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Non-tax revenue: Rs32.6bn earmarked from 4G/5G licences

ISLAMABAD: The government has budgeted Rs32.612 billion from 4G/5G licenses under the head of non-tax revenue for...

Updated 13 Jun, 2024 09:36am

No amount from IMF loans budgeted for budgetary support

ISLAMABAD: The government has budgeted no amount from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans for budgetary...

Updated 13 Jun, 2024 09:36am

Pakistan

Fiscal deficit target of 6.9pc of GDP set

ISLAMABAD: The government has budgeted overall fiscal deficit at an unsustainable 6.9 percent of GDP for 2024-25...

Published 13 Jun, 2024 03:32am

Pakistan

Rs9.775trn to be spent on debt servicing

ISLAMABAD: The country will spend around Rs 9.775 trillion on debt servicing including interest payments and...

Published 13 Jun, 2024 03:32am

Pakistan

Cumulative education expenditures decline

ISLAMABAD: The cumulative education expenditures by federal and provincial governments declined as a percentage of...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Public debt recorded at Rs67.525trn at Mar-end

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s total public debt was recorded at Rs 67,525 billion at the end-March 2024, registering an...

Updated 12 Jun, 2024 09:31am

Business & Finance

World Bank projects 2.3pc GDP growth rate

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has projected Pakistan’s GDP growth rate at 2.3 percent for the fiscal year 2024-25...

Updated 12 Jun, 2024 08:47am

Inflation target of 21pc will be missed

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will miss the inflation target of 21 percent set for the current fiscal year and will remain in...

Updated 12 Jun, 2024 08:57am

Business & Finance

‘IT industry demonstrates growth of -3.02pc owing to decline in telecommunication’

ISLAMABAD: The information and communication industry demonstrated growth of -3.02 per cent because of a decline in...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Technology

PTA all set to impose fee for processing, issuance of CoC

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is all set to impose application/processing administrative...

Published 11 Jun, 2024 03:17am

Pakistan

Rs180.284bn allocated for 104 projects under PSDP

ISLAMABAD: The government has allocated Rs180.284 billion for 104 projects under the Public Sector Development...

Published 11 Jun, 2024 03:17am

FY24 exports likely to register over 10pc growth YoY

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports are expected to register over 10 per cent growth and reach around $31 billion in the...

Updated 09 Jun, 2024 09:38am

Pakistan

APCC yet to finalise PSDP for NHA

ISLAMABAD: The Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC) is yet to finalise the Public Sector Development Programme...

Published 08 Jun, 2024 07:00am

Business & Finance

Ads given for hiring of int’l consultants: Govt formally kicks start 5G spectrum auction process

ISLAMABAD: The government has formally kicked start the process of 5G spectrum auction in the country with ...

Published 08 Jun, 2024 07:00am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI inflation up 0.45pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended June 6, 2024, increased by 0.45 percent due...

Published 08 Jun, 2024 07:00am

Pakistan

HR Development Scholarship Programme: Japan inks grant agreement worth JPY326m

ISLAMABAD: The governments of Pakistan and Japan have signed a grant agreement worth JPY 326 million ($2.1 million)...

Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am

Markets

PBS to conduct 7th agri census field operation from Aug

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) will conduct the 7th Agriculture Census field operation from...

Published 06 Jun, 2024 03:09am

Mobilising finance via PPPs: ADB approves $250m policy-based loan

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $250 million policy-based loan to help the government of...

Updated 06 Jun, 2024 08:39am

Pakistan

FD revises upward IBC for HEC

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has upward revised the Indicative Budget Ceilings (IBC) for the Higher Education...

Published 05 Jun, 2024 07:47am

Pakistan

Devastating floods in 2022: Pakistan has received $2.8bn so far: minister

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has so far received $ 2.8 billion out of $ 10.987 billion pledges made at the International...

Published 05 Jun, 2024 06:28am

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
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

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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