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Covid

As poor nations’ default wave peaks, cash shortage could take its place

LONDON: The punishing post-COVID wave of sovereign defaults has finally crested, with the likes of Ghana, Sri Lanka...

Updated 22 Oct, 2024 04:31pm

Covid subsidy to consumers: NA body summons KE CEO over non-payment

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s standing committee on industries and production has summoned the K-Electric CEO...

Updated 24 Sep, 2024 09:18am

Opinion

Stirring up the soul, is it?

Is it déjà vu? Is it an illusion? Is it a knee-jerk? Is it real? Is it happening? These are all the questions that...

Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am

Business & Finance

China’s Q1 GDP growth solid but March data shows feeble demand

BEIJING: China’s economy grew faster-than-expected in the first quarter, data showed on Tuesday, offering some...

Published 16 Apr, 2024 11:53am

Opinion

The blessed and the not-so-blessed economies

The world economy is in transition. The richest economies were exposed during Covid. Their might of resources was...

Published 15 Apr, 2024 03:56am

World

Novavax settles dispute with international vaccine group Gavi

NEW YORK: Novavax has agreed to pay back international vaccine group Gavi at least $475 million in cash or vaccines...

Published 23 Feb, 2024 06:36am

Pakistan

15 cases of JN.1 Covid variant detected

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Health Services and Regulations, Tuesday, confirmed Pakistan has detected...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:02am

Editorials

Covid again

EDITORIAL: Now that it’s pretty clear that the Covid virus is making a comeback across the world – particularly...

Published 16 Jan, 2024 05:44am

Pakistan

Passengers coming from abroad: Govt decides to conduct Covid testing

ISLAMABAD: Following the emergence of a new variant, JN-I, of Covid-19 globally, the government of Pakistan has...

Published 05 Jan, 2024 03:12am

Opinion

Outlook 2024-I

Global perspective has recently changed as economies have shown to be more resilient than experts had anticipated....

Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am

World

Pfizer sues Poland and Hungary over Covid debts

BRUSSELS: Pharmaceutical firms Pfizer and BioNTech are suing the governments of Poland and Hungary alleging they...

Published 20 Dec, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

Misplaced optimism about economy

Given elections are scheduled for early February, a few months into 2024 spring will bring into public life a new...

Published 15 Dec, 2023 03:12am

BR Research

Exports: a recovery rooted in fundamentals?

It took 22 months for the stock of banking credit against foreign bill discounting schemes to double from its Covid...

Published 29 Nov, 2023 08:46am

Business & Finance

China’s industrial profits extend gains as outlook improves

BEIJING: Profits at China’s industrial firms extended gains for a third month in October, adding to signs of a...

Published 28 Nov, 2023 04:56am

PTI issues ‘white paper’ on state of economy

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government put the fast dwindling economy of the country on the path of...

Updated 13 Nov, 2023 08:56am

Editorials

Fragile state of preparedness

EDITORIAL: One would have thought that the recent brush with Covid would force the global community to be better...

Published 04 Nov, 2023 06:00am

Editorials

Durable solution

EDITORIAL: Yet another Pakistani prime minister hit the nail on the head – caretaker PM Kakar this time – as he...

Published 24 Sep, 2023 03:21am

Pakistan

Covid positivity rate rises to 1.24pc

ISLAMABAD: The weekly coronavirus positivity ratio in Pakistan has witnessed an increase from 0.85 percent to 1.24...

Published 20 Sep, 2023 06:28am

Pakistan

72 Covid positive cases detected over last week: NIH

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has detected a total 72 coronavirus positive cases over the past week, weekly Covid-19 official...

Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:17am

World

WHO warns of 'concerning' Covid trends ahead of winter

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned of “concerning trends” for Covid-19 ahead of winter in the...

Updated 06 Sep, 2023 09:05pm

Opinion

Acting on autopilot

From 13.25% policy rate in 2020 to all time high of 22% in 2023, the state of Pakistan’s economy still seems to...

Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am

Pakistan

Doctors & health workers martyred during Covid-19: PM decides to award Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday decided to award ‘Tamgha-i-Imtiaz’ (posthumously) to the...

Published 12 Aug, 2023 06:26am

Business & Finance

Japan exports underwhelm in June

TOKYO: Japan’s annual exports grew much-less than expected in June, highlighting weak Chinese and Western demand...

Published 24 Jul, 2023 06:11am

World

165m people fell into poverty in 3 years of crisis: UN

UNITED NATIONS: The Covid-19 pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine have pushed 165 million...

Published 15 Jul, 2023 06:08am

Opinion

TERF: We’re always on home turf when it comes to criticism!

TERF (temporary economic refinance facility) was a hot topic last week. The scheme was offered at the time of Covid...

Updated 10 Jul, 2023 07:32am

Opinion

Climate change crisis and multilateralism

‘I played a key role as chair of the African Union during the Covid period. We felt like we were beggars when it...

Updated 07 Jul, 2023 06:04am

Business & Finance

Cathay Pacific forecasts first-half profit

HONG KONG: Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific on Friday predicted a return to profitability in the first half of...

Published 03 Jul, 2023 06:04am

World

WHO warns Covid ‘has not gone away’

COPENHAGEN: The World Health Organization’s European office on Tuesday warned the risk of Covid-19 has not gone...

Published 28 Jun, 2023 06:31am

World

First Covid vaccine side-effect claims land in German courts

HAMBURG: Vaccine-maker BioNTech faced Monday its first legal claim in its home country of Germany over adverse...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 05:17pm

World

UK opposition demands election amid Johnson ‘farce’

LONDON: UK opposition leader Keir Starmer on Sunday demanded a general election as three MPs from the ruling...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 06:26am

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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 3	252.10
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
Diesel/Litre / Dec 3	258.43

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.30 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	630 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	67.69 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,118.68 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.14 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.30 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	630 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	67.69 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,118.68 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.14 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	213,514,857 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Dec 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	196,907,321 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 3 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	68,325,507 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	66,212,972 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 3 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	65,264,278 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Dec 3 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	61,288,845 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Dec 3 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	49,268,731 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 3 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	46,902,495 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Cement / Dec 3 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	31,910,059 ▲ 0.00

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