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Unfair and unacceptable

EDITORIAL: While most women in this country put in long hours of unpaid work in homes or agriculture related...

Published 17 Mar, 2025 06:02am

Editorials

SMEs and the high cost of formal economy

EDITORIAL: In yet another attempt in a long line of programmes aimed at promoting the SME sector, the Small and...

Published 28 Feb, 2025 06:49am

Business & Finance

Global labour, environmental standards: ‘Compliance a must for economic potential, maintaining GSP+’

ISLAMABAD: Ensuring compliance with international labour and environmental standards is not only a matter of...

Published 24 Jan, 2025 08:14am

Opinion

OSH compliance

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has always been strongly committed to the protection of workers’ ...

Updated 22 Jun, 2024 07:45am

Business & Finance

Global unemployment to slightly fall in 2024, UN labour body says

The global unemployment rate is expected to fall slightly to 4.9% this year from 5.0% in 2023, even as inequalities...

Published 29 May, 2024 06:35pm

Opinion

From IMF to IT

Digital revolution. E-commerce. On line expansion. Artificial intelligence. This is what the world has been talking...

Updated 22 May, 2024 06:17am

Business & Finance

SMEDA, ILO unveil joint study

LAHORE: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) and International Labour Organization (ILO)...

Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am

Business & Finance

Textile, leather industries: Speakers for measures to enhance environmental compliance

KARACHI: In a dialogue on "Strengthening Environmental Compliance and Governance", speakers have called for urgent...

Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am

Business & Finance

‘Pakistan committed to ending inequalities in labour market’

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan is committed to eliminating inequalities in the labour market which not only...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am

Editorials

Tackling child labour

EDITORIAL: Given the abject poverty too many in the country live in and the precarious economic situation Pakistan...

Published 02 Feb, 2024 05:20am

World

At least 66% of jobs lost in Gaza, more losses possible, ILO says

GENEVA: At least 66% of jobs have been lost in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas conflict erupted in October, the...

Published 20 Dec, 2023 04:59pm

Opinion

Budget 2023-24: Impediments to a viable economy

The provisional data issued by the National Accounts Committee portray a bleak picture of the economy where real GDP...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am

Pakistan

Pakistan 'held back' by 'very high levels of energy subsidies': ILO

The International Labour Organization (ILO), a United Nations (UN) agency, has said that “very high levels of energy...

Updated 17 Jan, 2023 06:44pm

World

Global jobs growth will ‘deteriorate significantly’ this quarter: ILO

GENEVA: Global employment growth will “deteriorate significantly” this quarter, hit by the economic turmoil caused...

Published 31 Oct, 2022 05:00pm

World

Right to unionise must be recognised for all workers: ILO

GENEVA: More unions and collective bargaining are vital to help countries recover from the pandemic and to overcome...

Published 06 May, 2022 05:03am

World

UN’s labour agency suspends cooperation with Russia

GENEVA: The UN’s International Labour Organization said Wednesday it was halting all technical cooperation with...

Published 24 Mar, 2022 05:36am

World

Covid-hit domestic workers lost far more jobs than others: ILO

GENEVA: The pandemic has taken a harsh toll on domestic workers who have lost far more jobs than others despite a...

Published 16 Jun, 2021 03:40am

World

Pakistan elected as regular member of the governing body of the International Labour Organization

Becomes one of four newly-elected regular members from Asia-Pacific Group for the 2021-2024 term

Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:49pm

Pandemic plunges 100 million more workers into poverty: UN

Covid-19 "has not just been a public health crisis, it's also been an employment and human crisis," ILO chief said.

Updated 02 Jun, 2021 05:03pm

Pakistan

Women’s jobs: ‘Covid-19 wiped out a disproportionately higher share’

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar,...

Updated 06 May, 2021 10:19am

Pakistan

Over 11m Pakistanis went to Arab states since 1970: ILO report

ISLAMABAD: Since 1971, more than 11 million Pakistanis have proceeded to Arab States (in particular the Gulf...

Published 25 Mar, 2021 05:08am

Business & Finance

Pakistan among world’s largest manpower provider for online services

The advisor informed that most of the technical manpower is from the IT services sector.

