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Does Pakistan need domestic debt restructuring?

There is growing consensus over the need for debt restructuring within the policymaking community. However, many...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 06:03am

Business & Finance

FBR drafted no proposal to tax bank deposits

ISLAMABAD: There was no proposal drafted by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) at any stage to impose tax on bank...

Updated 13 Feb, 2023 09:01am

Business & Finance

New taxes: govt’s approach to IMF programme criticised

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) on Sunday opposed...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:57am

FTO orders FBR to initiate probe into ‘tractor fraud’

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has issued an order in favour of poor growers/ farmers community of Sindh...

Updated 13 Feb, 2023 09:19am

Editorials

The review: not yet successful

EDITORIAL: The Secretary Finance put a positive spin on the final day of discussions/negotiations with the...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:57am

Business & Finance

PBC underscores need for taxing untaxed sectors

KARACHI: Chief Executive of Pakistan Business Council (PBC) Ehsan Malik has forwarded suggestions to Federal Finance...

Published 11 Feb, 2023 06:26am

Unregistered Tier-1 retailers asked to integrate with POS

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has directed 124 unregistered retailers (Tier-1) to integrate them ...

Updated 11 Feb, 2023 08:56am

IMF-govt talks give birth to ‘mini-budget’

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar says government has agreed to impose Rs170 billion in additional taxes

Updated 11 Feb, 2023 05:15pm

IMF talks: ‘Some understanding’ reached: MoS Pasha

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha has stated that some understanding has been reached...

Updated 09 Feb, 2023 08:42am

Opinion

Governance reforms anchored in civil service reforms — I

A common refrain these days is that we need to urgently embark upon long overdue structural reforms, allied with...

Published 08 Feb, 2023 07:29am

World

Biden to push for new taxes

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will face Republicans who question his legitimacy and a public concerned about ...

Published 08 Feb, 2023 06:10am

Opinion

Letter to a Comrade

Dear Muzammil, I hope you are well. It has been a while since we last saw, met or spoke. Judging from your article ...

Updated 07 Feb, 2023 02:20pm

Opinion

Struggling to get IMF’s booster shot

The IMF (International Monetary Fund) is a multilateral lender with a membership of over 195 countries, from ...

Published 07 Feb, 2023 06:53am

Opinion

Strategy for resource mobilisation

The technical discussions in Islamabad on the ninth review of the IMF programme between the IMF staff and the...

Published 07 Feb, 2023 06:39am

World

India will not merge GST tax rates in 2023/24: government official

India will not overhaul its Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in the next fiscal year, a senior official said on...

Published 06 Feb, 2023 04:36pm

Opinion

The 80/20 rule for maximising foreign exchange earnings

Pakistan’s economy has been facing a number of challenges in recent years, including low growth, high inflation,...

Published 06 Feb, 2023 06:20am

Editorials

Much needs to be negotiated

EDITORIAL: Reports emanating thus far from the ongoing discussions between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and...

Published 06 Feb, 2023 06:20am

Business & Finance

Avoidance of double taxation: Draft convention signed with Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan Friday signed draft Convention for Avoidance of Double Taxation. The ...

Updated 04 Feb, 2023 10:17am

Opinion

Big rise in poverty, unemployment

The current combination of various negative factors is likely to lead to a big exponential jump in the number of...

Updated 04 Feb, 2023 07:11am

Opinion

The crisis was foretold

Former Deputy Governor Dr Murtaza Syed in a hard-hitting article laments that the crisis facing the economy today...

Updated 04 Feb, 2023 07:24am

Business & Finance

PAMA, PAAPAM apprise SBP governor about problems facing the auto industry

KARACHI: The Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers (PAMA) and the Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts and...

Published 03 Feb, 2023 06:17am

World

Modi woos Indian voters with infrastructure push and tax cuts

NEW DELHI: India’s government announced a huge infrastructure programme, increased welfare spending and tax cuts...

Published 01 Feb, 2023 05:37pm

Opinion

Redefining Pakistan’s economy

This article is an effort on not only understanding the fundamental economic issues but also some tough but ...

Published 01 Feb, 2023 05:58am

Paracetamol: govt to allow increase in price

ISLAMABAD: The government is all set to increase the price of paracetamol tablets on demand of manufacturers of...

Updated 01 Feb, 2023 09:24am

Business & Finance

July-January 2022-23: Rs4bn increase in revenue collection

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has provisionally collected Rs 537 billion during January 2023 against...

Published 01 Feb, 2023 05:58am

Opinion

State of the economy

The first six months of 2022-23 have witnessed considerable uncertainty about country’s economic prospects. ...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am

Talks with IMF team: Doubts exist about Dar-led team’s capability

ISLAMABAD: The business community and agriculturalists have shown serious concerns over the capability of Finance...

Updated 31 Jan, 2023 09:03am

Crucial IMF talks begin today

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team arrived in Islamabad and formal talks on the 9th review of the...

Updated 31 Jan, 2023 09:06am

Editorials

‘Mini-budget’ revenue impact raised

EDITORIAL: Informed sources have revealed exclusively to Business Recorder that the Ministry of Finance has ...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am

Business & Finance

PKR slide likely to fuel inflation in a big way

ISLAMABAD: The depreciation of Pak rupee by 13.5 percent by Friday in the interbank rate will raise inflation to 35...

Updated 30 Jan, 2023 09:26am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 29	278.37
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 29	278.16
USD to Japanese Yen / May 29	157.06
USD to Swiss Franc / May 29	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 29	1.28
Euro to USD / May 29	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 28	5306.04
Nasdaq / May 28	17019.88
FTSE 100 / May 28	8254.18
Dow Jones / May 28	38852.86
Germany DAX 30 / May 28	18677.87
France CAC40 / May 28	8057.80
India Sensex / May 29	74732.81
Tokyo Nikkei / May 29	38556.87

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 29	273.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 29	80.19
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 29	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 29	208076
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 29	2355.13
Diesel/Litre / May 29	274.08

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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