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Govt’s interest payments to decrease by Rs1.5tn in FY25 as policy rate comes down: SBP chief

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad has said the decline in key policy rate will help the government...

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 09:04pm

Opinion

Importance of riba-free banking for a developing country like Pakistan

Riba-free (interest-free) banking is a key principle of Islamic finance, which prohibits interest on loans, viewing...

Updated 12 Oct, 2024 08:31am

Business & Finance

Interest worth SDR 2.815bn paid to IMF since 1984

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has paid interest amounting SDR 2.815 billion to International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 1984....

Updated 02 Aug, 2024 09:07am

Markets

Pakistan will face no difficulty in meeting external debt obligations in FY25: SBP governor

Pakistan will not face an issue in meeting its external payment obligations in the current fiscal year (FY25), said...

Updated 29 Jul, 2024 07:33pm

Interest payments to devour 62pc of revenues: ADB

Forecasts public debt to decline by 7 percentage points to 70 percent of GDP in 2024–2025

Updated 19 Jul, 2024 10:02am

Fiscal adjustment hamstrung by interest payments

Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives says economy has slowly and steadily started recovering from the downturn in growth

Updated 04 Oct, 2023 10:00am

Rs7.302trn will be spent on debt servicing

ISLAMABAD: The country will spend around Rs 7.302 trillion on debt servicing including interest payments and...

Published 10 Jun, 2023 04:49am

Pakistan

Pakistan's ex finance chief Miftah warns against any kind of debt restructuring

Difficult task to get China and the West to sit on one table for such an endeavour, he says

Updated 16 Mar, 2023 09:46am

Opinion

Waiting for ‘manna from heaven’

After the receding flood waters from hell, the GOP is now waiting anxiously for ‘manna from heaven’ from heavenly...

Published 30 Nov, 2022 06:23am

Business & Finance

Russia says repaid dollar debt in rubles amid default fears

MOSCOW: Russia has made two interest payments on dollar-denominated debt in rubles, the country’s finance ministry...

Published 24 Jun, 2022 06:15am

Editorials

Taxing foreign lenders

EDITORIAL: Interestingly, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) seems to have quite an appetite for novelties; just not...

Published 18 Jun, 2022 06:00am

Opinion

A fiscal quagmire: genesis

In the last article, many readers felt that there was no explanation as to how we came to this pass and what ...

Published 25 May, 2022 04:40am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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