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SOEs privatisation

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

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

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

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

Azerbaijan invited to join SOE sell-off drive

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Board of Investment, Privatisation and Communications, Abdul Aleem Khan held a...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 09:17am

Markets

PIA ‘national asset’, provinces welcome to buy airline on PC’s minimum expected price, says Aleem Khan

Minister says federal cabinet to decide if creation of new framework required for privatisation of PIA

Published 03 Nov, 2024 11:01pm

Editorials

Complexities of SOE reforms

EDITORIAL: Poorly performing state-owned enterprises (SOEs), wracked with chronic inefficiencies and ringing up...

Updated 26 Oct, 2024 07:42am

Markets

Privatisation of SOEs: cabinet committee approves WAPDA, NHA as essential entities

The Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) has decided to categorise the Water and Power Development...

Updated 12 Sep, 2024 10:04pm

Legislation related to privatisation of loss-making SOEs: Minister says govt will need support of Parliament

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb says loss-making state-owned enterprises causing one trillion rupees of 'drag' to the exchequer

Updated 11 Sep, 2024 09:34am

Markets

Categorisation of SOEs: SMEDA declared as essential, PNSC as strategic

TCP may be categorised as essential SOE under SOEs Policy 2023, Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises decides

Updated 02 Sep, 2024 10:36pm

Loss-making SOEs’ sell-off high priority: Aleem

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Privatization, Board of Investment and Communications, Abdul Aleem Khan Thursday...

Updated 30 Aug, 2024 09:15am

Business & Finance

Merger, dissolution of 82 SOEs endorsed

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet, on Tuesday, took significant steps towards institutional reforms, focusing on...

Published 28 Aug, 2024 06:22am

Markets

Federal cabinet approves merger, dissolution of 82 SOEs

PM Shehbaz constitutes committee to protect interests of employees to be affected, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting says

Published 27 Aug, 2024 10:05pm

Finnish financier apprised of Pakistan’s potential investment scope

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, held a meeting with Antti Partanen,...

Updated 27 Aug, 2024 08:57am

Opinion

Business is not the government’s business

According to a World Bank assessment, Pakistan’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) exhibit the lowest profitability...

Published 12 Aug, 2024 06:36am

2024-29 sell-off roadmap presented to Dar

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) meeting held with the Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign...

Updated 03 Aug, 2024 12:17pm

NA panel briefed about PIA sell-off progress

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), burdened by Rs200 billion in debts and owning Rs145 billion in...

Updated 23 Jul, 2024 09:40am

Opinion

The way forward

Sale of state-owned entities (SOEs) and not resuscitating the non-operational Pakistan Steel Mills is the mantra of...

Updated 22 Jul, 2024 07:11am

Editorials

PSM and the wider debate about SOEs

EDITORIAL: The Board of Directors (BoD) of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) is either reading too much into recent...

Published 19 Jul, 2024 06:12am

PASSCO privatisation: PM for preparing action plan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday directed to prepare an action plan regarding the privatisation of...

Updated 13 Jul, 2024 09:50am

Privatisation of 3 electricity distribution cos: Appointment of financial advisor this year

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Privatization was informed that the appointment of a financial advisor...

Updated 13 Jul, 2024 08:55am

Senate passes SOEs amendment bill

ISLAMABAD: The Senate, Friday, passed with majority vote amidst opposition protest, the State Owned-Enterprises...

Updated 06 Jul, 2024 03:47pm

PIA, HBFCL, others: sell-off timeline issued

Transactions expected to be finalised in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (2024-25)

Updated 03 Jul, 2024 10:25am

Rs30bn sell-off income target set

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has set a budgeted target of collecting Rs30 billion through privatisation...

