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National tariff policy

The Vision 2025 prepared by PMLN in its early days of the tenure had set a target of exports of $150 billion by 2025. Ho

Published 24 Apr, 2018 05:41am

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Hidden contracts

The KE-SSGC row has now escalated to become an inter-governmental affair, with the CM Sindh writing a letter to the PM d

Published 23 Apr, 2018 05:41am

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Before and beyond budget

The budget season is in full swing. High level seminars, conferences, behind the scenes lobbying, and advocacy efforts a

Published 20 Apr, 2018 06:02am

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The development cut

The development budget continues to remain an obedient sacrificial lamb for fiscal planners. Already, PSDP spending has

Updated 20 Apr, 2018 06:49am

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Tractors: pulling their weight

The government is contemplating bring the sales tax on locally manufactured tractors down from 5% to zero which has been

Published 20 Apr, 2018 06:00am

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Dolmen City REIT 9MFY18

Dolmen City REIT (PSX: DCR) - the only Real Estate Investment Trust in the country announced its financial performance f

Published 20 Apr, 2018 05:58am

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On budget strategy

The budget making exercise in its full swing, with two and half months remaining in the fiscal year. The thought process

Published 19 Apr, 2018 05:42am

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Summer of uncertainty

Uncertainty has typically been associated with election years in Pakistan’s past. But this time, things look especially

Published 18 Apr, 2018 06:28am

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Understated GDP

The economic growth is not losing steam despite increasing external and fiscal vulnerabilities. The economy is thriving

Published 17 Apr, 2018 06:30am

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When the sky falls, give a populist budget

Soon after the recently announced economic reform package, where the government presented amnesty plans and tax cuts, PM

Published 16 Apr, 2018 07:27am

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Tax amnesty and the real estate

From being a comprehensive yet bold to discriminatory and discouraging, a lot has been said about the tax-reform package

Published 13 Apr, 2018 06:14am

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Leaving agriculture behind

Unless you belong to Pakistan’s 0.1 percent, it is quite likely the food you ate, the shirt you put on and the shoes you

Published 12 Apr, 2018 05:48am

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Rice exports to Iran - idle hope or possibility?

Currently, a 16-member delegation of Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) is visiting Iran to enhance rice expo

Published 12 Apr, 2018 05:45am

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The other side of amnesty

A country like Pakistan has weak institutional mechanisms to unearth its citizens’ undeclared assets and funds at home a

Published 11 Apr, 2018 06:19am

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Pak-Thai FTA - opportunity or threat?

Though the Pak China FTA hype may have come to a pause with the cessation of negotiations, Pakistan’s trade agreement ob

Published 10 Apr, 2018 05:37am

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Fortification: a solution to ‘hidden hunger’

One of the major types of malnutrition in countries like Pakistan is characterised by micronutrient deficiencies. Accord

Published 09 Apr, 2018 05:38am

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The income tax relief

The opposition is busy criticizing the government for the fresh tax amnesty scheme, but that is what opposition does. Th

Published 09 Apr, 2018 05:37am

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Amnesty: good scheme, bad timing

Arguably, it is the simplest and most-comprehensive amnesty scheme offered in the country’s history. A thoughtful proces

Published 09 Apr, 2018 05:36am

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Dealing with circular debt

The circular debt is back with full swing. There is no single number to count on; but signs are there to demonstrate tha

Published 06 Apr, 2018 05:57am

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How to harmonise provincial taxation?

The demand for harmonisation of GST on services (GST-S) collected by the provinces is growing. But are all those demands

Published 06 Apr, 2018 05:55am

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Pak-China FTA – the swinging pendulum

Since the signing of the Pak China FTA in 2006, trade relations and negotiations have gone through many stages. But it i

Published 06 Apr, 2018 05:52am

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Diamer-Bhasha’s sluggish pace

Another year, another approval for the stuck in limbo Diamer-Bhasha Dam. But this time around Pakistan’s rapidly deterio

Published 06 Apr, 2018 05:51am

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How to broaden provincial tax base?

The lack of harmony between Pakistan’s provincial and federal tax authorities brought the stakeholders together at a sem

Published 05 Apr, 2018 05:37am

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Undernourishment in Pakistan – daunting realities

Unfortunately, malnutrition is a public health challenge that the country is facing. Stunting, wasting and malnutrition

Published 05 Apr, 2018 05:33am

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Punjab eyes new cities

Politics aside, there is little doubt that those in Punjab’s government, academia and think tank circles are moving fast

Published 04 Apr, 2018 05:55am

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The real cost of crops

The clock is ticking. Pakistan is heading towards water scarcity at an alarming pace while solutions and discourse on th

Published 04 Apr, 2018 05:54am

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Target PSDP?

The federal spending on “development” is apparently going downhill this year. For the Public Sector Development Programm

Published 03 Apr, 2018 05:30am

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Inflation – resting for now

The CPI numbers for March 2018 reiterate the view that inflation is not an issue in Islamabad’s ongoing quest for macroe

Published 03 Apr, 2018 05:28am

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Pak-Afghan trade and India

A lot has been said by Indian media as well as Pakistan’s media about India poaching Pakistan’s share in Afghanistan’s m

Published 03 Apr, 2018 05:25am

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Let the trade debate begin

Pakistan missed the industrial revolution. A decade after that mantra made rounds a consensus seems to be emerging: that

Published 02 Apr, 2018 06:15am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 14	278.71
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 14	278.51
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 14	157.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 14	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 14	1.28
Euro to USD / Jun 14	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 14	5,431.60
India Sensex / Jun 14	76,992.77
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 14	38,814.56
Nasdaq / Jun 14	17,688.88
Hang Seng / Jun 14	17,941.78
FTSE 100 / Jun 14	8,146.86
Dow Jones / Jun 14	38,589.16
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 14	18,002.02

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 14	78.45
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 14	19,935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 14	207,047
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 14	2,333.04
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 14	72.14
Petrol/Litre / Jun 16	258.16

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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