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Dr Omer Javed

Opinion

Reflections on G7 leaders’ summit 2022

G7 Leaders’ Summit 2022 was held recently in Germany, a little over a year later after the last such meetings were...

Updated 01 Jul, 2022 06:42am

Opinion

WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference and Covid vaccine

‘Last week’s WTO 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva concluded with pro-corporate, anti-worker, and...

Published 24 Jun, 2022 06:15am

Opinion

Global economy at a delicate crossroad – II

A similar balance should be struck in the case of developing countries like Pakistan for it is critical to dealing...

Published 15 Jun, 2022 05:47am

Opinion

Global economy at a delicate crossroad – I

Global economy stands at a delicate crossroad, where wrong policy choices will be difficult to unwind in at least ...

Published 10 Jun, 2022 06:16am

Opinion

Needed: an objectives-based and mission-oriented budget

‘…which is outcomes-based budgeting. First ask ourselves what needs to be done. What does it mean to tackle...

Published 03 Jun, 2022 05:56am

Opinion

Policy rate and oil subsidy — II

Therefore, such policy increase will likely do a lot of harm to the impact of bottom-up approach by the previous...

Updated 01 Jun, 2022 09:44am

Opinion

Policy rate and oil subsidy — I

In its latest Monetary Policy Statement (MPS), released a few days ago, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) raised policy...

Published 28 May, 2022 05:11am

Opinion

Urgent need for economic diplomacy activism

‘It is therefore in advanced economies’ interest to help poorer countries reduce the mounting risk of little...

Published 20 May, 2022 05:42am

Opinion

Controlling inflation, financing deficits — II

Moreover, the government should even think of immediately quitting the IMF programme. If the Fund does not ...

Published 17 May, 2022 05:39am

Opinion

Controlling inflation and financing deficits — I

In April 2020, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director (MD) had reportedly called the Covid pandemic a...

Published 14 May, 2022 04:05am

Opinion

Economy: Demystifying some policy choices

In a recent blog article ‘War dims global economic outlook as inflation accelerates’ published by the...

Published 07 May, 2022 05:46am

Opinion

The cost of IMF programme

Pakistan has been a prolonged user of International Monetary Fund (IMF) resources since the decade starting 1990,...

Published 29 Apr, 2022 05:43am

Opinion

Reaching a good balance between austerity and counter-cyclical policies

First it was vaccine apartheid practiced by many rich, advanced countries, which significantly contributed to an...

Published 22 Apr, 2022 05:36am

Opinion

Reaching an appropriate cure for inflation

‘This is a cost-push inflation… it’s a rise in costs of fuel, which is something that is used in everything...

Published 15 Apr, 2022 05:29am

Opinion

Shehbaz Sharif’s election year economic policies

Immediately after being elected as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif announced in National ...

Published 13 Apr, 2022 06:03am

Opinion

Economic and political instability

‘“Only a crisis — actual or perceived — produces real change. When the crisis occurs, the actions that are...

Published 08 Apr, 2022 05:28am

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

Opinion

A brewing commodity crisis and developing countries

The United Nations has warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukr-aine could trigger a global famine as Moscow’s Black...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 05:47am

Opinion

Beyond neoliberal and pro-cyclical policy

‘It is well known that the old model of austerity does not work. Not only does it cause the economy to contract ...

Published 18 Mar, 2022 05:20am

Opinion

Economic impact of war in Ukraine

The world was already seeing a severe onslaught of commodity supply-driven inflationary pressures in the wake of the...

Published 11 Mar, 2022 05:12am

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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