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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Opinion

Contours of a new IMF programme-II

This is the second article on the contours of a new IMF Programme. The first article was published last week. It...

Published 09 Apr, 2024 05:06am

Opinion

Contours of new IMF programme

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reiterated recently the need for moving ahead with a new IMF (International...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 04:38am

Opinion

Attacks on the NFC Award

There have recently been some attacks on the 7th NFC award relating to the distribution of federal tax revenues...

Updated 26 Mar, 2024 04:41am

Opinion

Pakistan falls in human development

The global Human Development Report of 2023-24 has been released recently by the United Nations Development Program...

Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am

Opinion

Dip in the rate of inflation

There has been a visible and welcome slowdown in the rate of inflation in February 2024. The year-to-year rate of...

Updated 12 Mar, 2024 05:05am

Opinion

Economic contradictions

There are a number of economic events and happenings in Pakistan which are difficult to find immediate and rational...

Published 05 Mar, 2024 03:09am

Opinion

Outlook for BoP

The balance of payments (BoP) statistics released by the State Bank of Pakistan for the period July 2023 to January...

Published 27 Feb, 2024 03:06am

Opinion

Targets in the PML-N manifesto

The manifesto of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) contains a set of key macroeconomic targets from 2023-24 ...

Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am

Opinion

Latest IMF projections

The Staff Report of the IMF on the First Review under the Stand-By Arrangement was released on the 19th of January...

Published 13 Feb, 2024 05:59am

Opinion

Budgetary outcome in first half of FY24

The information on the fiscal operations by the federal and the provincial governments in the first half of 2023-24...

Published 06 Feb, 2024 05:00am

Opinion

Rising poverty

The incidence of poverty has skyrocketed in Pakistan since the Covid-19 pandemic and the disastrous floods of 2022....

Updated 30 Jan, 2024 05:29am

Opinion

Post-general election economic outlook

Elections will hopefully be held in the next two weeks. They are taking place at a time when the economy continues ...

Published 23 Jan, 2024 05:14am

Opinion

IMF projections

The good news is that the IMF Executive Board has completed the First Review of the Stand-By Arrangement for ...

Updated 16 Jan, 2024 06:12am

Opinion

Concerns of the World Bank

An article titled “Economic Turnaround Moment?” has recently been published in the newspaper, Dawn. It has been...

Published 09 Jan, 2024 04:18am

Opinion

Problematic statistics

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has been endeavoring to improve the quality and coverage of statistics in...

Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am

Opinion

Fall in industrial production

The statistics on the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) has been released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

Opinion

Outlook for inflation

The statement released recently by the Monetary Policy Committee of the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) indicates that...

Published 19 Dec, 2023 05:20am

Opinion

Mixed economic trends

The first five months of 2023-24 have witnessed upturns and downturns both globally and within Pakistan. There was...

Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am

Opinion

Growth in federal tax revenues

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has released recently the Revenue Division Year Book for 2022-23. This is a very...

Published 05 Dec, 2023 03:01am

Opinion

Unusual balance of payments

The data on the balance of payments in the first four months of 2023-24 has been released recently by the SBP (State...

Updated 28 Nov, 2023 05:22am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 15	278.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 15	278.70
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 15	157.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 15	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 15	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 15	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 14	5,842.91
Nasdaq / Jan 14	19,044.39
FTSE 100 / Jan 14	8,201.54
Dow Jones / Jan 14	42,518.28
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 14	20,271.33
France CAC40 / Jan 14	7,423.67
India Sensex / Jan 15	76,746.81
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 15	38,379.49

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 9	237,483
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 14	18,785
Petrol/Litre / Jan 15	252.66
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 15	77.93
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 15	2,681.51
Diesel/Litre / Jan 15	258.34

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Gulshan Sp. / Jan 15 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.70 ▲ 0.60 (14.63%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Jan 15 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	6.35 ▲ 0.68 (11.99%)
Parmount Sp. / Jan 15 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	5 ▲ 0.50 (11.11%)
Service Textile / Jan 15 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	15.13 ▲ 1.38 (10.04%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jan 15 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.29 ▲ 1.12 (10.03%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 15 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	11.65 ▲ 1.06 (10.01%)
BF Biosciences / Jan 15 BF Biosciences Limited(BFBIO)	231.30 ▲ 21.03 (10.00%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jan 15 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	17.49 ▲ 1.59 (10.00%)
Otsuka Pakistan / Jan 15 Otsuka Pakistan Limited(OTSU)	186.36 ▲ 16.94 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Universal Ins. / Jan 15 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.71 ▼ -1.08 (-10.01%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Jan 15 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	3.11 ▼ -0.26 (-7.72%)
Sana Ind / Jan 15 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	30.89 ▼ -2.54 (-7.60%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	49.51 ▼ -3.64 (-6.85%)
Reliance Ins. / Jan 15 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	12 ▼ -0.85 (-6.61%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 15 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	26.35 ▼ -1.65 (-5.89%)
Habib Rice Products / Jan 15 Habib Rice Product Limited(HRPL)	31.06 ▼ -1.81 (-5.51%)
Unicap Modaraba / Jan 15 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	2.92 ▼ -0.16 (-5.19%)
Faran Sugar / Jan 15 Faran Sugar Mills Limited(FRSM)	42.60 ▼ -2.24 (-5.00%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 15 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	42,527,928 ▼ -0.07
Pak Refinery / Jan 15 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	39,362,582 ▲ 1.85
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 15 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	33,447,471 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 15 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	29,525,333 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Jan 15 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	26,679,632 ▼ -0.57
Hascol Petrol / Jan 15 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	26,398,810 ▼ -0.05
TRG Pak Ltd / Jan 15 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	23,113,586 ▲ 3.86
Telecard Limited / Jan 15 Telecard Limited(TELE)	19,836,175 ▼ -0.17
Pak Stock Exchange / Jan 15 Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited(PSX)	16,136,998 ▼ -0.24

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