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Economic Survey 2023 24

Tech glitches, economy twitches

In today’s digital landscape, the internet has become a fundamental necessity for individuals and businesses ...

Updated 29 Aug, 2024 07:28am

Opinion

Inflation decline and no feel-good factor

The July inflation data was released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on the 1 of August, showing a ...

Published 12 Aug, 2024 06:36am

Pakistan

Pharma, healthcare sectors also reeling amid economic crisis

KARACHI: Pakistan’s economy and its people are facing a health crisis. With an economy burdened by high debt and...

Published 04 Jul, 2024 06:09am

Pakistan

Green Pakistan: Phase-I Up-scaling Programme achieves plantation target of 2.12bn

LAHORE: Phase-I of the Green Pakistan Up-scaling Program has achieved a plantation target of 2.12 billion to enhance...

Published 22 Jun, 2024 06:47am

Editorials

Trends in unemployment

EDITORIAL: One of the most ignored contributors to the unemployment rate – which stands at 6.3 percent, according...

Updated 22 Jun, 2024 07:28am

BISP allocated Rs598.71bn

ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has been budgeted at Rs598.71 billion in financial year 2024-25,...

Updated 13 Jun, 2024 09:32am

Pakistan

Rs313.4bn disbursed among 9.4m BISP beneficiaries

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Survey 2023-2024 unveiled substantial financial commitments by the Government of Pakistan...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Pakistan

Cumulative education expenditures decline

ISLAMABAD: The cumulative education expenditures by federal and provincial governments declined as a percentage of...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Pakistan

Country goes from being water-stressed to water-scarce

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is facing a shift from water-stressed to water-scarce status due to factors such as population...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Opinion

Neither up-to-date nor unbiased

The Economic Survey’s relevance, limited to data analysis, is neither up to date (limited to July-March or for ...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Inflation target of 21pc will be missed

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will miss the inflation target of 21 percent set for the current fiscal year and will remain in...

Updated 12 Jun, 2024 08:57am

Interest expenses climb to Rs5.5trn

KARACHI: The tight monetary stance by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) resulted in a massive surge in the federal...

Updated 12 Jun, 2024 08:58am

Editorials

Economic Survey

EDITORIAL: The Economic Survey 2024-25 gives good news: key macroeconomic indicators are better than the comparable...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Growth target missed: Economic Survey

ISLAMABAD: Economy is likely to have expanded by 2.4% in the fiscal year that ends this month, missing a target of...

Updated 12 Jun, 2024 09:13am

No sacred cows, everyone has to contribute to economy: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb Tuesday forewarned that there are no sacred cows and everyone has to...

Updated 12 Jun, 2024 09:32am

Life expectancy rises to 67.3 years

ISLAMABAD: The life expectancy in Pakistan has increased from 65.7 years to 67.3 years from 2015 to 2022, revealed...

Updated 12 Jun, 2024 08:57am

Tax exemptions, zero-rating cost kitty over Rs3.87trn

ISLAMABAD: Total tax exemptions, concessions, zero-rating and special tax treatments to various businesses,...

Updated 12 Jun, 2024 08:59am

Business & Finance

Economic Survey: Red Sea disruptions continue to affect supply chain

ISLAMABAD: The Government said on Tuesday that prolonged disruptions in Red Sea will continue to disrupt supply...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Business & Finance

Unemployment rate stands at 6.3pc

ISLAMABAD: With 4.51 million unemployed population, the rate of unemployment in Pakistan stands at 6.3 percent, the...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Markets

Economic Survey: Jul-Mar POL import bill down on lower intake

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s petroleum import bill declined in the first nine months (July-March) of fiscal year 2023-24...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Markets

Rs719.59bn PL collected in Jul-Mar

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has collected Rs719.592 billion petroleum levy (PL) on petroleum products in the...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Business & Finance

‘IT industry demonstrates growth of -3.02pc owing to decline in telecommunication’

ISLAMABAD: The information and communication industry demonstrated growth of -3.02 per cent because of a decline in...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Business & Finance

Livestock sector registers 3.9pc growth

ISLAMABAD: The livestock sector of the economy has registered a growth of 3.9 per cent during 2023-24, revealed...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Technology

Pakistan’s ICT exports soar to $2.28bn, reveals Economic Survey 2023-24

Pakistan’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector exports remittances have surged 17.44% to $2.283...

Published 11 Jun, 2024 11:23pm

Business & Finance

Capacity utilisation of Pakistan’s cement industry drops to lowest on record

At around 55%, this is the lowest level since at least FY2007

Updated 11 Jun, 2024 11:53pm

Pakistan

Key highlights of Pakistan Economic Survey 2023-24

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb unveiled the Pakistan Economic Survey 2023-24 on Tuesday, recapping the annual...

Updated 11 Jun, 2024 11:50pm

Markets

‘Intensified competition with China’ dents Pakistan’s textile sector: Economic Survey 2023-24

Intensified competition with China and weakened external demand hit Pakistan’s textile sector, which remained at the...

Published 11 Jun, 2024 09:53pm

Pakistan

Economic Survey 2023-24: Pakistan’s GDP per capita increases to $1,680, size of economy at $375bn

Pakistan’s GDP per capita (or per capita income) witnessed a rebound this fiscal year, standing at $1,680 compared...

Published 11 Jun, 2024 09:28pm

Technology

Economic Survey 2023-24: mobile phones dominate as Pakistan’s telecom sector imports stand at $1.62bn

Imports by Pakistan’s telecom sector soared by 117.9%, jumping to $1.623 billion during July-March FY2024, according...

Updated 11 Jun, 2024 11:57pm

Pakistan

Aurangzeb says some rollovers, return of commercial bank borrowing ways to manage external debt in FY25

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb sounded a confident tone, saying that Pakistan will meet its external debt...

Updated 11 Jun, 2024 11:56pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 21	278.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 21	277.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 21	154.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 21	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 21	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 20	5,917.11
Nasdaq / Nov 20	18,966.14
Dow Jones / Nov 20	43,408.47
India Sensex / Nov 21	77,137.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 21	38,026.17
Hang Seng / Nov 21	19,620.49
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,069.57
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	18,942.65

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 21	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 21	69.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 21	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 21	238,340
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 21	2,662.71
Diesel/Litre / Nov 21	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	174,389,145 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	63,973,243 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 21 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,996,737 ▲ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Nov 21 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	48,137,561 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	43,506,391 ▲ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Nov 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	40,852,960 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	36,937,252 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,401,025 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,346,592 ▲ 0.00

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