Updated 13 Jun, 2024 09:33am

Categorisation of commercial SOEs: PM irked by delay in submission of summaries

Directs concerned secretaries to personally and proactively oversee the process to ensure submission of requisite recommendations/summaries to Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises

Updated 08 Jun, 2024 05:20pm

Business & Finance

PIA sell-off: 6 companies/consortiums pre-qualified for privatisation process

Air Blue, Arif Habib Corporation, Blue World City, Fly Jinnah, Pak Ethanol Consortium, and YB Holdings Consortium included in the list

Updated 03 Jun, 2024 10:58pm

Opinion

Privatisation of SOEs: a focus on PIA

Pakistan’s economy is confronting numerous challenges like fiscal deficits, low savings, limited investment, low...

Updated 23 May, 2024 05:55am

Pakistan

PIA privatisation: deadline for EoI submission not expected to be extended further

The deadline for companies to express their interest in buying national carrier Pakistan International Airlines...

Updated 16 May, 2024 10:43pm

Business & Finance

PM unveils plan to sell most SOEs

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will privatise all state-owned enterprises, with the exception of strategic entities, Prime...

Published 15 May, 2024 05:47am

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 26	150.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 26	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 25	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 25	5,776.65
Nasdaq / Mar 25	18,271.86
Dow Jones / Mar 25	42,587.50
India Sensex / Mar 26	77,971.12
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 26	38,027.29
Hang Seng / Mar 26	23,483.32
FTSE 100 / Mar 26	8,660.31
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 26	22,923.69
France CAC40 / Mar 26	8,042.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 25	17,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 25	272,462
Petrol/Litre / Mar 26	255.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 26	69.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 26	3,018.44
Diesel/Litre / Mar 26	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 26	65.37

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 26 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	3.01 ▲ 1 (49.75%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Mar 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	9.99 ▲ 1 (11.12%)
Zephyr Textile / Mar 26 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	11.40 ▲ 1.04 (10.04%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 26 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	110.80 ▲ 10.07 (10%)
Philip Morris Pak. / Mar 26 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	737.77 ▲ 67.07 (10%)
Data Agro / Mar 26 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	96.62 ▲ 8.78 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Mar 26 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	58.44 ▲ 5.31 (9.99%)
Crescent Fib. / Mar 26 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.70 ▲ 4.14 (9.96%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	14.48 ▲ 1.31 (9.95%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Mar 26 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	340 ▲ 30.55 (9.87%)

Stock	Price
Elahi Cot. / Mar 26 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Mar 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.95 ▼ -1.38 (-9.63%)
Atlas Ins. Ltd / Mar 26 Atlas Insurance Limited(ATIL)	58.50 ▼ -5.48 (-8.57%)
Bela Auto / Mar 26 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	167 ▼ -14.94 (-8.21%)
Kohat Textile / Mar 26 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	28.15 ▼ -2.4 (-7.86%)
Jubilee Spinning / Mar 26 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.88 ▼ -0.89 (-7.56%)
Frontier Ceram / Mar 26 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	22.40 ▼ -1.82 (-7.51%)
Noon Sugar / Mar 26 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	73.62 ▼ -5.95 (-7.48%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 26 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	900.16 ▼ -71.96 (-7.4%)
UDL International / Mar 26 UDL International Limited(UDLI)	7.11 ▼ -0.53 (-6.94%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Elektron / Mar 26 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,093,385 ▲ 1.6
P.S.O. / Mar 26 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	26,846,685 ▲ 1.38
TRG Pak Ltd / Mar 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	22,825,615 ▼ -0.92
Cnergyico PK / Mar 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	17,176,390 ▲ 0.07
B.O.Punjab / Mar 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,063,012 ▼ -0.18
Pak Petroleum / Mar 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,868,233 ▲ 7.49
Engro Fert. / Mar 26 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	14,391,574 ▼ -1.85
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	12,412,844 ▲ 0.01
TPL REIT Fund I / Mar 26 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,002,839 ▲ 0.06
Fauji Cement / Mar 26 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	10,156,162 ▲ 1.41

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