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Unusual balance of payments

The data on the balance of payments in the first four months of 2023-24 has been released recently by the SBP (State...

Updated 28 Nov, 2023 05:22am

Opinion

Export or perish

The fundamental problem of our economy is that balance of payments crises and a perpetual risk of default have ...

Updated 20 Nov, 2023 07:16am

Opinion

Development of Special Technology Zones

Software development and IT-enabled services (ITeS) for data centres, technical service/call centres, and telecom...

Updated 08 Nov, 2023 06:30am

Opinion

Value of PKR

There have been unusual developments in the value of the rupee (PKR) during the last seven weeks. From a trend in ...

Updated 24 Oct, 2023 05:50am

Opinion

Managing the BoP

The balance of payments (BoP) figures for the full-year, 2022-23, have just been released by the SBP. They reflect...

Updated 25 Jul, 2023 06:52am

Dar says 9th IMF review ‘will be done’

The programme expires on June 30

Updated 28 Jun, 2023 08:58am

APTMA seeks resumption of RCET scheme

ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has sought resumption of gas and electricity at...

Updated 22 Jun, 2023 08:53am

Opinion

Beyond the needle and thread: Women’s empowerment through textile exports

Women hold up half the sky, but whether they are compensated for this effort in Pakistan remains questionable. As of...

Updated 07 Jun, 2023 06:42am

ECC approves Rs1.146bn through TSG for trade missions

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved Rs.1.146 billion through technical...

Updated 22 May, 2023 09:07am

Pakistan needs significantly more financing for successful bailout review: IMF

WASHINGTON: Pakistan needs significant additional financing for a successful completion of the long-stalled ninth...

Updated 12 May, 2023 12:29pm

Budget plans: new IMF hurdle leaves govt in limbo

KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is preparing to discuss Pakistan’s budget plans for the coming...

Updated 05 May, 2023 08:54am

Opinion

Contrasting trends

The economy is showing contrasting trends in different segments of activity. This is due to various factors like the...

Published 25 Apr, 2023 06:25am

Business & Finance

SBP chief speaks to global investors, fund managers

KARACHI: Governor SBP Jameel Ahmad met key international investors and fund managers in an event organized by...

Published 15 Apr, 2023 06:19am

Friendly delay ‘last hurdle’ to IMF bailout

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar says several countries had made commitments to support Pakistan during previous International Monetary Fund reviews

Updated 17 Mar, 2023 09:18am

Opinion

Monetary-fiscal history of Latin America: lessons for Pakistan

Pakistan today suffers from significant macroeconomic instability, high inflation, a currency crisis and a risk of a...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:43am

Opinion

State of the economy

The first six months of 2022-23 have witnessed considerable uncertainty about country’s economic prospects. ...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am

Oil purchases from Russia: Payments will be in currencies of ‘friendly’ states

Russia’s energy minister says both sides have drafted an agreement to sort out issues like transportation, insurance, payments and loadings

Updated 21 Jan, 2023 08:58am

Business & Finance

APTMA squashes industry closure rumours

KARACHI: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has strongly rejected the fake reports regarding the closure...

Published 27 Dec, 2022 06:07am

Business & Finance

Textile value chain: APTMA demands restoration of ‘zero rating’

KARACHI: All Pakistan Textile Association (APTMA) has urged the federal government for immediate restoration of...

Updated 08 Dec, 2022 09:11am

Business & Finance

Remittances may drop by 7.4pc to $29bn: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: Remittances are expected to drop by 7.4 percent to $29 billion in 2022 from $31 billion in 2021, as loss...

Updated 02 Dec, 2022 10:21am

Opinion

Imbalanced balance of payments

There has been appreciation of the success achieved in bringing down the current account deficit in the external...

Published 29 Nov, 2022 06:36am

Opinion

Emerging economic stability

The balance of payments (BOP) for the first quarter Jul-Sep is encouraging for the stability of the economy. There...

Published 26 Oct, 2022 05:52am

Opinion

Old wine in old bottles

Reports indicate that Ishaq Dar’s selling point in being reappointed as the country’s finance minister for the...

Published 03 Oct, 2022 06:16am

Opinion

Emerging economic trends

We have nearly full data for the first two months of the fiscal year. The level of expenditures, tax collections,...

Published 28 Sep, 2022 05:51am

Opinion

FY2022-23: Balance of payments

The continuing turmoil in the forex market is a bewildering experience with no parallel in the country’s history....

