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Budget 2024 25

Minimum wage revisited

Published 05 Dec, 2024 07:20am

Pakistan has an acceptable concept of minimum wage, just like many countries. The reason for imposing minimum wage ...

External borrowing

Published 01 Dec, 2024 03:13am

EDITORIAL: Data released by the Economic Affairs Division indicates that foreign inflows for the first four months ...

The Finance Minister’s defence

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:53am

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb during his press briefing on Sunday appreciated the efforts towards...

PSDP: MoF approves Rs1.1trn against Rs2.9trn demand

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:35am

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance approved Rs1.1 trillion development budget under the Public Sector Development...

Pacts deadline looms: Refineries’ upgrade plans hit snags

Updated 22 Oct, 2024 09:33am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is grappling with a major hurdle in its plans to upgrade domestic refineries as...

EOBI pensioners urge govt to increase pension

Published 04 Oct, 2024 06:46am

ISLAMABAD: The Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) pensioners urged the government to increase their...

Rs87bn short of target: Q1 collection stands at Rs2.452trn

Updated 01 Oct, 2024 08:52am

ISLAMABAD: Despite taxation measures of Rs 1,800 billion in the budget (2024-25), the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)...

Senior economist says a ‘maxi budget’ will be unavoidable

Updated 30 Sep, 2024 08:57am

ISLAMABAD: With conventional foreign financing lines largely dry off and expecting a massive shortfall in revenue,...

No new taxation measures or mini-budget under study: FBR

Updated 26 Sep, 2024 01:01pm

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Member Inland Revenue (Policy) Dr Hamid Ateeq Sarwar said Wednesday that...

Tax burdens and fiscal discipline

Published 04 Sep, 2024 07:06am

After an inflation-ridden Fiscal Year 2023-24 (“FY24”), wherein the average inflation for the FY24 was 23.4%,...

Budgetary outcome in 2023-24

Updated 13 Aug, 2024 07:40am

The statistics on the outcome of fiscal operations by the federal and provincial governments in 2023-24 were ...

Senate panel’s skepticism

Updated 12 Aug, 2024 07:23am

EDITORIAL: The Senate Functional Committee on Devolution presided over by Dr Zarqa Suharwardy Taimur expressed...

Adhering to the constitution only path forward for Pakistan: Khaqan

Updated 12 Aug, 2024 11:01am

KARACHI: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, who along with former finance chief Miftah Ismail has recently...

Inflation decline and no feel-good factor

Published 12 Aug, 2024 06:36am

The July inflation data was released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on the 1 of August, showing a ...

Govt required to take belt-tightening steps

Updated 07 Aug, 2024 06:15am

EDITORIAL: The government is to begin a legislative process this month designed to initiate implementation of...

Medium-term budget strategy

Published 06 Aug, 2024 06:40am

The Federal Ministry of Finance has released the Medium-Term Budget Strategy Statement for the period, 2024-25 to...

Economy: durable solutions remain elusive

Updated 05 Aug, 2024 08:41am

The FY25 budget presents challenges for everyone, with few economic actors benefiting. Despite compromises due to...

Simply unrealistic

Updated 05 Aug, 2024 06:58am

EDITORIAL: It seems everybody but the government understands that this fiscal year’s tax regime is not only...

IPO very much on the cards, says Jazz CEO Aamir Ibrahim

Updated 02 Aug, 2024 04:53pm

KARACHI: Jazz CEO Aamir Ibrahim has said going public is “very much on the cards” with further clarity emerging in...

FAs’ hiring, other tasks: Privatisation ministry seeks a budget of Rs8.169bn

Updated 01 Aug, 2024 10:21am

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Privatisation has sought a budget of Rs 8.169 billion for its privatisation-related...

Petroleum products into sales Tax exemption: Change of status of zero-rating to benefit FBR worth Rs20bn

Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:40am

ISLAMABAD: The change of status of zero-rating of petroleum products into sales tax exemption would benefit Federal...

FY24 ends with a budget deficit of 6.8pc of GDP

Updated 31 Jul, 2024 10:17am

ISLAMABAD: The government has closed fiscal year 2023-24 with budget deficit of 6.8 percent of the gross domestic...

Calm a jittery market

Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:10am

EDITORIAL: The Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb’s Sunday press conference was a judicious attempt...

SBP reduces key policy rate by 100bps, takes it to 19.5%

Updated 29 Jul, 2024 07:42pm

Majority analysts expected cut, it was the quantum of reduction that had them divided

Commodity traders say WHT to further fuel food inflation

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 29	277.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 29	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 28	3.90

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 29	7,670.84
Nasdaq / Sep 29	26,797.54
Dow Jones / Sep 29	51,349.92
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,729.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,728.56
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,534.37
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,714.17
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,546.29
France CAC40 / Sep 30	8,055.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 29	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 29	374,945
Petrol/Litre / Sep 30	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Diesel/Litre / Sep 30	402.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Sep 30 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.73 ▲ 0.77 (15.52%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Sep 30 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	20.41 ▲ 1.86 (10.03%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Sep 30 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.57 ▲ 1.51 (10.03%)
Sindh Modaraba / Sep 30 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	33.28 ▲ 3.03 (10.02%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Sep 30 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	26.38 ▲ 2.4 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Sep 30 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	113.96 ▲ 10.36 (10%)
Dadex Eternit / Sep 30 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	150.32 ▲ 13.67 (10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Sep 30 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	29.04 ▲ 2.64 (10%)
Oilboy Energy / Sep 30 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	18.59 ▲ 1.69 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ashfaq Textile / Sep 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	50.57 ▼ -5.62 (-10%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Sep 30 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	118.83 ▼ -13.16 (-9.97%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Sep 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.25 ▼ -1.15 (-9.27%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Sep 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	918.13 ▼ -92.07 (-9.11%)
Pakistan Services / Sep 30 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,019.63 ▼ -99.15 (-8.86%)
Mandviwala / Sep 30 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	77.07 ▼ -7.14 (-8.48%)
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	23.41 ▼ -1.84 (-7.29%)
D.M. Corporation / Sep 30 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	165.33 ▼ -11.63 (-6.57%)
Cordoba Logistics / Sep 30 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	28.32 ▼ -1.94 (-6.41%)
EMCO Industries / Sep 30 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	32.10 ▼ -1.93 (-5.67%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Sep 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,446,994 ▲ 0.11
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	58,387,095 ▲ 0.77
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Sep 30 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	50,882,891 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Sep 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,308,841 ▲ 0.03
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Sep 30 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	21,823,804 ▲ 1.27
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 30 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	17,873,579 ▲ 0.1
Pak Refinery / Sep 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,817,038 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,431,935 ▼ -0.01
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	16,575,953 ▼ -1.84
F. Nat.Equities / Sep 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	14,238,200 ▲ 0

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