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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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World
Commodity

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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