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NA panel approves raise in salaries of MPs

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Finance Committee approved an increase in the salaries of MNAs and senators,...

Updated 01 Feb, 2025 03:59pm

Editorials

Monetary Policy Statement

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) under the chairmanship of Governor State Bank of Pakistan, Jameel...

Published 29 Jan, 2025 06:46am

Editorials

MPS: further cut in key interest rate

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) reduced the policy rate by 200 basis points to 13 percent during...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 07:11am

Business & Finance

MPS on Monday

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the SBP will meet on Monday (Dec 16) 2024 to decide the monetary...

Published 14 Dec, 2024 06:46am

Opinion

Go beyond the Fund advice

Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met under the chairmanship of Jameel Ahmed, Governor of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)...

Updated 11 Nov, 2024 07:17am

Editorials

Analysing monetary policy statement

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), under the chairmanship of Jameel Ahmed, Governor State Bank of...

Published 06 Nov, 2024 06:55am

Business & Finance

MPS on Nov 4

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of SBP will meet on Monday, November 04, 2024 to decide about the...

Published 01 Nov, 2024 06:51am

Pakistan

Senate witnesses protestations against ‘abduction’ of MPs

ISLAMABAD: Amidst reports that the much-hyped yet highly controversial constitutional amendment would finally land ...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:10am

MPs for closure of refineries using Euro-2 standard

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Thursday called for the closure of oil refineries producing Euro-2 and below...

Updated 27 Sep, 2024 09:12am

Editorials

Monetary easing amid slowing inflation

EDITORIAL: In its scheduled 12 September Monetary Policy Committee meeting the discount rate was reduced by 200 ...

Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:46am

Pakistan

Detained MPs allowed to attend parliament session

ISLAMABAD: Several Pakistan MPs detained under new protest laws after demonstrating in support of jailed former...

Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:13am

Pakistan

Issues of parliament, MPs: Special body formed to formulate policy

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to avert the repetition of mishaps like the arrest of MNAs from Parliament House, an 18-member...

Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:13am

Editorials

SBP Governor: cautious optimism

EDITORIAL: The Governor of State Bank of Pakistan, Jamil Ahmed, clarified to the National Assembly’s Standing...

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Editorials

Economy remains in the eye of the storm

EDITORIAL: From a macro-perspective there was good news, however slight it maybe for the growing number of sceptics...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:40am

Pakistan

NAB barred from arresting MPs over allegations, complaints

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) would not arrest any member of the Parliament solely based on...

Published 11 May, 2024 06:22am

BR Research

MPS: slow (and cautious) wins the race

As expected, SBP has maintained the policy rate at 22 percent. However, the implied forward guidance (the language...

Updated 19 Mar, 2024 09:43am

BR Research

MPS: Stay put in March

The monetary policy meeting is on Monday, March 18, 2024 and analysts are divided on where they will be, some...

Updated 15 Mar, 2024 04:58pm

Mixed expectations: MPS on 18th

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is scheduled to announce the Monetary Policy next Monday (March 18) with...

Updated 13 Mar, 2024 09:42am

Pakistan

Asif assails MPs for getting ‘dictation’ from Bajwa, Faiz

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Khawaja Asif lamented that the parliamentarians had to...

Published 29 Feb, 2024 04:41am

Editorials

MPS strong reflection of state of economy?

EDITORIAL: The 29 January 2024 Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) can best be described as a whimper rather than a...

Updated 31 Jan, 2024 06:13am

Business & Finance

SBP may hold rates steady as inflation seen easing

KARACHI: Central bank is expected to hold its key rate steady at a fourth straight policy meeting on Tuesday, with...

Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am

Business & Finance

MPS on 12th: Analysts say policy rate to remain unchanged

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is scheduled to announce monetary policy statement on December 12, 2023....

