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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

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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

Opinion

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

Opinion

Some key budgetary magnitudes

The Federal Budget for 2024-25 has been examined by the Parliament and following some amendments it has been...

Updated 02 Jul, 2024 06:30am

Opinion

State of the economy

The fiscal year 2023-24 is likely to close with a mixed performance by the economy. On the positive side, there has...

Published 25 Jun, 2024 06:42am

Opinion

An appraisal of FY25 federal budget

The Federal budget for 2024-25 has been presented in a mixed economic environment characterised by both positive and...

Published 20 Jun, 2024 06:01am

Opinion

Big fall in the rate of inflation

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has come up with a very pleasant surprise. The year-to-year rate of...

Published 11 Jun, 2024 03:17am

Opinion

Low taxation of property

The recent revelation of massive investment in property by Pakistanis in Dubai of over $11 billion has not only...

Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am

Opinion

Big financing risks

The IMF Staff Mission has left Pakistan after a series of meetings on the next Fund Programme in the form of an...

Updated 28 May, 2024 05:54am

Opinion

IMF projections for FY2024-25

The IMF Staff Report on the Second and Final Review under the Stand-by Arrangement was released on the 10th of May...

Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am

Opinion

The education emergency

Shehbaz Sharif declared an ‘education emergency’ across Pakistan on Wednesday, the 8th of May 2024. This is in...

Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am

Opinion

Uncertain budgetary outcome in 2023-24

The outcome numbers on the fiscal operations for the first three quarters of 2023-24 have been released recently by...

Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am

Opinion

The falling rate of inflation

The last few months have witnessed a major drop in the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index....

Published 30 Apr, 2024 03:43am

Opinion

Persistent decline of manufacturing sector

The latest monthly data for February 2024 on the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) has been released recently by...

Published 23 Apr, 2024 03:41am

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The education crisis

The Prime Minister has rightly lamented recently on the lack of access to education of children generally and...

Published 16 Apr, 2024 03:38am

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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