News stories for Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Dr Hafiz A Pasha

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

Opinion

Growth in FBR revenue

The revenue collection target set for FBR in 2022-23 is Rs 7,470 billion, equivalent to 8.9% of the projected GDP,...

Published 04 Oct, 2022 05:55am

Opinion

Improvement in balance of payments

The balance of payments for the month of August 2022 shows a visible improvement. Not only has the current account...

Published 27 Sep, 2022 04:06am

Opinion

Human Development Index: Pakistan falls

The UNDP Global Human Development Report for 2021-22 was released on the 8th of September. In the Human Development...

Published 20 Sep, 2022 05:51am

Opinion

IMF’s macroeconomic projections for FY23

The IMF staff report on the seventh and eighth reviews of the EFF with Pakistan contains a detailed set of...

Published 13 Sep, 2022 06:12am

Opinion

FY2022-23: IMF’s BoP projections

The much-awaited staff report of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) on the seventh and eighth reviews was ...

Published 06 Sep, 2022 04:08am

Opinion

A fragile BoP

The statistics on the balance of payments (BoP) of Pakistan have been released recently by the State Bank of ...

Published 30 Aug, 2022 06:21am

Opinion

Burgeoning budget deficit

The information on fiscal operations in 2021-22 has just been released by the Ministry of Finance. These figures are...

Published 23 Aug, 2022 05:56am

Opinion

Soaring public debt

The latest estimate of the stock of public debt of Pakistan by the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) as of end-March 2022...

Published 16 Aug, 2022 03:59am

Opinion

Economic indicators in July 2022

The first month of 2022-23 which has just come to an end presents a mixed picture. Perhaps the most positive...

Published 11 Aug, 2022 04:35am

Opinion

Unsustainable BoP

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has just released the numbers on the external balance of payments (BoP) position ...

Published 02 Aug, 2022 05:36am

Opinion

Reducing C/A deficit

The rupee has taken a real beating last week, falling by 8 percent with respect to the dollar. There are both...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 04:31am

Opinion

Agreement with the IMF

The IMF staff and the Pakistani authorities have finally reached a staff-level agreement on the 14th of July on...

Published 19 Jul, 2022 06:00am

Opinion

Runaway inflation

The year-to-year rate of inflation in the consumer price index has jumped up to 21.3 percent in in June 2022. This ...

Published 13 Jul, 2022 05:48am

Opinion

The 2022-23 Annual Plan

The Annual Plan for 2022-23 has been presented by the Planning Commission. This plan comes at a critical time when...

Published 05 Jul, 2022 05:19am

Opinion

FY2021-22: Overstatement of GDP growth rate

The latest Pakistan Economic Survey for 2021-22 reveals that the economy has performed well this year and the growth...

Published 28 Jun, 2022 06:10am

Opinion

A constrained budget

The federal budget of 2022-23 has been presented in a difficult and uncertain economic and political environment in...

Published 21 Jun, 2022 05:51am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 14	279.27
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 14	279.07
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 14	152.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 14	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 14	1.26
Euro to USD / Feb 14	1.05
UK LIBOR % / Feb 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 14	6,114.63
India Sensex / Feb 14	75,939.21
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 14	39,149.43
Nasdaq / Feb 14	20,026.77
Hang Seng / Feb 14	22,620.33
FTSE 100 / Feb 14	8,732.46
Dow Jones / Feb 14	44,546.08
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 14	22,513.42
France CAC40 / Feb 14	8,178.54

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 14	70.74
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 14	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 14	262,517
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 14	2,882.53
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 14	68.31
Petrol/Litre / Feb 16	256.13
Diesel/Litre / Feb 16	263.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
At-Tahur Ltd. / Feb 14 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	35.26 ▲ 3.21 (10.02%)
Saritow Spinning / Feb 14 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	23.84 ▲ 2.17 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Feb 14 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	38.02 ▲ 3.46 (10.01%)
Lucky Cement / Feb 14 Lucky Cement Limited(LUCK)	1,366.37 ▲ 124.22 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Feb 14 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	108.35 ▲ 9.85 (10%)
Agriautos Ind. / Feb 14 Agriauto Industries Limited(AGIL)	115.49 ▲ 10.5 (10%)
Mandviwala / Feb 14 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	20.48 ▲ 1.86 (9.99%)
Sindh Abadgar / Feb 14 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	50.08 ▲ 4.55 (9.99%)
Popular Islamic / Feb 14 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	12.37 ▲ 1.04 (9.18%)
F.Credit & Inv / Feb 14 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	8.39 ▲ 0.7 (9.1%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Textile / Feb 14 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	6.80 ▼ -0.99 (-12.71%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Feb 14 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	7.55 ▼ -0.93 (-10.97%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Feb 14 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	10.77 ▼ -1.2 (-10.03%)
Redco Textile / Feb 14 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	22.60 ▼ -2.51 (-10%)
Engro Powergen / Feb 14 Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited(EPQL)	25.78 ▼ -2.86 (-9.99%)
D.M. Textile / Feb 14 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Universal Ins. / Feb 14 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	12.91 ▼ -1.43 (-9.97%)
Sakrand Sugar / Feb 14 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	12.11 ▼ -1.34 (-9.96%)
Idrees Tex. / Feb 14 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	12.81 ▼ -1.41 (-9.92%)
Sui South Gas / Feb 14 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32.68 ▼ -3.56 (-9.82%)

Stock	Volume
B.O.Punjab / Feb 14 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	79,317,612 ▼ -0.66
Lotte Chemical / Feb 14 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	72,104,503 ▼ -1.12
Power Cement / Feb 14 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	40,290,839 ▼ -0.18
Sui South Gas / Feb 14 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,711,461 ▼ -3.56
Hascol Petrol / Feb 14 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	31,600,150 ▼ -0.41
Dewan Motors / Feb 14 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	31,281,602 ▼ -2.6
Cnergyico PK / Feb 14 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	20,508,125 ▼ -0.25
Fauji Foods Ltd / Feb 14 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	20,173,357 ▼ -0.24
Fauji Cement / Feb 14 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	16,904,777 ▼ -1.09
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 14 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,467,161 ▼ -0.04

Markets →

Budget 2024-25: income tax calculator for FY25

Most Popular