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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 / Nov 15	277.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 15	277.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 15	154.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 15	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 15	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 15	1.05

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Nov 14	77,580.31
S&P 500 / Nov 15	5,870.62
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 15	38,642.91
Nasdaq / Nov 15	18,680.12
Hang Seng / Nov 15	19,426.34
FTSE 100 / Nov 15	8,063.61
Dow Jones / Nov 15	43,444.99
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 15	19,210.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 15	67.02
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 15	233,371.60
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 15	2,563.25
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 15	68.91
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 16	18,085
Petrol/Litre / Nov 17	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.33 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.73 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	56.65 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,008.83 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.43 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.33 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.73 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	56.65 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,008.83 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.43 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	77,999,077 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	70,721,702 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	55,501,231 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,884,955 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 17 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	36,294,630 ▲ 0.00
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Nov 17 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	32,226,742 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Nov 17 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,018,611 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Nov 17 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	22,405,457 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 17 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	21,319,898 ▲ 0.00

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