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ADB maintains GDP growth rate at 2.8pc

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) maintained GDP growth projection for Pakistan at 2.8 percent and...

Published 26 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Finally, $7bn EFF approved by IMF board

First loan tranche of nearly $1.1 billion is likely to be received by September 30

Updated 26 Sep, 2024 09:23am

Opinion

Realistically speaking, the economy has improved

Making comments on financial issues without any expertise in the subject matter or without receiving concurrence ...

Published 17 Sep, 2024 06:33am

Policy rate cut yet again as inflation cools

KARACHI: As per expectations, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday...

Updated 13 Sep, 2024 09:21am

Business & Finance

Visa aims for 10-fold rise in Pakistani use of digital payments

KARACHI: Visa plans to increase the number of businesses accepting digital payments in Pakistan tenfold over the...

Updated 11 Sep, 2024 10:43pm

Pakistan

Aurangzeb says agriculture, IT key economic drivers

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that agriculture and...

Published 11 Sep, 2024 06:31am

Opinion

FBR revenue targets for 2024-25

The first two months of 2024-25 have already revealed serious problems with the overall and individual revenue...

Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am

Business & Finance

UBG for cut in interest rates in upcoming monetary policy

KARACHI Syed Mazhar Ali Nasir, Vice Chairman UBG Sindh Region has appealed to the government and the State Bank of...

Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am

Opinion

Sectoral growth patterns in FY2023-24

The latest Pakistan Economic Survey for 2023-24, released in June, contains a comprehensive set of estimates on the...

Published 03 Sep, 2024 06:27am

Finance ministry spells out 5 major economic challenges

High fuel prices among the many issues facing Pakistan's economy

Updated 03 Sep, 2024 11:52am

Business & Finance

Canadian dollar falls against the greenback

TORONTO: The Canadian dollar held on to much of its monthly gain against its US counterpart on Friday as investors...

Published 02 Sep, 2024 06:40am

Opinion

Need for modern farming practices

As climate change threatens the country there are also apprehensions about the negative effects it will have on farm...

Updated 31 Aug, 2024 07:16am

Credit to private sector: incorrect calculation?

ISLAMABAD: Credit to private sector (flows) stood at Rs -326.9 billion, 1-July to 26-July 2024-25 against Rs -171.1...

Updated 31 Aug, 2024 10:21pm

Business & Finance

ITCN Asia: OICCI reaffirms commitment to advancing IT, telecom sectors

KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 06:08am

Business & Finance

Moody’s lifts rating on reduced default risk

ISLAMABAD: Moody’s Ratings (Moody’s) on Wednesday upgraded the government of Pakistan’s local and foreign...

Published 29 Aug, 2024 07:46am

Opinion

Social sector spending

The Federal Ministry of Finance has released the estimates of poverty-related expenditures for 2022-23. Thanks are...

Published 27 Aug, 2024 06:44am

PM forms steering body on Smeda

Expresses indignation at the inactivity of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority Board

Updated 24 Aug, 2024 03:12pm

Govt mulling shutting down utility stores

ISLAMABAD: The federal government to get itself out of the unnecessary businesses activities is considering to close...

Updated 24 Aug, 2024 02:52pm

Middle East trade growth strategy mapped out

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has finalized a strategy to enhance trade with Middle Eastern countries including Saudi Arabia...

Updated 21 Aug, 2024 11:05am

IMF Executive Board meeting agenda issued; Pakistan not included

Despite the exclusion, sources indicate that the Executive Board has the discretion to add agenda items outside of the official schedule, leaving room for optimism

Updated 20 Aug, 2024 09:54am

Pakistan

Last two years worse in Pakistan’s economic history: Atif Mian

Country stuck in ‘poverty trap’, needs ‘big policy change’, says noted economist

Updated 19 Aug, 2024 04:40pm

Business & Finance

External debt-to-GDP ratio hits 6-year low

KARACHI: Pakistan’s external debt to GDP ratio fell to 6 years low, ie, 26 percent at the end of the last fiscal...

Updated 16 Aug, 2024 03:15pm

World

Indonesia finance minister says global economy shadowed with risk and uncertainty

JAKARTA: Indonesian finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Tuesday the global economy is still shadowed with...

Updated 13 Aug, 2024 11:51am

Opinion

Budgetary outcome in 2023-24

The statistics on the outcome of fiscal operations by the federal and provincial governments in 2023-24 were ...

Updated 13 Aug, 2024 07:40am

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

Govt takes much of the credit for decline in food inflation

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum Dr Musadik Masood Malik on Thursday said that the positive impact of the...

Updated 09 Aug, 2024 09:22am

Briefing to NA panel: SBP governor seeks structural reforms in key sectors

ISLAMABAD: There is a need for structural reforms in various sectors of the economy to tackle the existing...

Updated 08 Aug, 2024 08:58am

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

World Bank offers roadmap to avoid ‘middle-income trap’

WASHINGTON: More than 100 countries, including China, are at risk of entering a “middle-income trap” and failing...

Published 02 Aug, 2024 05:55am

Opinion

Effects of culture on economic outcomes

One of the recent, lesser discussed occurrences that could affect Pakistan’s future economic trajectory is the...

Updated 01 Aug, 2024 07:50am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 25	277.93
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 25	277.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 25	144.86
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 25	0.85
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 25	1.33
Euro to USD / Sep 25	1.11

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 25	5,722.26
India Sensex / Sep 25	85,169.87
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 25	38,812.94
Nasdaq / Sep 25	18,082.21
Hang Seng / Sep 25	19,492.32
FTSE 100 / Sep 25	8,268.70
Dow Jones / Sep 25	41,914.75
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 25	18,918.50

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 25	69.71
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 25	18,435
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 25	239,287.40
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 25	2,661.75
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 25	73.65
Petrol/Litre / Sep 26	249.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Sep 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Sep 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Sep 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Sep 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Sep 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Sep 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Sep 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Sep 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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