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NFC award: govt official says IMF has attached no conditions

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing committee on Finance and Revenue, while observing increasing distortions in resources...

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 09:40am

Budgeted $9bn time deposits: EAD says country gets no amount in Jul-Oct FY25

Government budgeted $3 billion time deposit for the last fiscal year 2023-24 including $2 billion from Saudi Arabia and one billion from UAE

Updated 28 Nov, 2024 02:38pm

Interest costs to eat up 40pc of 2025 budget: Moody’s

Rating agency says government debt affordability in Pakistan will remain weaker than before the pandemic

Updated 19 Nov, 2024 04:38pm

Macro-fiscal forecasts for budget: IMF asks govt to strengthen capacity of FD

Notes that current organisation of the Finance Division is relatively fragmented and presents an obstacle to achieving a more strategic approach to budgeting

Updated 16 Nov, 2024 09:08pm

Power sector: Govt commits to IMF about drastic reforms

ISLAMABAD: The government has committed to the International Monetary fund (IMF) to revise terms of Power Purchase...

Updated 12 Oct, 2024 09:59pm

Senior economist says a ‘maxi budget’ will be unavoidable

ISLAMABAD: With conventional foreign financing lines largely dry off and expecting a massive shortfall in revenue,...

Updated 30 Sep, 2024 08:57am

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

Business & Finance

High capacity payments jeopardised economy: APTMA

KARACHI: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has held IPPs responsible for higher electricity tariff in...

Published 02 Aug, 2024 05:55am

Editorials

Stability to precede growth

EDITORIAL: The Federal Minister for Finance, Muhammad Aurangzeb, while addressing the Karachi Chamber of Commerce ...

Updated 01 Aug, 2024 07:43am

Markets

SBP reduces key policy rate by 100bps, takes it to 19.5%

Majority analysts expected cut, it was the quantum of reduction that had them divided

Updated 29 Jul, 2024 07:42pm

Editorials

The fast-eroding trust of taxpayers

EDITORIAL: A multitude of tax revenue measures introduced in the FY25 budget are unraveling piece by piece. The...

Updated 29 Jul, 2024 07:06am

Commodity traders say WHT to further fuel food inflation

KARACHI: Commodities importers and wholesalers see the withholding tax as “reign of taxation” to unleash the storm...

Updated 29 Jul, 2024 08:56am

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s incidence of tax on salaried class 3 times higher than India’s: PBC

A comparison...

Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:16am

Business & Finance

SBP widely seen cutting rates

KARACHI: Central bank will likely cut its key interest rate again on Monday in its first policy meeting following ...

Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:16am

Business & Finance

Political turmoil, tax-laden budget: Businesses say Shehbaz govt ‘worse manager’ of economy: Gallup

KARACHI: Calling the government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as ‘worse manager’ of the economy, the country’s...

Updated 26 Jul, 2024 09:21am

Pakistan

PBC apologies for mistake, now says Pakistan’s salaried class paying up to 3 times more tax than in India

After posting a detailed chart showing how Pakistan’s salaried class is paying up to 9.4 times more tax than in...

Updated 26 Jul, 2024 05:10pm

Despite Rs2.5tr expected surplus profit from SBP: ‘Fiscal space’ continues to elude Pakistan

KARACHI: Despite the government estimating a surplus profit from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) at a record Rs2.5...

Updated 25 Jul, 2024 11:38pm

Business & Finance

FY25 budget: traders reject taxation measures

PESHAWAR: Business community have rejected additional taxation measures in budget 2024-25 and stated that it has not...

Published 24 Jul, 2024 05:59am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s salaried group comes out on the streets, but after work hours

Such is Pakistan’s salaried group protesting power that it took to the streets in Karachi at 5:30pm – after work...

Published 24 Jul, 2024 12:44am

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

KP to earn receipts of Rs90bn from oil and gas sectors

PESHAWAR: The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will earn revenue amounting to Rs.89.8 billion in the...

Updated 22 Jul, 2024 09:05am

Opinion

IMF is here to stay

The IMF and Pakistani authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on a 37-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF)...

Updated 20 Jul, 2024 06:00am

FY24-25 to FY26-27: MoF cautions fiscal risks may affect MTBS forecasts

ISLAMABAD: Finance Ministry has cautioned that fiscal risks may lead to potential threats or uncertainty in fiscal...

Updated 20 Jul, 2024 09:24am

Business & Finance

Govt decides to introduce T&T system for cotton, ginning industry

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Industry and Production, National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain,...

Updated 20 Jul, 2024 09:19am

Recurrent budget: MoF unveils strategy for release of funds

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has issued a strategy for the release of funds for the recurrent budget of the...

Updated 19 Jul, 2024 08:54am

Govt to borrow Rs3.97trn in Q1 FY24

KARACHI: The federal government has planned to borrow Rs 3.97 trillion from the domestic banking sector during the...

Updated 19 Jul, 2024 09:33am

Business & Finance

ICMA details critical highlights, implications of federal budget

KARACHI: Institute of Cost and Management Accountants (ICMA) has detailed the critical highlights and implications ...

Updated 19 Jul, 2024 06:43am

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

Thoughts on the provincial budgets

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) budget was announced on 25 May, two and a half weeks before the federal budget was ...

Updated 15 Jul, 2024 08:14am

Opinion

Challenge of lower growth: IMF bailout insufficient

The IMF Staff-Level Agreement (SLA) for $7 billion programme is done. However, that does not ensure revival of the...

Updated 15 Jul, 2024 08:17am

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
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

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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