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Taxes reforms remain a dream

Updated 06 Jul, 2026 04:34am

The heavy reliance on indirect taxes in the budget for 2026-27, regressive taxes whose incidence on the poor is...

KP presents Rs121.74bn supplementary budget

Updated 22 Jun, 2026 09:20am

PESHAWAR: The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa presented a supplementary budget of Rs121.74 billion. The...

Balochistan Assembly approves Rs1.089trn budget

Published 22 Jun, 2026 05:36am

QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly on Sunday approved the provincial budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year, clearing...

Sindh budget reflects govt’s frugal approach

Updated 18 Jun, 2026 09:08am

KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday presented a Rs3.56 trillion budget for fiscal year...

Economic stability or statistical satisfaction?

Published 18 Jun, 2026 05:37am

After a delay of nearly two hours and amid noisy scenes in Parliament, with opposition members raising slogans,...

Domestic, commodity debt: Punjab achieves fiscal milestone

Published 17 Jun, 2026 05:36am

LAHORE: The Punjab government has achieved a fiscal milestone by completely wiping out its domestic and commodity...

Rs476bn allocated for green equipment

Published 14 Jun, 2026 05:20am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has included green subsidies in the budget for the next fiscal year, with Rs476...

Disaster-related funding hiked

Published 14 Jun, 2026 05:20am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has reduced allocations under key climate spending categories in Budget 2026-27...

Power subsidy cut 19pc to Rs830bn

Published 13 Jun, 2026 06:17am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has reduced the power sector subsidy by around 19 percent to Rs 830 billion for...

Rs91bn set aside for 49 power projects under PSDP

Updated 06 Jun, 2026 09:20am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has earmarked Rs 91 billion for 49 power sector projects under the Public Sector...

Savings target set at 14.3pc of GDP

Updated 06 Jun, 2026 09:21am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has set the national savings target at 14.3 percent of GDP for the fiscal year...

SOEs propose Rs451.316bn investment outlay

Updated 05 Jun, 2026 09:20am

ISLAMABAD: Federal state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have proposed an investment outlay of Rs 451.316 billion for the...

Climate, disaster-related spending under PSDP: Budget documents lack clarity

Published 05 Dec, 2025 06:23am

ISLAMABAD: Amid the government’s repeated claims of prioritising climate resilience and disaster preparedness, the...

KP govt to spend Rs165bn on subsidies

Published 14 Jun, 2025 06:46am

PESHAWAR: No new project for people's relief was included in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) budget 2025-26 as old projects...

Budget FY2025-26: Sindh announces to expand sales tax to all major services

Published 13 Jun, 2025 08:00pm

The Sindh government has announced to tax “all services” excluding essential and social services, aiming to “expand...

Minimum wage to remain unchanged at Rs37,000 in FY26, says Aurangzeb

Published 11 Jun, 2025 07:24pm

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday said the government hadn’t increased the minimum wage in the budget...

Lower interest payments shrink Pakistan’s budget outlay

Updated 11 Jun, 2025 11:13am

KARACHI: In a major fiscal relief, the federal government has projected a sharp 16 percent or Rs 1.57 trillion...

Budget 2023-24: ‘high earners’ to pay a higher income tax as govt revises rates

Updated 26 Jun, 2023 06:40pm

Budget proposals originally maintained income tax rates before govt amended the Finance Bill

‘Plan B’: not an alternate to ‘Plan A’

Published 26 Jun, 2023 06:38am

‘Plan B’ was announced amid much fanfare, backed by the civilian administration (federal and provincial) and...

4 months of FY23-24: KP caretaker govt presents Rs462bn budget

Updated 21 Jun, 2023 08:57am

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker government on Tuesday presented a Rs462 billion spending plan for four months...

Balochistan govt presents Rs750 billion budget for 2023-24

Updated 19 Jun, 2023 10:39pm

Rs437 billion have been allocated for non-development expenditure

Hike in power tariff widely expected

Updated 19 Jun, 2023 11:37am

Federal government mulls an increase in electricity tariff of up to Rs 5 per unit

Budget places emphasis on ‘growth-inducing’ sectors: PM Shehbaz

Published 12 Jun, 2023 03:56pm

Says procurement of crude oil from Russia is part of energy security plan

Budget documents: 5G auction not mentioned

Updated 11 Jun, 2023 08:23am

Govt has budgeted Rs 72.597 billion from 4G licenses under the head of non-tax revenue for the next fiscal year of 2023-24 against Rs 50 billion budgeted for the outgoing fiscal year

Federal budget 2023-24 in graphs

Published 10 Jun, 2023 06:03pm

The government of Pakistan announced the budget for 2023-24 on Friday. Business Recorder takes a look at the budget...

Sindh govt announces up to 35% raise in salaries, 17.5% hike in pension amounts

Updated 10 Jun, 2023 06:50pm

Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah unveils Rs2.24tr budget aimed at ‘revitalising prosperity’

Public Sector Development Programme: Rs1,400m earmarked for 13 schemes of Ministry of Law & Justice

Say measures are insufficient to raise exports substantially

Key highlights of budget 2023-24

Updated 10 Jun, 2023 01:14am

Business Recorder takes a look at key points

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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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