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Pakistan engulfed in world’s ‘deadliest debt trap’, says former SBP governor

Dr Murtaza Syed says prudent route would be to reprofile Pakistan’s debt so that resources can be freed up to spend on development and the climate

Published 29 Jun, 2024 08:29pm

Editorials

The govt debt

EDITORIAL: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has uploaded government debt figures on its website that support the view of...

Updated 22 Aug, 2023 06:48am

Opinion

Economy: we need medication to correct account acidity

On February 19, 2023 there was an article on Bloomberg titled China’s Debt Noose Could Strangle Pakistan by Mihir...

Published 09 Mar, 2023 06:23am

Pakistan

Pakistan will need another IMF programme in June: Dr Murtaza Syed

Calls Pakistan's economic crisis the worst in history steered by domestic and global reasons

Updated 24 Feb, 2023 05:53pm

Opinion

Pakistan: grave economic distress

On 26 January 2023 inanely shackling the dollar to what was nothing but wishful thinking ended and the interbank ...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:57am

Pakistan

IMF talks: Leaving without agreement 'not uncommon', says former SBP deputy governor

Dr Murtaza Syed says Pakistan should reach an agreement with the IMF within a month

Updated 10 Feb, 2023 01:59pm

SBP seeks feeder-wise data of power consumers

ISLAMABAD: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has sought feeder-wise data of electricity consumers to be used to project...

Updated 10 Jan, 2023 09:03am

Business & Finance

Interest rate in 2022: climbing the hill as Pakistan's macroeconomic concerns bite

Policy rate rose from 9.75% in January to a multi-decade high of 16% in November

Updated 29 Dec, 2022 12:02am

Govt getting $4bn as bonds take battering after floods: SBP

KARACHI: Additional financial international commitments to Pakistan in the wake of devastating floods will offset ...

Updated 11 Oct, 2022 09:59am

Markets

Barring Sri Lanka: Pakistan's rupee worst performer in region during 2022

Posts depreciation of 17.5% YTD despite 10 sessions of gains

Published 15 Aug, 2022 06:43pm

Opinion

Economy: the muddling of fact and fiction

The strengthening of the stock market and the rupee - from a high of over 240 on 30 July 2014 to less than 214 this...

Published 15 Aug, 2022 05:41am

Opinion

Acute food inflation and a shallow global policy leadership response

The ‘Food security’ update recently released by World Bank indicated a very difficult food inflation situation...

Published 05 Aug, 2022 06:27am

Editorials

‘Unwarranted’ market perceptions

EDITORIAL: Acting Governor State Bank of Pakistan, Murtaza Syed, while responding to a foreign news agency in ...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 04:31am

Pakistan not among most vulnerable countries: SBP

SBP team engaged with global institutions to overcome adversities in international economic environment

Updated 25 Jul, 2022 09:55am

Country’s financing needs fully met for this year: SBP

SBP acting governor says ‘unwarranted’ market concerns will dissipate in weeks
‘Pakistan responded to external pressures faster than Sri Lanka’
Terms IMF programme an ‘important anchor’ for Pakistan

Updated 24 Jul, 2022 09:03am

Pakistan

SBP says concerns about Pakistan 'unfairly overblown'

Acting Governor Dr Murtaza Syed says country being unfairly branded with other countries that are much more vulnerable

Updated 22 Jul, 2022 05:20pm

Editorials

The woeful PKR slide

EDITORIAL: The loss of 6.79 rupees to the dollar in one day has sent shock waves not only amongst the economic team...

Published 21 Jul, 2022 05:40am

Editorials

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 15	277.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 15	277.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 15	154.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 15	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 15	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 15	1.05

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Nov 14	77,580.31
S&P 500 / Nov 15	5,870.62
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 15	38,642.91
Nasdaq / Nov 15	18,680.12
Hang Seng / Nov 15	19,426.34
FTSE 100 / Nov 15	8,063.61
Dow Jones / Nov 15	43,444.99
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 15	19,210.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 15	67.02
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 15	233,371.60
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 15	2,563.25
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 15	68.91
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 16	18,085
Petrol/Litre / Nov 17	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.33 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.73 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	56.65 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,008.83 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.43 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.33 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.73 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	56.65 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,008.83 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.43 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	77,999,077 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	70,721,702 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	55,501,231 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,884,955 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 17 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	36,294,630 ▲ 0.00
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Nov 17 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	32,226,742 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Nov 17 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,018,611 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Nov 17 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	22,405,457 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 17 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	21,319,898 ▲ 0.00

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