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Pension calculation formula

EDITORIAL: An office memorandum issued by the Finance Division noted a change in the calculation of emoluments for...

Published 15 Jan, 2025 02:59am

Opinion

90 seconds – from disasters to destinies

He drives me crazy. She makes me so mad. They rile me to hit back. His insolence makes my head go haywire. Her smirk...

Published 15 Jan, 2025 02:59am

Editorials

Rise in home remittances

EDITORIAL: Remittances have soared by 33 percent to 17.845 billion dollars within the first half of the current...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 03:12am

BR Research

Mixed signals

Consumers say they don’t intend to purchase motor vehicles in the next six months—well, most consumers, not all;...

Published 15 Jan, 2025 07:55am

BR Research

Pakistan’s remittance surge

In December 2024, remittances to Pakistan reached $3.08 billion, reflecting an impressive 29.3 percent year-on-year...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 08:36am

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

Editorials

Sacrificed at the altar of fiscal constraint

EDITORIAL: Data uploaded on the website of Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives reveals that it...

Published 13 Jan, 2025 03:06am

‘$150bn in damage’: photos, videos show destruction in Los Angeles by wildfires

Firefighters raced to contain the frontiers of two Los Angeles wildfires that burned for the sixth straight day,...

Published 13 Jan, 2025 07:47pm

BR Research

What does 2025 have in store for world cotton markets?

The weekend was full of surprises for the commodity markets. The US Department of Agriculture announced a flurry of...

Published 13 Jan, 2025 07:50am

Opinion

Politics and economics

This is the first of a two-part series focusing on the symbiotic relationship between politics and economics, with...

Published 13 Jan, 2025 03:06am

Opinion

PIA privatisation: taking off?

The PIA privatisation efforts are back, and the chances of the deal moving forward this time are high. The previous...

Published 13 Jan, 2025 03:06am

Editorials

Outsourcing of BHUs

EDITORIAL: The Punjab government’s decision to outsource 150 underutilised basic health units (BHUs) across the...

Published 12 Jan, 2025 02:44am

Opinion

Global economy: China anchor of stability

Amid numerous challenges faced by the global economy, China, as the world’s second-largest economy, continues to...

Published 12 Jan, 2025 02:44am

Editorials

Textile exports: successes and challenges

EDITORIAL: The 10 percent year-on-year growth in textile exports in H1-FY2024-25 is welcome news for an economy ...

Published 11 Jan, 2025 02:48am

Opinion

Changing political dynamics in S. Asia

Driven by rejuvenated public sentiments for a change, the Bangladesh’s incumbent government is gradually but...

Published 11 Jan, 2025 02:48am

Editorials

Rightsizing initiative

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s announcement of the government’s decision to abolish 60 percent of...

Published 10 Jan, 2025 03:51am

BR Research

SBP – the silent stabilizer

The star economic performer in the last two years is the State Bank of Pakistan. The central bank’s foreign reserves...

Published 10 Jan, 2025 07:47am

Opinion

‘Uraan’ success hinges on unity, stability…

With limited access to external funding, government debt has increasingly been taken up by the banking sector and,...

Published 10 Jan, 2025 03:51am

BR Research

Winter incentive package: A cold start

The government’s winter incentive demand package has landed with a whimper. The plan to incentivize incremental...

Published 10 Jan, 2025 07:43am

Editorials

Rollover of deposit by the UAE

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif informed the federal cabinet that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has rolled...

Published 09 Jan, 2025 06:19am

BR Research

Autos wrapped

The end of 2024 marks a year that the automobile industry might prefer to forget and despite a positive growth...

Published 09 Jan, 2025 07:29am

Opinion

New century, new Great Game?

The fact that Pakistan’s intelligence chief went on a rare visit to Tajikistan in the last days of 2024 means...

Updated 09 Jan, 2025 07:46am

Opinion

We are our own worst enemy

Almost three years into Pakistan’s economic crisis, the illusion of stability in indicators like the exchange rate...

