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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

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

Opinion

FBR revenue targets for 2024-25

The first two months of 2024-25 have already revealed serious problems with the overall and individual revenue...

Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am

Opinion

Sectoral growth patterns in FY2023-24

The latest Pakistan Economic Survey for 2023-24, released in June, contains a comprehensive set of estimates on the...

Published 03 Sep, 2024 06:27am

Opinion

Social sector spending

The Federal Ministry of Finance has released the estimates of poverty-related expenditures for 2022-23. Thanks are...

Published 27 Aug, 2024 06:44am

Opinion

Findings of 2023 population census

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has recently disseminated the detailed results of the 7th Population and...

Published 20 Aug, 2024 07:01am

Opinion

Budgetary outcome in 2023-24

The statistics on the outcome of fiscal operations by the federal and provincial governments in 2023-24 were ...

Updated 13 Aug, 2024 07:40am

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Medium-term budget strategy

The Federal Ministry of Finance has released the Medium-Term Budget Strategy Statement for the period, 2024-25 to...

Published 06 Aug, 2024 06:40am

Opinion

A fragile balance of payments

The statistics on the external balance of payments of Pakistan in 2023-24 were released last week by the SBP (State...

Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:10am

Opinion

Provincial budgets for FY2024-25

The provincial budgets for 2024-25 have all been presented last month in the respective Provincial Assemblies....

Published 23 Jul, 2024 06:58am

Opinion

Outlook for 2024-25

The last week’s article on outlook for 2024-25 by this writer in Business Recorder had focused on the projections...

Updated 16 Jul, 2024 07:52am

Opinion

Outlook for FY25

The fiscal year, 2024-25, promises to be an eventful year. It will see early negotiations between the Government of...

Updated 09 Jul, 2024 07:39am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 22	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 22	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 23	154.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 23	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 23	1.25
Euro to USD / Nov 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 22	5,969.34
India Sensex / Nov 22	79,117.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 22	38,283.85
Nasdaq / Nov 22	18,003.65
Hang Seng / Nov 22	19,229.97
FTSE 100 / Nov 22	8,262.08
Dow Jones / Nov 22	44,296.51
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 22	19,322.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 22	240,483
Petrol/Litre / Nov 23	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 23	71.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 23	2,716.19
Diesel/Litre / Nov 23	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,135,830 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	124,131,268 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 23 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	105,013,176 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	77,697,371 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 23 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	43,783,366 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	36,573,763 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,719,678 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 23 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	27,969,689 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,874,820 ▲ 0.00

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