Published 21 Sep, 2022 05:57am

Opinion

FY2022-23: IMF’s BoP projections

The much-awaited staff report of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) on the seventh and eighth reviews was ...

Published 06 Sep, 2022 04:08am

Opinion

A drifting economy

It is quite distressful to see the nascent economic recovery ceding way to the same uncertainty and drift that...

Published 01 Sep, 2022 05:50am

Opinion

A fragile BoP

The statistics on the balance of payments (BoP) of Pakistan have been released recently by the State Bank of ...

Published 30 Aug, 2022 06:21am

Editorials

Need to keep remittances elevated

EDITORIAL: After the good news of imports dropping almost 40pc month-on-month in July comes the bad news of...

Published 21 Aug, 2022 05:16am

Lower energy demand, oil prices: Miftah says BoP surplus ‘imminent’

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Dr. Miftah Ismail has said the balance of payments position is ...

Updated 11 Aug, 2022 09:50am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Power / Nov 29 Kohinoor Power Company Limited(KOHP)	5.88 ▲ 1.00 (20.49%)
Paramount Mod / Nov 29 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	10.26 ▲ 1.00 (10.80%)
S.G.Power / Nov 29 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	5.20 ▲ 0.49 (10.40%)
Media Times Ltd / Nov 29 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	1.80 ▲ 0.14 (8.43%)
Service Textile / Nov 29 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	10.95 ▲ 0.84 (8.31%)
Escorts Bank / Nov 29 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.98 ▲ 0.37 (8.03%)
Arctic Textile / Nov 29 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	14.84 ▲ 1.04 (7.54%)
Image Pakistan / Nov 29 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	19.05 ▲ 1.33 (7.51%)
Prosperity Weav / Nov 29 Prosperity Weaving Mills Limited(PRWM)	32.94 ▲ 2.30 (7.51%)
AKD Hospitality / Nov 29 AKD Hospitality Limited(AKDHL)	172.19 ▲ 12.01 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
Tri-Star Mutual / Nov 29 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	4.40 ▼ -0.85 (-16.19%)
Dewan Textile / Nov 29 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	3.55 ▼ -0.60 (-14.46%)
Bawany Air Products / Nov 29 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	9.01 ▼ -0.97 (-9.72%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Nov 29 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	6.85 ▼ -0.65 (-8.67%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 29 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	2.31 ▼ -0.19 (-7.60%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 29 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	46.29 ▼ -3.75 (-7.49%)
Metro Steel / Nov 29 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	23.10 ▼ -1.87 (-7.49%)
Imperial Limited / Nov 29 Imperial Limited(IML)	13.90 ▼ -1.10 (-7.33%)
Adamjee Life Assur. / Nov 29 Adamjee Life Assurance Company Limited(ALIFE)	25.06 ▼ -1.94 (-7.19%)
Saritow Spinning / Nov 29 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	6.42 ▼ -0.45 (-6.55%)

Stock	Volume
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 29 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	79,242,500 ▼ -0.11
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 29 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	57,449,984 ▼ -0.01
B.O.Punjab / Nov 29 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	44,327,667 ▲ 0.19
Cnergyico PK / Nov 29 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,321,478 ▲ 0.00
Treet Corp. (R) / Nov 29 Treet Corporation Limited (R)(TREETR2)	27,240,170 ▼ -0.06
Pak Refinery / Nov 29 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	23,647,647 ▼ -0.09
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Nov 29 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	15,398,500 ▼ -0.32
TPL Properties / Nov 29 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	14,283,958 ▼ -0.09
Oil & Gas Dev. / Nov 29 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	12,904,027 ▼ -0.85
The Searle Co. / Nov 29 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	12,454,526 ▼ -0.94

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 29	285.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 29	285.02
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 29	147.23
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 29	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 29	1.27
Euro to USD / Nov 29	1.10
UK LIBOR % / Nov 28	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 28	4554.89
Nasdaq / Nov 28	14281.76
Dow Jones / Nov 28	35416.98
India Sensex / Nov 29	66637.46
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 29	33302.60
Hang Seng / Nov 29	16952.85
FTSE 100 / Nov 29	7431.46
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 29	16036.43
France CAC40 / Nov 29	7246.91

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 28	17735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 28	185614
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 29	76.48
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 29	2043.84
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 29	79.36

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