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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Opinion

Questionable IMF projections

The Staff Report of the IMF on the second to fifth reviews under the Extended Fund facility to Pakistan has just ...

Published 13 Apr, 2021 04:31am

Opinion

Outlook for inflation

The rate of inflation has risen sharply in the last two months. It had come down to 5.7 percent in January 2021....

Published 06 Apr, 2021 04:23am

Opinion

Some negative economic trends

There is growing perception that the economy has turned the corner and that the growth rate is picking up while the...

Published 30 Mar, 2021 05:45am

Opinion

Budgetary impact of SOEs

The Federal Ministry of Finance has published a report recently on the state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The focus is...

Published 23 Mar, 2021 04:37am

Opinion

Rising inflation

Various price indices have risen exponentially in recent weeks. This trend is best revealed by the movement of the...

Published 16 Mar, 2021 04:43am

Opinion

Covid-19 and provincial finances

The focus of the consequences of Covid-19 on public finances has generally been at the Federal level. Some impacts...

Published 09 Mar, 2021 05:45am

Opinion

C/A: things have changed since Nov

There has been a state of euphoria about the external balance of payments of the country till recently. This has ...

Published 02 Mar, 2021 05:50am

Opinion

Raise in federal govt employees’ salaries

The federal cabinet has recently approved a special allowance to employees equal to 25 percent of the basic pay with...

Published 23 Feb, 2021 05:20am

Opinion

Conflicting indicators

The economy is in a state of transition from the deep recession during March to June 2020 after COVID-19 to a phase...

Published 16 Feb, 2021 04:07am

Opinion

Budgetary outcome in 1HFY21

The Federal Budget for 2020-21 which was presented to the National Assembly contains some moderately ambiguous...

Published 09 Feb, 2021 04:43am

Opinion

Optimism of MPS

The Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) released by the SBP is refreshingly optimistic. The policy rate has been...

Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:29am

Opinion

Rise in federal govt debt

The SBP has released the number on the stock of Federal Government debt as of the end of November 2020. This debt ...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:05am

Opinion

Recovery in industrial production

The recent release of the estimates of the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM), for the period of July to November,...

Updated 19 Jan, 2021 04:43am

Opinion

SBP projections for 2020-21

The SBP report on the State of the Economy in the first quarter of 2020-21 has been released recently. The report...

Published 12 Jan, 2021 03:01am

Opinion

Monthly reporting by MoF: good practice

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has started a very good practice since March 2020 of preparing a monthly report with...

Published 05 Jan, 2021 03:14am

Opinion

Trend in real wages

Identification of the trend in real wages of different types of workers is perhaps the best way to determine the...

Updated 29 Dec, 2020 03:48am

Opinion

Rise in industrial production

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has released the data on the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) for October ...

Updated 22 Dec, 2020 04:03am

Opinion

Slow growth in FBR revenues

The figures on tax revenues collected by FBR in the first five months of 2020-21 have been released. The overall...

Published 08 Dec, 2020 02:57am

Opinion

Plight of agri sector

Agriculture has historically served as the backbone of Pakistan's economy. At the time of Partition, the share of...

Published 01 Dec, 2020 03:05am

Markets

Economy: misplaced govt optimism?

There has recently been a wave of optimism on the performance of the economy. Various indicators have been used to...

Updated 07 Dec, 2020 09:07pm

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
Dow Jones / Jan 14	42,518.28
India Sensex / Jan 15	76,746.81
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 15	38,379.49
Hang Seng / Jan 15	19,223.49
FTSE 100 / Jan 15	8,250.76
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 15	20,345.48

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
First Elite Cap.Mod / Jan 15 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	6.67 ▲ 1.00 (17.64%)
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%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 15 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	60.96 ▲ 5.54 (10.00%)
BF Biosciences / Jan 15 BF Biosciences Limited(BFBIO)	231.30 ▲ 21.03 (10.00%)
Dandot Cement / Jan 15 Dandot Cement Company Limited(DNCC)	14.74 ▲ 1.34 (10.00%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jan 15 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	17.49 ▲ 1.59 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Fateh Ind. / Jan 15 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	120.60 ▼ -13.34 (-9.96%)
Idrees Tex. / Jan 15 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	13.50 ▼ -1.49 (-9.94%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Jan 15 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	34 ▼ -3.39 (-9.07%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Jan 15 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	3.07 ▼ -0.30 (-8.90%)
United Brands / Jan 15 United Brands Limited(UBDL)	21.03 ▼ -2.05 (-8.88%)
Sana Ind / Jan 15 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	30.50 ▼ -2.93 (-8.76%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 15 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.85 ▼ -0.94 (-8.71%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jan 15 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	29.10 ▼ -2.65 (-8.35%)
Diamond Ind. / Jan 15 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	18.23 ▼ -1.59 (-8.02%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 15 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	68,146,464 ▲ 0.02
Pak Refinery / Jan 15 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	56,632,089 ▲ 1.60
Cnergyico PK / Jan 15 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	43,068,457 ▼ -0.16
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 15 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	33,447,471 ▼ -0.07
TRG Pak Ltd / Jan 15 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,612,532 ▲ 2.51
Sui South Gas / Jan 15 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	26,679,632 ▼ -1.17
Hascol Petrol / Jan 15 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	26,398,810 ▼ -0.28
Telecard Limited / Jan 15 Telecard Limited(TELE)	19,836,175 ▼ -0.31
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 15 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	17,696,558 ▼ -0.32

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