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Back in gear

As small as Pakistan’s automobile industry is, it has contracted significantly in recent years. By FY24, industry...

Published 08 Apr, 2025 09:04am

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‘Owning’ the market

Car sales are rising and driving up the premiums as they go. Known locally as “own money”, this is where buyers pay...

Published 27 Mar, 2025 06:59am

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Shifting gears

The automotive market is salvaging its size. After dropping to a historic low in FY24, the market is growing once...

Published 19 Feb, 2025 07:49am

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Mixed signals

Consumers say they don’t intend to purchase motor vehicles in the next six months—well, most consumers, not all;...

Published 15 Jan, 2025 07:55am

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Forget FY24

In 2021, buckling under the pressure of a rising import bill, soaring inflation, and shrinking reserves, the State...

Published 12 Dec, 2024 08:37am

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Don’t bury the Lede

The shrinking of the automobile market for newly assembled vehicles is almost palpable and can be felt (by...

Published 21 Oct, 2024 09:12am

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Autos: It’s not over

In a great display of resilience, automobile sales have remained consistently strong on May 24 after delivering a...

Published 21 Jun, 2024 08:59am

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Misery meets company

If the worthy reader too cannot keep up with the barrage of news on price cuts being offered by various automobile...

Published 20 May, 2024 08:49am

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Autos: Unpromising!

In two more months, the automotive industry would have reached the half-way point into the fiscal year that is FY24,...

Published 16 Nov, 2023 08:39am

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Autos: The scatter here is too great

The headlines haven’t changed—automobile volumes are down (in FY23, volumes shrank by 55 percent for passenger cars,...

Published 24 Aug, 2023 08:44am

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The reckoning

Automotive industry is large enough and auto OEMs are making enough profits for analysts to talk about it endlessly....

Published 18 Aug, 2023 08:38am

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The rich and the resilient

Pricier cars becoming more uneconomical, mounting cost of borrowing at prevailing kibor rates close to 23 percent,...

Updated 13 Jul, 2023 10:11am

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Autos: Head-on collision

While March numbers would give pause and indicate there may still be ample demand in the market for newly assembled...

Published 11 May, 2023 09:01am

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Suzuki skids to a stop?

Pakistan Suzuki (PSX: PSMC) has had plenty of idle time on its hands, however vexing that may be, owing to massive...

Published 19 Apr, 2023 08:32am

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Crash and burn

Automotive assemblers are trying to make do. In the first half of the fiscal year, volumes have shrunk 38 percent...

Published 19 Jan, 2023 07:58am

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Auto: Flailing volumes

FY22 is not panning out very well for the automotive industry. This was anticipated early on as overall inflation,...

Published 19 Sep, 2022 08:31am

Business & Finance

Auto sales to increase in May, but a slowdown is right around the corner in Pakistan

JS Research says number for May likely to clock in at 22,700 units

Updated 07 Jun, 2022 09:04pm

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Auto market size: Standing still!

The automobile industry saw a number of new entrants come into competition to the three Japanese players, due to...

Updated 14 Mar, 2022 11:35am

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Autos: Calm before the storm

The auto industry has certainly ended the calendar year with a bang. In the cumulative first half of the fiscal ...

Published 14 Jan, 2022 08:01am

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Autos: New Year (warning) bells

December numbers are not available yet, but by November, cumulative auto sales (including passenger cars, LCVs and...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 07:16am

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Autos: tis the season to be jolly

The sudden, almost dramatic, increase in sales in the automobile industry specially in passenger cars is an...

Published 25 Aug, 2021 07:40am

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Autos: Take ‘em for a spin!

The automotive market for FY21 has expanded by 62 percent (passenger cars, LCVs and SUVs) compared to last year,...

Published 16 Jul, 2021 08:03am

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Autos: still in comfort zone?

Automobile sector is one of the fastest recovering industries in the country from Covid-19. But the real test is...

