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Insurance Industry: CCP offers strategic recommendations for reform

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has strongly recommended to end support to the State-Owned...

Published 18 Apr, 2025 07:29am

Business & Finance

ATIR Islamabad orders transfer of tax appeals involving SOEs to ADRC

ISLAMABAD: In a major development in tax litigation, the Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR), Islamabad has...

Published 18 Apr, 2025 05:52am

Business & Finance

PC tells Senate panel: PIA, Roosevelt and ZTBL lead the sell-off list

ISLAMABAD: The Privatization Commission, Friday, informed the Senate Standing Committee on Privatization that there...

Published 12 Apr, 2025 05:40am

Business & Finance

Govt to seek fresh bids for PIA, says adviser

ISLAMABAD: The government will seek fresh expressions of interest for the sale of Pakistan International Airlines...

Published 11 Apr, 2025 05:38am

PM announces cut in power tariffs

Declares a decrease in electricity prices for residential consumers by Rs7.41 per unit

Updated 04 Apr, 2025 03:29pm

Funding BMRL share in Reko Diq: ECC asks PD to examine Centre’s commitment

Directs review of federal funding for Balochistan's stake citing project revenue, NFC share

Updated 30 Mar, 2025 04:37pm

Editorials

IMF-Pakistan SLA

EDITORIAL: Exactly ten days after the end of a two-week mission on the first review of the 7 billion dollar...

Published 27 Mar, 2025 05:23am

Business & Finance

Reko Diq Project: OGDCL completes updated feasibility study

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has announced the completion of the updated...

Published 26 Mar, 2025 05:25am

SLA delay: Trust deficit cited as possible cause

ISLAMABAD: The delay in reaching a staff level agreement under the International Monetary Fund’s ongoing Extended...

Updated 18 Mar, 2025 09:29am

Editorials

One-year achievements

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif highlighted his government’s one-year achievements though he hastened to...

Updated 10 Mar, 2025 06:16am

PPRA lacks clarity about procurement powers of SOEs

ISLAMABAD: The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) is reportedly unaware if the State Owned Entireties...

Updated 08 Mar, 2025 02:51pm

Opinion

IMF programme & our vulnerabilities

Pakistan’s economy has been perpetually struggling through recurrent turbulent phases, facing severe fiscal and...

Published 28 Feb, 2025 07:01am

Jefferies Investors team meets Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: A delegation of Jefferies Investors, led by Alia Moubayed from Jefferies, on Thursday called on the...

Updated 28 Feb, 2025 08:46am

Editorials

The open economy syndrome

EDITORIAL: A parliamentary fact-finding committee has concluded that the open skies policy of PIA led to a decrease...

Published 27 Feb, 2025 06:44am

Markets

Reforming SOEs and privatisation ‘right thing to do’, says Aurangzeb

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday reaffirmed the government’s commitment to economic reforms,...

Updated 24 Feb, 2025 10:56pm

BR Research

If Aurangzeb wishes to protect his legacy, he has no time to lose

In a political landscape where entrenched interests and recycled economic ideologies dominate, Muhammad Aurangzeb’s...

Published 24 Feb, 2025 08:33am

Opinion

SOEs burden on taxpayers no surprise

Conventional economic theory argues that pursuit of privatisation is to enhance service quality, attract private...

Updated 24 Feb, 2025 07:14am

Editorials

The status of SOEs

EDITORIAL: The report on state-owned entities (SOEs) July-2023 to June-2024 provides extremely disturbing data that...

Published 22 Feb, 2025 06:31am

Opinion

Home-grown problems, solutions

The nation is stuck in the dilemma of a perpetual struggle to borrow money to sustain the fragile fiscal structure...

Published 22 Feb, 2025 06:31am

SOEs post 14pc decrease in losses YoY

ISLAMABAD: The loss-making State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) reported aggregate losses of Rs851 billion, a 14.03...

Updated 20 Feb, 2025 02:21pm

PPRA to clear SOEs’ industry- specific policies

ISLAMABAD: The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) is to approve SOEs (State Owned Entities) procurement...

Updated 19 Feb, 2025 09:18am

SOEs, especially DISCOs: WB team apprised of sell-off plan

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Cheema welcomed the delegation of Executive Directors (EDs) and...

Updated 18 Feb, 2025 09:24am

Pakistan

Govt aims to privatise up to 50 SOEs in next 3-4 years: minister

One-third of state-owned enterprises strategic assets, Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Cheema tells World Bank delegation

Updated 17 Feb, 2025 11:00pm

Business & Finance

Economic indicators showing positive trends: Khurram

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Finance Minister on Economic & Financial Reforms, Khurram Schehzad, has said that...

