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The silent dollar squeeze

The current account is in surplus, with no delays in import L/Cs and profit/dividend repatriation payments. Yet, the...

Published about 5 hours ago

SBP sees FY25 inflation of 5.5–7.5pc, real GDP growth of 2.5-3.5pc

KARACHI: Pakistan’s macroeconomic conditions strengthened further in the first half of this fiscal year (FY25),...

Published about 5 hours ago

Real growth forecast stays unchanged: SBP

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday said Pakistan’s macroeconomic outlook for FY25 has brightened...

Published about 5 hours ago

Editorials

Taking stock of economic situation

EDITORIAL: A well-respected former Finance Minister and academician Dr Hafeez Pasha stated on AAJ Television that ...

Published about 5 hours ago

Business & Finance

Tax rates revision: Panel to present report to SAPM for budget inclusion

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the special committee constituted by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on rationalisation of tax...

Published about 5 hours ago

Markets

SBP likely to cut key policy rate by 50bps to 11.5%, brokerage house says

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) was expected to cut the key policy rate by...

Published about 10 hours ago

Markets

Further decline

KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee depreciated further against the US dollar in the inter-bank market as it lost Re0.25 or...

Published a day ago

Rupee-dollar parity: Procuring dollars from market not a sustainable policy: Pasha

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) procured dollars from the market, originated from hawala hundi, to...

Updated about 17 hours ago

Macroeconomic outlook: SBP governor apprises foreign investors

KARACHI: Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, Jameel Ahmad reaffirmed Pakistan’s improving macroeconomic...

Updated 2 days ago

Markets

SBP governor updates foreign investors on Pakistan’s ‘improving macroeconomic outlook’

Institutions include JP Morgan, Standard Chartered, Deutsche, Jefferies, and major credit rating agencies

Published 3 days ago

Markets

SBP injects massive Rs11.85 trillion into banking system for up to 14 days

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has injected a significantly high amount of Rs11.85 trillion into conventional and...

Published 25 Apr, 2025 09:26pm

Business & Finance

Forex reserves down $226m

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves fell $226 million during last week due to external...

Published 25 Apr, 2025 06:05am

FSR for CY24 unveiled: SBP says financial system’s resilience remains intact

KARACHI: Pakistan’s financial sector continued to maintain its resilience and managed to grow at a decent pace of...

Updated 25 Apr, 2025 09:22am

Economic growth hinges on structural reforms: SBP

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) emphasized on Thursday that a continued perceptible progress on structural...

Updated 25 Apr, 2025 09:22am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves drop $367mn to 7-month low

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decreased by $367 million on a weekly basis,...

Published 24 Apr, 2025 07:55pm

Markets

SBP Stability Review’24: banks borrow more; deposit shrinks by over Rs1 trillion

Pakistan banks lost momentum on mobilising deposit amid shift in their focus to raise advance-to-deposit (ADR)...

Published 24 Apr, 2025 07:19pm

Circular debt: Govt in talks with banks to raise Rs1.275trn

ISLAMABAD: Dr Inayat Hussain Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said Wednesday that the government...

Updated 24 Apr, 2025 09:30am

Business & Finance

MPC meeting on May 5: Further cut in policy rate likely

KARACHI: With the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) set to convene its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on May 5,...

Published 24 Apr, 2025 04:11am

Editorials

Foreign loans

EDITORIAL: Pakistan has received 12.5 billion dollars in foreign loans during the first nine months of the current...

Published 23 Apr, 2025 06:11am

Business & Finance

Fitch forecasts Pakistan rupee at 285 against US dollar by June, 295 by FY26 end

Credit rating agency projects Pakistan to gradually devalue its currency to avert likely pressure on current account

Updated 22 Apr, 2025 11:00pm

Business & Finance

BMP provides relief of Rs1.65bn to banking customers

KARACHI: The Institution of Banking Mohtasib Pakistan (BMP) has provided relief amounting to Rs 1.65 billion to the...

Published 22 Apr, 2025 07:40am

Pakistan

Financial Literacy Week marked

PESHAWAR: SBP BSC Peshawar observed Financial Literacy Week 2025 in line with the State Bank of Pakistan’s vision...

Published 22 Apr, 2025 07:35am

Opinion

State of the economy

The first three quarters of 2024-25 have come to an end. This is the appropriate time for reviewing the state of the...

Published 22 Apr, 2025 06:21am

Massive turnout at expatriates’ event: The PM was all smiles

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was all smiles on Monday as he lauded the massive turnout at a recent...

