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External assistance inflows

EDITORIAL: In its monthly report on foreign assistance inflows, the Economic Affairs Division (EAD) revealed that ...

Published 21 Mar, 2025 06:34am

Incumbent KP govt hasn’t taken any loan, says Gandapur

PESHAWAR: KP Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Khan Gandapur has said that over last one year, the...

Updated 17 Mar, 2025 09:46am

Senate body told: ‘ML-1 projects primarily financed by loan from China’

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Special Initiatives was apprised ML-1 Railway...

Updated 15 Mar, 2025 09:10am

Talks on first review of $7bn loan programme with IMF conclude

IMF staff to finalise its recommendations for Executive Board’s review, according to sources

Updated 15 Mar, 2025 02:24pm

Editorials

Electricity conundrum

EDITORIAL: Reports appearing in media suggest that the government intends to secure a 1.25 trillion rupees loan from...

Published 11 Mar, 2025 05:35am

Opinion

Good news on the govt borrowing front

It is heartening to note that the country seems to have embarked on the path of reducing its loan requirements as it...

Published 21 Feb, 2025 06:49am

Editorials

IMF first review

EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission is scheduled to undertake the first review of the 7 billion...

Published 20 Feb, 2025 06:44am

Financing sources: Jul-Jan borrowing down $1.73bn to $4.585bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country borrowed $4.585 billion from multiple financing sources during the first seven months...

Updated 19 Feb, 2025 01:44pm

Business & Finance

Punjab witnesses 1.5pc decline in govt debt in 3 months

LAHORE: Punjab’s total government debt saw a decline of Rs 24.8 billion in the second quarter of the current ...

Published 19 Feb, 2025 06:21am

Soft loan scheme unveiled

Government announces an expansion of the Prime Minister’s Youth Business & Agriculture Loan Scheme

Updated 05 Feb, 2025 03:36pm

Pakistan

PDP concerned at rising loans of country

KARACHI: Expressing grave concern over rising loans of the country, Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 06:12am

BR Research

ADR race: calm down your horses

The ADR race is now close to the finish line. After reaching a bottom of 37 percent in September 2024, the banking...

Updated 05 Dec, 2024 10:46am

Banks urged to provide soft loans to KP SMEs

PESHAWAR: Business community urged commercial banks to provide soft loans for promotion of small and medium...

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 09:37am

Women entrepreneurs: SBP asked to provide long term loans

FAISALABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) should provide long-term loans without collateral at 3pc to women...

Updated 25 Nov, 2024 09:38am

Business & Finance

$500m ICBC loan FD’s date error corrected by Cabinet

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has corrected an error made by the Finance Division regarding the date of the $500...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:34am

Business & Finance

KP govt to disburse interest-free loans to livestock farmers

PESHAWAR: The KP government will provide interest-free credit to livestock farmers and cattle herders to promote...

Published 21 Oct, 2024 06:04am

Business & Finance

Qist Bazaar disburses Rs3.4bn loans in 3 years

KARACHI: Qist Bazaar, Pakistan's first and only Sharia-compliant BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) fintech start-up, has...

Published 26 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Business & Finance

China to pitch green tech exports to African leaders

BEIJING/NAIROBI: China will urge a summit of 50 African nations in Beijing this week to take more of its goods,...

Published 02 Sep, 2024 06:40am

Business & Finance

Calculating income tax liability: Tax dept has failed to force bank to offer interest against ‘sticky’ loans

LAHORE: The Tax department has failed to force an investment bank to offer the interest against sticky loans for...

Published 28 Aug, 2024 06:22am

Business & Finance

Bank financing: Risk coverage scheme for SMEs approved

KARACHI: in order to extend more financing to the SME sector, the federal government, on the recommendation of the...

Published 02 Aug, 2024 05:55am

NA panel told: China, KSA likely to roll over $9bn loans

ISLAMABAD: China and Saudi Arabia are likely to roll over $9 billion in loans to Pakistan in the current fiscal year...

Updated 27 Jul, 2024 11:47pm

Key ministers interact with authorities in China: Bond, loans and coal high on the critical agenda

PM Shehbaz has directed Pakistan’s ambassador to China to ensure meetings of Ministers for Finance and Power with relevant Chinese authorities to discuss their proposed plans

Updated 25 Jul, 2024 01:09pm

Markets

PTCL secures $400mn loan from IFC for Telenor Pakistan acquisition

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has secured debt financing of up to $400 million from the...

