News stories for Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Opinion

Budgetary outcome in 1HFY23

The information on fiscal operations from July to December 2022 of the federal and the provincial governments has...

Published 14 Feb, 2023 05:58am

Opinion

Strategy for resource mobilisation

The technical discussions in Islamabad on the ninth review of the IMF programme between the IMF staff and the...

Published 07 Feb, 2023 06:39am

Opinion

Big rise in poverty, unemployment

The current combination of various negative factors is likely to lead to a big exponential jump in the number of...

Updated 04 Feb, 2023 07:11am

Opinion

State of the economy

The first six months of 2022-23 have witnessed considerable uncertainty about country’s economic prospects. ...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am

Opinion

GDP growth in 2022-23 — II

The previous article by this writer had presented the estimate of the GDP growth rate in 2022-23 as negative 1% from...

Updated 26 Jan, 2023 12:50am

Opinion

GDP growth in 2022-23

The World Bank has revised its projection downwards of the GDP growth rate of the economy of Pakistan in 2022-23 ...

Published 17 Jan, 2023 06:02am

Opinion

Galloping inflation

Pakistan today is experiencing high and rising rate of inflation. This is the highest inflation after 1973-74 and...

Published 10 Jan, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

Stresses on the federation

The public eye has been focused on the on-going confrontation between the federal government of the PDM and the...

Published 03 Jan, 2023 03:25am

Opinion

Low foreign inflows

The foreign exchange reserves of the SBP have plunged to $6,116 million as of 16th of December 2022. There has been ...

Published 27 Dec, 2022 06:07am

Opinion

Cash surplus of provincial govts

The role of the four provincial governments has increased after the 18th Amendment. They have also become entitled ...

Published 20 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Opinion

Shortfall in revenues

The last financial year witnessed a record performance by the FBR (Federal Board of Revenue). Tax revenues increased...

Published 13 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Opinion

SBP’s newfound realism

The recent meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) has led to the ...

Published 06 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Opinion

Imbalanced balance of payments

There has been appreciation of the success achieved in bringing down the current account deficit in the external...

Published 29 Nov, 2022 06:36am

Opinion

Breakdown of external economic relations

The fact that Pakistan is currently operating under an IMF (International Monetary Fund) programme, under the...

Published 22 Nov, 2022 03:23am

Opinion

Unrealistic budget of 2022-23

The budget of 2022-23 has been framed with agreement of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) as part of the ongoing...

Published 15 Nov, 2022 05:52am

Opinion

The forthcoming IMF review

The 9th review of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) Programme is due shortly. It will represent an appraisal by...

Published 08 Nov, 2022 05:56am

Opinion

The optimism of SBP

The recent statement by the Monetary Policy Committee of the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) has certainly provided...

Published 01 Nov, 2022 05:55am

Opinion

Foreign inflows at a low ebb

International perceptions of the declining credit worthiness of Pakistan have been augmented by the downgrading of...

Published 25 Oct, 2022 05:51am

Opinion

IMF projections

The latest World Economic Outlook has been released by the IMF. The report highlights the slowing down of global...

Published 18 Oct, 2022 06:02am

Opinion

Major negative developments

The downgrading of Pakistan’s credit rating by Moody’s from B3 to Caa1 comes as a big shock. The credit rating...

Published 11 Oct, 2022 05:54am

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)	4.63 ▲ 0.53 (12.93%)
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%)
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%)
Blessed Tex. / Jan 15 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	321.51 ▼ -23.00 (-6.68%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Jan 15 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	3.15 ▼ -0.22 (-6.53%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 15 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	26.35 ▼ -1.65 (-5.89%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 15 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	315 ▼ -19.63 (-5.87%)
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%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 15 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	42,527,928 ▼ -0.04
Pak Refinery / Jan 15 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,586,015 ▲ 1.96
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 ▲ 0.01
Sui South Gas / Jan 15 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	26,679,632 ▼ -0.54
Hascol Petrol / Jan 15 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	26,398,810 ▲ 0.06
TRG Pak Ltd / Jan 15 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	22,851,338 ▲ 3.91
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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