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Macroeconomic stability now key govt objective

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Finance & Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that efforts were being made to...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:40am

BR Research

Remittances staying buoyed

The need for overseas Pakistanis to send in remittances is never overestimated in Pakistan as there never is a time...

Published 14 May, 2024 09:33am

Opinion

EXIM Bank of Pakistan: a major milestone

The launch of the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of Pakistan is a major milestone for the people of Pakistan and will...

Updated 28 Dec, 2023 05:15am

Pakistan

Enhancing exports ‘only way for sustainable growth’: Dr Shamshad

Speaking at launch of Export-Import Bank of Pakistan, caretaker minister says country needs to move away from excessive dependence on textile sector

Updated 21 Dec, 2023 09:41pm

World Bank projects drop in remittance flows

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has projected a drop in remittance flows to Pakistan to $24 billion in 2023 and further...

Updated 19 Dec, 2023 09:32am

South Asian sovereigns: Pakistan most vulnerable to BOP crises: Moody’s

ISLAMABAD: With lowest level of exports of 10.5 per cent of GDP, Pakistan is the most vulnerable to balance of...

Updated 10 Nov, 2023 12:37pm

BR Research

FDI in 2MFY24

Foreign direct investment in the country has been falling continuously; it diminished by 25 percent year-on-year to...

Published 19 Sep, 2023 08:51am

BR Research

‘Compliance - road to raising export potential’

For Pakistan to come out of its frequent balance of payment crises, it has no choice but to increase exports, apart...

Published 07 Sep, 2023 08:45am

Business & Finance

Expert brings under national focus critical importance of achieving energy security

KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) organized an Industry Dialogue titled...

Published 25 Aug, 2023 06:34am

BR Research

Repatriation axed!

Dividend and profit repatriation on foreign direct invest was almost negligible in FY23 and also lowest in at least...

Published 17 Jul, 2023 07:03am

Expert speaks about PKR’s real effective exchange rate

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) could have been Rs322 by the end of June 2023 as most...

Updated 26 Jun, 2023 09:15am

Markets

‘Nonsensical’: economist Atif Mian slams Pakistan govt’s policies

Criticises selling cheaper fuel at expense of GDP

Updated 24 May, 2023 05:21pm

Business & Finance

Expert throws light on BoP woes

KARACHI: Going through the ‘balance sheet’ of Pakistan, historicallty speaking it is an insolvent country with...

Published 15 May, 2023 06:41am

Economy is not out of the woods yet: MoF

Govt has a daunting task to follow effective revenue mobilisation and cautious expenditure management strategy to end the current fiscal year

Updated 30 Apr, 2023 09:18am

Markets

High inflation, economic slowdown: 'Pakistan still facing considerable challenges'

In its ‘Monthly Economic Update & Outlook', finance ministry says headline inflation expected to remain at elevated level

Updated 29 Apr, 2023 10:08pm

ADB lists factors that have aggravated BoP position

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday stated that the steep increase in energy price and food...

Updated 28 Apr, 2023 08:50am

Import of solar panels: SBP asks govt to prepare list of ‘reputable’ suppliers

ISLAMABAD: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has proposed to the federal ministries to prepare a list of reputable...

Updated 08 Mar, 2023 12:40pm

Editorials

Political uncertainty, the economy and business

EDITORIAL: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan reiterated over the weekend that the cost of political...

Updated 07 Mar, 2023 10:05pm

Editorials

They seem more content, less bitter?

EDITORIAL: Social and economic disparity was always high in Pakistan but now it is growing to a dangerous level. The...

Published 20 Feb, 2023 06:26am

Opinion

Does Pakistan need domestic debt restructuring?

There is growing consensus over the need for debt restructuring within the policymaking community. However, many...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 06:03am

Editorials

On energy conservation

EDITORIAL: The country needs to vigorously pursue the objective of energy conservation; there are no two ways about...

Published 07 Jan, 2023 06:00am

Editorials

Trade figures

EDITORIAL: A worsening balance of trade, a perennial problem for the country that accounts for Pakistan being on the...

Published 04 Nov, 2022 05:56am

Editorials

The rupee volatility

EDITORIAL: The Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has reportedly asked banks and exchange companies to maintain fair...

Published 01 Nov, 2022 05:55am

Opinion

Debt rescheduling challenge

The country is going through a very difficult balance of payment (BoP) situation. The core of the problem is growing...

Published 31 Oct, 2022 06:23am

Pakistan

Pakistan will not seek Paris Club debt restructuring, says Ishaq Dar

Says Pakistan will fulfil all sovereign debt commitments

Updated 10 Oct, 2022 09:39am

$10bn may be sought from China during PM’s visit

Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has constituted a 21-member high level Working Group to coordinate and oversee preparation for Prime Minister’s upcoming visit

Updated 29 Sep, 2022 10:26am

Business & Finance

Jul-Aug FDI down 26pc YoY

KARACHI: The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Pakistan fell by 26 percent in the first two months of this fiscal...

Published 23 Sep, 2022 06:14am

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

IMF explains why market-determined exchange rate crucial

ISLAMABAD: A market-determined exchange rate and limited State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) interventions remain crucial ...

Published 03 Sep, 2022 04:25am

Opinion

The buck must stop with petroleum division

The country is facing a severe balance of payment crisis. With drying external sources to reroll maturing debt, it ...

Published 01 Aug, 2022 06:51am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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