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Dr Omer Javed

Opinion

Climate change crisis: more talk than action

'This is a dire warning that the economic recovery from the Covid crisis is currently anything but sustainable for...

Published 30 Apr, 2021 05:06am

Opinion

Reducing vaccine inequality

‘Ensuring widespread global access to Covid-19 vaccines, which is necessary for preventing cases and deaths and...

Published 23 Apr, 2021 05:12am

Opinion

A difficult economic triangle

In a recent Financial Times (FT) article ‘IMF urges eurozone to boost spending to fuel economic recovery’, ...

Published 16 Apr, 2021 03:40am

Opinion

‘World Economic Outlook’ and IMF’s own performance

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released the April edition of its flagship report ‘World Economic...

Published 09 Apr, 2021 04:51am

Opinion

Need for a ‘new normal’ economic recovery

The pre-Covid world was a neoliberal world, which exacerbated income inequality between the rich and poor within...

Published 02 Apr, 2021 04:58am

Opinion

Urgent need for revisiting economic policy

Prime Minister Imran Khan generally underscores the need for promoting wealth creation since there had been no...

Published 26 Mar, 2021 05:22am

Opinion

Post-pandemic world challenges

‘For the first time in world history, people around the world are being forced to acknowledge that we all face a...

Published 19 Mar, 2021 05:32am

Opinion

Dealing effectively with climate change crisis

‘When representatives from nearly 200 countries finalized the Paris climate agreement on December 12, 2015, there...

Published 12 Mar, 2021 05:10am

Opinion

Global vaccine justice — II

Moreover, vaccine inequality, whereby rich countries are significantly outpacing poorer countries in terms of ...

Published 06 Mar, 2021 05:01am

Opinion

Global vaccine justice — I

‘The global Covid-19 vaccine roll-out is creating a “vaccine apartheid”. As of February 24, approximately 216...

Published 05 Mar, 2021 05:17am

Opinion

Issues in farm economy and related markets

‘Before the coronavirus outbreak, food insecurity was already a severe problem. More than 820 million people –...

Published 26 Feb, 2021 05:20am

Opinion

Lagging green spending globally

‘The world’s leading economies have announced economic stimulus packages that will pump approximately US$4.6...

Published 19 Feb, 2021 04:07am

Opinion

Understanding Neoliberalism

‘Neoliberalism is the defining political economic paradigm of our time – it refers to the policies and practices...

Published 12 Feb, 2021 04:54am

Opinion

‘Mission Economy’

‘The bungled response of the government to the pandemic – from the failure to enforce lockdown early enough to...

Updated 05 Feb, 2021 11:48pm

Opinion

‘New normal’: There’s need for reformed Bretton Woods institutions

‘But rich countries also have considerable power over the lives of billions of people through their control over...

Published 29 Jan, 2021 04:55am

Opinion

Risks to global economic recovery

‘Countries are relying on effective immunizations to save lives and revive businesses. The World Bank’s...

Published 22 Jan, 2021 04:47am

Opinion

Food security and the pandemic

‘A ban on corn exports in Argentina is fanning fear among farmers and traders that one of the world’s top food...

Published 15 Jan, 2021 03:16am

Opinion

Economic recovery with high risks

‘This edition of Global Economic Prospects makes clear, policymakers face formidable challenges – in public...

Updated 08 Jan, 2021 03:29am

Opinion

Vaccine inequality and economic misfortune

‘The global scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries faces a “very high” risk of failure,...

Updated 01 Jan, 2021 03:42am

Opinion

Economic advice for the PM

The prime minister made a very timely and passionate speech recently at the signing ceremony of performance...

Updated 25 Dec, 2020 04:43am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 31	277.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 31	277.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 31	152.20
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 31	0.86
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 31	1.30
Euro to USD / Oct 31	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 30	5,813.67
Nasdaq / Oct 30	18,607.93
FTSE 100 / Oct 30	8,159.63
Dow Jones / Oct 30	42,141.54
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 30	19,257.34
France CAC40 / Oct 30	7,428.36
India Sensex / Oct 31	79,453.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 31	39,081.25

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 30	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 30	246,403.40
Petrol/Litre / Oct 31	247.03
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 31	69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 31	2,781.74
Diesel/Litre / Oct 31	251.29

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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