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C/A surplus

EDITORIAL: The current account registered surplus for March 2024 of 619 million dollars against 537 million dollars...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am

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

Net metering power: Govt mulling bringing buyback rates down to Rs11/unit from Rs21

Current trend has misbalanced govt's plan to pay capacity charges, sources say

Updated 25 Apr, 2024 10:07am

Editorials

Energising the SME sector

EDITORIAL: In yet another bid to encourage the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the government...

Published 25 Apr, 2024 03:05am

Opinion

Sanctioning Iran? ‘Let’s not kid ourselves’

Watching the US House pass a $95 billion “aid package” for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan (360-58) reminded me of a...

Published 25 Apr, 2024 03:05am

Opinion

Gas pricing 2.0: transforming Pakistan’s energy landscape with WACOG

In a move that could reshape the energy landscape of the nation, the government is now seriously considering the...

Updated 25 Apr, 2024 03:27am

Opinion

Rising energy tariffs, sinking economy

Unless power tariffs for industrial consumers are rationalized immediately, economic catastrophe is imminent....

Published 25 Apr, 2024 03:05am

Life & Style

After severe backlash, Malala condemns Israeli government for ‘war crimes’

Education activist and producer Malala Yousafzai issued a statement on Thursday, condemning the Israeli government...

Updated 25 Apr, 2024 12:13pm

BR Research

HBL profits: Strong and steady

Pakistan’s largest commercial bank, HBL started 2024 from where it left off in 2023. Another record quarterly profit...

Published 25 Apr, 2024 09:05am

Editorials

Interaction with S&P and Fitch

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb met with representatives from Standard and Poor’s and Fitch on the...

Published 24 Apr, 2024 03:50am

Opinion

Reimagining corporate affairs

The outside department. The palm greasers. The scam controllers. The ghost busters. These were some informal...

Published 24 Apr, 2024 03:50am

BR Research

Hope springs eternal, as do false promises

The thing about economic indicators is they can tell whatever story the narrator wishes to sell. A quick look at...

Updated 24 Apr, 2024 03:54pm

Markets

Spotlight: Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline and some key facts

KARACHI: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Pakistan this week put the spotlight on a major gas pipeline...

Published 24 Apr, 2024 03:42pm

Markets

Behind the screens: SECP probe into State Life’s equity investment process opens Pandora’s box at PSX?

Regulator, which issued a press release last week detailing its account of the complaint, had not named the entity or the individuals involved

Published 23 Apr, 2024 06:00am

Perspectives

Ivy Leagues, so-called ‘anti-semitism’ and the US

American higher learning institutions are at an inflection point. Last week, prestigious Columbia University – the...

Updated 23 Apr, 2024 10:54pm

Editorials

Regional conflicts and global economy: the nexus

EDITORIAL: Regional conflicts have been impacting on the global economy in recent years – beginning with the Russian...

Published 23 Apr, 2024 03:41am

Opinion

Persistent decline of manufacturing sector

The latest monthly data for February 2024 on the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) has been released recently by...

Published 23 Apr, 2024 03:41am

Technology

Tech and crypto: Dubai attracts 9 MNCs with market value of $82bn

Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy revealed that the combined market value of the nine multinational companies (MNCs)...

Updated 23 Apr, 2024 01:29pm

BR Research

CA surplus – will it sustain?

The current account surprisingly posted a surplus of $619 million in March 24,which is the highest surplus since...

Updated 23 Apr, 2024 10:07am

Opinion

Pakistan’s debt dilemma: navigating turbulent waters

In the intricate fabric of Pakistan’s economic landscape, a daunting debt crisis casts a long shadow, threatening...

Published 23 Apr, 2024 03:41am

Editorials

The energy conundrum

EDITORIAL: The mismanagement and irrational decision-making in the energy sector is making the industrial sector...

Published 22 Apr, 2024 04:39am

Opinion

Foreign investment inflows

The two-day visit of the high-powered Saudi delegation last week focused on identifying possible areas of investment...

Published 22 Apr, 2024 04:39am

Opinion

It’s about time MPC revisited its policy stance

The monetary policy committee is meeting next Monday. In the last review, two out of ten members voted for a rate ...

Published 22 Apr, 2024 04:39am

Business & Finance

Boosting Pakistan’s pharmaceutical exports: learning from India’s success

KARACHI: Recent research has highlighted the massive gap between Pakistan’s potential to export and the value it...

Updated 22 Apr, 2024 08:23pm

World

Housing solutions, food distribution: 5 ways Dubai dealt with record rains

Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan directs early disbursement of April salaries for Dubai government employees

Updated 22 Apr, 2024 05:49pm

Opinion

Israel-Hamas conflict - what’s the endgame?

