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Opinion

Stranded gas, strangled industry

While the current decline in global energy prices would benefit most manufacturing economies, it poses a serious...

Published 16 Apr, 2025 06:29am

Opinion

Choking growth

Pakistan has reached a staff-level agreement with the IMF, meaning the economy gets to stay afloat for another six...

Published 31 Mar, 2025 04:08am

Opinion

Fix the EFS

Export-led growth is the mantra these days, but government seems uninterested in actually facilitating it. The...

Published 03 Mar, 2025 06:28am

Opinion

Let the market decide

With an IMF (International Monetary Fund) determined to punish past misdemeanours and a government unwilling to...

Published 19 Feb, 2025 06:21am

Opinion

Smog: Who’s responsible?

Smog choking Pakistan’s major urban hubs is a tragedy that has been decades in the making, rooted in poor policy...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 08:51am

Opinion

Bring back zero-rating

Should the government ensure implementation of sales tax at the point-of-sale, ~Rs 293 billion in tax revenue could...

Updated 13 Aug, 2024 07:51am

Opinion

Export ambitions vs economic realities

While the Government is seeking a 100% increase in exports over the next three years, maintaining even the current...

Published 23 Jul, 2024 07:05am

Opinion

Dancing on a volcano

Ten days into the new fiscal year, the FY25 budget is already in disarray. Amid calls for a nationwide strike, the...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 03:14am

Opinion

Give SMEs a chance

The turnover tax regime in Pakistan poses significant challenges for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), placing...

Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am

Opinion

Time to act: 9 cents/kWh

The country faces daunting economic challenges. A shrinking industrial base, a bulging workforce with no jobs to...

Updated 15 May, 2024 06:28am

Opinion

Rising energy tariffs, sinking economy

Unless power tariffs for industrial consumers are rationalized immediately, economic catastrophe is imminent....

Published 25 Apr, 2024 03:05am

Opinion

Why we lag in exports

One of Pakistan’s most pressing economic issues is the chronic shortage of foreign exchange underscored by an...

Published 14 Mar, 2024 03:00am

Opinion

Wheeling charges: do or die

On Tuesday 28th November, power regulator Nepra will hold a public hearing on the Discos’ petitions to determine a...

Published 27 Nov, 2023 06:13am

Opinion

Export or perish

The fundamental problem of our economy is that balance of payments crises and a perpetual risk of default have ...

Updated 20 Nov, 2023 07:16am

Opinion

We just can’t compete

Distortions caused by a distraught policy landscape — from high energy costs to an industry-wide liquidity crisis...

Updated 14 Nov, 2023 05:44am

Opinion

On the edge of a precipice

The World Bank recently warned that Pakistan’s economy is on the edge of a precipice. Any more of the same will...

Published 16 Oct, 2023 05:47am

Opinion

Export sector: prohibitive energy costs

If the economy is to be stabilized, exports can no longer afford to pay for the energy sector’s failures and...

Published 03 Oct, 2023 06:02am

Opinion

Sales tax blues

Given rampant sales tax evasion and slowdown in consumer demand, the government is highly unlikely to meet its...

Published 11 Sep, 2023 06:32am

Opinion

Fiscal discipline key to reforms

Before Pakistan can embark on the long and tedious journey of structural reforms, fiscal discipline must be embraced...

Published 23 Aug, 2023 05:50am

Opinion

Exports collapsing under power sector burden

The fundamental premise upon which the foundations of modern-day economics stand is that resources are finite and...

Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 16	281.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 16	281.50
USD to Japanese Yen / May 16	145.21
USD to Swiss Franc / May 16	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / May 16	1.33
Euro to USD / May 16	1.12
UK LIBOR % / May 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 15	5,916.93
Nasdaq / May 15	19,112.32
Dow Jones / May 15	42,322.75
India Sensex / May 16	82,241.91
Tokyo Nikkei / May 16	37,762.61
Hang Seng / May 16	23,345.94
FTSE 100 / May 16	8,686.51
Germany DAX 30 / May 16	23,854.97
France CAC40 / May 16	7,901.67

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 15	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 15	287,379
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 16	61.55
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 16	3,224.61
Cotton US¢/pound / May 16	65.53
Petrol/Litre / May 17	252.63
Diesel/Litre / May 17	254.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Equity Modaraba / May 16 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.45 ▲ 0.6 (21.05%)
Pak. P.V.C. / May 16 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	8.40 ▲ 1 (13.51%)
First Capital Equities / May 16 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	4.50 ▲ 0.52 (13.07%)
Dewan Mushtaq / May 16 Dewan Mushtaq Textile Mills Limited(DMTM)	10.83 ▲ 1 (10.17%)
AN Textile Mills / May 16 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	13.06 ▲ 1.19 (10.03%)
Sitara Peroxide / May 16 Sitara Peroxide Limited(SPL)	13.73 ▲ 1.25 (10.02%)
Fast Cables / May 16 Fast Cables Limited(FCL)	24.16 ▲ 2.2 (10.02%)
Pak Synthetics / May 16 Pakistan Synthetics Limited(PSYL)	62.34 ▲ 5.67 (10.01%)
Bawany Air Products / May 16 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	44.17 ▲ 4.02 (10.01%)
Kohinoor Mills / May 16 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	32.09 ▲ 2.92 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Parmount Sp. / May 16 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	3.16 ▼ -0.54 (-14.59%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / May 16 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7.14 ▼ -0.97 (-11.96%)
TPL Life Insur. / May 16 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	47.57 ▼ -5.27 (-9.97%)
Apna Microfin. / May 16 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	9.05 ▼ -0.99 (-9.86%)
Crescent Cotton / May 16 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	48.20 ▼ -5.26 (-9.84%)
Ellcot Spinning / May 16 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	101.65 ▼ -10.54 (-9.39%)
East West Ins. / May 16 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	52 ▼ -5.29 (-9.23%)
Shams Textile / May 16 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	24.30 ▼ -2.43 (-9.09%)
B. F. Mod. / May 16 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	7.95 ▼ -0.78 (-8.93%)
Olympia Mills / May 16 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	46.20 ▼ -4.27 (-8.46%)

Stock	Volume
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 16 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	44,317,984 ▲ 0.21
Cnergyico PK / May 16 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	32,148,988 ▼ -0.18
Lotte Chemical / May 16 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	28,049,504 ▲ 1.31
Pak Refinery / May 16 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	24,229,848 ▼ -0.52
K-Electric Ltd. / May 16 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,507,342 ▼ -0.04
Pak Elektron / May 16 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	18,144,829 ▼ -1.47
WorldCall Telecom / May 16 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,543,964 ▼ -0.02
Fauji Foods Ltd / May 16 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	15,849,609 ▲ 0.05
P.T.C.L. / May 16 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,650,899 ▲ 0.64
Sui South Gas / May 16 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	14,606,631 ▼ -1.2

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