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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 / Jan 30	279.17
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 30	278.97
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 30	154.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 30	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 30	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 30	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 30	6,071.17
India Sensex / Jan 30	76,759.81
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 30	39,513.97
Nasdaq / Jan 30	19,681.75
Hang Seng / Jan 30	20,225.11
FTSE 100 / Jan 30	8,646.88
Dow Jones / Jan 30	44,882.13
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 30	21,727.20

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 30	72.99
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 30	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 30	248,885
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 30	2,849.50
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 30	66.27
Petrol/Litre / Jan 31	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Chenab Ltd / Jan 30 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	9.08 ▲ 1 (12.38%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 30 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	9.26 ▲ 1 (12.11%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Jan 30 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	2.52 ▲ 0.23 (10.04%)
Redco Textile / Jan 30 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	21.97 ▲ 2 (10.02%)
Sana Ind / Jan 30 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	28.77 ▲ 2.62 (10.02%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jan 30 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	14.29 ▲ 1.3 (10.01%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jan 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	17.48 ▲ 1.59 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jan 30 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	59.90 ▲ 5.45 (10.01%)
Atlas Honda Ltd / Jan 30 Atlas Honda Limited(ATLH)	873.29 ▲ 79.39 (10%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 30 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	6.91 ▼ -0.97 (-12.31%)
First Capital Equities / Jan 30 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.21 ▼ -0.68 (-11.54%)
National Silk / Jan 30 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	45.35 ▼ -5.04 (-10%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 30 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	55.40 ▼ -6.15 (-9.99%)
Kohat Textile / Jan 30 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	32 ▼ -3.13 (-8.91%)
Hussain Industries / Jan 30 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	26.41 ▼ -2.45 (-8.49%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jan 30 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	13.60 ▼ -1.14 (-7.73%)
JS Investments / Jan 30 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	21.02 ▼ -1.74 (-7.64%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 30 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.13 ▼ -0.67 (-6.84%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Jan 30 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	48,078,930 ▲ 2.48
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 30 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	33,126,010 ▲ 1.16
Bank Makramah / Jan 30 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	31,438,642 ▲ 0.23
Cnergyico PK / Jan 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,197,761 ▲ 0.13
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 30 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	29,670,310 ▲ 0.13
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 30 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	25,413,292 ▲ 2.73
Dewan Motors / Jan 30 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	24,726,221 ▼ -1.63
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	20,794,723 ▲ 0.02
Fauji Cement / Jan 30 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	13,308,955 ▲ 0.1

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