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Live budget 2024 2025

Govt to borrow Rs3.97trn in Q1 FY24

KARACHI: The federal government has planned to borrow Rs 3.97 trillion from the domestic banking sector during the...

Updated 19 Jul, 2024 09:33am

Recurrent budget: MoF unveils strategy for release of funds

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has issued a strategy for the release of funds for the recurrent budget of the...

Updated 19 Jul, 2024 08:54am

Business & Finance

ICMA details critical highlights, implications of federal budget

KARACHI: Institute of Cost and Management Accountants (ICMA) has detailed the critical highlights and implications ...

Updated 19 Jul, 2024 06:43am

Business & Finance

FPCCI urges govt to review agreements with IPPs

KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has urged the federal government to...

Updated 16 Jul, 2024 01:03pm

Cement dealers go on countrywide strike against taxes

ISLAMABAD: Cement dealers in Pakistan begin their countrywide strike for an indefinite period against higher...

Updated 16 Jul, 2024 01:49pm

Opinion

Thoughts on the provincial budgets

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) budget was announced on 25 May, two and a half weeks before the federal budget was ...

Updated 15 Jul, 2024 08:14am

Opinion

Challenge of lower growth: IMF bailout insufficient

The IMF Staff-Level Agreement (SLA) for $7 billion programme is done. However, that does not ensure revival of the...

Updated 15 Jul, 2024 08:17am

Opinion

‘Do more’, IMF asks Pakistan

The Pakistan budget 2024-25 appears to have largely satisfied the IMF (International Monetary Fund), prompting it to...

Updated 13 Jul, 2024 07:35am

MoF issues strategy for release of recurrent budget funds

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry on Friday issued strategy for release of recurrent budget funds for 2024-25 fiscal...

Updated 13 Jul, 2024 09:39am

Development budget: FD unveils strategy for release of funds

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has issued a strategy for release of funds for development budget for financial year...

Updated 13 Jul, 2024 08:51am

Briefing to NA panel: New revenue measures won’t be withdrawn: FBR chief

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Amjed Zubair Tiwana Friday said new revenue measures taken in the...

Updated 13 Jul, 2024 10:19am

Editorials

Tax-to-GDP story

EDITORIAL: Once again the tax-to-GDP ratio for the last fiscal clocked in at nine percent and, typically, once again...

Updated 13 Jul, 2024 07:33am

Opinion

FED on transfer of immoveable property

“Accordingly CVT was abolished through the Finance Act 2010 as charge and levy of CVT became a provincial subject....

Updated 12 Jul, 2024 08:55am

Opinion

Middle class on a spinning wheel

Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes,”...

Published 11 Jul, 2024 07:37am

Opinion

‘Nationwide protests’?

It seems the mainstream press is finally waking up to the social implications of the new tax regime. So far it’s...

Published 11 Jul, 2024 05:51am

Pakistan

Aurangzeb meets Sir Michael Barber

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb had a meeting with the Founder and...

Published 09 Jul, 2024 06:15am

Opinion

Outlook for FY25

The fiscal year, 2024-25, promises to be an eventful year. It will see early negotiations between the Government of...

Updated 09 Jul, 2024 07:39am

Pakistan

There is a deficit of ‘positive politics’, says Bilawal

PESHAWAR: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing a press conference said that he was...

Published 09 Jul, 2024 05:17am

Govt embarks on the path of rightsizing itself

Seeks information from five ministries about their actual and revised budget for 2023-24 and budget for 2024-25

Updated 09 Jul, 2024 09:33am

Pakistan

PM announces solar-power package for Balochistan farmers

QUETTA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said that under an agreement reached between the federal and...

Updated 09 Jul, 2024 09:30am

Tax-to-GDP ratio in FY24 stands at 9pc: FBR

ISLAMABAD: The Tax-to-GDP ratio stood at 9 percent during 2023-24, according to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)...

Updated 09 Jul, 2024 09:03am

Editorials

There’s need to say ‘no’ emphatically

EDITORIAL: One of the most challenging and thankless jobs under the current economic conditions in Pakistan is that...

Updated 08 Jul, 2024 08:34am

Opinion

An IMF budget or not?

Several prominent federal ministers publicly stated that the taxation measures approved by parliament on 28 June ...

Updated 08 Jul, 2024 08:43am

Taxes: Aurangzeb for breaking IMF bailout cycle

It's about time we get real, ball is in our court to provide bankable and investable projects, says finance minister on attracting foreign investment

Updated 08 Jul, 2024 12:17pm

Business & Finance

Federal budget: Briefing given about recent amendments enacted in sales tax

FAISALABAD: Reservations about different clauses of federal budget including SRO-350 were to be highlighted before...

Published 06 Jul, 2024 06:48am

Business & Finance

Value-added textile exporters demand resumption of FTR

LAHORE: Expressing serious concerns over the Finance Act 2024, the value-added textile exporters have urged the...

Published 06 Jul, 2024 06:48am

Business & Finance

Finance Act 2024: FBR SROs to cause business closures: LCCI

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the government to address the concerns of business...

Published 06 Jul, 2024 06:48am

Business & Finance

Govt urged not to succumb to IMF pressure

KARACHI: President of United Business Group (UBG), Zubair Tufail has said that the government should not mortgage ...

Published 06 Jul, 2024 06:36am

Opinion

Emerging challenges to the economy

The budget 2024-25 formulated to qualify for the 25th IMF programme has been passed by the parliament. Now the IMF...

Updated 06 Jul, 2024 06:53am

SC concerned at no budgetary allocation for climate fund

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court expressed concern that the federal and provincial governments have not allocated any...

Updated 06 Jul, 2024 09:18am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 19	278.17
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 19	277.97
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 19	157.81
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 19	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 19	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 19	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 18	5,544.59
Nasdaq / Jul 18	17,871.22
FTSE 100 / Jul 18	8,204.89
Dow Jones / Jul 18	40,665.02
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 18	18,354.76
France CAC40 / Jul 18	7,586.55
India Sensex / Jul 19	80,972.18
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 19	40,051.37

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 18	18,535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 18	217,764
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	275.60
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 19	82.19
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 19	2,416.85
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	283.63

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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