Updated 22 Apr, 2025 08:54am

Authorised by AGPR: CPPA-G receives Rs148.75bn from SBP on TDS account

ISLAMABAD: The Central Power Purchasing Agency-Guaranteed (CPPA-G) is said to have received Rs 148.75 billion from...

Updated 22 Apr, 2025 09:30am

BR Research

Remittance boom drives record surplus

The current account posted its highest monthly surplus of $1,195 million in March (the previous high was $981 mn in...

Updated 21 Apr, 2025 07:40am

Markets

Depreciated against $

KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee depreciated against the US dollar in the inter-bank market as it lost Re0.25 or 0.09%...

Published 21 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Business & Finance

Economic growth: Govt should introduce affordable housing finance scheme: experts

KARACHI: With Pakistan facing a housing deficit of over 10 million units, real estate experts have emphasized the...

Published 21 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Business & Finance

SBP grants Safepay full commercial licence

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has granted a full commercial licence to Safepay, a leading fintech in the...

Published 21 Apr, 2025 05:42am

Raast processes over 892m transactions

KARACHI: Raast, Pakistan’s first instant digital payment system developed by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), has...

Updated 20 Apr, 2025 10:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 28	281.26
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 28	281.06
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 28	142.05
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 28	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 28	1.34
Euro to USD / Apr 28	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 24	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 28	5,528.75
India Sensex / Apr 28	80,218.37
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 28	35,839.99
Nasdaq / Apr 28	17,366.13
Hang Seng / Apr 28	21,971.96
FTSE 100 / Apr 28	8,417.34
Dow Jones / Apr 28	40,227.59
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 28	22,271.67
France CAC40 / Apr 28	7,573.76

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 28	62.05
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 28	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 28	297,582
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 28	3,347.70
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 28	67.55
Petrol/Litre / Apr 29	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 29	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Ruby Textile / Apr 28 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	7.98 ▲ 0.78 (10.83%)
ECOPACK Ltd / Apr 28 Ecopack Limited(ECOP)	34.71 ▲ 3.16 (10.02%)
EMCO Industries / Apr 28 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	38.36 ▲ 3.49 (10.01%)
Sunrays Textile / Apr 28 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	172.02 ▲ 15.64 (10%)
S.S.Oil / Apr 28 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	392.76 ▲ 35.71 (10%)
Shakarganj / Apr 28 Shakarganj Limited(SML)	43.58 ▲ 3.96 (9.99%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Apr 28 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	3,608.54 ▲ 326.25 (9.94%)
Popular Islamic / Apr 28 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.89 ▲ 1.25 (9.89%)
Supernet Ltd. / Apr 28 Supernet Limited (GEM)(GEMSPNL)	23.79 ▲ 1.96 (8.98%)
MCB Invest. Managmt. / Apr 28 MCB Investment Management Limited(MCBIM)	92.81 ▲ 7.54 (8.84%)

Stock	Price
Lucky Cement / Apr 28 Lucky Cement Limited(LUCK)	358.88 ▼ -1392.57 (-79.51%)
Ghani Chemworld / Apr 28 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	7 ▼ -1 (-12.5%)
Dewan Textile / Apr 28 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	6.51 ▼ -0.79 (-10.82%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Apr 28 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	8.74 ▼ -0.99 (-10.17%)
Matco Foods Ltd / Apr 28 Matco Foods Limited(MFL)	39.84 ▼ -4.43 (-10.01%)
Bunnys Limited / Apr 28 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	30.75 ▼ -3.42 (-10.01%)
Cyan Limited / Apr 28 Cyan Limited(CYAN)	36.20 ▼ -4.02 (-10%)
Atlas Battery / Apr 28 Atlas Battery Limited(ATBA)	292.11 ▼ -32.46 (-10%)
Dawood Lawrencepur / Apr 28 Dawood Lawrencepur Limited(DLL)	216.10 ▼ -24 (-10%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 28 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	78.07 ▼ -8.67 (-10%)

Stock	Volume
B.O.Punjab / Apr 28 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	23,705,546 ▼ -0.41
Power Cement / Apr 28 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,585,733 ▼ -0.99
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 28 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	18,309,847 ▼ -0.03
Pak Elektron / Apr 28 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	18,055,841 ▼ -2.41
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 28 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	14,648,408 ▼ -0.99
Sui North Gas / Apr 28 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	13,187,141 ▼ -4.28
Ghani Chemworld / Apr 28 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	12,616,978 ▼ -1
Cnergyico PK / Apr 28 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	12,357,232 ▼ -0.28
Sui South Gas / Apr 28 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	11,366,687 ▼ -2.77
Lucky Cement / Apr 28 Lucky Cement Limited(LUCK)	9,953,480 ▼ -1392.57

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