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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

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Economy: misplaced govt optimism?

There has recently been a wave of optimism on the performance of the economy. Various indicators have been used to...

Updated 07 Dec, 2020 09:07pm

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Growth in external debt

The external debt of Pakistan stands at $113.8 billion as of the end of September 2020. It has registered an ...

Published 17 Nov, 2020 02:55am

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Budgetary outcome in 1QFY21

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has released the results of the fiscal operations for the first quarter of 2020-21. ...

Published 10 Nov, 2020 02:54am

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IMF projections

The latest IMF projection of key macroeconomic variables of the economy of Pakistan are contained in the October ...

Published 03 Nov, 2020 02:50am

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State of the BoP

The SBP has recently released the statistics on the balance of payments for Pakistan for the first quarter of...

Published 27 Oct, 2020 02:59am

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Conflicting signals

The big changes in the movement of key macroeconomic variables following the spread since March 2020 of COVID-19 ...

Published 20 Oct, 2020 02:42am

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Growth prospects

There is considerable lack of clarity currently about the prospects for the economy of Pakistan in 2020-21. The...

Published 13 Oct, 2020 02:45am

Opinion

The sustainable development goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations are a successor to the Millennium Development Goals...

Published 06 Oct, 2020 03:00am

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SBP's economic outlook

The latest Monetary Policy Statement of the SBP was released a few days ago. The Statement is positive in nature....

Published 29 Sep, 2020 02:57am

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Impact of Covid-19 on South Asia

The pandemic, COVID-19, hit most parts of South Asia almost seven months ago. It has had a variable impact on the...

Updated 22 Sep, 2020 03:15am

Opinion

Plight of Pakistan's primate city

ARTICLE: Karachi is the primate city of Pakistan. In the earlier years of Pakistan's history, it also served as the...

Published 15 Sep, 2020 02:27am

Markets

Current economic trends

ARTICLE: Six months have elapsed since COVID-19 first hit Pakistan. This is an opportune time to get, more or less, ...

Published 08 Sep, 2020 03:07am

Opinion

Rising pensions

ARTICLE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has recently made a statement that 'the pension burden is becoming ...

Published 01 Sep, 2020 02:57am

Markets

Signs of recovery

ARTICLE: There is a lot of optimism about the economy today. The Prime Minister has said that the economy is at the...

Published 25 Aug, 2020 03:03am

Opinion

Lower budget deficit in 2019-20

ARTICLE: The information on fiscal operations in 2019-20 by the federal and provincial governments was released a ...

Published 18 Aug, 2020 03:13am

Opinion

Understatement of the rate of inflation

ARTICLE: The rate of inflation, as measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) with the base year of 2015-16, has been...

Published 11 Aug, 2020 03:08am

Opinion

Economic outlook

ARTICLE: The Economic Adviser's Wing (EAW) of the Ministry of Finance has published the Monthly Outlook for July...

Published 04 Aug, 2020 02:47am

Opinion

Understatement of tax expenditure

ARTICLE: The Public Finance Management Act of 2019 defines tax expenditure as follows: 'The revenue which ...

Published 28 Jul, 2020 02:43am

Markets

Burgeoning federal govt debt

ARTICLE: The SBP has recently released the estimates of the Federal Government debt as of the end of May 2020. This...

Published 21 Jul, 2020 02:55am

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Measuring the impact of Covid-19

ARTICLE: The first case of Covid-19 was recorded in Pakistan on the 26th of February 2020. More than four months ...

Published 14 Jul, 2020 02:57am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 17	278.60
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 17	277.40
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 17	154.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 17	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 17	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5022.21
India Sensex / Apr 17	72943.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 17	37961.80
Nasdaq / Apr 17	15683.37
Hang Seng / Apr 17	16251.84
FTSE 100 / Apr 17	7847.99
Dow Jones / Apr 17	37735.31
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 17	17770.02

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 16	21735
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 17	82.84
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 17	215964
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 17	2366.21
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 17	81.33
Petrol/Litre / Apr 18	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 18 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 18 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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