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Trump to meet widow of former Japan PM Abe on Sunday, source says

US President-elect Donald Trump is planning to meet with Akie Abe, the widow of the late Japanese Prime Minister...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 10:39am

Opinion

Carbon emitters, climate finance, and climate justice

In the just concluded COP29 meetings in Baku, Azerbaijan, there was serious deadlock over the climate finance...

Published 29 Nov, 2024 06:21am

World

G20 leaders turn focus to climate change

RIO DE JANEIRO: Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies meet on Tuesday to discuss sustainable development and ...

Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am

World

Negotiators seek to break COP29 impasse after G20 ‘marching orders’

BAKU: Negotiators sought Tuesday to break a deadlock at UN climate talks after G20 leaders backed the need for...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 04:58pm

World

Battle against hunger, poverty: G20 summit kicks off with global pact

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened the summit of the Group of 20 major economies...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:35am

World

All eyes on G20 for breakthrough as COP29 climate talks stall

BAKU: Negotiations were deadlocked Saturday at the midway point of the UN climate summit, with hopes pinned on G20...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 05:10am

World

China says Xi to travel to Peru, Brazil next week for APEC, G20 meetings

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Peru and Brazil next week for meetings of APEC and the G20,...

Published 08 Nov, 2024 01:33pm

Opinion

Climate risk – is the climate action enough?

50 years from now, what would the world look like if climate risk is not managed? That could be a world with more...

Updated 07 Nov, 2024 07:15am

World

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

Business & Finance

G20 financial chiefs to flag global economic ‘soft landing’

RIO DE JANEIRO: G20 financial leaders will say on Friday there is a rising likelihood of a global economic “soft...

Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:16am

World

G20 seeks common ground on taxing super-rich

RIO DE JANEIRO: G20 finance ministers are expected to take a first step towards international cooperation on taxing...

Published 26 Jul, 2024 11:07pm

World

In Rio, G20 finance ministers to mull taxing the super-rich

RIO DE JANEIRO: Faced with growing global inequality, G20 finance ministers meeting Thursday in Rio de Janeiro will...

Published 26 Jul, 2024 07:29am

World

US sees no need for global deal to tax super-rich: Yellen

RIO DE JANEIRO: The United States sees no need to negotiate an international agreement on taxing the super-wealthy,...

Published 25 Jul, 2024 10:58pm

World

Lula rallies G20 nations against world hunger ahead of meeting

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday urged world leaders to work together and...

Published 24 Jul, 2024 10:15pm

World

Tax the super-rich, ex-leaders tell G20

BRASILIA: Former presidents and prime ministers have sent an open letter to current leaders of the world’s 20...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 05:48am

Business & Finance

Failure to tax world’s richest means global tax needed

PARIS: The failure of rich countries to tax the world’s billionaires has made it necessary to introduce a global...

Updated 27 Jun, 2024 08:50am

World

Global warming will ‘decimate’ G20 economies without unity: UN climate head

LONDON: UN climate chief Simon Stiell on Wednesday warned G20 nations their economies face decimation and they must...

Published 10 Apr, 2024 07:46pm

Business & Finance

Shocks in G20 emerging economies hit rich-world growth: IMF

LONDON: Domestic shocks in emerging economies in the G20 are increasingly impacting growth in the rich world,...

Published 10 Apr, 2024 02:16am

Business & Finance

Zambia’s debt-rework battle scars mar its Common Framework success

LONDON: Zambia’s deal with bondholders this week suggests it will finally emerge from more than three years in...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 04:58am

World

G20 finance leaders still at odds over language on Gaza, Ukraine

SAO PAULO: Finance leaders of the G20 major countries are still discussing how to describe the wars in Ukraine and...

Published 01 Mar, 2024 02:59am

World

IMF urges G20 cooperation on climate, global AI principles

SAO PAULO: Medium-term global growth prospects are the weakest in decades, but G20 major economies could boost ...

Published 27 Feb, 2024 03:06am

World

Broad G20 support for two-state solution in Middle East: Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil said Thursday that the Group of 20 nations, meeting in Rio de Janeiro, broadly backs a...

