ukraine had darkened the prospects for world trade as it...

Published 13 Apr, 2022 06:03am

World

WTO lowers 2022 global trade growth forecast amid COVID, Ukraine 'double whammy'

GENEVA: The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday revised down its forecast for global trade growth this year to...

Updated 12 Apr, 2022 08:45pm

World

War in Ukraine could halve 2022 global trade growth: WTO

GENEVA: Russia’s war in Ukraine could almost halve world trade growth this year and drag down global GDP growth too,...

Published 11 Apr, 2022 10:07pm

WTO’s TPR asks country to further diversify export base

ISLAMABAD: The member countries of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have urged Pakistan to further concentrate on...

Updated 03 Apr, 2022 08:36am

Opinion

Neoliberalism, globalization, and economic dependence

Pakistan has been a prolonged user of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) resources during the last three decades...

Published 01 Apr, 2022 05:41am

Business & Finance

WTO chief hails Covid vaccines IP compromise

GENEVA: The World Trade Organization chief on Wednesday hailed a breakthrough between the EU, the United States,...

Published 17 Mar, 2022 11:24am

Opinion

Global economic crisis and Neoliberalism

‘The global multilateral economic system has been stress tested twice this century. The first time was with the...

Published 25 Feb, 2022 06:19am

Markets

China has expanded statist economic policies over 20 years in WTO: US

WASHINGTON: China has not adopted the rules of the World Trade Organization even after 20 years' membership, the...

Published 16 Feb, 2022 03:47pm

Markets

Demand shock behind global bottlenecks should ease in months: WTO

BRUSSELS: Global trade bottlenecks are more the result of demand spikes than supply chain snags, with pressure ...

Published 14 Feb, 2022 07:17pm

Opinion

Covid-19: a pandemic that lays bare deep cracks in the neoliberal economic order

The pandemic has exposed the limited institutional capacity of both individual governments, and multilateral...

Published 04 Feb, 2022 04:43am

Business & Finance

WTO set for internal shake-up

GENEVA: The World Trade Organization was to launch an internal shake-up on Tuesday in a bid to inject some life into...

Published 01 Feb, 2022 09:48pm

World

Australia seeks to join WTO talks on China-EU trade row

MELBOURNE: Australia will seek to be included in consultations about a trade dispute between the European Union and...

Published 30 Jan, 2022 04:04am

Business & Finance

EU launches WTO case against China over Lithuania row

BRUSSELS: The European Union angered China on Thursday by launching a case against Beijing at the World Trade...

Published 27 Jan, 2022 01:49pm

World

WTO lets China impose tariffs on US in Obama-era case

BRUSSELS: The World Trade Organization (WTO) authorised China on Wednesday to impose $645 million of compensatory...

Published 27 Jan, 2022 04:05am

Supplements

Customs interventions to curb under-invoicing

TEXT: The shift in international definition of custom value from the "Brussels Definition of Value (BDV)" to the...

Published 27 Jan, 2022 04:05am

Supplements

Trade Information Portal of Pakistan

TEXT: A number of countries have introduced or are considering the introduction of a trade information portal as a...

Published 27 Jan, 2022 04:05am

World

WTO: China can impose duties on $645 million of US imports

GENEVA: The World Trade Organization on Wednesday permitted China to retaliate with duties on $645 million worth of...

Published 26 Jan, 2022 09:34pm

Opinion

CPTPP and Pakistan

Due to overall low economic institutional quality, recurring macroeconomic stabilization issues and lower market...

Published 07 Jan, 2022 06:22am

World

WTO to weigh in on EU-Russia spat over imports

GENEVA: The World Trade Organization will appoint experts to examine a European Union complaint against Russia over...

Published 20 Dec, 2021 08:04pm

Pakistan

Provisional assessment dispute case: LCCI urges govt to sustain decision of ‘Corporate Guarantee’

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) has urged the government to sustain the decision of...

Published 17 Dec, 2021 04:30am

World

Envoy says China will forego many ‘developing country’ benefits at WTO

GENEVA: China’s ambassador to the World Trade Organization said on Friday that Beijing would remain a...

Published 11 Dec, 2021 04:12am

Group of 67 nations in WTO agree to cut red tape in services trade

GENEVA: Sixty-seven World Trade Organization members agreed on Thursday to pare back regulations such as licensing...

Published 03 Dec, 2021 04:31am

Pakistan

KCAA hosts awareness session on PSW

KARACHI: Karachi Customs Agents Association (KCAA) has hosted an awareness session on Pakistan Single Window (PSW) ...

