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Dr Omer Javed

Opinion

Tackling air pollution

‘The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) shows that strong pollution policies pay back in additional years of life for...

Published 03 Sep, 2021 04:58am

Opinion

SDRs: Allocation, reallocation, and fiscal usage

Writing in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2009 in a Project Syndicate published article ‘The new...

Published 27 Aug, 2021 04:52am

Opinion

Starkest report on climate change and ‘unequivocal’ human involvement

‘It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in...

Published 13 Aug, 2021 04:44am

Opinion

SDR allocation of $650bn – important but inadequate

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved allocation of US$650 billion, which is worth 456 billion of Special...

Published 06 Aug, 2021 04:18am

Opinion

Climate disasters, vaccine inequality and global economic recovery

'Six years ago, in Paris, the countries of the world committed themselves to avoiding the worst of that nightmare by...

Published 30 Jul, 2021 05:10am

Opinion

Towards better global corporate tax regime

‘Since the 1980s, countries have competed for business by reducing companies’ taxes. A few nations, like Ireland...

Published 16 Jul, 2021 04:34am

Opinion

Supply issues and difficult oil prices

Oil prices have continued to overall significantly rise since November of last year, on the back of restricted ...

Published 09 Jul, 2021 04:25am

Opinion

Budget and GDP growth: export-led and bottom-up

Prime Minister Imran Khan in his speech in the parliament on the last day of the fiscal year highlighted that...

Published 02 Jul, 2021 04:20am

Opinion

Economic direction and role of government — III

The government is, therefore, required to outsource or privatize as less as possible. It is also required to engage...

Published 01 Jul, 2021 04:10am

Opinion

Economic direction and role of government — II

The overall economic policy, including that of the philosophy of Budget, must take into consideration the fact that...

Published 26 Jun, 2021 03:24am

Opinion

Economic direction and role of government — I

When the Great Depression hit the world in the first half of 20th century, John Maynard Keynes correctly highlighted...

Published 25 Jun, 2021 04:20am

Opinion

Stimulus and institutional reform

Unlike many budgets in the past, the Budget 2021/22 places strong emphasis on providing stimulus for economic ...

Published 18 Jun, 2021 04:16am

Opinion

The G7 at Cornwall

The meetings of Group of Seven (G7) at Cornwall in the United Kingdom (UK) come at a very crucial time, primarily...

Published 12 Jun, 2021 05:04am

Opinion

Stabilisation and growth without much reforms – II

In contrast to the prescription being followed in Pakistan like in many other IMF programme countries over the ...

Published 06 Jun, 2021 02:56am

Opinion

Stabilisation and growth without much reforms – I

In the latest interaction with the public, Prime Minister Imran Khan highlighted that the country’s economy had...

Published 04 Jun, 2021 05:06am

Opinion

Beyond GDP: equity, wellbeing and sustainability

Let me start the article by giving two quotes in order to lay the basis for understanding why it is important for...

Published 28 May, 2021 04:08am

Opinion

Vaccine availability

‘But while hundreds of millions of vaccine doses have been administered globally, there are deep disparities. In...

Published 21 May, 2021 05:04am

Opinion

Tarin’s plan falls short of needed reform approach — II

The 1990s’ world was mostly a neoliberal world with the Washington Consensus-styled policies such as small...

Published 18 May, 2021 05:05am

Opinion

Tarin’s plan falls short of needed reform approach — I

‘In this context, ‘moonshot’ thinking is about setting targets that are ambitious but also inspirational, able...

Published 16 May, 2021 04:26am

Opinion

Covid-19: School education crisis in Pakistan

‘Compared with the scale of South Asia’s first wave, which peaked in September, the second is shocking. …South...

Published 07 May, 2021 04:35am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 30	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 30	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 30	153.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 30	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 30	1.29
Euro to USD / Oct 30	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 30	5,813.67
India Sensex / Oct 30	79,850.58
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 30	39,116.79
Nasdaq / Oct 30	18,607.93
Hang Seng / Oct 30	20,489.06
FTSE 100 / Oct 30	8,159.63
Dow Jones / Oct 30	42,141.54
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 30	19,257.34

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 30	68.95
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 30	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 30	246,403.40
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 30	2,786.14
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 30	69.88
Petrol/Litre / Oct 31	247.03

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 31 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 31 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 31 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 31 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 31 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 31 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 31 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 31 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 31 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 31 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 31 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 31 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 31 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 31 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 31 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 31 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 31 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 31 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 31 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 31 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 31 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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