Published 23 Feb, 2024 12:03am

World

Russia says G20 Ukraine discussion is ‘destructive’

The inclusion of the topic of Ukraine at the Group of 20 meetings is destructive and the politicisation of the Group...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 11:55am

Business & Finance

Global regulators make tackling non-bank leverage a priority for 2024

LONDON: Tackling hidden leverage across the multi-trillion dollar “shadow banking” sector is next year’s...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 03:54am

Opinion

Unveiling the malaise and despondency

The recent success on IMF (International Monetary Fund) funding, a bullish stock market, the rupee value stabilizing...

Published 09 Dec, 2023 05:46am

World

Putin to give Russian view on world situation at G20 virtual summit: Kremlin

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin will set out Russia’s view of what it sees as the...

Published 20 Nov, 2023 03:01pm

World

Blinken in India for talks on China, Israel

NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks Friday in New Delhi seeking to bolster India as a...

Published 10 Nov, 2023 02:30pm

Opinion

Important global economic challenges

Decades of neoliberal assault of advocating greater market fundamentalism, and lesser government regulation produced...

Updated 20 Oct, 2023 06:33am

Opinion

The fossil fuel folly: damned if you have it; damned if you don’t

The world stands at a crossroads, facing a dilemma of unparalleled proportions: the consumption of fossil fuels. In...

Updated 05 Oct, 2023 06:57am

Opinion

IMF’s policy needs deeper political economic thinking

‘“Escalating protests in Pakistan against rising costs linked to IMF demands, which follow similar protests in...

Published 02 Oct, 2023 07:03am

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 17	278.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 17	278.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 17	156.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 17	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 17	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 17	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
India Sensex / Jan 17	76,619.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 17	38,451.46
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Hang Seng / Jan 17	19,584.06
FTSE 100 / Jan 17	8,505.22
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 17	20,903.39

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 17	78.88
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 17	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 17	242,283
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 17	2,703.25
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 17	67.60
Petrol/Litre / Jan 19	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 17 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	7.60 ▲ 1.00 (15.15%)
S.G.Power / Jan 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.51 ▲ 1.00 (11.75%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Jan 17 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	10.50 ▲ 1.00 (10.53%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 17 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	12.82 ▲ 1.17 (10.04%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 17 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	23.62 ▲ 2.15 (10.01%)
Agritech Non-voting / Jan 17 Agritech Non-Voting Preference(AGLNCPS)	24.20 ▲ 2.20 (10.00%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 17 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	66.21 ▲ 6.02 (10.00%)
Bilal Fibres / Jan 17 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	15.95 ▲ 1.45 (10.00%)
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	77.09 ▲ 7.01 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
JS Global Banking / Jan 17 JS Global Banking Sector (ETF)(JSGBETF)	19.77 ▼ -2.75 (-12.21%)
First Capital Equities / Jan 17 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.35 ▼ -0.72 (-11.86%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 17 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7 ▼ -0.88 (-11.17%)
Service Textile / Jan 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	14.98 ▼ -1.66 (-9.98%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jan 17 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.01 ▼ -0.43 (-9.68%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 17 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.51 ▼ -2.70 (-8.94%)
Mandviwala / Jan 17 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	21.50 ▼ -2.00 (-8.51%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 17 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.23 ▼ -0.65 (-6.58%)
Tata Textile / Jan 17 Tata Textile Mills Limited(TATM)	47.10 ▼ -2.80 (-5.61%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	103,704,415 ▲ 0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	37,108,232 ▲ 0.04
Hub Power Co. / Jan 17 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	36,743,585 ▲ 5.79
Hascol Petrol / Jan 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,265,861 ▲ 0.83
Dewan Motors / Jan 17 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	28,402,498 ▲ 2.84
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	24,195,904 ▲ 7.01
Pak Refinery / Jan 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,625,081 ▲ 0.94
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16,675,539 ▲ 0.30
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,024,776 ▲ 0.09

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