Published 01 Dec, 2021 03:52am

World

WTO reschedules ministerial conference for March

GENEVA: The WTO said Tuesday it had rescheduled to March a ministerial conference that would have tackled thorny...

Published 30 Nov, 2021 06:42pm

WTO’s big moot postponed due to new Covid variant

The WTO hoped the four-day gathering in Geneva would breathe new life into the crippled organisation

Updated 28 Nov, 2021 09:56am

World

India says WTO fishing proposal favours rich nations

NEW DELHI: The latest World Trade Organization proposals on ending fishing subsidies are unfair, weak and favour ...

Published 13 Nov, 2021 04:08am

Business & Finance

Australia accuses China of undermining world trade

SYDNEY: Australia delivered a withering denunciation of China's trade policies Thursday, accusing Beijing of...

Published 21 Oct, 2021 09:46am

WTO says goods trade surging past pre-pandemic level

GENEVA: A resurgence of global economic activity has lifted merchandise trade above its pre-pandemic peak, the World...

Updated 05 Oct, 2021 09:36am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Pak Mod. / May 21 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	3.30 ▲ 0.90 (37.50%)
B. F. Mod. / May 21 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	7.00 ▲ 1.00 (16.67%)
Paramount Mod / May 21 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	8.99 ▲ 0.99 (12.38%)
S.G.Power / May 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	4.99 ▲ 0.47 (10.40%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / May 21 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	10.99 ▲ 0.91 (9.03%)
Flying Cement / May 21 Flying Cement Company Limited(FLYNG)	8.10 ▲ 0.64 (8.58%)
Pak Engineering / May 21 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	279.50 ▲ 19.50 (7.50%)
Sapphire Fib. / May 21 Sapphire Fibres Limited(SFL)	1099.72 ▲ 76.72 (7.50%)
Dadex Eternit / May 21 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	73.09 ▲ 5.09 (7.49%)
Maqbool Tex. / May 21 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	64.12 ▲ 4.47 (7.49%)

Stock	Price
Ask.Gen.Insur. / May 21 Askari General Insurance Company Limited(AGIC)	18.06 ▲ -2.73 (-13.13%)
Oilboy Energy / May 21 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.35 ▲ -1.39 (-11.84%)
Sakrand Sugar / May 21 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	8.25 ▲ -0.79 (-8.74%)
Punjab Mod / May 21 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	1.64 ▲ -0.15 (-8.38%)
Service Textile / May 21 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	10.00 ▲ -0.90 (-8.26%)
TPL Insurance / May 21 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	30.63 ▲ -2.48 (-7.49%)
AL-Noor Sugar / May 21 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	57.50 ▲ -4.36 (-7.05%)
Shield Corp. / May 21 Shield Corporation Limited(SCL)	235.50 ▲ -16.50 (-6.55%)
Dynea Pakistan / May 21 Dynea Pakistan Limited(DYNO)	150.13 ▲ -9.87 (-6.17%)
Bal. Wheel / May 21 Baluchistan Wheels Limited(BWHL)	73.85 ▲ -4.78 (-6.08%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / May 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,994,000 ▼ 0.00
Silk Bank Ltd / May 21 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	16,885,500 ▼ 0.00
Pak Elektron / May 21 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	16,358,000 ▼ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	12,930,788 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	12,253,500 ▼ 0.00
Waves Singer / May 21 Waves Singer Pakistan Limited(WAVES)	6,934,500 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / May 21 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	6,538,000 ▼ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	5,919,271 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Cement / May 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	5,880,500 ▼ 0.00
Ghani Glo Hol / May 21 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	5,477,638 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 20	200.20
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 20	199.80
USD to Japanese Yen / May 20	127.88
USD to Swiss Franc / May 20	0.97
Pound Sterling to USD / May 20	1.25
Euro to USD / May 20	1.06
UK LIBOR % / May 20	0.82

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 20	3901.36
India Sensex / May 20	54326.39
Tokyo Nikkei / May 20	26739.03
Nasdaq / May 20	11354.62
Hang Seng / May 20	20717.24
FTSE 100 / May 20	7389.98
Dow Jones / May 20	31261.90
Germany DAX 30 / May 20	13981.91
France CAC40 / May 20	6285.24

Item	Value
Crude Oil / May 20	113.23
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / May 20	21180.00
Gold 10 Grams / May 20	115200.00
Gold Spot / May 20	1846.50
Cotton / May 20	125.18

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