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Strengthening philanthropy: Building a path for sustainable social investment

Philanthropy in Pakistan is more than just a tradition that is woven into the social fabric, guided by principles of...

Updated 25 Nov, 2024 08:22am

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

Business & Finance

Economic growth: Experts recommend measures to policymakers

ISLAMABAD: Amid sluggish growth and increasing poverty ratio in the country, experts on Wednesday recommended ...

Published 07 Nov, 2024 06:40am

Editorials

Facing the reality of acute poverty

EDITORIAL: The state of human well-being in much of the world continues to present a complex, worrying picture, with...

Updated 25 Oct, 2024 06:44am

World

UN report says 1.1bn people in acute poverty

UNITED NATIONS: More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:10am

Pakistan

Global eradication of poverty day observed

LAHORE: With the theme of "Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment Acting together for just, peaceful and...

Updated 18 Oct, 2024 07:45am

World

Goal to end extreme poverty by 2030 ‘out of reach’: World Bank

WASHINGTON: A global target of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is “out of reach,” said the World Bank on Tuesday,...

Published 16 Oct, 2024 06:58am

IMF concerned at low investment in social sector

Fund warns underinvestment perpetuating poverty and widening inequality across country

Updated 13 Oct, 2024 03:15pm

Opinion

Trapped in circumstances

Poverty is found in different shapes and sizes in the country. Not many families can eat meat even a few times in a...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:14am

Opinion

Overcrowded and underprepared: Pakistan’s crisis

Population growth can be a double-edged sword: it can either provide a growing labor force that drives economic...

Updated 09 Sep, 2024 08:33am

Finance ministry spells out 5 major economic challenges

High fuel prices among the many issues facing Pakistan's economy

Updated 03 Sep, 2024 11:52am

Opinion

Social sector spending

The Federal Ministry of Finance has released the estimates of poverty-related expenditures for 2022-23. Thanks are...

Published 27 Aug, 2024 06:44am

Opinion

Middle class is in deep recession

What good is a 3.2 percent GDP growth rate next year and inflation dropping below 10 percent in FY25 to someone...

Updated 15 Aug, 2024 06:52am

Poverty and power costs cannot be fully eradicated: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday said a complete freedom from poverty and the cost of electricity...

Updated 09 Aug, 2024 09:19am

Govt takes much of the credit for decline in food inflation

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum Dr Musadik Masood Malik on Thursday said that the positive impact of the...

Updated 09 Aug, 2024 09:22am

BR Research

Interview with Nisha Mandani, Founder and President – Our Aim Foundation

‘Our mission is to reach out to people wherever the need arises’ Nisha Mandani co-founded Our Aim Foundation in 2008...

Published 05 Aug, 2024 09:03am

Business & Finance

‘Too many’ indirect taxes in budget will fuel poverty: NBG

KARACHI Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, Mian Zahid Hussain has said that some conditions of the...

Published 24 Jun, 2024 07:00am

Editorials

Poverty on the rise

EDITORIAL: Ideally, the government should have already known what the recent PIDE (Pakistan Institute of Development...

Published 02 Jun, 2024 02:53am

Opinion

Why should they suffer from malnourishment and poverty?

Twenty months after the great deluge 2022 occurred, 45-year-old Kashi and her 9 boys and 4 girls sit under a...

Updated 25 May, 2024 07:03am

Opinion

Pakistan’s elite and the art of deception

“The ends justify the means,” Machiavelli’s famous adage, permitting rulers to forsake moral high grounds in...

Published 02 May, 2024 04:58am

Pakistan

Economic welfare, poverty eradication: CM seeks to enhance cooperation with Iran

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has sought to enhance cooperation with Iran in various economic...

Published 24 Apr, 2024 03:50am

Editorials

Shocking poverty trends

EDITORIAL: The spillover effects of the low growth/high inflation double whammy are becoming clearer by the day. And...

Published 09 Apr, 2024 05:06am

No reduction in poverty in sight: World Bank projects 1.8pc growth

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has projected Pakistan’s GDP growth at 1.8 percent against the budgetary estimates of 3.5...

Updated 03 Apr, 2024 09:46am

World

Sri Lanka recovering but poverty enduring: World Bank

COLOMBO: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka will return to growth this year, the World Bank said Tuesday, but around a quarter of...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 07:53pm

Opinion

Eradicating systemic corruption

The pervasive issue of corruption and mismanagement acts as a two-edged sword that significantly undermines societal...

Published 05 Mar, 2024 03:09am

Rural areas: One-quarter of population still below poverty line: WB

ISLAMABAD: While poverty has decreased significantly over the past two decades, one-quarter of the population still...

Updated 03 Mar, 2024 05:29pm

Opinion

Future tech: promise against poverty

Do you anticipate the technological landscape changing significantly, in ways that are currently unpredictable, by...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am

Bilawal steps up criticism of ‘Takht-e-Lahore’

SHIKARPUR: Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the burden of the...

Updated 03 Feb, 2024 09:00am

Opinion

‘Rising poverty’

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed ‘Rising poverty’ carried by the newspaper on last Tuesday. The writer,...

Published 01 Feb, 2024 04:52am

Bilawal urges PTI workers to support his party

LAHORE: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing a public gathering of the party in Lahore...

Updated 22 Jan, 2024 08:54am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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