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Dr Omer Javed

Opinion

SDR allocation, monetary tightening, inflation, and banking crisis

While the International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues to not provide a much-needed special drawing rights (SDRs)...

Published 31 Mar, 2023 06:45am

Opinion

Neoliberalism, austerity, and climate change crisis

‘Scientists have delivered a “final warning” on the climate crisis, as rising greenhouse gas emissions push ...

Published 24 Mar, 2023 05:55am

Opinion

Austerity and the threat of another pandemic

‘During the peak of the Omicron wave in January 2022, US congressional leaders across the political spectrum were...

Updated 17 Mar, 2023 06:44am

Opinion

Understanding austerity

There is a general confusion in Pakistan, whereby austerity policies are taken as belt-tightening in terms of...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am

Opinion

Developing countries’ lost decade?

Global average temperatures have reached 1.2 degrees centigrade above the pre-industrial era, and most scientific...

Updated 03 Mar, 2023 06:58am

Opinion

Debt and fiscal space

David Malpass, in a recent interview, has reportedly talked about China’s non-disclosure clause as one of the...

Updated 24 Feb, 2023 06:36am

Opinion

Debt relief for developing countries

When the Covid pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) back in early 2020, a number of...

Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

Balancing austerity demands with better debt relief and SDR support

’Developing nations may need to find as much as $2.5 trillion over five years to meet external debt-service costs as...

Updated 10 Feb, 2023 12:30pm

Opinion

Both IMF, govt need serious policy path correction

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its recently-released flagship report ‘World Economic Outlook [WEO] update:...

Updated 03 Feb, 2023 10:27am

Opinion

Prices and inflation

It is quite clear that overall the monetary policy tool of raising policy rate to rein in inflation has not had any...

Updated 27 Jan, 2023 07:57am

Opinion

Debt, inequality and austerity

‘In most western countries, inequality is rising, and social mobility has stalled. Our citizens are losing...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:44am

Opinion

Global economic challenges and prospects for 2023

A few days before the release of World Bank’s flagship ‘Global Economic Prospects’ (GEP) January 2023 report...

Updated 13 Jan, 2023 07:33am

Opinion

PTI’s ‘White Paper’ on economy

A couple of days ago, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) presented ‘White Paper’ at a seminar on the economy, which...

Published 06 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Opinion

2023: year of non-neoliberal, non-austerity, counter-cyclical reform policy

Agreed, Pakistan’s credit default swap (CDS) risk has increased substantially during the current year, that it has...

Updated 30 Dec, 2022 06:28am

Opinion

Ending the assault of austerity and procyclical policy stance

‘The world is confronting multiple, compounding crises, from Covid-19, energy, inflation, debt, and climate shocks...

Published 23 Dec, 2022 05:54am

Opinion

IMF policy needs a serious rethink

The first major jolt to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) thinking regarding pursuing austerity policy...

Published 16 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Opinion

Contradictions in economic policy stance and a way forward

In its policy prescription, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been pushing Pakistan for adopting procyclical...

Updated 09 Dec, 2022 06:32am

Opinion

Non-austerity policy needed for resilient, inclusive, sustainable growth

The world is fast entering deep recesses of environmental, public health, and economic crises. Virtually, over the...

Published 02 Dec, 2022 05:47am

Opinion

COP27 meetings: achievements, setbacks, and deficiencies

This year’s COP meetings that were supposed to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from November 6-18, but had to go...

Updated 25 Nov, 2022 04:00pm

Opinion

The Bridgetown Initiative

‘A perennial question hanging over UN climate conferences is how developing countries will finance their domestic...

Published 18 Nov, 2022 05:53am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 28	281.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 28	279.71
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 31	148.93
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 31	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 31	1.30
Euro to USD / Mar 31	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 27	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 28	5,580.94
India Sensex / Mar 28	77,414.92
Nasdaq / Mar 28	17,322.99
Dow Jones / Mar 28	41,583.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 31	35,617.56
Hang Seng / Mar 31	23,146.55
FTSE 100 / Mar 31	8,576.85
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 31	22,201.28
France CAC40 / Mar 31	7,810.99

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 27	275,205
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 28	17,085
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 31	69.31
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 31	3,117.12
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 31	66.49
Petrol/Litre / Apr 1	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 1	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 27 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	4.01 ▲ 1 (33.22%)
Parmount Sp. / Mar 27 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.10 ▲ 0.59 (16.81%)
Shaheen Ins. / Mar 27 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	7.50 ▲ 0.97 (14.85%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 27 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.02 ▲ 1.37 (10.04%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 27 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	33.83 ▲ 3.08 (10.02%)
Sardar Chemical / Mar 27 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	35.95 ▲ 3.27 (10.01%)
J.K.Spinning / Mar 27 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	69.58 ▲ 6.33 (10.01%)
Data Agro / Mar 27 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	106.28 ▲ 9.66 (10%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 27 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	121.88 ▲ 11.08 (10%)
Allawasaya Tex / Mar 27 Allawasaya Tex. & Finishing Mills Ltd(AWTX)	1,429.95 ▲ 130 (10%)

Stock	Price
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	11.60 ▼ -98.09 (-89.42%)
Elahi Cot. / Mar 27 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Khalid Siraj / Mar 27 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	8.03 ▼ -0.87 (-9.78%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 27 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	874.01 ▼ -93.68 (-9.68%)
Saritow Spinning / Mar 27 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	18.90 ▼ -1.75 (-8.47%)
Cordoba Logistics / Mar 27 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	12.61 ▼ -1.15 (-8.36%)
Sally Textile / Mar 27 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	11.01 ▼ -0.99 (-8.25%)
Masood Textile / Mar 27 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	49.06 ▼ -4.27 (-8.01%)
Universal Ins. / Mar 27 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.57 ▼ -0.73 (-7.09%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Mar 27 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	42 ▼ -3.1 (-6.87%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Mar 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	45,325,056 ▲ 0.31
Pak Elektron / Mar 27 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,179,304 ▲ 0.67
P.S.O. / Mar 27 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	26,879,128 ▲ 1.58
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	20,499,919 ▼ -98.09
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,191,931 ▼ -0.03
B.O.Punjab / Mar 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,148,304 ▼ -0.2
Pak Petroleum / Mar 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,934,134 ▼ -1.85
Engro Fert. / Mar 27 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	14,419,464 ▲ 0.5
Fauji Cement / Mar 27 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	14,194,696 ▲ 0.53
Maple Leaf Cement / Mar 27 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	11,282,647 ▲ 0.09

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