Published 15 Apr, 2021 07:35am

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Sapphire’s EV ambitions

Finally, electric bus has made its debut in Pakistan. Yesterday, there was a soft launch of first electric bus by...

Published 31 Mar, 2021 07:40am

Pakistan

Output of LCVs increase 20pc in 7 months

The production of cars and jeeps also increased by 8.61 percent as it surge from 81,256 units last year to 74,817 units during 2020-21.

Published 18 Mar, 2021 06:39pm

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All about that base

Reverberations can be felt across the automotive industry as demand is returning with a vengeance. In Feb-21,...

Published 18 Mar, 2021 07:40am

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Commercial Vehicles: Growth (ish)

Over 95 percent of Pakistan’s freight transportation uses the country’s road network—which means, the country...

Published 25 Feb, 2021 07:40am

Pakistan

Output of LCVs falls 4.28pc in five months

As many as 6,957 LCVs were manufactured during July-November (2020-21), showing decline of 4.28 percent.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 06:58pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 18	280.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 18	280.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 18	142.18
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 18	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 18	1.33
Euro to USD / Apr 18	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 18	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5,282.70
India Sensex / Apr 17	78,553.20
Nasdaq / Apr 17	16,286.45
Hang Seng / Apr 17	21,395.14
FTSE 100 / Apr 17	8,275.66
Dow Jones / Apr 17	39,142.23
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 17	21,205.86
France CAC40 / Apr 17	7,285.86
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 18	34,730.28

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 18	64.68
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	299,811
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 18	3,326.85
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 18	67.13
Petrol/Litre / Apr 19	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 19	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Apr 18 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	3.44 ▲ 0.99 (40.41%)
Universal Ins. / Apr 18 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	10.36 ▲ 0.99 (10.57%)
Oilboy Energy / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.91 ▲ 1 (10.09%)
Popular Islamic / Apr 18 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.70 ▲ 1.25 (10.04%)
Safe Mix Con.Lt / Apr 18 Safe Mix Concrete Limited(SMCPL)	18.11 ▲ 1.65 (10.02%)
Bunnys Limited / Apr 18 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	26.91 ▲ 2.45 (10.02%)
Nimir Resins / Apr 18 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	46.70 ▲ 4.25 (10.01%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 18 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	63.90 ▲ 5.81 (10%)
Bawany Air Products / Apr 18 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	35.63 ▲ 3.24 (10%)
Sunrays Textile / Apr 18 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	97.10 ▲ 8.83 (10%)

Stock	Price
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	0.64 ▼ -0.43 (-40.19%)
Shaheen Ins. / Apr 18 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	5.84 ▼ -1.33 (-18.55%)
Century Ins. / Apr 18 Century Insurance Company Limited(CENI)	41.25 ▼ -8.57 (-17.2%)
Escorts Bank / Apr 18 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	5.86 ▼ -0.98 (-14.33%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Apr 18 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	9.50 ▼ -1.55 (-14.03%)
Habib Ins. / Apr 18 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	6.92 ▼ -0.69 (-9.07%)
Gulshan Sp. / Apr 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	3.18 ▼ -0.3 (-8.62%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Apr 18 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	12.87 ▼ -1.1 (-7.87%)
First Fid. Leasing / Apr 18 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	2 ▼ -0.16 (-7.41%)
Zephyr Textile / Apr 18 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	11.56 ▼ -0.92 (-7.37%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Apr 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	38,238,255 ▲ 1.64
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 18 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	30,965,499 ▲ 0.18
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	22,907,790 ▲ 0.09
Cnergyico PK / Apr 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	17,544,373 ▲ 0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 18 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	12,813,509 ▲ 0.94
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	11,614,194 ▲ 0
Pak Elektron / Apr 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	10,998,433 ▼ -0.42
Habib Bank / Apr 18 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	9,362,714 ▼ -5.52
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	9,098,065 ▼ -0.43
B.O.Punjab / Apr 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	8,925,360 ▼ -0.09

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