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Bonus share, super tax: Senate panel rejects all sections of Finance Bill

All deferred items of Customs Act were accepted after due deliberation

Updated 17 Jun, 2023 12:37pm

Response to MPs’ queries about IMF: Dar says ‘odd politics’ being played against country

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday said odd politics is being played against Pakistan, in response to...

Updated 17 Jun, 2023 08:59am

Dar says IMF still procrastinating

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Thursday stated that the “International Monetary Fund (IMF) or no-IMF,...

Updated 16 Jun, 2023 08:56am

Pakistan

ECC approves Rs158m additional funds for HEC

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet approved Rs157.734 million additional funds for...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am

Business & Finance

FBR using RD as revenue ‘tool’: Senate panel

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee has expressed concern over regulatory duty being used by the...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am

What is IMF’s demand in relation to Budget? Clarity of vision, precise steps, clear outcomes

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Aisha Ghaus Pasha Wednesday said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has...

Updated 15 Jun, 2023 09:01am

Pakistan won’t move Paris Club: MoS

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha Tuesday stated that Pakistan would neither go the...

Updated 14 Jun, 2023 09:00am

Amendment to Ordinance sought: MoF for transfer of petroleum levy fixation power to Cabinet

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has proposed an amendment to the Petroleum Products (Petroleum Levy) Ordinance,...

Updated 14 Jun, 2023 08:59am

MoS for reforms in pension bill

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha has stated that there is a need to reform the pension...

Updated 13 Jun, 2023 08:48am

Dar concedes preponderance of external debt

Finance Minister says govt would negotiate with bilateral countries for rescheduling of debt with the request to backload the principal amount and payment of servicing

Updated 11 Jun, 2023 12:22pm

PML(N)-led coalition govt struggles to strike a delicate balance between outright populism & fiscal discipline

Dar presents Rs14.5trn budget
Budget closely watched by IMF
3.5% economic growth target set
Fiscal deficit target set at 6.54% of GDP
Govt targets inflation at 21%
Total spending target of 14.46 trillion rupees set
Defence expenditure estimated at 1.8 trillion rupees
Targets total tax revenue of 9.2 trillion rupees
Targets total non-tax revenue of 3 trillion rupees
$30 billion export target set
No new tax on industrial sector

Published 10 Jun, 2023 05:00am

Finance minister says political instability has been a major item for compounding loss to the economy

Updated 04 Jun, 2023 10:07pm

Expanding export base, mitigating global trade risks: SBP informs Senate panel of EXIM Bank’s main objective

Says it is aimed at mitigating risks in international trade

Updated 03 Jun, 2023 09:29am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 25	277.83
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 25	277.73
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 26	153.83
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 26	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Nov 26	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 25	5,987.37
Nasdaq / Nov 25	18,054.84
Dow Jones / Nov 25	44,736.57
India Sensex / Nov 26	80,083.15
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 26	38,266.61
Hang Seng / Nov 26	19,174.25
FTSE 100 / Nov 26	8,253.38
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 26	19,284.47

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 25	244,860.20
Petrol/Litre / Nov 26	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 26	69.17
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 26	17,685
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 26	2,623.04
Diesel/Litre / Nov 26	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.86 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	610 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	74.39 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	122.01 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	998.48 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.86 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	610 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	74.39 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	122.01 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	998.48 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
Hascol Petrol / Nov 26 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	64,823,622 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	48,065,578 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	40,919,425 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	33,547,707 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	32,092,012 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 26 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	30,420,168 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 26 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	22,823,492 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	20,014,784 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 26 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	19,695,105 ▲ 0.00

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