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budget deficit

How to tell if this is a people’s budget

Published 03 Jun, 2026 02:34am

Everyone now speaks for the poor. International lenders, economists, and ministers all agree that vulnerable...

Pakistan projected to post 21-year low budget deficit in outgoing FY26

Updated 02 Jun, 2026 11:11pm

Budget deficit expected at 3.6% of GDP in FY26, against 5.4% of GDP in FY25

Deficit down — fault lines remain

Published 14 May, 2026 05:59am

The overall fiscal position continues to improve. The government posted an overall budget deficit of 0.7 percent of...

From wasted resources to social progress: financing Pakistan’s future

Published 13 Mar, 2026 06:12am

Pakistan is grappling with significant social issues, such as poverty, child labour, abuse, and unequal access to...

Public debt burden

Published 16 Sep, 2025 06:26am

The State Bank of Pakistan has recently released estimates of the stock of debt of the country as of the end of...

Rs9trn jump in govt debt stocks in FY25: SBP

Updated 10 Sep, 2025 09:29am

KARACHI: The federal government’s total debt stock accelerated by nearly Rs9 trillion in the last fiscal year...

Floods: budget deficit and/or mini-budget

Updated 08 Sep, 2025 06:27am

The flood damage is rising by the day – both in terms of fatalities and financial losses (private and state owned)...

Pakistan’s budget deficit at 5.4% of GDP; primary surplus climbs to 2.4% in FY25

Updated 05 Aug, 2025 10:59pm

Pakistan’s budget deficit was recorded at Rs6.17 trillion, i.e. 5.4% of the GDP, during the fiscal year 2024-25,...

State of the economy

Published 31 Jul, 2025 06:25am

EDITORIAL: July Monthly Economic Update and Outlook, the first month of the ongoing fiscal year, presented two data...

Pakistan debt stock reaches all-time high of Rs75trn

Updated 05 Jun, 2025 10:53am

KARACHI: The federal government’s total debt stock surged by over Rs 6 trillion during the first ten months of this...

Q3: 2.4pc growth

Published 22 May, 2025 06:08am

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s economy rose by 2.4 percent during the third quarter of the current fiscal year (July-March...

The burden of govt debt

Updated 13 May, 2025 07:37am

The government debt outstanding is the debt that is to be serviced out of the Federal Consolidated Fund plus the ...

2.4% of GDP: Jul-Mar budget deficit stands at Rs2.97trn

Updated 14 May, 2025 05:42pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s budget deficit was recorded at Rs2.97 trillion (2.4 percent of the GDP) in the first nine...

TPO: A test of reform

Updated 04 Mar, 2025 06:58am

Pakistan’s taxation and trade enforcement systems remain highly inefficient. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has...

Ebbing of external inflows

Published 25 Feb, 2025 06:53am

The release of information recently by multiple sources has highlighted some worrying trends in external financing...

H1 budget deficit 1.2pc of GDP

Updated 09 Feb, 2025 09:52am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s budget deficit was recorded at Rs1.5 trillion (1.2 percent of the GDP) in the first half (July...

Debt and risk management committee

Published 17 Jan, 2025 02:56am

EDITORIAL: The World Bank in a recent report urged Pakistan to establish a permanent “Debt and risk management...

‘Fiscal outcome in the first quarter’

Published 06 Nov, 2024 07:00am

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “Fiscal outcome in the first quarter” carried by the newspaper...

Pakistan needs to finance budget deficit thru external borrowing, non-bank borrowing: study

Published 08 Oct, 2024 06:46am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan needs to finance the budget deficit through external borrowing and non-bank borrowing as these...

Inside Macron’s pitch meeting with Wall Street as budget woes mount

Published 05 Oct, 2024 06:43am

NEW YORK/PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has given top US financiers a candid assessment of his country’s...

Oil-rich Saudi projects budget deficit through 2027

Published 02 Oct, 2024 06:19am

RIYADH: The Arab world’s biggest economy Saudi Arabia announced Monday it anticipates a budget deficit of 2.3...

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 ...

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...

Saudi budget deficit tops $4bn in Q2

Published 01 Aug, 2024 07:27am

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s budget deficit rose to 15.3 billion riyals ($4.09 billion) in the second quarter, almost...

Saudi Arabia posts budget deficit of $3.30bn in Q1

Published 06 May, 2024 05:30am

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia posted a budget deficit of 12.387 billion riyals ($3.30 billion) in the first quarter of 2024,...

Saudi Arabia posts budget deficit of $3.30 billion in first quarter

Published 05 May, 2024 09:12pm

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia posted a budget deficit of 12.387 billion riyals ($3.30 billion) in the first quarter of 2024,...

SOEs: PM for speeding up sell-off process

Updated 05 Apr, 2024 09:57am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed to speed up the process of reforms and privatisation of...

Enhancement of tax-to-GDP ratio: ‘Govt should curtail tax evasion, illicit trade in major sectors’

Published 30 Mar, 2024 08:03am

LAHORE: “The government could enhance the tax-to-GDP ratio, increase tax collection and reduce the budget deficit...

The IMF package

Published 30 Mar, 2024 04:58am

EDITORIAL: A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government spokesperson on the economic affairs has ...

Increase in debt burden

Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am

EDITORIAL: Total domestic and external debt stocks rose by 6 percent during the first seven months of the current...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 18	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 18	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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