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ECC clears report agreed with IPPs on Rs403bn payment

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has cleared Implementation Committee report...

Published 09 Feb, 2021 04:43am

Foreign inflows through RDAs reach $436m

ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister Imran Khan was informed that foreign inflows through Roshan Digital Account (RDAs) has...

Published 05 Feb, 2021 04:53am

Business & Finance

State Bank MPC maintains policy rate unchanged at 7pc

There could be some changes in the projection due to change in electricity rates, and international oil prices but it will be temporary, said Baqir.
“It is very important that at present the monetary policy should convey a message of stability,” the SBP Chief said.
The yearly inflation rate is projected to remain at 7-9pc as previously announced.

Updated 23 Jan, 2021 10:52am

Business & Finance

SBP to announce MPS today

The SBP Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will announce the new monetary policy for a period of two months.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 10:19am

SBP governor briefs PM about economic situation

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Reza Baqir called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday....

Updated 22 Jan, 2021 09:41am

Pakistan

SBP launches complaint resolution portal to promote affordable housing

The potential customers can already access existing systems and procedures of banks for resolution of their complaints.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 11:06pm

Pakistan

Digital economy a great hope for Pakistan's development: Cheng Xizhong

Digital technology heralds the beginning of a new era, and it will usher in broad prospects for development in the form of the digital economy.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 07:31pm

Pakistan

Privatization commission directed to accelerate implementation process of contracts

He directed the commission to present the plan in this respect before the Cabinet Committee on Privatization (CCoP) within a week to proceed further.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 12:10am

Pakistan

True implementation of pro-women laws a must for rights protection, inclusive society: President

Dr Alvi told the gathering that almost 40 percent pregnancies took place owing to non-availability of contraceptives which must also be thought of while devising the policies.

Published 24 Dec, 2020 12:45am

Pakistan

President to chair meeting on national measures for women rights' protection on Wednesday

The meeting will review proposals for the promotion of economic, social and legal independence of women.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 12:17am

Business & Finance

Global demand for Pakistan’s goods rise, amid timely govt measures: Baqir

He said that as the global demand returns, the demand for Pakistani products is increasing which has lead to increase orders for our exporters.

Published 16 Dec, 2020 10:35am

Business & Finance

Pakistan sees 'light at the end of the tunnel’ as domestic activity indicators pickup: Baqir

The Governor said that the committee kept unchanged its projection for growth this fiscal year at about 2 percent.

Published 25 Nov, 2020 11:26am

Business & Finance

What are the Naya Pakistan Certificates?

Alongside the Roshan Digital Accounts (RDAs)- the first initiative of its kind by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the PM was of the view that the initiative of Naya Pakistan Certificates would add further value to the RDA.

Published 13 Nov, 2020 10:55am

Markets

Although too early to declare victory against Covid-19 but strong signs of recovery evident, says Dr Reza Baqir

Governor State Bank, Dr Reza Baqir gave a keynote speech in the D-Debtcon (the Distributed Interdisciplinary Sovereign Debt Research and Management Conference) hosted by Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL).

Updated 16 Sep, 2020 04:34pm

Pakistan

Businessmen must fully exploit corona related incentive-based schemes: SBP Governor

He said, despite huge share in national economy, the business community belonging to this city was poorly availing from the SBP schemes.

Published 10 Sep, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Documentation for SME sector to be minimized: SBP governor

He was talking to Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FCCI) President Muhammad Sikandar Azam Khan in an exclusive Zoom meeting here.

Published 11 Jul, 2020 12:16am

Markets

Economy was on the right track before the Coronavirus pandemic, says Dr Raza Baqir

In an interview, the Governor State Bank Raza Baqir said that the economy was improving before Corona arrived. He...

Updated 11 Jul, 2020 06:23pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan 'very concerned' over the rise in coronavirus cases: SBP Governor

“We have to remind ourselves that this is a public health crisis, and only on a secondary basis then it becomes an economic crisis," said Baqir.
Reza informed that they have provided $7 billion in terms of liquidity support to households as well as businesses i.e. about 2.5 percent of Pakistan GDP.

Updated 02 Jul, 2020 01:33pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 23	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 23	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / May 23	156.74
USD to Swiss Franc / May 23	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 23	1.27
Euro to USD / May 23	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 22	5307.01
Nasdaq / May 22	16801.54
Dow Jones / May 22	39671.04
India Sensex / May 23	74667.86
Tokyo Nikkei / May 23	39034.80
Hang Seng / May 23	18845.59
FTSE 100 / May 23	8373.47
Germany DAX 30 / May 23	18748.98

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 23	273.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 23	76.94
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 23	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 23	207476
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 23	2362.37
Diesel/Litre / May 23	274.08

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 23 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 23 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 23 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 23 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 23 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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