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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 about 3 hours ago

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

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

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

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

Business & Finance

Senate body passes bill seeking ‘clearer guidelines’ for SOEs’ operation, governance

FBR grilled by Senators over decision to purchase 1,010 vehicles

Updated 22 Jan, 2025 10:19pm

Editorials

State of the economy

EDITORIAL: The December 2024 Economic Update and Outlook, a monthly publication uploaded on the Finance Division...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:22am

Business & Finance

Strenuous efforts needed to achieve tremendous progress of economy in 2025: analyst

KARACHI: In our country, the average 2024 growth of economy needs strenuous efforts to achieve tremendous progress ...

Published 01 Jan, 2025 03:03am

Business & Finance

Privatisation of loss-making SOEs: Gilani supports proposal

LAHORE: Chairman Senate Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday supported LCCI’s proposals to restructure or privatize...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 06:32am

Aurangzeb for bringing elite class into tax net

FAISALABAD: Federal Minister for Finance & Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Sunday that the elite...

Updated 30 Dec, 2024 02:42pm

Opinion

The challenge of loss-making SOEs

According to media reports, the government has announced that 15 State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) accounted for 99.3...

Published 29 Dec, 2024 02:48am

Jul-Dec: SOEs post staggering Rs408bn losses

Brings accumulated losses since 2014 to Rs5.9 trillion till December 2024

Updated 28 Dec, 2024 05:12pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 25	280.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 25	280.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 25	150.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 25	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 25	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 25	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 24	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 24	5,767.57
Nasdaq / Mar 24	18,188.59
Dow Jones / Mar 24	42,583.32
India Sensex / Mar 25	78,073.97
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 25	37,780.54
Hang Seng / Mar 25	23,413.58
FTSE 100 / Mar 25	8,684.09
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 25	22,926.46
France CAC40 / Mar 25	8,073.56

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 24	17,085
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 25	69.03
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 25	272,462
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 25	3,017.31
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 25	65.64
Petrol/Litre / Mar 26	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Mar 26	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel Indus.(R) / Mar 25 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	2.01 ▲ 1 (99.01%)
Ruby Textile / Mar 25 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	7.01 ▲ 1 (16.64%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Mar 25 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	8.99 ▲ 1 (12.52%)
Samba Bank / Mar 25 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	9 ▲ 0.82 (10.02%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 25 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	100.73 ▲ 9.16 (10%)
Adamjee Life Assur. / Mar 25 Adamjee Life Assurance Company Limited(ALIFE)	25.73 ▲ 2.34 (10%)
United Dist. / Mar 25 United Distributors Pakistan Limited(UDPL)	67.29 ▲ 6.12 (10%)
Crescent Fib. / Mar 25 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.70 ▲ 4.14 (9.96%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 25 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.19 ▲ 1.19 (9.92%)
Hussain Industries / Mar 25 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	27.30 ▲ 2.43 (9.77%)

Stock	Price
Parmount Sp. / Mar 25 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	3.51 ▼ -0.48 (-12.03%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Mar 25 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	117 ▼ -13 (-10%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 25 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	27.68 ▼ -3.07 (-9.98%)
Zephyr Textile / Mar 25 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	9.50 ▼ -1 (-9.52%)
TPL Life Insur. / Mar 25 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	55.02 ▼ -5.74 (-9.45%)
Shahtaj Textile / Mar 25 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	65.05 ▼ -6.54 (-9.14%)
Sindh Abadgar / Mar 25 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	55 ▼ -5.43 (-8.99%)
Elahi Cot. / Mar 25 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	138 ▼ -13.03 (-8.63%)
Tri-Star Power / Mar 25 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	7.24 ▼ -0.66 (-8.35%)
Shield Corp. / Mar 25 Shield Corporation Limited(SCL)	253.90 ▼ -22.98 (-8.3%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Elektron / Mar 25 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	28,623,330 ▲ 0.63
TRG Pak Ltd / Mar 25 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	22,742,574 ▼ -3.59
Cnergyico PK / Mar 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	19,218,186 ▲ 0.01
Sui South Gas / Mar 25 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	14,168,002 ▲ 0.18
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	11,877,825 ▼ -0.05
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 25 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	11,187,536 ▲ 0.08
Pak Refinery / Mar 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	10,362,407 ▼ -0.12
B.O.Punjab / Mar 25 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	10,164,053 ▼ -0.21
K-Electric Ltd. / Mar 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	10,144,462 ▲ 0
Treet Corp / Mar 25 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	8,893,519 ▼ -0.53

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