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Developing countries spent record $443.5bn to service public debts in 2022: World Bank

WASHINGTON: Developing countries spent nearly half a trillion dollars to service their external public and publicly...

Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am

Pakistan

G-20 DSSI: Pakistan signs debt suspension agreements worth $20mn with Korea

Pakistan government has signed a Debt Service Suspension Agreement with the Republic of Korea to defer loans worth...

Updated 15 May, 2023 06:25pm

US defers repayment of $132m debt

ISLAMABAD: The United States on Friday approved providing $132 million in US debt relief to Pakistan under G20 Debt...

Published 01 Oct, 2022 04:20am

DSSI framework: $107m debt relief pact inked with France

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has signed a debt service suspension agreement with the French Republic,...

Updated 28 Jun, 2022 09:39am

Pakistan

Pakistan signs deal with France to suspend $107mn loan

The amount, initially repayable between July-Dec, 2021 will now be repaid over a period of six years including one-year grace period in semi-annual instalments, says Pakistan's Economic Affairs Division

Updated 27 Jun, 2022 07:32pm

Business & Finance

G-20 DSSI: Pakistan signs debt suspension agreements worth $197mn

Total amount of debt suspended and rescheduled under the DSSI framework stands at $3.68bn

Published 15 Jun, 2022 06:05pm

ECC nod sought for 15 debt rescheduling agreements

ISLAMABAD: Economic Affairs Division (EAD) has sought nod from the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) to sign 15...

Updated 15 Mar, 2022 10:00am

Rescheduling of accords under DSSI: EAD creates fiscal space of $4bn

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Affairs Division (EAD) has created a fiscal space of $4 billion through negotiations for...

Updated 22 Feb, 2022 11:23am

EFF programme commitments: IMF urges all key bilateral creditors to maintain exposure to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged all key bilateral creditors to maintain their exposure to...

Published 06 Feb, 2022 04:42am

Germany signs Euro 26.213m DSSI

ISLAMABAD: The government of Germany, through KfW (the German Development Bank) and the government of Pakistan,...

Updated 29 Oct, 2021 09:50am

Pakistan

PBS plans to install dashboards, IMS at PD&SI

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) is planning to install dashboards and information management...

Published 18 Jun, 2021 04:16am

Japan signs debt suspension agreements

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan and the government of Japan Tuesday signed debt suspension agreements ...

Updated 28 Apr, 2021 09:33am

Editorials

Developing countries and SDGs

EDITORIAL: It’s interesting to note that Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Dr Mohammad Jahanzeb Khan quoted from...

Published 18 Apr, 2021 03:09am

Opinion

Is truth playing out?

The government has yet to table the Fiscal Policy Statement January 2021, as required under Section 6 of the Federal...

Published 08 Feb, 2021 03:46am

World

Ethiopia's debt relief request to put other DSSI nations under scrutiny

Ethiopia has said it plans to seek a restructuring of its sovereign debt under a new common framework of the G20 group of major economies designed to help with the financial pressures of COVID-19.
G20 DSSI-eligible sovereigns and those requesting IMF programmes may come under additional scrutiny following Ethiopia's request for debt relief.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 06:10pm

World

Italy G20 presidency to push for debt relief, new IMF drawing rights

ROME: Italy, this year’s president of the Group of 20 rich and emerging nations, will push its members to extend...

Published 31 Jan, 2021 03:36am

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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