Published 14 Feb, 2025 06:17am

Three NHC independent members: CCoSOEs approves appointment

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) Tuesday approved the appointment of three...

Updated 12 Feb, 2025 09:31am

Opinion

The upside of IMF engagement

While the economists and critics of the country widely debate the downside of the IMF (International Monetary Fund)...

Updated 08 Feb, 2025 07:10am

Business & Finance

SOEs: PM for rapid, transparent sell-off process

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said the privatisation of the designated institutions should be...

Published 07 Feb, 2025 06:32am

Business & Finance

PM Shehbaz calls for legal expert assistance to ramp up privatisation efforts

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday directed authorities to seek assistance from reputable legal experts to...

Updated 06 Feb, 2025 07:34pm

Pakistan

‘Severe financial distress hinders NHA’s ability to invest in operations’

ISLAMABAD: The National Highways Authority (NHA) has been in severe financial distress with outstanding loan...

Published 01 Feb, 2025 06:30am

Senate panel told: SBP simplifying merchant account setup

ISLAMABAD: The Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, Dr Inayat Hussain, Wednesday said the SBP is...

Updated 23 Jan, 2025 04:26pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 18	280.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 18	280.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 18	142.18
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 18	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 18	1.33
Euro to USD / Apr 18	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 18	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5,282.70
India Sensex / Apr 17	78,553.20
Nasdaq / Apr 17	16,286.45
Hang Seng / Apr 17	21,395.14
FTSE 100 / Apr 17	8,275.66
Dow Jones / Apr 17	39,142.23
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 17	21,205.86
France CAC40 / Apr 17	7,285.86
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 18	34,730.28

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 18	64.68
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	299,811
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 18	3,326.85
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 18	67.13
Petrol/Litre / Apr 21	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 21	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Apr 21 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	4.06 ▲ 0.62 (18.02%)
Quice Food / Apr 21 Quice Food Industries Limited(QUICE)	7.53 ▲ 1 (15.31%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Apr 21 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	9.48 ▲ 0.98 (11.53%)
Saritow Spinning / Apr 21 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	16.79 ▲ 1.53 (10.03%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 21 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	70.29 ▲ 6.39 (10%)
EMCO Industries / Apr 21 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	36.29 ▲ 3.3 (10%)
Elahi Cot. / Apr 21 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	138.42 ▲ 12.58 (10%)
Bunnys Limited / Apr 21 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	29.60 ▲ 2.69 (10%)
Sunrays Textile / Apr 21 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	106.81 ▲ 9.71 (10%)
S.S.Oil / Apr 21 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	295.96 ▲ 26.91 (10%)

Stock	Price
Pak Reinsurance / Apr 21 Pakistan Reinsurance Company Limited(PAKRI)	14 ▼ -1.9 (-11.95%)
Apna Microfin. / Apr 21 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.15 ▼ -1.13 (-10.02%)
Ahmad Hassan / Apr 21 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	48.60 ▼ -5.4 (-10%)
Samba Bank / Apr 21 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	9.15 ▼ -0.82 (-8.22%)
LSE Ventures / Apr 21 LSE Ventures Limited(LSEVL)	9.50 ▼ -0.8 (-7.77%)
Ruby Textile / Apr 21 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	7.01 ▼ -0.54 (-7.15%)
Gillette Pak / Apr 21 Gillette Pakistan Limited(GLPL)	153 ▼ -10.79 (-6.59%)
Khalid Siraj / Apr 21 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	7.51 ▼ -0.5 (-6.24%)
Gulistan Sp. / Apr 21 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	8.15 ▼ -0.53 (-6.11%)
Nestle PakistanXD / Apr 21 Nestle Pakistan Limited(NESTLE)	6,755.05 ▼ -344.95 (-4.86%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Apr 21 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	9,008,887 ▲ 1.09
Cnergyico PK / Apr 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	8,027,386 ▲ 0.07
Sui North Gas / Apr 21 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	6,979,594 ▲ 6.29
Quice Food / Apr 21 Quice Food Industries Limited(QUICE)	4,164,954 ▲ 1
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 21 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	3,135,343 ▲ 6.39
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 21 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	3,087,676 ▲ 0.17
Barkat Frisian Agro / Apr 21 Barkat Frisian Agro Limited(BFAGRO)	2,372,619 ▲ 0.82
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1,954,415 ▲ 0.01
Pak Refinery / Apr 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	1,776,528 ▼ -0.4
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Apr 21 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	1,642,122 ▲ 0.62

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