Published 07 Dec, 2023 04:35am

Pakistan

Five former MPs join PML-N

LAHORE: Five former MNAs and MPAs announced joining the PMLN after a meeting with former prime minister and PMLN...

Published 13 Nov, 2023 06:31am

Business & Finance

MPS tomorrow

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Monday to decide about...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 03:25am

BR Research

MPS: Wait and see

The monetary policy is going to be announced coming Monday (30th October 2023). The rational choice of analysts is...

Published 27 Oct, 2023 08:09am

Editorials

Policy rate kept unchanged

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 22 percent surprising...

Published 18 Sep, 2023 06:32am

Markets

SBP keeps key policy rate unchanged at 22%

Contrary to market expectations, Monetary Policy Committee maintains status quo
Stresses on maintaining prudent fiscal stance to keep aggregate demand in check

Updated 14 Sep, 2023 09:00pm

Business & Finance

MPS tomorrow

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the SBP will meet on Thursday (tomorrow) at SBP Karachi to decide...

Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:17am

Business & Finance

Ministers, MPs and bureaucrats: UBG against making fuel, gas and electricity available free of charge

KARACHI: United Business Group (UBG) has said that the business community demands that, in order to meet the IMF...

Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am

Editorials

MPS: Will IMF need to recalibrate its expectations?

EDITORIAL: In a surprise move, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) left the policy rate unchanged at 22 percent,...

Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 31	279.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 31	278.88
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 31	155.19
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 31	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 31	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 31	1.04

Stock	Volume
Hang Seng / Jan 30	20,225.11
S&P 500 / Jan 31	6,040.53
India Sensex / Jan 31	77,500.57
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 31	39,572.49
Nasdaq / Jan 31	19,627.44
FTSE 100 / Jan 31	8,673.96
Dow Jones / Jan 31	44,544.66
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 31	21,732.05

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 31	72.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 31	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 31	250,171
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 31	2,798.41
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 31	65.88
Petrol/Litre / Feb 1	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 31 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	10.21 ▲ 1 (10.86%)
IGI Life Ins / Jan 31 IGI Life Insurance Limited(IGIL)	15.13 ▲ 1.38 (10.04%)
Sana Ind / Jan 31 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	28.77 ▲ 2.62 (10.02%)
Tariq Corporation / Jan 31 Tariq Corporation Limited(TCORP)	16.91 ▲ 1.54 (10.02%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jan 31 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	15.72 ▲ 1.43 (10.01%)
Redco Textile / Jan 31 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	24.17 ▲ 2.2 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 31 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	53.74 ▲ 4.89 (10.01%)
Pak Leather / Jan 31 Pak Leather Crafts Limited(PAKL)	32.63 ▲ 2.97 (10.01%)
Dandot Cement / Jan 31 Dandot Cement Company Limited(DNCC)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 31 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	54.86 ▼ -6.1 (-10.01%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 31 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	63 ▼ -7 (-10%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Jan 31 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	189 ▼ -21 (-10%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jan 31 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	10.41 ▼ -1.15 (-9.95%)
National Silk / Jan 31 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	40.84 ▼ -4.51 (-9.94%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Jan 31 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.83 ▼ -0.76 (-8.85%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 31 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	109.56 ▼ -10.44 (-8.7%)
Kohinoor Mills / Jan 31 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	31.05 ▼ -2.9 (-8.54%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jan 31 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	7.28 ▼ -0.66 (-8.31%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,672,997 ▲ 0.14
Sui South Gas / Jan 31 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	48,364,956 ▼ -1.33
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	36,344,486 ▼ -0.06
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 31 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	33,226,540 ▼ -0.77
Bank Makramah / Jan 31 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	31,509,642 ▲ 0.04
B.O.Punjab / Jan 31 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	17,873,860 ▲ 0.2
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,969,744 ▼ -0.07
Pak Refinery / Jan 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,492,313 ▼ -0.57
Treet Battery / Jan 31 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	15,390,342 ▲ 1.07

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