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Policy rate cut: caution beyond this point

Doves are in control at SBP. A 250 bps rate cut has been announced, slightly exceeding market expectations. Some...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 09:11am

Business & Finance

Experts for converting circular debt into cheap public debt

LAHORE: To address the issue of circular debt, power sector experts have suggested converting circular debt into...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

Business & Finance

IMF says global public debt to top $100trn, growth may accelerate

WASHINGTON: The world’s total public debt is set to exceed $100 trillion this year for the first time, and may ...

Published 16 Oct, 2024 06:58am

BR Research

Debt dilemma: Fixing the fiscal flip

The central government debt increased to Rs48.4 trillion in August 2024, 21 percent higher than the same period last...

Published 09 Oct, 2024 08:58am

Opinion

Rising public debt

The SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) has released figures of total debt and public debt of Pakistan as of end-June 2024....

Published 19 Sep, 2024 06:37am

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

Public debt recorded at Rs67.525trn at Mar-end

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s total public debt was recorded at Rs 67,525 billion at the end-March 2024, registering an...

Updated 12 Jun, 2024 09:31am

Reform steps yielding results: PM

BEIJING: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said the reform measures taken by his government had already...

Updated 07 Jun, 2024 09:04am

Public debt soars to Rs39.7trn, NA told

ISLAMABAD: The external debt was recorded at $86.36 billion and domestic debt was recorded at Rs39.7 trillion of the...

Updated 17 May, 2024 12:39pm

Pakistan

NUST seminar: Comprehensive overhaul of govt’s fiscal apparatus vital: Shamshad

ISLAMABAD: Effective implementation of bold and ambitious reforms is imperative to usher in a new era of development...

Published 25 Jan, 2024 04:23am

Business & Finance

Debt sustainability: Elevated gross financing needs constitute high risk: IMF

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that elevated gross financing needs continue to pose high...

Published 21 Jan, 2024 03:10am

Pakistan

‘Borrowed money will never fix economic problems’

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and...

Published 06 Oct, 2023 03:03am

Debt management: FD advocates balanced approach

ISLAMABAD: Fiscal discipline is essential to maintain primary surplus as total public debt/revenue and debt...

Updated 02 Sep, 2023 03:08pm

Business & Finance

Public debt stands at Rs59,247bn in March

ISLAMABAD: Finance Ministry has stated that the total public debt stood at Rs59,247 billion in March 2023 with...

Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am

Opinion

Addressing energy poverty

Pakistani citizens are grappling with the alarming reality of their energy expenses. The range is noted to hover...

Updated 29 Aug, 2023 07:03am

Opinion

Fiscal discipline key to reforms

Before Pakistan can embark on the long and tedious journey of structural reforms, fiscal discipline must be embraced...

Published 23 Aug, 2023 05:50am

World

IMF says public debt is growing faster than pre-COVID projections

WASHINGTON: Public debt is higher and growing faster than projected before the COVID-19 pandemic, driven mainly by...

Published 12 Apr, 2023 06:23pm

Opinion

Public debt distress

The unprecedented fiscal firepower used to protect the vulnerable from the harsh socio-economic impact of the...

Updated 05 Apr, 2023 06:43am

Editorials

Debt, fiscal challenges

EDITORIAL: The Finance Ministry uploaded the Public Debt Bulletin and Fiscal Policy Statement on its website on...

Published 05 Apr, 2023 06:16am

Opinion

Rising public debt

The extremely worrying indicator today is the large and rapidly growing level of public debt, including the external...

Published 04 Apr, 2023 03:24am

Govt plans to convert Rs800bn PHL debt into public debt

ISLAMABAD: The government has prepared a plan to impose multiple surcharges of over Rs 4/kWh on consumers across the...

Updated 01 Feb, 2023 09:02am

PM rejects default speculations with much vehemence

Says government has taken much needed measures to save Pakistan from default

Updated 13 Dec, 2022 09:43am

Opinion

Soaring public debt

The latest estimate of the stock of public debt of Pakistan by the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) as of end-March 2022...

Published 16 Aug, 2022 03:59am

Opinion

The rising public debt burden

The public debt of Pakistan consists of the domestic and external debt of the government plus debt owed to the IMF...

Published 24 May, 2022 05:35am

Pakistan

Public debt stands at Rs41.466trn, NA told

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Monday that the total public debt stands at Rs41.466 trillion –...

Published 10 May, 2022 05:10am

Business & Finance

Minister defends govt borrowing

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin said that a total of public debt as at end-September 2021...

Published 31 Dec, 2021 06:50am

BR Research

GDP rebase long overdue

The talk of the town in economic circles right now is that Pakistan’s total debt and liabilities stock has crossed...

Published 26 Nov, 2021 06:34am

Jul 2018-Jun 2021: Total public debt up by Rs14.9trn, Tarin tells NA

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin on Friday informed the National Assembly that ...

Updated 20 Nov, 2021 12:29pm

Opinion

EU budget battle looms, as economy lifts out of crisis

European governments have spent hand over fist, despite ballooning public debt, to prevent the coronavirus pandemic...

Published 11 Sep, 2021 03:36am

Business & Finance

Anjum Nisar calls for putting economy on high growth path

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s Businessmen Panel Chairman Mian Anjum Nisar...

Published 20 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 21	76,270.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,027.98
Hang Seng / Jan 21	20,098.89
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,529.98
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	20,988.55

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 20	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 20	242,541
Petrol/Litre / Jan 21	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	77.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,724.49
Diesel/Litre / Jan 21	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 21 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.60 ▲ 1.00 (11.63%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 21 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.54 ▲ 0.34 (10.62%)
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	11.30 ▲ 1.03 (10.03%)
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	10.98 ▲ 1.00 (10.02%)
Globe Residency / Jan 21 Globe Residency REIT(GRR)	17.36 ▲ 1.58 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.06 ▲ 2.28 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 21 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	35.65 ▲ 3.24 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 21 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	671.22 ▲ 61.02 (10.00%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 21 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	108.90 ▲ 9.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	45.21 ▼ -5.02 (-9.99%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.62 ▼ -1.62 (-8.88%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 21 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	64.32 ▼ -6.22 (-8.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9 ▼ -0.81 (-8.26%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jan 21 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	5.10 ▼ -0.43 (-7.78%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 21 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	23.05 ▼ -1.94 (-7.76%)
ZIL Limited / Jan 21 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	226.01 ▼ -18.99 (-7.75%)
Khyber Textile / Jan 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	526 ▼ -43.96 (-7.71%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 21 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	13 ▼ -1.03 (-7.34%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	111,866,059 ▲ 0.44
Bank Makramah / Jan 21 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,297,556 ▲ 0.05
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,182,488 ▼ -0.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,473,543 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Cement / Jan 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	51,882,881 ▲ 0.34
Hascol Petrol / Jan 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	24,273,766 ▼ -0.39
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 21 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,353,008 ▼ -1.60
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	22,896,108 ▼ -5.02
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,890,802 ▼ -1.62

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