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Babus’ clamour for pay increase

EDITORIAL: The government has pledged to refrain from any further increase in salaries and pensions beyond those...

Published 24 Jan, 2024 05:07am

Editorials

SBP report: the truth, but not the whole truth?

EDITORIAL: The Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) as Chairman of the Board of Directors, submitted the annual...

Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am

Editorials

SBA’s first tranche: So why the delay?

EDITORIAL: International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) Board calendar till 14 December surprisingly does not include...

Published 07 Dec, 2023 04:35am

Business & Finance

KSA: Baqir hails role of Pakistani diaspora

KARACHI: The Governor of State Bank of Pakistan, Dr Reza Baqir has expressed his gratitude to the Pakistani diaspora...

Published 08 Feb, 2022 06:10am

Editorials

This too shall pass?

EDITORIAL: Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Dr Reza Baqir has recently asserted that Pakistan could ride out...

Published 14 Jan, 2022 06:50am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Fake news and genuine news

“I was saddened that members of the media, my fraternity, were spreading inaccurate information about Governor...

Published 12 Jan, 2022 04:25am

Opinion

Policy rate: ‘boldest’ hike in Asia

Dr Reza Baqir, Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), during his interview to Bloomberg on 17 December stated that...

Published 20 Dec, 2021 06:29am

Pakistan

PMIC wins Pakistan Banking Award

KARACHI: Pakistan Microfinance Investment Company Limited (PMIC) has been honoured with the "Best contribution by a...

Published 01 Nov, 2021 05:02am

Editorials

Chickens always come home to roost

EDITORIAL: Sustained flawed policies and mismanagement, spanning not just one administration's tenure but several...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 05:32am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘The Lord of the Rings’

“It’s all about credibility.”

Published 22 Oct, 2021 04:13am

Opinion

MPS: three observations

On 20 September 2021 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced its decision to raise the discount rate by 25 basis...

Published 27 Sep, 2021 05:51am

Opinion

A recalcitrant rupee: Deliberate policy or otherwise?

The rupee-dollar interbank parity is close to the historical high of 168.8 (15 August 2020) this week past with a...

Updated 13 Sep, 2021 09:30am

SBP governor speaks to media persons: $2.77bn from IMF to help facilitate increased imports

ISLAMABAD: The Governor State Bank of Pakistan Dr Reza Baqir on Friday said that after receiving US$ 2.77 billion...

Updated 16 Aug, 2021 06:23pm

Opinion

July MPS - areas of concern

The Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) dated 27 July decided to keep the discount rate unchanged at 7 percent with a...

Published 02 Aug, 2021 06:02am

Pakistan

SBP Governor lauds NAB's corruption elimination efforts

The performance of NAB has also been appreciated by reputed national and international institutions.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 07:26pm

Pakistan

ECC approves policies for mobile device, electric vehicle manufacturing, removes 4pc tax on local phone production

Moreover, removal of Sales Tax on locally manufactured phones was also approved in principle and modalities would be worked out in consultation with the Finance Division.

Updated 16 Dec, 2020 09:34pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 18	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 18	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 18	153.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 18	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 18	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 18	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
India Sensex / Dec 18	80,231.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 18	39,081.71
Hang Seng / Dec 18	19,857.31
FTSE 100 / Dec 18	8,222.99
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 18	20,267.35

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 18	70.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 18	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 18	2,644.54
Diesel/Litre / Dec 18	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.42 (10.37%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 18 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	61.55 ▲ 5.60 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Dec 18 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	259.27 ▲ 23.57 (10.00%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Dec 18 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	564.23 ▲ 51.29 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 18 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	180.01 ▼ -19.99 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 18 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	44.37 ▼ -4.93 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Synthetic Prod / Dec 18 Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited(SPEL)	45.89 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 18 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	198.85 ▼ -22.08 (-9.99%)
Bilal Fibres / Dec 18 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	12.61 ▼ -1.40 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.15
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.34
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	67,234,901 ▼ -0.51
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	60,136,151 ▲ 0.13
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -1.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	46,669,770 ▼ -0.33
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.67
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▼ -0.46
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	36,858,206 ▲ 1.01

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