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FDI in Pakistan - beyond quick gains

Pakistan’s journey toward economic resilience hinges on shifting gears in many aspects; one of them is FDI. Shifting...

Published 13 Nov, 2024 08:44am

Sales tax laws on distribution: PBC approaches NTC for resolution of federation-provinces dispute

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has approached National Tax Council (NTC) for resolution of dispute...

Updated 20 Sep, 2024 09:34am

Technology

MNCs planning to relocate from Pakistan amid Internet disruptions, says PBC

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s leading corporate advocacy platform, warned on Friday that many...

Updated 16 Aug, 2024 08:20pm

Opinion

IPPs: one of the most difficult conundrums

For decades the public at large has been agitating in futility against electricity tariff hikes and power cuts. This...

Updated 27 Jul, 2024 07:26am

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s incidence of tax on salaried class 3 times higher than India’s: PBC

A comparison...

Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:16am

Pakistan

PBC apologies for mistake, now says Pakistan’s salaried class paying up to 3 times more tax than in India

After posting a detailed chart showing how Pakistan’s salaried class is paying up to 9.4 times more tax than in...

Updated 26 Jul, 2024 05:10pm

Markets

PBC questions govt’s ambitious $65bn export target

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s largest corporate sector advocacy platform, has raised concerns...

Published 23 Jul, 2024 07:27pm

Pakistan

Aurangzeb assures ‘favourable outcomes’ for public, business in final budget

Finance Division says recommendations being noted and will be considered in finalisation of budget

Updated 24 Jun, 2024 10:50pm

Pakistan

Imposition of further taxes on salaried group to ‘accelerate brain drain’ in Pakistan: PBC

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s largest corporate advocacy platform, has warned that the...

Updated 20 Jun, 2024 10:42pm

Business & Finance

Budget 2024-25: PBC for documenting economy as per Indian model

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has strongly proposed Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb to implement...

Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am

Markets

Tax proposals: PBC calls for ‘out of box solutions’

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), one of the country’s largest corporate sector advocacy platforms, has urged...

Updated 20 May, 2024 08:06pm

Pakistan

PBC calls for the removal of 1% CVT on foreign assets

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s largest corporate sector advocacy platform, has called for the...

Updated 17 May, 2024 05:55pm

Business & Finance

Well-organised documented sectors: PBC urges FBR to rationalise ‘super tax’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has proposed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to rationalise ‘super...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

Markets

Budget proposals: PBC calls for mining FBR data to identify new taxpayers

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s largest corporate sector advocacy platform, has urged the...

Updated 02 May, 2024 10:41pm

PBC floats 5-year ‘exports charter and imports substitution plan’

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has proposed a five-year exports charter and import substitution plan...

Updated 26 Apr, 2024 01:05pm

Markets

PBC calls for ‘5-year’ IMF programme in letter to lender

PBC believes front loading of targets by IMF stems from the relatively short-term programmes

Updated 04 Mar, 2024 08:02pm

Markets

Distributors, including delivery services chargeable to Sindh sales tax: SRB

Supply chain management and distribution (including delivery) services are chargeable to Sindh sales tax at the rate...

Published 01 Mar, 2024 09:11pm

Business & Finance

BVMW-Germany’s official due next week

ISLAMABAD: The BVMW-Germany’s official Country Representative to Pakistan, Matthew D Shaw, will be visiting...

Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am

Restructuring plan of FBR: Taxpayers should be inducted into Policy Board: PBC

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has strongly recommended that the taxpayers (stakeholders) should be...

Updated 05 Feb, 2024 09:34am

Markets

PBC urges incoming govt to effectively implement FBR restructuring

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), one of the country’s largest corporate advocacy platforms, has urged the...

Updated 31 Jan, 2024 04:20pm

Pakistan

‘Existential crisis’: tax the undocumented sector, urges PBC

Body says first task of incoming government will be to negotiate IMF programme, seek longer-term, reform-centric bailout

Published 03 Jan, 2024 07:30pm

Markets

PBC urges govt to lower power tariffs

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s largest corporate sector advocacy platform, has urged the...

Updated 28 Dec, 2023 07:59pm

Business & Finance

Poly bags for sugar, cement and wheat: PBC urges Shamshad to make QR-Code printing mandatory

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar has been requested to make mandatory printing of QR-Code on...

Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am

PBC floats proposals aimed at reducing power tariff

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has floated proposals to slash electricity tariff up to Rs 6.5 per unit...

Updated 14 Oct, 2023 05:24pm

Markets

PBC calls for investigation after Pakistan’s exports to China ‘underreported by $594mn’

Pakistan Business Council says FBR should also look into the possibility of loss of tax revenue

Updated 10 Oct, 2023 10:48pm

Markets

Businesses laud Pakistan govt’s measures against ‘misuse of Afghan Transit Trade’

Business bodies including the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) and the All Pakistan Textile Mills Limited (APTMA)...

Updated 04 Oct, 2023 10:46pm

Business & Finance

PBC underscores need for renegotiating transit trade with Kabul

KARACHI: In order to curb the misuse of Afghan transit trade, Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has recommended...

Updated 27 Sep, 2023 10:27am

Business & Finance

PBC apprises ministers about key challenges

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) on Tuesday held meetings with caretaker Federal Ministers Dr Gohar Ejaz...

Updated 20 Sep, 2023 09:41am

Markets

Caretaker govt’s ‘do nothing’ approach doing no good for Pakistan: PBC

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), one of the country’s largest corporate advocacy platforms, on Monday slammed...

Updated 04 Sep, 2023 05:55pm

Markets

Rapid rupee decline brewing ‘a perfect storm’ for Pakistan: PBC

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), one of the country’s largest corporate advocacy platforms, warned that the...

Updated 01 Sep, 2023 06:10pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 3	277.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 3	277.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 3	150.01
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 3	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 3	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 3	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 2	6,047.15
Nasdaq / Dec 2	19,403.95
Dow Jones / Dec 2	44,782
India Sensex / Dec 3	80,853.10
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 3	39,248.86
Hang Seng / Dec 3	19,694.44
FTSE 100 / Dec 3	8,345.09
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 3	20,011.64

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 2	235,340
Petrol/Litre / Dec 3	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 3	68.37
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 3	17,685
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 3	2,645.88
Diesel/Litre / Dec 3	258.43

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.30 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	630 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	67.69 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,118.68 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.14 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.30 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	630 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	67.69 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,118.68 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.14 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	213,514,857 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Dec 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	196,907,321 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 3 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	68,325,507 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	66,212,972 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 3 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	65,264,278 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Dec 3 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	61,288,845 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Dec 3 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	49,268,731 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 3 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	46,902,495 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Cement / Dec 3 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	31,910,059 ▲ 0.00

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