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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

Editorials

POL price challenge

EDITORIAL: The government is said to be mulling changing the pricing mechanism for petroleum products. The immediate...

Published 11 Aug, 2022 04:35am

Pakistan

Govt likely to sign PTA with Turkey on 12th

KARACHI: The Government of Pakistan is expected to sign a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with Turkey on the 12th...

Published 09 Aug, 2022 03:37am

Editorials

Planning minister makes a valid point

EDITORIAL: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has come up with a ...

Published 09 Aug, 2022 03:37am

Markets

Critical level: SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall to $8.39bn

Reserves decreased by another $190mn due to external debt and other payments

Published 04 Aug, 2022 07:34pm

Opinion

‘Future ain’t what it used to be’

If political and economic crises feeding off of and into each other tend to characterize the last gasps of dying...

Updated 04 Aug, 2022 11:47am

Opinion

Unsustainable BoP

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has just released the numbers on the external balance of payments (BoP) position ...

Published 02 Aug, 2022 05:36am

Editorials

Missing the window

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s performance during the pandemic was impressive by any standards, but it can’t get any...

Published 29 Jul, 2022 06:14am

Opinion

Agreement with the IMF

The IMF staff and the Pakistani authorities have finally reached a staff-level agreement on the 14th of July on...

Published 19 Jul, 2022 06:00am

Opinion

‘Effective’ energy allocation for export growth

Pakistan’s immense economic potential will remain elusive as long as the most productive sectors that enable...

Published 07 Jul, 2022 05:35am

Opinion

How can Pakistan avoid Sri Lanka’s path?

Pakistan continues to burn its foreign exchange at an alarming rate and is exhausting all of its hopes to turn ...

Published 29 Jun, 2022 05:44am

Business & Finance

Banning import of luxury items: MoC seeks proposals from stakeholders

ISLAMABAD: Commerce Ministry has sought proposals from business community and general public with respect to recent...

Published 22 May, 2022 06:03am

Business & Finance

EFP proposes measures to lift country out of economic quagmire

KARACHI: President, Employers’ Federation of Pakistan(EFP) has suggested to the government a comprehensive ...

Published 18 May, 2022 05:54am

Opinion

Economic and political instability

‘“Only a crisis — actual or perceived — produces real change. When the crisis occurs, the actions that are...

Published 08 Apr, 2022 05:28am

Business & Finance

FPCCI questions govt’s lack of response to acute gas shortages

KARACHI: Mian Nasser Hyatt Maggo, President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), has...

Published 28 Jan, 2022 04:44am

Opinion

Current economic trends

The first six months of 2021-22 have come to an end. This is an appropriate time to identify the ongoing economic...

Published 11 Jan, 2022 06:33am

Editorials

Problems with energy policy

EDITORIAL: The Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan 2021-30, approved by the Council of Common Interests...

Published 10 Sep, 2021 04:41am

Editorials

Taxing agri income

EDITORIAL: It’s about time the government turned its attention to milking some of the long-overdue income tax on...

Published 04 Sep, 2021 06:04am

Opinion

BoP: there’s definitely a sense of deja vu

Pressure is building on balance of payments (BoP). Many are confusing this with the situation last witnessed in...

Updated 01 Aug, 2021 12:42pm

Opinion

Outlook for BoP

The month of June 2021 has seen a big deterioration in the current account (V/A) of the balance of payments (BoP). A...

Published 27 Jul, 2021 04:40am

Opinion

FY22 budget: textile sector’s perspective

The Federal Budget for FY22 was announced on June 11th, 2021. The new economic team has accordingly set goals for ...

Published 01 Jul, 2021 04:10am

Editorials

Widening trade deficit

EDITORIAL: It ought to be a matter of some concern that everybody in the government is harping on about exports...

Published 09 May, 2021 03:20am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 10	278.14
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 10	277.97
USD to Japanese Yen / May 10	155.70
USD to Swiss Franc / May 10	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 10	1.25
Euro to USD / May 10	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 9	5214.08
Nasdaq / May 9	16346.27
Dow Jones / May 9	39387.76
India Sensex / May 10	72468.66
Tokyo Nikkei / May 10	38229.11
Hang Seng / May 10	18970.69
FTSE 100 / May 10	8438.19
Germany DAX 30 / May 10	18827.29

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 10	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 10	79.87
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 10	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 10	209019
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 10	2369.35
Diesel/Litre / May 10	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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