Updated 28 Jun, 2024 05:35pm

Pakistan

Punjab govt will provide Rs10bn loans to farmers: minister

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani on Thursday announced that the...

Published 28 Jun, 2024 05:41am

Editorials

The LSM decline

EDITORIAL: Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) registered negative 0.51 percent growth July-February 2024 against the...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Pakistan

Loans against PIA stand at Rs429.267bn, NA told

ISLAMABAD: The total amount of domestic and foreign loans against Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) stands at...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 04:38am

Sukuk, other Shariah-compliant financing modes: Govt wants more loans against its unencumbered assets

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to issue domestic and international Sukuk and raise other...

Updated 07 Mar, 2024 09:47am

Federal govt employees: AGP ‘identifies’ violations of rules in grant of loans

ISLAMABAD: On the direction of President Dr Arif Alvi, the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) identified violations...

Updated 06 Feb, 2024 09:05am

Business & Finance

IMF debt dilemma looms after election: ex-SBP governor

LONDON: The International Monetary Fund faces tough choices on how to deal with Pakistan after the February election...

Published 19 Jan, 2024 05:37am

Business & Finance

ADB approves $155m to help boost women’s access to finance

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $155.5 million in financing for Pakistan that will support...

Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 25	280.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 25	280.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 25	150.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 25	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 25	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 25	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 24	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 24	5,767.57
Nasdaq / Mar 24	18,188.59
Dow Jones / Mar 24	42,583.32
India Sensex / Mar 25	78,073.97
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 25	37,780.54
Hang Seng / Mar 25	23,413.58
FTSE 100 / Mar 25	8,684.09
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 25	22,926.46
France CAC40 / Mar 25	8,073.56

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 24	17,085
Petrol/Litre / Mar 25	255.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 25	69.03
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 25	272,462
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 25	3,017.31
Diesel/Litre / Mar 25	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 25	65.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel Indus.(R) / Mar 25 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	2.01 ▲ 1 (99.01%)
Ruby Textile / Mar 25 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	7.01 ▲ 1 (16.64%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Mar 25 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	8.99 ▲ 1 (12.52%)
Samba Bank / Mar 25 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	9 ▲ 0.82 (10.02%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 25 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	100.73 ▲ 9.16 (10%)
Adamjee Life Assur. / Mar 25 Adamjee Life Assurance Company Limited(ALIFE)	25.73 ▲ 2.34 (10%)
United Dist. / Mar 25 United Distributors Pakistan Limited(UDPL)	67.29 ▲ 6.12 (10%)
Crescent Fib. / Mar 25 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.70 ▲ 4.14 (9.96%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 25 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.19 ▲ 1.19 (9.92%)
Hussain Industries / Mar 25 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	27.30 ▲ 2.43 (9.77%)

Stock	Price
Parmount Sp. / Mar 25 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	3.51 ▼ -0.48 (-12.03%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Mar 25 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	117 ▼ -13 (-10%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 25 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	27.68 ▼ -3.07 (-9.98%)
Zephyr Textile / Mar 25 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	9.50 ▼ -1 (-9.52%)
TPL Life Insur. / Mar 25 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	55.02 ▼ -5.74 (-9.45%)
Shahtaj Textile / Mar 25 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	65.05 ▼ -6.54 (-9.14%)
Sindh Abadgar / Mar 25 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	55 ▼ -5.43 (-8.99%)
Elahi Cot. / Mar 25 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	138 ▼ -13.03 (-8.63%)
Tri-Star Power / Mar 25 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	7.24 ▼ -0.66 (-8.35%)
Shield Corp. / Mar 25 Shield Corporation Limited(SCL)	253.90 ▼ -22.98 (-8.3%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Elektron / Mar 25 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	28,623,330 ▲ 0.63
TRG Pak Ltd / Mar 25 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	22,742,574 ▼ -3.59
Cnergyico PK / Mar 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	19,218,186 ▲ 0.01
Sui South Gas / Mar 25 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	14,168,002 ▲ 0.18
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	11,877,825 ▼ -0.05
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 25 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	11,187,536 ▲ 0.08
Pak Refinery / Mar 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	10,362,407 ▼ -0.12
B.O.Punjab / Mar 25 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	10,164,053 ▼ -0.21
K-Electric Ltd. / Mar 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	10,144,462 ▲ 0
Treet Corp / Mar 25 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	8,893,519 ▼ -0.53

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