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Development funds: KP govt seeks release of Rs8.46bn

ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government while complaining of not receiving funds as per formula has approached the...

Published 20 Dec, 2024 02:43am

NFC award: govt official says IMF has attached no conditions

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing committee on Finance and Revenue, while observing increasing distortions in resources...

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 09:40am

Aurangzeb rules out ‘mini-budget’

The finance minister says Pakistan has successfully achieved the primary surplus target, the cabinet has approved the National Fiscal Pact, and there is no need to revise the NFC

Updated 17 Nov, 2024 05:01pm

Business & Finance

1.4pc of GDP: Q1 ends with Rs1.696trn budget balance

ISLAMABAD: The government closed first quarter of current fiscal year 2024-25 with overall budget balance of Rs1.696...

Published 01 Nov, 2024 06:51am

Public debt stands at Rs71.2trn, Aurangzeb tells NA

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb, on Friday, revealed in the National Assembly...

Updated 31 Aug, 2024 03:34pm

Pakistan

PM says AI ‘is the future’

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said the provinces are getting 60 percent shares from the...

Updated 13 Aug, 2024 08:41am

Opinion

Medium-term budget strategy

The Federal Ministry of Finance has released the Medium-Term Budget Strategy Statement for the period, 2024-25 to...

Published 06 Aug, 2024 06:40am

Opinion

Provincial budgets for FY2024-25

The provincial budgets for 2024-25 have all been presented last month in the respective Provincial Assemblies....

Published 23 Jul, 2024 06:58am

KP to earn receipts of Rs90bn from oil and gas sectors

PESHAWAR: The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will earn revenue amounting to Rs.89.8 billion in the...

Updated 22 Jul, 2024 09:05am

Opinion

Provincial surplus and the federal budget

To formulate federal and provincial budgets necessitates engagement between the federal government and its ...

Updated 01 Jul, 2024 07:38am

Pakistan

Centre has not given Rs590bn to KP, says advisor to CM

Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif says the remaining funds could be provided to the provincial government under the National Finance Commission

Published 30 Jun, 2024 02:58am

KP to receive Rs1212bn in the head of federal transfers

PESHAWAR: The KP government will receive an estimated amount of Rs 1212 billion in head of federal transfers from...

Updated 24 Jun, 2024 09:17am

Editorials

The Sindh budget

EDITORIAL: So, just like Punjab’s, Sindh’s Rs3.056 trillion budget also leverages rising transfers from the...

Published 21 Jun, 2024 06:37am

Pakistan

Funds demanded for merged tribal districts

ISLAMABAD: A coalition of six opposition political parties under the banner of Tehreek Tahafuz Ayin-e-Pakistan ...

Published 05 Jun, 2024 07:47am

Govt slashes PSDP by Rs204bn

ISLAMABAD: The government has slashed the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the ongoing fiscal year by...

Updated 01 Jun, 2024 07:26pm

Share under NFC Award: Govt may explore option of sharing debt servicing, power circular debt with provinces

Government left with only 42.5 percent from divisible pool with interest payments and circular energy debt no longer sustainable

Updated 25 May, 2024 08:29pm

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The King is alive and will remain alive and…

“So now what?” “Now no amendment to the constitution is possible as the court has suspended the distribution of...

Updated 18 May, 2024 06:16am

PM asks Aurangzeb to revise borrowing limit for provinces

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb to revise borrowing limit...

Updated 03 May, 2024 09:26am

9MFY24 collection: Provinces given 53pc of total revenue under NFC Award

ISLAMABAD: The provinces were transferred 53 percent of the total tax revenue collected during the first nine months...

Updated 03 May, 2024 09:31am

Editorials

SIFC, NAB and the civil service

EDITORIAL: It’s no small endorsement of the SIFC’s (Special Investment Facilitation Council’s) credibility that its...

Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am

Opinion

Ending hopium—II

SIFC (Special Investment Facilitation Council) and the last Caretaker Government had taken the elephant steps on...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:24am

Editorials

Tackling the population crisis

EDITORIAL: Recent weeks have seen increasing clamour among our policymakers for measures aimed at improving...

Published 01 Apr, 2024 05:34am

PTI says economic situation does warrant IMF programme

ISLAMABAD: Terming the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme as “highly critical” as it involves all the...

Updated 26 Mar, 2024 09:43am

Editorials

An amendment in the works?

EDITORIAL: The declared election outcome notwithstanding recounting of votes since, appears to be veering towards a...

Published 21 Mar, 2024 05:22am

Opinion

Re-aligning NFC: coalition govt faces a challenge from within

Reportedly, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) has requested resumption of dialogue on the National Finance...

Published 18 Mar, 2024 04:56am

Provinces’ share in NFC award can’t be decreased: Sindh CM

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that provinces’ share in the next NFC award can only be...

Updated 17 Mar, 2024 08:10pm

Six months: Centre transfers Rs2,435.349bn to provinces

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has transferred Rs2,435.349 billion to the provinces during the first six months...

Updated 28 Feb, 2024 10:14am

Opinion

Pakistan’s economy – way forward for 2024-25

Further to my article in Business Recorder in February 2023 titled “Redefining Pakistan’s Economy” that entailed a...

Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am

Opinion

Non-disclosures & underperformance

Ever year Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) as Revenue Division of Ministry of Finance (MoF), issues data relating to...

Published 22 Dec, 2023 05:22am

Q1: Provinces’ budget surplus dips 76pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The provinces have generated a budget surplus of Rs51.403 billion in the first quarter of the ongoing...

Updated 09 Dec, 2023 04:34pm

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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

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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