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PSDP: MoF approves Rs1.1trn against Rs2.9trn demand

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance approved Rs1.1 trillion development budget under the Public Sector Development...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:35am

Q1 figures revised: MoF posts Rs360bn cumulative provincial surplus

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has revised the fiscal operations’ figures for the first quarter (Q1) of the...

Updated 16 Nov, 2024 09:29am

Pakistan

1QFY25: With IMF in Islamabad, Punjab revises budget figures, now posts Rs40bn surplus

Finance ministry says with concurrence of the IMF, it has updated revised figures on its website, showing a surplus for Pakistan's most populous province

Updated 15 Nov, 2024 10:56pm

Pakistan

Finance ministry sees Pakistan’s headline inflation at 6-7% in October 2024

CPI to decelerate further in November to 5.5-6.5%, says finance ministry

Updated 30 Oct, 2024 10:43pm

Pakistan

ADB approves $500m loan for CDREP

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500 million policy-based loan to support climate change...

Published 30 Oct, 2024 06:32am

PSDP 2024-25: Ministries’ Rs2.9trn request pruned to Rs1.1trn

Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal directs Economic Affairs Division to come up with a realistic demand of budget in consultation with respective ministries/divisions

Updated 25 Oct, 2024 03:18pm

MoF unwilling to legalise revenue-based load shedding

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance (MoF) is reportedly unwilling to support Power Division’s plan to legalise...

Updated 24 Oct, 2024 08:58am

Pakistan

Aurangzeb discusses economic reforms, climate resilience with US envoy

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb told US Ambassador Donald Blome on Thursday that the government’s macroeconomic...

Updated 17 Oct, 2024 10:19pm

To be shared with IMF: MoF asks ministries to submit 17 SOEs’ makeover plans

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has sought restructuring/business plans of 17 State Owned Entities (SOEs) from...

Updated 15 Oct, 2024 02:50pm

Dispute arises between FBR, AJ&K

ISLAMABAD: A dispute has arisen between the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) tax...

Updated 05 Oct, 2024 09:28am

Based on monthly invoicing to ‘GoAJ&K’: Power supply to AJ&K should be billed at basket rate: MoF

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has proposed that electricity supply to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) should...

Updated 20 Sep, 2024 08:52am

Markets

Auction for Ijarah Sukuk: PSX raises Rs202bn against Rs250bn target

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has raised Rs 202 billion against a target of Rs 250 billion for the Ministry...

Published 17 Sep, 2024 06:33am

MoF seeks making KE QTA mechanism in line with other Discos

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance has asked Power Division to explore the possibility of similar mechanism for KE QTA’s...

Updated 07 Sep, 2024 03:08pm

Pakistan

Finance ministry expects inflation to fall further to 9.5-10.5% in August

Headline inflation figure hit 11.1% in July and brokerage houses now see the number falling to single digits

Updated 30 Aug, 2024 10:09pm

$8bn CPEC debt re-profiling plan being prepared

Power Division will ensure sharing all necessary information with Task Force, which will report to the Steering Committee co-chaired by Minister for Finance and Revenue and Minister for Power

Updated 28 Aug, 2024 05:58pm

Opinion

Social sector spending

The Federal Ministry of Finance has released the estimates of poverty-related expenditures for 2022-23. Thanks are...

Published 27 Aug, 2024 06:44am

Business & Finance

Auction for Ijarah Sukuk: PSX raises Rs119bn against Rs100bn target

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has raised Rs 119 billion against a target of Rs 100 billion for Ministry of...

Updated 16 Aug, 2024 09:13am

Arbitration: MoF to align SOEs law with global law

Finance Ministry says concerned agencies including ministries/Divisions and the SOEs under their administrative control have been facing issues in interpreting and implementing the law

Updated 06 Aug, 2024 09:31am

SECP commissioners’ interview: Selection body reconstituted

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance has reconstituted selection committee for conducting interviews of short-listed...

Updated 03 Aug, 2024 08:27am

MoF unveils fund release strategy: No office can make direct payments through SBP

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has banned direct payment through the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) by any office,...

Updated 17 Jul, 2024 04:32pm

Business & Finance

President Zardari gives assent to Finance Bill

The Finance Bill will take effect on July 1, 2024, according to a press release from the President's Secretariat

Updated 30 Jun, 2024 10:28pm

Business & Finance

Issuance of Panda Bond: MoF to hire a Chinese rating agency

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has decided to hire the services of a Chinese Credit Rating Agency for issuance ...

Published 30 Jun, 2024 02:58am

Markets

Asset classes: PSX urges govt to remove tax-driven distortions

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has proposed to the federal government to remove the tax-driven distortions...

Published 06 Jun, 2024 03:09am

Categorising PBC as strategic SOE: Ministry seeks Cabinet body on SOEs nod

PBC Board also endorses to categorise PBC as a strategic SOE

Updated 05 Jun, 2024 09:39am

Poor implementation of track-and-trace system: PM orders Bosal to identify erring officials

ISLAMABAD: The government held several meetings on the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Thursday including a meeting...

Updated 03 May, 2024 09:20am

Markets

Govt pins increase in prices of petroleum products to global hike in rates

The Ministry of Finance has attributed its latest decision of increasing prices of petroleum products to a hike in...

Published 16 Apr, 2024 08:26pm

Ministries/divisions: MoF annoyed at absence of expense reconciliation

Finance Ministry’s Expenditure Wing reiterates that purpose of reconciliation is to identify any mismatch with actual expenditure, wrong booking, or shortfall in funding under relevant head of account

Updated 11 Apr, 2024 10:36am

MoF says markup payments remain a challenge

Consolidation efforts on track as revenues witness increase of 63 percent, with 30 percent increase in FBR collection and 117 percent surge in non-tax revenues

Updated 06 Apr, 2024 05:09pm

Markets

Pakistan’s headline inflation reading slows further to 20.7% in March

CPI-inflation reading drops to lowest level since May 2022, is now below key policy rate after over three years

Updated 01 Apr, 2024 09:44pm

Pakistan

Finance ministry sees inflation at 22.5-23.5% in March

Says inflation outlook at moderate level despite upward revision of petrol prices and influence of Ramzan

Updated 29 Mar, 2024 10:12pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 21	278.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 21	277.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 21	154.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 21	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 21	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 20	5,917.11
Nasdaq / Nov 20	18,966.14
Dow Jones / Nov 20	43,408.47
India Sensex / Nov 21	77,137.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 21	38,026.17
Hang Seng / Nov 21	19,620.49
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,069.57
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	18,942.65

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 20	238,940
Petrol/Litre / Nov 21	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 21	69.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 21	17,785
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 21	2,662.71
Diesel/Litre / Nov 21	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	174,389,145 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	63,973,243 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 21 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,996,737 ▲ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Nov 21 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	48,137,561 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	43,506,391 ▲ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Nov 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	40,852,960 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	36,937,252 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,401,025 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,346,592 ▲ 0.00

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