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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Opinion

Stabilisation versus growth

The first six months of 2024-25 have revealed a mixed picture of the economy with some positive developments along...

Published 28 Jan, 2025 06:45am

Opinion

Value of the rupee

The SBP has released the estimate of the Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) Index of the rupee in December 2024. It...

Updated 21 Jan, 2025 06:47am

Opinion

Growth in exports

Pakistan’s merchandize exports have shown double-digit growth rate of 10.5 percent in the first half of 2024-25....

Published 14 Jan, 2025 03:12am

Opinion

Review of the IMF programme

This is the appropriate time to review progress on implementation of the reforms committed to the IMF in the new IMF...

Updated 07 Jan, 2025 07:22am

Opinion

Prospects for 2025

The year 2025 will come after a year which has witnessed both positive and negative trends. The GDP growth rate has...

Updated 31 Dec, 2024 07:02am

Opinion

Imbalanced balance of payments

There has been celebration about the surplus of USD 944 million from July to November 2024 in the current account...

Updated 24 Dec, 2024 07:38am

Opinion

Fall in the rate of inflation

The very good news is that there has been a precipitate drop in the rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer...

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 08:25am

Opinion

Human development index of provinces

The Population and Housing Census of 2023 has generated a lot of useful information on key indicators. The ...

Published 10 Dec, 2024 06:43am

Opinion

Falling industrial production

The statistics on the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) has been released recently for the first quarter of...

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 06:30am

Opinion

Level of external inflows

The level of external inflows into Pakistan is of vital importance in ensuring a ‘safe’ level of foreign ...

Published 26 Nov, 2024 05:49am

Opinion

Problems with IMF projections—II

The previous article had highlighted the problems with the macroeconomic projections by the IMF in the Staff Report...

Updated 19 Nov, 2024 06:59am

Opinion

Problem with IMF projections

An IMF delegation has probably arrived in Pakistan to conduct a ‘stock-taking’ as indicated by the Finance...

Updated 12 Nov, 2024 07:29am

Opinion

Fiscal outcome in first quarter

The first quarter of 2024-25 has closed with an unusual and extremely positive outcome. There is actually a...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 03:30am

Opinion

Structural reforms in IMF programme

The Staff Report on the new 37-month Extended Fund Facility by the IMF of $7 billion contains a number of structural...

Published 29 Oct, 2024 03:27am

Opinion

Performance targets in IMF programme

The newly approved IMF Programme in the form of a 37-month Extended Fund Facility can be considered as perhaps the...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

Opinion

Macroeconomic projections of IMF, WB

There have been two very recent sets of macroeconomic projections for Pakistan. The first is in the IMF Staff Report...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 06:47am

Opinion

Emerging negative factors

There is an air of general optimism about the economy today. The Extended Fund Facility of $7 billion was approved ...

Updated 08 Oct, 2024 08:11am

Opinion

The investment slump

The year, 2023-24, has witnessed the lowest ever level of fixed investment in Pakistan. It is estimated at 11.4% of...

Updated 01 Oct, 2024 07:21am

Opinion

Mixed signals on the economy

The first quarter of 2024-25 is going to come to an end shortly. During these three months, there have been a number...

Published 24 Sep, 2024 03:28am

Opinion

Rising public debt

The SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) has released figures of total debt and public debt of Pakistan as of end-June 2024....

Published 19 Sep, 2024 06:37am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 30	279.17
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 30	278.97
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 30	154.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 30	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 30	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 30	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 30	6,071.17
India Sensex / Jan 30	76,759.81
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 30	39,513.97
Nasdaq / Jan 30	19,681.75
Hang Seng / Jan 30	20,225.11
FTSE 100 / Jan 30	8,646.88
Dow Jones / Jan 30	44,882.13
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 30	21,727.20

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 30	72.99
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 30	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 30	248,885
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 30	2,849.50
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 30	66.27
Petrol/Litre / Jan 31	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Tariq Corporation / Jan 31 Tariq Corporation Limited(TCORP)	16.91 ▲ 1.54 (10.02%)
Saritow Spinning / Jan 31 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	17.92 ▲ 1.63 (10.01%)
Redco Textile / Jan 31 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	24.17 ▲ 2.2 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 31 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	53.74 ▲ 4.89 (10.01%)
Jauharabad Sug / Jan 31 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	26.42 ▲ 2.4 (9.99%)
Shaheen Ins. / Jan 31 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	6.97 ▲ 0.62 (9.76%)
Supernet Ltd. / Jan 31 Supernet Limited (GEM)(GEMSPNL)	23.89 ▲ 2.11 (9.69%)
Arpak Int. / Jan 31 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	68.80 ▲ 5.54 (8.76%)
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 31 786 Investments Limited(786)	11.09 ▲ 0.89 (8.73%)

Stock	Price
Pakistan Services / Jan 31 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	859.02 ▼ -94.59 (-9.92%)
Sana Ind / Jan 31 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	23.57 ▼ -2.58 (-9.87%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 31 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.20 ▼ -0.6 (-6.12%)
Punjab Mod / Jan 31 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	2.61 ▼ -0.1 (-3.69%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jan 31 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	655 ▼ -24.22 (-3.57%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Jan 31 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	612 ▼ -14.5 (-2.31%)
United Insurance / Jan 31 The United Insurance Company(UNIC)	16.60 ▼ -0.39 (-2.3%)
Azgard Nine / Jan 31 Azgard Nine Limited(ANL)	7.75 ▼ -0.16 (-2.02%)
Abbott Lab. / Jan 31 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,250.11 ▼ -25.61 (-2.01%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Jan 31 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	48,364,956 ▼ -0.12
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 31 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	33,226,540 ▼ -0.2
Bank Makramah / Jan 31 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	31,509,642 ▲ 0.07
Cnergyico PK / Jan 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	23,362,368 ▲ 0.03
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	20,556,244 ▼ -0.01
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,969,744 ▲ 0.03
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 31 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	15,022,230 ▲ 4.88
Hascol Petrol / Jan 31 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	13,297,950 ▲ 0.07
Dewan Motors / Jan 31 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	11,750,038 ▲ 0.49

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