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LoI to IMF: govt pledges fiscal discipline

ISLAMABAD: The government has committed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that it would contain non-priority...

Published 12 Oct, 2024 06:17am

Editorials

State of economy signals tougher times ahead

EDITORIAL: Finally, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) executive board with Pakistan’s programme on its agenda...

Published 19 Sep, 2024 06:37am

Rs272bn TSGs approved despite IMF agreement

As pledged under the ongoing International Monetary Fund programme there have been no disbursements under supplementary grants

Updated 27 Jan, 2024 10:37pm

IMF review: MoF takes step towards ensuring desired outcome

Second review under IMF's $3 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) is expected to take place in February 2024

Updated 13 Dec, 2023 12:03pm

Opinion

IMF review & state of economy

I expect an agreement on the review to come within this week, so, any day now. I can say that Pakistani authorities,...

Updated 17 Nov, 2023 06:31am

First review under SBA becomes due: Ministries spurred into action

Ministry of Finance asks all ministries to implement all the commitments made with the International Monetary Fund

Updated 05 Oct, 2023 09:47am

Editorials

Economy: caretakers indecisive or dilatory?

EDITORIAL: The federal caretaker cabinet meeting last Tuesday, reportedly (as no press release was issued or a press...

Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am

SOEs: MoF prepares draft policy

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance (MoF) has prepared a draft State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) policy with technical...

Updated 07 Mar, 2023 08:48am

Editorials

‘Mini-budget’

EDITORIAL: The revenue measures as revealed in the ‘mini-budget’ were expected as Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had...

Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am

Editorials

Time is of the essence

EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) submitted the Memorandum of Economic and Finance Policies (MEFP) to...

Published 14 Feb, 2023 05:58am

Markets

Week ends on optimistic note

KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee witnessed an optimistic week as it appreciated 2.71% against the US dollar to close at...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:57am

Editorials

The review: not yet successful

EDITORIAL: The Secretary Finance put a positive spin on the final day of discussions/negotiations with the...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:57am

MoF seeks implementation status of EFF commitments

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance (MoF) has sought update from all the Ministries on the status of the communicated...

Updated 04 Oct, 2022 09:37am

Opinion

The pledges versus reality

Pakistan at present not only requires 36 to 42 billion dollars (the former figure cited by the International ...

Published 26 Sep, 2022 06:07am

Ministry of Energy: MoF seeks update on commitments made with IMF

Finance Ministry urges MoE to complete commitments agreed with the Fund well within the stipulated timeline under intimation to Finance Division

Updated 18 Sep, 2022 11:32am

Business & Finance

IMF urges bilateral creditors to maintain exposure to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged all key bilateral creditors to maintain their exposure to...

Updated 03 Sep, 2022 12:31pm

Editorials

IMF staff-level agreement at last

EDITORIAL: The staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was reached in the early hours of 14...

Published 15 Jul, 2022 06:20am

Business & Finance

Miftah Ismail reiterates ‘IMF program on track’, dismisses reports of delay

Says he has been reading with some amusement all the tweets and stories about IMF programme being postponed or delayed

Updated 04 Jul, 2022 08:42pm

Editorials

Widening C/A deficit

EDITORIAL: The current account deficit for the first 11 months of the current year has risen to 15.2 billion dollars...

Updated 30 Jun, 2022 06:28am

Combined 7th, 8th reviews: MEFP received from IMF, says Miftah

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has stated that Pakistan has received a memorandum of economic and...

Updated 29 Jun, 2022 09:38am

Markets

Turn of events: KSE-100 gains over 800 points on hope of IMF programme revival

Index finishes near 41,900 level as investors also brush off imposition of 'super tax'

Updated 27 Jun, 2022 05:58pm

IMF likely to indicate approval of agreement today

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will likely send the draft of Memorandum of Economic and Financial...

Updated 27 Jun, 2022 10:00am

Editorials

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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