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economy

Analyst describes SMEs as principal participants in overall economy

KARACHI: The SMEs with a largest size of 82 percent of our total economy are said to be the main participants of the...

Published 12 Jan, 2025 02:44am

SBP governor seems very optimistic about economy

Jameel Ahmad says SBP remains focused on achieving medium-term economic stability

Updated 10 Jan, 2025 03:03pm

PM Shehbaz says SMEs backbone of economy

Premier says the incumbent government is taking all possible measures to provide facilities to small and big-scale businesses

Updated 05 Jan, 2025 07:15pm

BR Research

Power sector: (Woeful) State of Industry Report

The power sector regulator, Nepra has issued the much-awaited State of Industry Report 2024, which expectedly reads...

Published 02 Jan, 2025 08:31am

Technology

UK study warns of perils in AI-driven ‘intention economy’

LONDON: Conversational artificial intelligence (AI) tools may soon “covertly influence” users’ decision making...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 06:32am

Improved macro indicators: Govt explains approach to economy

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb on Saturday said macroeconomic...

Updated 08 Dec, 2024 09:40am

Opinion

Need for institutional reforms

Pakistan’s economy has started showing positive signs of recovery and resilience after years of grappling with...

Updated 06 Dec, 2024 08:09am

BR Research

ADR race: calm down your horses

The ADR race is now close to the finish line. After reaching a bottom of 37 percent in September 2024, the banking...

Updated 05 Dec, 2024 10:46am

Pakistan

‘Youth must be equipped with entrepreneurial skills’

FAISALABAD: It is need of the hour to develop knowledge-based economy, strong academy industry linkages and to...

Published 04 Dec, 2024 03:14am

Opinion

Use of technology to deal with illegal spectrum of economy in effective manner

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” - Alan Kay This sentiment captures the essence of...

Published 04 Dec, 2024 03:14am

Opinion

Falling farm income reverberates across wider economy

One of the key reasons for macroeconomic stability is the decline in commodity prices, driven by both global and...

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 07:26am

BR Research

Trump’s back to the future

Hindsight may be 20-20 but when it comes to a U.S. election contested by one Mr. Donald Trump, it is a blur of...

Published 11 Nov, 2024 08:59am

Opinion

‘America’s freedom of opinion: equality or exclusivity?’

For example, when we surveyed the Detroit and Dearborn areas, home to predominantly Arab communities, including...

Published 10 Nov, 2024 02:51am

Scholz summons two ministers over rival plans to fix economy

BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold meetings with his top two ministers to seek common ground after they...

Updated 04 Nov, 2024 09:21am

Opinion

Foundations of real-world economics: what every economics student needs to know

The collapse of communism diverted the world economies to a liberalization regime, where economic freedom and...

Published 29 Oct, 2024 03:27am

Opinion

The economics of conflict

Conflict has a vastly different impact on different economies based on how insulated it may be (either voluntarily ...

Updated 28 Oct, 2024 08:31am

Business & Finance

Minister says annual volume of economy to reach ‘$3trn mark soon’

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal, on Monday, hoped that the...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

Opinion

When trust goes down…

Business goes down. Stock market goes down. Growth goes down. These are the hot news ingredients that become...

Updated 16 Oct, 2024 08:39am

Opinion

Economic challenges can be overcome through creative thinking

The economy is not getting better. It will not get better until full scale structural reforms of the economy take...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 06:47am

ADB EDs assure support to structural reforms, stabilise economy

ISLAMABAD: Asian Development Bank (ADB) Executive Directors assured continuous support to Pakistan on government’s...

Updated 10 Oct, 2024 08:48am

Opinion

Kamala Harris’s Achilles’ heel: the faltering economy

Being in the US and experiencing the pre-election excitement and frenzy is an incredible experience. Unlike in our...

Published 08 Oct, 2024 06:46am

Opinion

Country in the throes of intense political instability?