Updated 09 Jan, 2025 07:47am

Opinion

Will Trudeau come back?

The handsome, serene, ever-smiling, and dashing Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, finally succumbed to the...

Updated 09 Jan, 2025 07:50am

Editorials

Inflation expectations

EDITORIAL: The governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Jameel Ahmed, while briefing the Senate Standing Committee on...

Updated 08 Jan, 2025 08:09am

BR Research

Power sector: Costly gaps

The power sector continues to battle inefficiencies, and the numbers tell a grim story. Two indicators—Part Load...

Published 08 Jan, 2025 07:41am

Opinion

A narrative of life

Is it for real? Is it fiction? Is it a dream? Is it an illusion? Is it happening? These are some of the...

Published 08 Jan, 2025 06:52am

Opinion

Easy money bane or boom?

While finishing up my Masters programme in the USA, I received an interesting letter from the bank which said:...

Updated 08 Jan, 2025 08:22am

Opinion

Vision 2025: futility or progress?

Pakistan’s Vision 2025, launched by the Ministry of Planning, Development & Reform, rightly outlines an...

Updated 08 Jan, 2025 08:25am

Editorials

Financial fallout of internet shutdowns

EDITORIAL: Amidst all the high-sounding goals of the government’s much-touted Uraan Pakistan initiative, the one...

Updated 07 Jan, 2025 07:21am

BR Research

Power sector’s bleeding wound

Rs600 billion. That’s the staggering cost of inefficiencies in Pakistan’s power distribution sector, as highlighted...

Published 07 Jan, 2025 07:45am

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

BR Research

Is Udaan the charter of economy we need?

Pakistan’s poor economic performance over the past three decades is frequently attributed to a lack of policy...

Published 07 Jan, 2025 07:48am

Opinion

What ails Kurram?

Kurram Agency has once again been in the news for all the wrong reasons. A series of land dispute/sectarian clashes...

Updated 07 Jan, 2025 07:27am

Business & Finance

Dubai’s inclusion in Global Power City Index a ‘clear signal for Pakistani investors’

Dubai was ranked eighth worldwide and first in the Middle East in the Global Power City Index 2024 (GPCI) for the...

Published 07 Jan, 2025 07:37am

Editorials

Inflation and exports

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released two major macroeconomic data that are positive – inflation...

Updated 07 Jan, 2025 07:19am

Opinion

White-collar crime as new normal in Pakistan

The pervasive nature of corruption in Pakistan (ranking at 133 out of 180 countries corruption perception index and...

Published 07 Jan, 2025 07:12am

Editorials

Energy sector

EDITORIAL: The energy crisis in the country continues to remain a challenge with no end in sight. At its core, the...

Updated 06 Jan, 2025 06:41am

Opinion

Poverty statistics are critical

In Pakistan administration after administration errs on the side of data manipulation to show better performance ...

Updated 06 Jan, 2025 06:47am

Opinion

Uraan Pakistan: if wishes were horses

The Uraan Pakistan seems more like a wish list than a practical roadmap, listing ambitious growth targets without...

Updated 06 Jan, 2025 06:48am

BR Research

It’s the Referee’s call

NEPRA’s State of Industry Report FY24 surprisingly came out within 2024, continuing the trend of identifying...

Published 06 Jan, 2025 08:50am

BR Research

Of delusions of grandeur

Some statements made by industry leaders should come with a trigger warning. So fare warnings, readers: ridiculous...

Published 06 Jan, 2025 08:47am

Pakistan

Pakistan Banks’ Association CEO pays rich tribute to Arshad A. Zuberi

Muneer Kamal, CEO and Secretary General of Pakistan Banks’ Association (PBA), termed the demise of Arshad A. Zuberi,...

Published 06 Jan, 2025 12:01am

Editorials

De-dollarisation: myth or reality?

EDITORIAL: It is interesting, and indeed very instructive, that 2024 ended with fresh debate about the...

