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Dr Ikramul Haq

Opinion

Challenges before FBR’s new chairman

FBR (Federal Board of Revenue) has failed to meet original tax targets for the last six fiscal years, three of the...

Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:23am

Opinion

Digitization key to revenue growth

Pakistan has been facing the perpetual challenge of expanding its tax base without any tangible results, a situation...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 07:19am

Opinion

The challenge of disinformation

The internet has led the world to an unprecedented revolution, fundamentally transforming how we access and share...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 03:33am

Opinion

Constitutionalism the only remedy

“Even the most ardent purposivists must first and foremost primarily respect the actual text of a statute and should...

Published 16 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Opinion

Lessons from illusionary revolutions

Amid escalating student-led protests and mounting unrest, Bangladesh’s long-serving Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina...

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Opinion

IMF programme & challenges

Pakistan’s economic journey took a momentous turn after it bid farewell to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ...

Published 02 Aug, 2024 05:55am

Opinion

OECD, Pakistan & tax evasion

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an international organization dedicated to...

Updated 26 Jul, 2024 08:22am

Opinion

Old wine in new bottles

The incumbent government, as all earlier ones, is jubilant over securing a staff-level agreement with International...

Updated 19 Jul, 2024 07:04am

Opinion

FED on transfer of immoveable property

“Accordingly CVT was abolished through the Finance Act 2010 as charge and levy of CVT became a provincial subject....

Updated 12 Jul, 2024 08:55am

Opinion

Country needs Operation Azm-e-Istehkam

The ghastly attacks of September 11, 2001, on Twin Towers, tragically claimed lives of innocent Americans, who left...

Published 28 Jun, 2024 06:42am

Perspectives

The political economy of narcoterrorism: Pakistan’s rising share

In September 2021, then Prime Minister Imran Khan tasked all federal and provincial agencies to present a...

Published 26 Jun, 2024 11:21am

Opinion

Fixing fiscal imbalances

Though Pakistan’s fiscal imbalances have been persisting since its inception, yet no serious efforts are yet in ...

Updated 21 Jun, 2024 07:26am

Opinion

Budget: an analysis

Flanked by the Deputy Prime Minister, Muhammad Ishaq Dar, once hailed as the PM-N’s (Pakistan Muslim...

Updated 14 Jun, 2024 07:56am

Opinion

Budget: rationalise taxation

On the eve of another ritual exercise of announcing federal budget, official date has yet to be finalised, expected...

Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am

Opinion

Budget & tax policy

‘The impact of economic growth on the lives of people is partly a matter of income distribution, but it also depends...

Updated 31 May, 2024 07:29am

Opinion

Budgets 2024: thinking afresh

“Simplify taxes, reduce the cost of excessive documentation, open the economy for higher growth and employment,...

Updated 24 May, 2024 05:49am

Opinion

Fundamental reforms for survival

Pakistan is persistently confronting economic challenges, the resolution of which hinge on IMF’s new programme,...

Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am

Opinion

Transforming FBR

In the light of dynamic shifts in business and advancements in technology, it is opportune for the Federal Board of...

Published 10 May, 2024 04:17am

Opinion

Transparency, taxation & reforms

Macroeconomic conditions have improved over the course of the program. Growth of 2 percent is expected in FY24 given...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

Opinion

SOEs: performance & accountability

The World Bank’s recent report, titled ‘Pakistan Development Update, fiscal impact of Federal State-Owned...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 10	278.72
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 10	278.57
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 10	143.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 10	0.85
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 10	1.31
Euro to USD / Sep 10	1.10

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 9	5,471.05
Nasdaq / Sep 9	16,884.61
Dow Jones / Sep 9	40,829.59
India Sensex / Sep 10	81,753.70
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 10	36,159.16
Hang Seng / Sep 10	17,247.80
FTSE 100 / Sep 10	8,239.95
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 10	18,468.34

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 9	68.57
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 9	223,251
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 9	2,503.54
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 9	68.04
Petrol/Litre / Sep 10	259.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 10	18,535

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 10 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 10 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 10 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 10 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 10 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 10 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 10 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 10 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 10 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 10 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 10 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 10 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 10 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 10 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 10 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 10 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 10 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 10 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Sep 10 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Sep 10 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Sep 10 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Sep 10 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Sep 10 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Sep 10 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Sep 10 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 10 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Sep 10 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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