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budget deficit

Positive fiscal outcome of 2025-26

Updated 18 Aug, 2026 05:28am

The information on fiscal operations in Pakistan in 2025-26 was released last week by the Federal Ministry of...

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 ...

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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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