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Canadian dollar falls against the greenback

Published 13 Apr, 2026 07:53am

TORONTO: The Canadian dollar weakened against its US counterpart on Friday as investors weighed subdued domestic...

Current account back in the red

Updated 20 Aug, 2025 04:19am

With remittances starting to dip, the current account has slipped back into deficit. The CAD stood at $254 million...

Bright economic future: EPBD for shifting resources away from banking returns to productive investments

Published 28 Jun, 2025 05:28am

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Policy and Business Development (EPBD) think tank has emphasised that Pakistan’s economic...

Sustainability, institutional reform, and stimulus

Published 10 Jan, 2025 03:51am

What causes macroeconomic instability? Main determinants that come to mind are elevated levels of inflation, fiscal...

Pakistan’s current account posts deficit of $681mn in FY24

Updated 19 Jul, 2024 10:44pm

This is the lowest deficit in last 13 years
During June, current account balance stands at deficit of $329mn

In absence of major, sustained reforms, Pakistan to continue facing liquidity issues: World Bank

Updated 02 Apr, 2024 11:38pm

Poverty reduction projected to stall in medium term due to weak growth, low real labour incomes, and persistently high inflation, says lender in 'Pakistan Development Update'

Jan CAD stands at $269m

Updated 20 Feb, 2024 09:14am

KARACHI: Pakistan has recorded current account deficit (CAD) of $269 million in January 2024 as compared to current...

BoI urged to set up portal with businessmen’s consultation

Published 31 Jan, 2024 05:22am

KARACHI: Saquib Fayyaz Magoon, Acting President FPCCI, has said that the absence of a centralized, updated and...

Policy rate likely to remain unchanged

Updated 06 Jan, 2024 09:47pm

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is most likely to maintain the policy rate at 22 percent in the next...

Investment visas

Published 18 Dec, 2023 06:42am

EDITORIAL: SIFC (Special Investment Facilitation Council) is in the news again, like it’s often been over the last...

‘High external funding risks’: Fitch maintains Pakistan’s rating at CCC

Updated 13 Dec, 2023 05:56pm

Notes there are risks pertaining to policy implementation as parties across the political spectrum have extensive record of failing to implement or reversing reforms agreed with the IMF

Pakistan’s current account deficit clocks in at $74m in October

Updated 20 Nov, 2023 10:20pm

Total imports stand at $5.17bn against $5.35bn in the same period of previous year

Financial account not positive enough to cancel out rise in CAD: economist

Updated 18 Sep, 2023 09:24am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s financial account has not been positive enough to cancel out the increase in current account...

Pakistan in ‘safe zone’: Ishaq Dar

Updated 18 Jul, 2023 06:11pm

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Tuesday that Pakistan is now in the ‘safe zone’ after efforts of the incumbent...

SBP: hiding behind phantoms

Updated 12 Jul, 2023 12:20pm

Policy discourse must always make room for objective assessment of goals set, and results achieved.The primary...

Lying in wait for IMF, Pakistani rupee witnesses record depreciation in FY23

Published 27 Jun, 2023 07:01pm

Hammered by the deteriorating macroeconomic situation in the country, the Pakistani rupee witnessed a record level...

Power plant retirement policy

Published 26 Jun, 2023 06:38am

There are plans to retire 19 power plants of an aggregate capacity of 7339 MW as per IGCEP (Integrated Generation...

FY23: a very bad year for economy

Published 23 Jun, 2023 06:00am

The Economic Survey of Pakistan (2022-23), released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF), as per tradition a day before...

Jul-May period: C/A deficit narrows by 81pc on lower import bill

Updated 20 Jun, 2023 09:00am

KARACHI: The country’s current account deficit fell sharply, ie, 81 percent during the first 11 months of the...

KSE-100 closes with over 500-point gain as investors cheer current account surplus

Updated 20 Apr, 2023 02:59pm

Corporate results also help market sentiment that has been dented over delay in revival of IMF programme

Realisation of export proceeds: Towel manufacturers criticise SBP circular

Published 13 Apr, 2023 06:37am

KARACHI: Syed Usman Ali, Senior Vice Chairman of Towel Manufacturers Association of Pakistan has expressed deep...

Overseas workers' remittances up 27.4% MoM, clock in at $2.5bn in March

Updated 10 Apr, 2023 04:13pm

Inflow highest since August 2022, attributed to Ramadan factor
Cumulative figure for July to March 2022-23 stands at $20.527bn, 10.8% lower year-on-year

SBP raises key policy rate by 100 basis points, takes it to 21%

Updated 04 Apr, 2023 07:32pm

MPC statement says there are early indications of inflation expectations plateauing, albeit at an elevated level

Rupee continues to fall, settles at 282.3 against US dollar

Updated 09 Mar, 2023 06:50pm

Currency loses 1.13% against US dollar in inter-bank market

Jul-Jan: C/A falls hugely on import curbs

Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:57am

KARACHI: The country’s current account deficit (CAD) sharply fell by 67 percent during the first seven months of...

KSE-100 falls over 1% owing to economic uncertainty

Published 20 Feb, 2023 06:59pm

Stalemate over IMF programme, rumours of interest rate hike by SBP keep investors on sidelines

Pakistan’s current account deficit shrinks 90% YoY to $0.24bn in January: SBP

Updated 20 Feb, 2023 07:10pm

Deficit during 7MFY23 reduces over 67%, clocks in at nearly $3.8bn

Debt reprofiling viable option for Pakistan under IMF watch: report

Updated 07 Feb, 2023 04:08pm

Arif Habib Limited says Pakistan has a long way to go to address macroeconomic vulnerabilities

Policy rate hiked to 17pc to rein in soaring inflation

Updated 24 Jan, 2023 09:05am

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Monday increased the key policy ...

SBP raises key interest rate by 100bps, takes it to 17% — a 25-year high

Updated 23 Jan, 2023 10:04pm

Governor SBP Jameel Ahmad announces decision at press briefing following the meeting

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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 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	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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