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Gas supply to fertiliser plants may be restored from Sept 1

ISLAMABAD: The government is expected to restore gas supply to fertiliser plants from September 1 to ensure adequate...

Updated 04 Aug, 2021 09:58am

World Bank reallocates $150m for Pakistan to procure Covid-19 vaccines

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has reallocated $ 150 million for Pakistan to procure Covid-19 vaccines, South Asia...

Updated 04 Aug, 2021 11:30am

Tarin directs ministry to import 2m tons of wheat

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) presided over by Finance Minister Shaukat...

Updated 03 Aug, 2021 10:06am

Proposed auto policy: Tarin directs broad-based consultations with key stakeholders

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin Thursday stated that the proposed auto policy aims at expansion of auto...

Updated 30 Jul, 2021 09:38am

Business

‘Exemptions, incentives withdrawal to generate Rs250bn more revenue’

LAHORE: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPMA) on Revenue Dr Waqar Masood has said that the budget 2021-22 has ...

Published 24 Jun, 2021 03:36am

Editorials

Defending the budget

EDITORIAL: The statement of PML-N’s Birjees Tahir on the floor of the house that the budget 2021-22 was a “pack...

Published 23 Jun, 2021 04:26am

Waqar rejects budget criticism

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Special Assistant on Finance and Revenue, Dr. Waqar Masood has said that criticism on...

Published 22 Jun, 2021 04:46am

Business & Finance

POS integration: Tarin for establishing cell at FBR HQ

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has directed establishing a cell at the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)...

Published 16 Jun, 2021 03:39am

PM brings weaker sections of society under the spotlight

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that the government was committed to provide all financial...

Published 15 Jun, 2021 03:30am

Business

FBR may introduce single sales tax return in next fiscal

LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is likely to introduce a single sales tax return for the persons...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Business & Finance

Tarin reviews budget proposals with PSX MD/CEO

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin, chaired a meeting here at the Finance Division...

Published 08 Jun, 2021 04:09am

WB proposes $200m credit facilities for housing sector

ISLAMABAD: The Country Director, World Bank (WB), Najy Benhassine in a meeting with the Federal Minister for Finance...

Published 03 Jun, 2021 04:13am

Opinion

‘IMF supportive of govt’s approach to food inflation?’

This is apropos a Business Recorder news item “IMF supportive of govt’s approach to food inflation?” carried ...

Published 29 May, 2021 03:59am

Smart lockdown policy helped achieve 3.94pc GDP growth: SAPM

LAHORE: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Revenue Dr Waqar Masood has said that the smart lockdown policy of ...

Published 29 May, 2021 03:59am

IMF supportive of govt’s approach to food inflation?

ISLAMABAD: The government said on Thursday that the GDP growth target has been increased to five percent in the...

Published 28 May, 2021 04:08am

Tarin calls for interest-free agri loans

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin underlined the need to boost farm productivity by...

Published 19 May, 2021 06:00am

Pakistan

Tarin for curtailing middleman’s role to enhance farmers’ returns by 40pc

The role of middleman was also discussed during the meeting who makes money at the expense of farmers particularly with small and marginal land holdings.

Published 18 May, 2021 10:52pm

PM for inclusion of new uplift projects in FY22 PSDP

ISLAMABAD: While setting priorities for next fiscal year public sector development programme, Prime Minister Imran...

Published 08 May, 2021 03:30am

Tarin briefed on ‘concept of performance agreement’

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin, during a meeting with Adviser to the Prime...

Published 08 May, 2021 03:30am

Tarin covers a lot of targeted subsidy ground

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin Thursday convened a meeting to finalize ...

Updated 07 May, 2021 10:05am

Price trends of essential commodities analysed

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin has directed the respective provincial administrations and...

Published 04 May, 2021 04:26am

Markets

Daily use commodities: Tarin seeks innovative ideas to ensure price stability

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin has sought innovative ideas from sub-committee of...

Published 04 May, 2021 04:26am

Economic body asked to provide clear road maps

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Advisory Council (EAC) has been asked to come up with short-, medium-, and long-term road...

Published 23 Apr, 2021 05:12am

Business & Finance

FBR, PRA sign MoU on Single Portal/ Sales Tax Return

SAPM on Revenue further added that now persons associated with businesses would only have to file one Sales Tax Return instead of many returns. He further said that this step would help bring simplification in the tax system and procedure.

Published 08 Apr, 2021 10:27am

Business & Finance

Tax-to-GDP ratio goes below average in 2 fiscal years: WB official

ISLAMABAD: World Bank’s senior tax specialist has pointed out that Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio dropped and went...

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 09:44am

IT-based solutions: TI-P raises questions over FBR’s tender

ISLAMABAD: Transpa-rency International- Pakistan (TI-P) has raised serious questions on FBR's tender for IT-based...

Updated 24 Feb, 2021 09:39am

Pakistan

Country's economy on fast-track, tax net increasing: Dr Waqar Masood

He mentioned that in the month of January almost 13% increase in tax collections was witnessed, adding that the fruits of improvement in the economy would reach the common man soon.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 07:21pm

Pakistan

PM for fast-tracking establishment of border markets along Afghan, Iran bordering areas

The prime minister expressed these views while presiding over a meeting here to review progress regarding the establishment of border markets in bordering areas with Afghanistan and Iran.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 11:36pm

Pakistan

PM for sustainable power sector reforms in view of future requirements

The Prime Minister was apprised of the power sector agreements made by the previous governments and their negative effects on the economy and common man.

Published 31 Dec, 2020 12:14am

Business & Finance

Pakistan economy gathering steam, but vulnerability persists, says SAPM

He said that it remains to be decided whether the IMF review mission would visit Pakistan or conduct a virtual review.

Published 25 Nov, 2020 01:12pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 18	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 18	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 18	153.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 18	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 18	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 18	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
India Sensex / Dec 18	80,231.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 18	39,081.71
Hang Seng / Dec 18	19,857.31
FTSE 100 / Dec 18	8,222.99
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 18	20,267.35

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 18	70.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 18	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 18	2,644.54
Diesel/Litre / Dec 18	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.42 (10.37%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 18 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	61.55 ▲ 5.60 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Dec 18 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	259.27 ▲ 23.57 (10.00%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Dec 18 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	564.23 ▲ 51.29 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 18 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	180.01 ▼ -19.99 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 18 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	44.37 ▼ -4.93 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Synthetic Prod / Dec 18 Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited(SPEL)	45.89 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 18 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	198.85 ▼ -22.08 (-9.99%)
Bilal Fibres / Dec 18 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	12.61 ▼ -1.40 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.15
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.34
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	67,234,901 ▼ -0.51
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	60,136,151 ▲ 0.13
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -1.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	46,669,770 ▼ -0.33
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.67
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▼ -0.46
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	36,858,206 ▲ 1.01

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