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The youth bulge

The high rate of population growth of Pakistan, among the highest in the world, has led to the emergence of a large...

Updated 04 Jul, 2023 05:50am

Opinion

Growth rate: PBS under the spotlight

The provisional estimates for 2022-23 of the GDP by sector and by expenditure have been released recently by the...

Published 30 May, 2023 03:37am

Editorials

State of the economy

EDITORIAL: The strengthening of the Pakistani rupee vis-a-vis the dollar since the appointment of Ishaq Dar as the...

Published 11 Oct, 2022 05:54am

Editorials

The need for across the board sacrifice

EDITORIAL: There is overwhelming evidence that in spite of a high growth rate in the current year other ...

Published 02 Jun, 2022 06:19am

Pakistan

MoF’s monthly outlook: High inflation could dampen Pakistan's growth prospects

Ministry says supply chain issues and surging international commodity prices are driving both international and domestic inflation

Updated 29 Apr, 2022 05:30pm

Editorials

ADB World Economic Outlook

EDITORIAL: The Asian Outlook by the Asian Development Bank estimates growth in developing Asia at 5.2 percent in ...

Published 20 Apr, 2022 05:12am

Opinion

Invest in barrens

Over the last century, domestic demand for food has escalated as our population has increased radically. According ...

Published 16 Mar, 2022 05:40am

Business & Finance

Analyst says high interest rate to undermine growth objective

KARACHI: In the Recent Monetary Policy the State Bank of Pakistan left the benchmark interest rate unchanged at ...

Published 14 Mar, 2022 06:00am

Opinion

Free market mechanism

According to Nadeem Akhtar, a political analyst, “Double-digit growth in India and China were unimaginable 40 ...

Published 26 Jan, 2022 04:42am

Jul-Nov ICT export remittances increase 37.57pc to $1.05bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The ICT export remittances, including telecommunication, computer and information services for the period...

Updated 22 Dec, 2021 09:57am

BR Research

MPS comes early!

The monetary policy decision is today. The committee meeting has been preponed by a week in light of recent...

Published 19 Nov, 2021 08:06am

Business & Finance

Irish services sector prices, backlogs hit 21-year highs

DUBLIN: Growth in Ireland's service sector eased slightly in October from the previous month but remained near...

Published 03 Nov, 2021 10:45am

Business

FY2020-21: Hyderabad Customs surpasses assigned target

HYDERABAD: Collectorate of Customs Hyderabad has succeeded in surpassing annual revenue targets assigned by the ...

Published 03 Jul, 2021 03:19am

Editorials

Claims and counterclaims

EDITORIAL: The Shaukat Tarin-led Finance Ministry has projected a growth rate of 5 percent for next fiscal year...

Published 21 Jun, 2021 03:43am

Business & Finance

Cement sector shows excellent growth rate of 49.86pc in May

LAHORE: Cement sector showed excellent growth of 49.86 percent during May 2021 when total cement dispatches were...

Published 06 Jun, 2021 02:56am

Opinion

The growth rate controversy

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has claimed Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 3.94 percent in the...

Published 31 May, 2021 03:12am

Editorials

Growth rate of 4 percent?

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin during his press conference this Sunday past defended the authenticity of...

Published 26 May, 2021 03:45am

Business & Finance

French economy returns to growth in first quarter

"The unexpected increase in French GDP in Q1 suggests that the economy has proved more resilient to the poor health situation and associated restrictions than we had thought," said Jessica Hinds, Europe economist at Capital Economics.

Published 30 Apr, 2021 11:52am

Business & Finance

Pakistan economy needs to grow 7-9pc to generate jobs, curb debt: Report

The report highlighted that investment and productivity, which are the two major drivers of growth are not only rather low in Pakistan, but are on a decline.

Published 23 Apr, 2021 11:16am

Business & Finance

Hammad confident Pakistan's economy to grow faster than earlier forecasts

“Starting from next fiscal year, we will be targeting an even higher growth rate that may exceed 4pc per annum,” said Azhar in a tweet.

Published 07 Apr, 2021 10:38am

Editorials

Hafeez Sheikh: ignominious exit

EDITORIAL: The sudden removal of finance minister Dr Hafeez Sheikh from the federal cabinet, with nearly nine weeks...

Published 31 Mar, 2021 05:42am

Business & Finance

UK economy slumps 2.9% in January on coronavirus curbs

The economy was also 9.0 percent smaller than its pre-pandemic level in February 2020, it added.

Published 12 Mar, 2021 12:19pm

World

China military budget to grow 6.8pc in 2021

BEIJING: China’s military budget — the second largest in the world after the US — is set to increase by 6.8...

Published 06 Mar, 2021 05:01am

Opinion

C/A: things have changed since Nov

There has been a state of euphoria about the external balance of payments of the country till recently. This has ...

Published 02 Mar, 2021 05:50am

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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