Two main objectives of the invasion of Gaza by the Israel’s Defense Forces (IDF) on 23 October, 2023 were to...

Published 22 Apr, 2024 04:39am

BR Research

Transmission bottlenecks

It’s a well-established fact that the power grid supply is higher than the demand in Pakistan, and that is...

Published 22 Apr, 2024 09:09am

Editorials

Annual rain and flood disaster

EDITORIAL: Come rainy season and the same cycle of destruction repeats itself – flash floods, roof collapses,...

Published 21 Apr, 2024 04:10am

Editorials

SIFC, NAB and the civil service

EDITORIAL: It’s no small endorsement of the SIFC’s (Special Investment Facilitation Council’s) credibility that its...

Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am

Opinion

Pakistan on the IMF doorstep again

With Pakistan embroiled in an acute burden of debt, to the extent that 70 percent of its revenue is diverted to pay...

Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am

Perspectives

Pakistan’s investment pitch deck: fix security issues and terrorism

“The menace of terrorism is again rearing its ugly head, threatening our nation’s security as well as regional peace...

Published 20 Apr, 2024 10:38pm

Opinion

Powering Pakistan: Transforming energy distribution for economic prosperity

In Pakistan, the energy sector stands as both a pillar of progress and a stumbling block to prosperity. At the heart...

Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am

Business & Finance

To cut or not to cut: SBP might opt for caution in monetary policy

Reports by two brokerage houses suggest Pakistan's central bank poised to maintain cautious policy stance

Published 19 Apr, 2024 08:15pm

Editorials

The LSM decline

EDITORIAL: Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) registered negative 0.51 percent growth July-February 2024 against the...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Opinion

Section 7E: Constitutional validity

Taxing immoveable property and taxing income arising from immoveable property are two different concepts. The former...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Perspectives

‘Canadian dream’: is it really as appealing for Pakistanis as it used to be?

Popularised by the best-seller, Epic America (1931), the term American dream became synonymous with the story of...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 03:07pm

Opinion

EFF programme, non-inflationary economic growth, and counter-cyclical policy approach

A recent ‘Transcript of Global Financial Stability Report April 2024 press briefing’, carried a rather very...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

BR Research

Repatriation picks up!

Repatriation of dividends and profits on net foreign direct investment that had tumbled to negligible level in FY23...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 08:52am

Opinion

Ending hopium — III

The energy sector needs significant investment in refinery, petrochemical, oil and gas storages and transmission...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Editorials

Pak-Saudi relationship is alive and kicking

EDITORIAL: The April 15-16 visit of a high-powered Saudi delegation – headed by Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:24am

BR Research

Time to miss another opportunity

Lady luck has a strange romance reserved for PML-N. After two years of record high food inflation - averaging above...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 07:44am

Opinion

Brent and Bibi

Two bunch of people would have started this week with long faces. One, swing traders with long Brent positions...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:24am

Opinion

Ending hopium—II

SIFC (Special Investment Facilitation Council) and the last Caretaker Government had taken the elephant steps on...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:24am

World

Australia mulls citizenship for Pakistani guard in Sydney mall attack

SYDNEY: Australia’s prime minister said Thursday he will consider granting citizenship to a Pakistani security guard...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 01:23pm

Opinion

Developing the semiconductor industry

After being a part of the team that developed Intel’s Pentium microprocessor, I returned to my motherland in the...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:24am

Markets

Equity trading: SECP files criminal complaint against 2 individuals on charges of front-running

The Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has filed a criminal complaint against two individuals...

Updated 18 Apr, 2024 09:22am

Editorials

Surge in remittances

EDITORIAL: Remittances in March 2024 soared to 2,953.7 million dollars against 2,250.1 million dollars the month...

Published 17 Apr, 2024 05:28am

Opinion

Deemed income tax on ownership of vacant plot of land incorrect—V

All the arguments and contentions made by the Sindh High Court in the aforesaid order which have been emphasised are...

Published 17 Apr, 2024 05:28am

World

In pictures: life in glitzy Dubai disrupted after record rain

DUBAI: Dubai’s giant highways were clogged by flooding and airport passengers were urged to stay away on Wednesday...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 12:44am

Business & Finance

Another Dubai IPO: Spinneys’ public float ‘could help bring other IPOs to fruition’

Spinneys, an operator of 75 grocery retail supermarkets in the UAE and Oman, announced plans to proceed with an...

Updated 17 Apr, 2024 02:36pm

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	155.61
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 25	5048.42
India Sensex / Apr 25	74339.44
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	37628.48
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
Hang Seng / Apr 25	17284.54
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8078.86
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17917.28

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	83.77
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	2331.28
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 25	81.08
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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