News stories for Dr Omer Javed

Reaching and implementing correct prices

"Most economists rightly emphasize the role of the state in providing public goods and correcting market failures,...

Updated 16 Oct, 2020 03:09am

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Avoiding international sovereign debt crisis

"The COVID-19 crisis has made painful sovereign-debt restructurings inevitable for many countries... The World Bank...

Published 09 Oct, 2020 02:37am

Opinion

The missing role of government in markets

The extractive institutional design, perpetuated under the garb of neoliberal thought process and created by the...

Updated 02 Oct, 2020 03:31am

Markets

Reforming agricultural sector

Agriculture is the backbone of Pakistan's economy. Unfortunately, for long it has been neglected by successive...

Published 25 Sep, 2020 02:45am

Opinion

Serious issues in WB's doing business report

'The World Bank should no longer publish its Doing Business index, owing to its flawed design and vulnerability to...

Published 18 Sep, 2020 02:59am

Opinion

Reforming energy subsidy

ARTICLE: In Pakistan, many households are finding it difficult to access affordable and reliable electricity....

Published 11 Sep, 2020 02:42am

Opinion

Wind and solar energy: moving towards a green future

ARTICLE: 'Countries across the world are now on the same path - building wind turbines and solar panels to replace...

Published 04 Sep, 2020 02:57am

Markets

Economy: govt’s misplaced exuberance

ARTICLE:Stock markets only are a weak indicator of the overall performance of any economy, especially in terms of ...

Published 28 Aug, 2020 02:02am

Opinion

Undo neo-liberalism

ARTICLE: 'This nation asks for action, and action now' - Franklin D. Roosevelt As a government that came on the...

Published 21 Aug, 2020 03:10am

Opinion

Global economic growth woes in the midst of pandemic

ARTICLE: "The COVID-19 crisis has been a brutal reminder that, for all of our wealth and technological mastery, we...

Published 14 Aug, 2020 03:15am

Opinion

Investment outlook

ARTICLE: In these times of great uncertainty about economic outlook of countries in the wake of the pandemic, at...

Published 07 Aug, 2020 02:45am

Opinion

Time for 'Great Reset' of political and economic order

ARTICLE: 'We are living in an era of multiple crises: Covid-19; a crisis of economic disappointment; a crisis of...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Opinion

Reforming the power sector: undoing the neoliberal mindset

ARTICLE: "Pakistan has continued to suffer from inadequate capacity and other constraints, leading to large and...

Published 24 Jul, 2020 02:59am

Opinion

Oil market: issues and outlook

ARTICLE: From the start of the millennium - to be more precise since 1999 - till around the middle of 2008 when the...

Published 17 Jul, 2020 02:53am

Markets

Debt, deficits, and welfare during the pandemic

ARTICLE: 'The best way to predict your future is to create it' - Abraham Lincoln The global pandemic has pushed the...

Published 10 Jul, 2020 02:47am

Opinion

Covid-19 and 'disaster capitalism'

ARTICLE: Shock and awe are actions that create fears, dangers, and destruction that are incomprehensible to the...

Published 03 Jul, 2020 02:59am

Markets

'Economic war cabinet' - IK's finest hour in PM's office

ARTICLE: Covid-19 has unleashed a war-like situation for economies across the world. According to the International...

Published 26 Jun, 2020 03:34am

Opinion

Fragile oil markets

ARTICLE: As lockdowns ease globally oil demand has picked up, causing in turn a bounce-back in prices of both Brent...

Published 19 Jun, 2020 03:27am

Opinion

Managing the economics of a needed lockdown

ARTICLE: The pandemic has badly hurt the country's economy with real GDP growth rate, according to World Bank's...

Published 12 Jun, 2020 03:07am

Opinion

There were already discussions gaining momentum since the Global Financial Crisis 2007/08 in many policy corners of economy and politics globally - but still remained far from reaching any meaningful threshold in terms of consequences on three main areas

Updated 13 Jun, 2020 09:49pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.80
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
India Sensex / Jan 21	75,838.36
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,604.71
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Hang Seng / Jan 21	19,872.36
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,548.29
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	21,042

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	75.89
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,749.13
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 21	67.43
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Jan 22 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	8.95 ▲ 0.85 (10.49%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	738.34 ▲ 67.12 (10.00%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jan 22 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	36.20 ▲ 3.20 (9.70%)
Tri-Star Power / Jan 22 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	6.60 ▲ 0.58 (9.63%)
Popular Islamic / Jan 22 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	12.59 ▲ 1.06 (9.19%)
Shadman Cotton / Jan 22 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	34.70 ▲ 2.90 (9.12%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 22 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	24.90 ▲ 1.85 (8.03%)
Flying Cement / Jan 22 Flying Cement Company Limited(FLYNG)	26.99 ▲ 1.95 (7.79%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 22 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.11 ▼ -0.89 (-14.83%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 22 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.14 ▼ -0.40 (-11.30%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 22 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	7.86 ▼ -0.92 (-10.48%)
Karam Ceramics / Jan 22 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	55.71 ▼ -6.19 (-10.00%)
Dewan Textile / Jan 22 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	7.28 ▼ -0.78 (-9.68%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 22 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	37.11 ▼ -3.89 (-9.49%)
Supernet Tech. / Jan 22 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	845.25 ▼ -81.66 (-8.81%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 22 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	340.03 ▼ -29.87 (-8.08%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 22 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	105 ▼ -8.47 (-7.46%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▼ -0.06
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▲ 0.03
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,227,770 ▼ -0.04
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	53,698,225 ▲ 1.10
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▲ 3.13
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▼ -0.01
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▲ 0.26
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▼ -0.06
B.O.Punjab / Jan 22 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,838,637 ▼ -0.14

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