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Who will bell the debt cat?

Pakistan economy liberalized in early 2000s when the financial sector was deregulated and trade related tariffs were rat

Published 11 Jun, 2018 05:57am

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Caretaking the economy

Islamabad these days is rife with all sorts of rumours surrounding the General Elections 2018. Those with heightened dem

Published 07 Jun, 2018 05:45am

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Is China replacing the IMF?

Seeing the gross funding gap ; it is clear that Pakistan needs a bailout. Perhaps, someone is already bailing the count

Published 29 May, 2018 06:52am

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Economic mess asking for rate hike

The PMLN government is about to leave an macroeconomic mess to handle for caretakers; and the new government might be bu

Updated 24 May, 2018 08:35am

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Deficit overdose

The Murphy’s Law says, ‘if anything can go wont, it will’. That seems to be applying on Pakistan economy; as the numbers

Updated 21 May, 2018 07:42am

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Poor FDI; poorer transparency

At less than one percent of the GDP, the 2.4 percent year-on-year increase in net foreign direct investments (FDI) in 10

Published 17 May, 2018 07:16am

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No debt; no life!

The sharp increase in external debt is no surprise and it isn’t catching headlines as either the debt story is known to

Published 17 May, 2018 07:13am

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Remittances remain on steady course

There is no drastic change in the picture for home remittances; the story remains the same where the country continues t

Published 14 May, 2018 06:41am

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Floating PIBs

Five years ago, government’s domestic maturity profile was too low as short-term floating debts were at Rs5.3 trillion o

Updated 12 May, 2018 08:41am

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External balance snap shot

The SBP reserves are up by $593 million in the week ending April 27, 2018. Does this snapshot deserve a wow? The short a

Published 07 May, 2018 06:06am

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Financial inclusion: up in the air?

The latest edition of the World Bank’s global Findex report is making the rounds these days. (For BR Research’s take on

Published 26 Apr, 2018 06:09am

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Bank Al Habib 1QCY18

Bank Al Habib Limited (BAHL) announced its 1QCY18 financial results last week, showing a 9 percent year-on-year drop in

Published 23 Apr, 2018 05:43am

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Current Account: growth in deficit

The current account deficit stood at $12 billion (5.0% of GDP) in 9MFY18; up by 51 percent year-on-year. On quarterly ba

Published 23 Apr, 2018 05:42am

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FDI: change but no change

Each passing month has been strengthening the ongoing trend of Sino-isation of Pakistan’s FDI. The latest tick – for Mar

Published 19 Apr, 2018 05:44am

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Builders and Bakers eyeing Banks

That a number of banks in Pakistan have been looking for buyers has been one of the worst kept secrets. That, the number

Published 18 Apr, 2018 06:27am

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Where are remittances headed?

State Bank of Pakistan in its recent quarterly report has projected that the country would attract a maximum of $20.5 bi

Published 12 Apr, 2018 05:51am

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Dollar bonds: race against time

PM Abbasi looked in a hurry last week unveiling tax amnesty. Short of time, the premier may best be remembered for his i

Published 10 Apr, 2018 05:38am

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Forex: what might have been!

Pakistan’s dollar reserves have been extraordinarily strained this fiscal. At work is a ballooning current account defic

Published 05 Apr, 2018 05:38am

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FDIs: diversification calling (ii)

Yesterday’s piece on FDI in Pakistan showed that unlike the Chinese players, who are mostly concentrating on power and c

Published 29 Mar, 2018 05:13am

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MPS: another raise?

The monetary policy is due on Friday; the question is after 25 bps policy rate increase in Jan18 to 6 percent, what the

Published 29 Mar, 2018 05:11am

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FDIs: diversification calling

Last week, the Chairman of Pakistan’s Board of Investment, Naeem Zamindar, was reported to have said that “Pakistan want

Published 28 Mar, 2018 06:04am

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Knocking on IMF’s door – when?

There is no doubt that Pakistan is going back to IMF within this calendar year. The question is on the timings of enteri

Published 27 Mar, 2018 05:33am

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Current account breather

The current account deficit tamed to $1.2 billion In February; down 25 percent month-on-month. The Jul-Feb number stood

Published 22 Mar, 2018 06:20am

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HBL — healthy balance sheet growth

Pakistan's largest commercial bank announced its full year results for 2017, accompanied with a final cash dividend of r

Published 21 Mar, 2018 05:47am

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Living on the edge

The IMF report is a mixed bag - it narrates the short to medium term challenges owing to growing twin deficits while in

Published 20 Mar, 2018 06:25am

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Sino-isation of Pakistan’s FDI

Ten years ago, China’s share in Pakistan’s annual inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) was almost negligible. Today

Published 19 Mar, 2018 06:41am

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Fiscal deficit: think out of the box

In the short to medium run, external imbalance is the biggest macroeconomic challenge the economy is facing, and all the

Updated 16 Mar, 2018 06:26am

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A case to boost reinvested earnings!

If it wasn’t already a matter of concern that net FDI inflows were down 3 percent in the seven months ending January 201

Published 14 Mar, 2018 05:23am

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Saudi remittances blow

Worker remittances from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have been on a decline. It fell eight and a half percent in th

Published 13 Mar, 2018 05:34am

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Feb checks remittances breather

If January 2018 saw a much-needed respite in the slowing pace of remittance growth, the latest tick has brought some of

Published 12 Mar, 2018 07:10am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 19	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 19	278.15
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 19	154.37
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 19	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 19	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 19	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 18	5011.12
Nasdaq / Apr 18	15601.50
Dow Jones / Apr 18	37775.38
India Sensex / Apr 19	72222.48
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 19	37068.35
Hang Seng / Apr 19	16205.02
FTSE 100 / Apr 19	7834.89
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 19	17717.67

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	214077
Petrol/Litre / Apr 19	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 19	84.27
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 19	2382.04
Diesel/Litre / Apr 19	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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