News stories for Dr Omer Javed

Dr Omer Javed

Opinion

Dilemma facing IMF, and programme countries

The pandemic has seen international commodity prices, especially food prices, sky rocket; while oil prices also ...

Published 01 Oct, 2021 04:07am

Opinion

Rising stagflationary concerns

The world, including developing countries where food inflation is particularly on the higher side, is facing...

Published 24 Sep, 2021 04:40am

Opinion

Pandemic and a difficult economic situation of developing countries

‘Developing countries have been ravaged by a combination of the pandemic-driven health crisis, collapsing exports,...

Published 17 Sep, 2021 03:52am

Opinion

Dirty air, foreign aid, and climate funds

Burning of fossil fuel has had a significant role in exacerbating climate change crisis, the tipping point of which...

Published 10 Sep, 2021 04:41am

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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 22	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 22	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 23	154.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 23	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 23	1.25
Euro to USD / Nov 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 22	5,969.34
India Sensex / Nov 22	79,117.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 22	38,283.85
Nasdaq / Nov 22	18,003.65
Hang Seng / Nov 22	19,229.97
FTSE 100 / Nov 22	8,262.08
Dow Jones / Nov 22	44,296.51
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 22	19,322.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 22	240,483
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 23	71.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 23	2,716.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 23	70.77
Petrol/Litre / Nov 24	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,135,830 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	124,131,268 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 24 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	105,013,176 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	77,697,371 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 24 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	43,783,366 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 24 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	36,573,763 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,719,678 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 24 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	27,969,689 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,874,820 ▲ 0.00

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