News stories for Dr Omer Javed

Dr Omer Javed

Opinion

Federal budget and pro-cyclical policy

The federal budget, due to come into effect in the next few days, has continued with the pro-cyclical policy...

Updated 28 Jun, 2024 03:16pm

Opinion

Climate change, austerity policy, and IMF programme

Pakistan is likely to enter into an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme – which is different from a standby...

Published 21 Jun, 2024 06:37am

Opinion

A stagflationary federal budget

Stagflation is a situation when economic growth is stagnating, and inflation is also increasing. Growth requires...

Updated 14 Jun, 2024 07:57am

Opinion

Need for revisit of deeply-rooted neoliberal economic policy mindset

In his visit to China, with PM and some other cabinet members, the finance minister, Muhammad Aurangzeb, while...

Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am

Opinion

A social democratic, green, mission-oriented budget

In contrast to the usual approach to a budget discourse based on ideas around raising taxes, and expenditure...

Updated 31 May, 2024 07:33am

Opinion

Primary surplus, fiscal deficit, over-board austerity policy, and existential threats

International Monetary Fund (IMF) wishes government to have primary surplus, which means that before paying interest...

Updated 27 May, 2024 07:12pm

Opinion

Planning educational emergency

‘What the best and wisest parents wants for his own child, that must the community want for all of its children....

Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am

Opinion

Neoliberal economic policy, and political economic outcomes

In a number of interviews after becoming finance minister, there is a sense of naivety reflected in the thoughts of...

Updated 10 May, 2024 09:00am

Opinion

Climate change, plastic pollution, and waste management

Pakistan is among the top-ten climate change vulnerable country. Global warming needs to be controlled, and a...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

Opinion

Very critical 2020s: existential threats and global economy

‘The 2020s are almost halfway over and are on course to be the most difficult decade for the global economy since...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am

Opinion

EFF programme, non-inflationary economic growth, and counter-cyclical policy approach

A recent ‘Transcript of Global Financial Stability Report April 2024 press briefing’, carried a rather very...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Opinion

Possible need for price controls

‘The Reagan-era policies also paved the way for China’s rise. As Weber’s scholarly work shows, China’s economic...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 04:45am

Opinion

Income, not consumption, taxes: Applying a ‘national income tax’ for a welfare state

‘The fundamental injustice of consumption taxes, relative to income taxes, is that the well-off can postpone them by...

Updated 22 Mar, 2024 11:00am

Opinion

Getting prices right in Pakistan: Shock therapy, ‘dual-track’ price system, and input-output model

Lack of allocative and productive expenditure efficiency has led to under-utilization of revenue and aid, which in...

Updated 15 Mar, 2024 11:53am

Opinion

Provincial economic policy

As the new provincial governments are finding their feet in a rather very difficult economic environment, it is...

Published 08 Mar, 2024 03:14am

Opinion

Incoming government and some important economic policy initiatives

High inflationary situation should be among the top most priorities of the incoming government. Over-board aggregate...

Published 01 Mar, 2024 02:59am

Opinion

An ‘appropriate’ finance minister, and the need for an over-arching ‘economic minister’

As a new elected government is about to come into office, there is talk of who should be the finance minister....

Updated 23 Feb, 2024 06:58am

Opinion

Approaching an ‘augmented’ IMF programme

What is likely to happen if the country goes into another International Monetary Fund (IMF, or simply the ...

Published 16 Feb, 2024 06:02am

Opinion

Immediate economic priorities for the incoming government

The new government that comes into office will have its work sharply cut out as far as the economic challenges are...

Published 09 Feb, 2024 03:29am

Opinion

Economic manifestos of major parties: philosophy, vehicles, and goals

Although elections are right around the corner on February 8, leaving little time for discussion on manifestos, the...

Updated 02 Feb, 2024 10:16pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 3	277.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 3	277.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 3	150.01
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 3	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 3	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 3	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 2	6,047.15
Nasdaq / Dec 2	19,403.95
Dow Jones / Dec 2	44,782
India Sensex / Dec 3	80,853.10
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 3	39,248.86
Hang Seng / Dec 3	19,694.44
FTSE 100 / Dec 3	8,345.09
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 3	20,011.64

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 2	235,340
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 3	68.37
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 3	17,685
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 3	2,645.88
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 3	71.25
Petrol/Litre / Dec 4	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.30 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	630 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	67.69 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,118.68 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.14 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.30 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	630 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	67.69 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,118.68 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.14 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 4 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	213,514,857 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Dec 4 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	196,907,321 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 4 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	68,325,507 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 4 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	66,212,972 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 4 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	65,264,278 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Dec 4 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	61,288,845 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Dec 4 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	49,268,731 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 4 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	46,902,495 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Cement / Dec 4 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	31,910,059 ▲ 0.00

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