News stories for Dr Omer Javed

Reaching and implementing correct prices

"Most economists rightly emphasize the role of the state in providing public goods and correcting market failures,...

Updated 16 Oct, 2020 03:09am

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Avoiding international sovereign debt crisis

"The COVID-19 crisis has made painful sovereign-debt restructurings inevitable for many countries... The World Bank...

Published 09 Oct, 2020 02:37am

Opinion

The missing role of government in markets

The extractive institutional design, perpetuated under the garb of neoliberal thought process and created by the...

Updated 02 Oct, 2020 03:31am

Markets

Reforming agricultural sector

Agriculture is the backbone of Pakistan's economy. Unfortunately, for long it has been neglected by successive...

Published 25 Sep, 2020 02:45am

Opinion

Serious issues in WB's doing business report

'The World Bank should no longer publish its Doing Business index, owing to its flawed design and vulnerability to...

Published 18 Sep, 2020 02:59am

Opinion

Reforming energy subsidy

ARTICLE: In Pakistan, many households are finding it difficult to access affordable and reliable electricity....

Published 11 Sep, 2020 02:42am

Opinion

Wind and solar energy: moving towards a green future

ARTICLE: 'Countries across the world are now on the same path - building wind turbines and solar panels to replace...

Published 04 Sep, 2020 02:57am

Markets

Economy: govt’s misplaced exuberance

ARTICLE:Stock markets only are a weak indicator of the overall performance of any economy, especially in terms of ...

Published 28 Aug, 2020 02:02am

Opinion

Undo neo-liberalism

ARTICLE: 'This nation asks for action, and action now' - Franklin D. Roosevelt As a government that came on the...

Published 21 Aug, 2020 03:10am

Opinion

Global economic growth woes in the midst of pandemic

ARTICLE: "The COVID-19 crisis has been a brutal reminder that, for all of our wealth and technological mastery, we...

Published 14 Aug, 2020 03:15am

Opinion

Investment outlook

ARTICLE: In these times of great uncertainty about economic outlook of countries in the wake of the pandemic, at...

Published 07 Aug, 2020 02:45am

Opinion

Time for 'Great Reset' of political and economic order

ARTICLE: 'We are living in an era of multiple crises: Covid-19; a crisis of economic disappointment; a crisis of...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Opinion

Reforming the power sector: undoing the neoliberal mindset

ARTICLE: "Pakistan has continued to suffer from inadequate capacity and other constraints, leading to large and...

Published 24 Jul, 2020 02:59am

Opinion

Oil market: issues and outlook

ARTICLE: From the start of the millennium - to be more precise since 1999 - till around the middle of 2008 when the...

Published 17 Jul, 2020 02:53am

Markets

Debt, deficits, and welfare during the pandemic

ARTICLE: 'The best way to predict your future is to create it' - Abraham Lincoln The global pandemic has pushed the...

Published 10 Jul, 2020 02:47am

Opinion

Covid-19 and 'disaster capitalism'

ARTICLE: Shock and awe are actions that create fears, dangers, and destruction that are incomprehensible to the...

Published 03 Jul, 2020 02:59am

Markets

'Economic war cabinet' - IK's finest hour in PM's office

ARTICLE: Covid-19 has unleashed a war-like situation for economies across the world. According to the International...

Published 26 Jun, 2020 03:34am

Opinion

Fragile oil markets

ARTICLE: As lockdowns ease globally oil demand has picked up, causing in turn a bounce-back in prices of both Brent...

Published 19 Jun, 2020 03:27am

Opinion

Managing the economics of a needed lockdown

ARTICLE: The pandemic has badly hurt the country's economy with real GDP growth rate, according to World Bank's...

Published 12 Jun, 2020 03:07am

Opinion

There were already discussions gaining momentum since the Global Financial Crisis 2007/08 in many policy corners of economy and politics globally - but still remained far from reaching any meaningful threshold in terms of consequences on three main areas

Updated 13 Jun, 2020 09:49pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.80
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
India Sensex / Jan 21	75,838.36
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,604.71
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Hang Seng / Jan 21	19,872.36
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,548.29
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	21,042

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	75.89
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,749.13
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 21	67.43
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 21 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.60 ▲ 1.00 (11.63%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 21 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.54 ▲ 0.34 (10.62%)
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	11.30 ▲ 1.03 (10.03%)
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	10.98 ▲ 1.00 (10.02%)
Globe Residency / Jan 21 Globe Residency REIT(GRR)	17.36 ▲ 1.58 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.06 ▲ 2.28 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 21 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	35.65 ▲ 3.24 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 21 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	671.22 ▲ 61.02 (10.00%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 21 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	108.90 ▲ 9.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	45.21 ▼ -5.02 (-9.99%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.62 ▼ -1.62 (-8.88%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 21 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	64.32 ▼ -6.22 (-8.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9 ▼ -0.81 (-8.26%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jan 21 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	5.10 ▼ -0.43 (-7.78%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 21 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	23.05 ▼ -1.94 (-7.76%)
ZIL Limited / Jan 21 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	226.01 ▼ -18.99 (-7.75%)
Khyber Textile / Jan 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	526 ▼ -43.96 (-7.71%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 21 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	13 ▼ -1.03 (-7.34%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	111,866,059 ▲ 0.44
Bank Makramah / Jan 21 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,297,556 ▲ 0.05
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,182,488 ▼ -0.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,473,543 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Cement / Jan 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	51,882,881 ▲ 0.34
Hascol Petrol / Jan 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	24,273,766 ▼ -0.39
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 21 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,353,008 ▼ -1.60
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	22,896,108 ▼ -5.02
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,890,802 ▼ -1.62

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