Published 01 Mar, 2021 02:34pm

Pakistan

Govt provides assistance to 15m Covid-19-hit labourers: Sania

PESHAWAR: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Dr Sania Nishtar...

Published 15 Feb, 2021 04:53am

World lost equivalent of 255m jobs in 2020: UN

GENEVA: The coronavirus pandemic took a huge toll on global jobs last year, the United Nations said Monday, with the...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:05am

World

World lost equivalent of 255mn jobs in 2020: UN

The lost working hours last year shrank global labour income by a full 8.3 percent, the ILO said.

Published 25 Jan, 2021 08:40pm

World

Fragile recovery seen in global labour market after huge 2020 losses: ILO

The losses compared with the previous year were equivalent to 255 million full-time jobs and included an "unprecedented" 114 million workers joining the ranks of the unemployed.
I am pleased to say that there is some relatively good news in all of this, that we do see tentative signs of recovery - these signs are fragile, they are uncertain and the prospects are notably uneven.

Published 25 Jan, 2021 06:59pm

World

Pandemic-driven shift to home work carries risks: UN

GENEVA: The shift to home-working triggered by the coronavirus pandemic looks set to endure long-term, making it...

Updated 18 Jan, 2021 04:44am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 28	281.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 28	279.71
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 31	148.93
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 31	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 31	1.30
Euro to USD / Mar 31	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 27	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 28	5,580.94
India Sensex / Mar 28	77,414.92
Nasdaq / Mar 28	17,322.99
Dow Jones / Mar 28	41,583.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 31	35,617.56
Hang Seng / Mar 31	23,146.55
FTSE 100 / Mar 31	8,576.85
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 31	22,201.28
France CAC40 / Mar 31	7,810.99

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 27	275,205
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 28	17,085
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 31	69.31
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 31	3,117.12
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 31	66.49
Petrol/Litre / Apr 1	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 1	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 27 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	4.01 ▲ 1 (33.22%)
Parmount Sp. / Mar 27 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.10 ▲ 0.59 (16.81%)
Shaheen Ins. / Mar 27 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	7.50 ▲ 0.97 (14.85%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 27 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.02 ▲ 1.37 (10.04%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 27 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	33.83 ▲ 3.08 (10.02%)
Sardar Chemical / Mar 27 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	35.95 ▲ 3.27 (10.01%)
J.K.Spinning / Mar 27 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	69.58 ▲ 6.33 (10.01%)
Data Agro / Mar 27 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	106.28 ▲ 9.66 (10%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 27 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	121.88 ▲ 11.08 (10%)
Allawasaya Tex / Mar 27 Allawasaya Tex. & Finishing Mills Ltd(AWTX)	1,429.95 ▲ 130 (10%)

Stock	Price
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	11.60 ▼ -98.09 (-89.42%)
Elahi Cot. / Mar 27 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Khalid Siraj / Mar 27 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	8.03 ▼ -0.87 (-9.78%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 27 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	874.01 ▼ -93.68 (-9.68%)
Saritow Spinning / Mar 27 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	18.90 ▼ -1.75 (-8.47%)
Cordoba Logistics / Mar 27 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	12.61 ▼ -1.15 (-8.36%)
Sally Textile / Mar 27 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	11.01 ▼ -0.99 (-8.25%)
Masood Textile / Mar 27 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	49.06 ▼ -4.27 (-8.01%)
Universal Ins. / Mar 27 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.57 ▼ -0.73 (-7.09%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Mar 27 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	42 ▼ -3.1 (-6.87%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Mar 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	45,325,056 ▲ 0.31
Pak Elektron / Mar 27 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,179,304 ▲ 0.67
P.S.O. / Mar 27 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	26,879,128 ▲ 1.58
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	20,499,919 ▼ -98.09
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,191,931 ▼ -0.03
B.O.Punjab / Mar 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,148,304 ▼ -0.2
Pak Petroleum / Mar 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,934,134 ▼ -1.85
Engro Fert. / Mar 27 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	14,419,464 ▲ 0.5
Fauji Cement / Mar 27 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	14,194,696 ▲ 0.53
Maple Leaf Cement / Mar 27 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	11,282,647 ▲ 0.09

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