It increasingly appears that the country’s economy is moving in the right direction. Declining inflation, price...

Updated 07 Oct, 2024 08:15am

Editorials

The logjam in the economy continues

EDITORIAL: Former finance minister Dr Hafiz Pasha recently maintained that the revenue shortfall that he projected ...

Updated 07 Oct, 2024 08:14am

Economy: govt now expressing great happiness

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar says the world is acknowledging the country’s viable economic policies

Updated 06 Oct, 2024 05:06pm

Opinion

Country’s energy woes

Energy sector issues risk further deepening Pakistan’s socio-economic divides as recent years have witnessed an...

Updated 30 Sep, 2024 09:02am

Opinion

Beyond stabilisation: challenges and opportunities

The IMF board has finally approved a $7 billion package, with the first tranche already disbursed. Economic...

Updated 30 Sep, 2024 08:10am

Business & Finance

63pc SMBs expect economy to improve in next 12 months

KARACHI: Approximately 63 percent of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Pakistan are highly optimistic,...

Published 27 Sep, 2024 06:26am

Opinion

Stunted governance, stunted economy

Even after 60 years of financial market development, the local companies are still a small part of the market at...

Published 26 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Opinion

Middle class— tax trapped

The middle class is commonly seen as the fundamental support system of society, exerting a pivotal influence on...

Updated 23 Sep, 2024 07:43am

Opinion

Economy has been nursed to some semblance of health

There is some semblance of macroeconomic stability in Pakistan as inflation decreases, interest rates fall, and the...

Updated 23 Sep, 2024 07:32am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 20	278.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 20	278.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 20	156.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 20	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 20	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 20	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 20	77,231.09
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 20	38,932.72
Hang Seng / Jan 20	19,990.17
FTSE 100 / Jan 20	8,532.51
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 20	20,903.07

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 17	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 17	242,283
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 20	77.94
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 20	2,707.81
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 20	67.60
Petrol/Litre / Jan 21	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Bank Makramah / Jan 20 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	3.61 ▲ 0.91 (33.70%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 20 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.60 ▲ 1.00 (13.16%)
Apna Microfin. / Jan 20 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.50 ▲ 0.97 (10.18%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jan 20 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	11.61 ▲ 1.06 (10.05%)
Loads Limited / Jan 20 Loads Limited(LOADS)	17 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
AKD Securities / Jan 20 AKD Securities Limited(AKDSL)	24.93 ▲ 2.27 (10.02%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 20 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	18.24 ▲ 1.66 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Jan 20 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	254.47 ▲ 23.13 (10.00%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jan 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	53.44 ▲ 4.86 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Hussain Industries / Jan 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	31.09 ▼ -3.45 (-9.99%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 20 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	334.01 ▼ -35.89 (-9.70%)
Parmount Sp. / Jan 20 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.61 ▼ -0.44 (-8.71%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 20 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	38.04 ▼ -3.46 (-8.34%)
MithchellsFruit / Jan 20 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	279 ▼ -24.10 (-7.95%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jan 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	19.26 ▼ -1.62 (-7.76%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 20 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	11.80 ▼ -0.99 (-7.74%)
Service Textile / Jan 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	13.82 ▼ -1.16 (-7.74%)
Masood Textile / Jan 20 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	52.02 ▼ -4.22 (-7.50%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	101,934,297 ▼ -0.01
Lotte Chemical / Jan 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,408,954 ▲ 1.94
Bank Makramah / Jan 20 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	57,604,421 ▲ 0.91
Hub Power Co. / Jan 20 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	36,888,747 ▲ 0.70
Hascol Petrol / Jan 20 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,496,536 ▲ 0.17
Dewan Motors / Jan 20 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	28,438,701 ▲ 1.02
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 20 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	24,244,731 ▲ 7.71
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	19,741,577 ▲ 2.08
The Searle Co. / Jan 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	17,062,686 ▲ 4.29

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