Updated 06 Jan, 2025 06:44am

Opinion

Nicotine pouches: health challenge?

Pakistan’s nicotine pouch market represents a complex intersection of public health concerns, regulatory challenges,...

Published 05 Jan, 2025 02:45am

Editorials

‘Uraan Pakistan’ – time to act

EDITORIAL: The government’s five-year economic transformation plan, ‘Uraan Pakistan’, unveiled at the cusp of...

Updated 04 Jan, 2025 08:18am

Opinion

2025 - A year of more challenges

The year 2025 starts with many carry-forward challenges from last year’s and further add to new challenges in the...

Updated 04 Jan, 2025 08:20am

Opinion

Fake news phenomenon

Fake news is the talk of the town these days. This form of communication is believed to have surfaced after the...

Updated 04 Jan, 2025 08:22am

Opinion

Remembering Arshad Zuberi

I still vividly remember my first interaction with Arshad Zuberi in 1998, during my initial week as a trainee at the...

Updated 04 Jan, 2025 08:28am

Editorials

World Bank: poverty projections for Pakistan

EDITORIAL: The World Bank in its report titled Poverty Projections for Pakistan noted a 25.3 percent poverty rate in...

Published 03 Jan, 2025 06:38am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 14	278.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 14	278.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 14	157.97
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 14	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 14	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 14	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 14	5,842.91
India Sensex / Jan 14	76,499.63
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 14	38,474.30
Nasdaq / Jan 14	19,044.39
Hang Seng / Jan 14	19,219.78
FTSE 100 / Jan 14	8,201.54
Dow Jones / Jan 14	42,518.28
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 14	20,271.33

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 9	237,483
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 14	78.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 14	18,785
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 14	2,691.80
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 14	67.50
Petrol/Litre / Jan 15	252.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Quice Food / Jan 14 Quice Food Industries Limited(QUICE)	7.08 ▲ 1.00 (16.45%)
Cresent Jute / Jan 14 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	6.15 ▲ 0.71 (13.05%)
Ittefaq Iron Ind / Jan 14 Ittefaq Iron Industries Limited(ITTEFAQ)	8.71 ▲ 1.00 (12.97%)
Parmount Sp. / Jan 14 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.50 ▲ 0.43 (10.57%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 14 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	10.59 ▲ 1.00 (10.43%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jan 14 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	11.17 ▲ 1.02 (10.05%)
Hascol Petrol / Jan 14 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	12.52 ▲ 1.14 (10.02%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 14 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	19.34 ▲ 1.76 (10.01%)
Synthetic Prod / Jan 14 Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited(SPEL)	44.50 ▲ 4.05 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 14 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.20 ▼ -0.87 (-14.33%)
Karam Ceramics / Jan 14 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	53.55 ▼ -5.95 (-10.00%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jan 14 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	130.50 ▼ -14.50 (-10.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 14 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	53.15 ▼ -5.90 (-9.99%)
Sakrand Sugar / Jan 14 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	11.29 ▼ -1.25 (-9.97%)
Paramount Mod / Jan 14 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	9.04 ▼ -1.00 (-9.96%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 14 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	10.45 ▼ -1.15 (-9.91%)
Dadex Eternit / Jan 14 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	71 ▼ -6.44 (-8.32%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 14 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	602.99 ▼ -53.57 (-8.16%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 14 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	70,133,140 ▲ 0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 14 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	42,406,262 ▲ 0.32
Pak Refinery / Jan 14 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	37,993,213 ▲ 2.79
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 14 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	32,806,496 ▲ 0.19
Sui South Gas / Jan 14 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	31,998,634 ▼ -0.01
Hascol Petrol / Jan 14 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	26,325,809 ▲ 1.14
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 14 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	23,152,427 ▼ -0.26
Telecard Limited / Jan 14 Telecard Limited(TELE)	19,407,554 ▲ 0.38
Pak Stock Exchange / Jan 14 Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited(PSX)	16,066,666 ▲ 2.02

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