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Zaheer Abbasi

Govt seeks easing of conditions

He also spelled out his plan as the finance minister to negotiate with the IMF and how he wanted to achieve growth, and stated that the PSDP allocation would be fully utilised.

Published 06 May, 2021 03:49am

Payment to 35 IPPs approved by ECC

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved payment of Rs89.86 billon as first...

Published 06 May, 2021 03:49am

Ordinances on EVM, expat vote cleared by Cabinet

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved deployment of army in Sindh for implementation of coronavirus SOPs and...

Updated 05 May, 2021 10:37am

Tarin interacts with provinces ahead of budget

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin has asked the provinces to rationalise expenditure and...

Published 05 May, 2021 04:01am

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

Higher growth now govt’s main objective: Tarin

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said on Monday that a policy has been prepared to shift from stabilisation...

Published 04 May, 2021 04:26am

Ministries, divisions: No expenditure sans available budget, PAOs warned

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has directed all the ministries and divisions to ensure that no expenditure...

Published 01 May, 2021 03:28am

Balance of payment (BoP) stability: Tapping expatriates only way in absence of export boost: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday said that the overseas Pakistanis, especially workers are an asset of...

Published 30 Apr, 2021 05:06am

Rs4bn RLNG subsidy approved for export-oriented sector: ECC forms sub-committee for payment to IPPs

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved Rs4 billion as subsidy for supply ...

Published 29 Apr, 2021 03:52am

Minister explains circular debt strategy: Govt mulling buying IPPs to shut them

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet was informed on Tuesday that circular debt would increase to Rs1.5 trillion by 2023...

Published 28 Apr, 2021 03:18am

Jul-Feb period: Fiscal deficit stands at 3.5pc: MoF

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry Tuesday said that despite higher mark-up payments and Covid-related expenditures, ...

Updated 28 Apr, 2021 09:29am

Tarin orders revisit of farm-to-consumer chain

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin has directed the provincial government and the Pakistan...

Published 27 Apr, 2021 03:02am

Army called in to help enforce Covid-19 SOPs

• Schools in districts with over 5pc positivity rate closed till Eid • Markets to be closed by 6pm • ...

Published 24 Apr, 2021 03:21am

PM convenes NCOC meeting today

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has convened a meeting of the National Coordination Committee on Coronavirus...

Updated 23 Apr, 2021 10:05am

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

Tarin decides to hold meetings with trade bodies after briefings from ministry

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin said to have decided to hold meetings with the business ...

Updated 22 Apr, 2021 09:46am

Tarin takes inputs ahead of Budget

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin has started taking inputs from various departments of the...

Published 22 Apr, 2021 03:55am

Non-lapsable ‘Ehsaas Donation Fund’ established

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has established a non-lapsable ‘Ehsaas Donation Fund’ to collect public ...

Published 21 Apr, 2021 03:21am

Pakistan

Islamabad infrastructure needs improvement: PM

ISLAMABAD: Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony of the Margalla Highway here on Monday, the Prime Minister said...

Updated 20 Apr, 2021 10:08am

PM explains why ties with France cannot be severed

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday that there would be grave economic consequences for Pakistan if...

Published 20 Apr, 2021 03:59am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 25	278.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 25	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 25	155.60
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 25	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 25	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 25	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 24	5070.63
Nasdaq / Apr 24	15712.75
Dow Jones / Apr 24	38460.92
India Sensex / Apr 25	73780.80
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	37628.48
Hang Seng / Apr 25	17264.90
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8077.84
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17994.97

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Petrol/Litre / Apr 25	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	83.02
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	2325.45
Diesel/Litre / Apr 25	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 25 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 25 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 25 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 25 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 25 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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