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SBP achieves FX reserves target

Published 10 Jul, 2026 05:43am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) successfully met its foreign exchange reserves target for FY26, with its...

Pakistan’s Rs15trn liquidity addiction

Published 26 May, 2026 04:53am

Pakistan’s latest monetary data tells a deeper story than most headlines capture. The State Bank of Pakistan’s net...

Mixed signals from commercial banks’ forex liquidity

Updated 25 May, 2026 07:41am

The latest FE-25 statistics from the central bank do not indicate immediate stress in the commercial banking...

Hike in policy rate may raise CPPA-G loan liabilities

Updated 05 May, 2026 09:09am

ISLAMABAD: The recent increase of 100 basis points in the policy rate by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is likely...

Forex reserves rise to USD21.74bn

Published 27 Mar, 2026 06:40am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves rose to USD21.74 billion as of March 19, 2026, according...

RDA: Liability-driven dollarism?

Published 13 Mar, 2026 06:12am

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) launched the Roshan Digital Account (RDA) in September 2020 as a joint venture with...

Forex reserves up by USD26m

Published 06 Mar, 2026 05:28am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves recorded a slight increase of USD 26 million during the...

Forex reserves down USD73m

Published 20 Feb, 2026 05:29am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 73 million, settling at USD 21.302...

Bank deposits hit Rs37.4trn mark

Published 30 Jan, 2026 05:20am

KARACHI: Deposits of the banking sector recorded a second highest growth of 23.6 percent during the last calendar...

Pakistan’s manufactured unemployment: a blueprint of state failure—II

Updated 09 Jan, 2026 06:48am

If jobs matter, these must die Pakistan doesn’t need more strategies. It needs the courage to kill the policies...

BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices

Published 11 Dec, 2025 03:26am

KARACHI: BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices on Wednesday (December 10, 2025). ====================================...

BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices

Published 06 Dec, 2025 05:48am

KARACHI: BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices on Friday (December 05, 2025). ==================================== BR...

BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices

Published 25 Nov, 2025 05:54am

KARACHI: BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices on Monday (November 24, 2025). ==================================== BR...

The quiet freeze in FE-based trade finance

Updated 13 Nov, 2025 08:03am

For the first time in forty months, FE-25 deposits held with commercial banks have crossed $7 billion. On surface,...

BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices

Published 23 Oct, 2025 06:06am

KARACHI: BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices on Wednesday (October 22, 2025). ==================================== ...

Govt urged to develop a deeper capital market

Published 28 Sep, 2025 05:25am

KARACHI: Mian Zahid Hussain, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum & All Karachi Industrial...

Credit access to small farmers: Risk coverage scheme for banks, MFBs unveiled

Updated 21 Aug, 2025 08:50am

KARACHI: In a major step to strengthen the agriculture sector and provide greater access to credit for small and...

3 policy decisions in the dock

Updated 04 Aug, 2025 06:43am

Three news items this week past should be a source of serious concern to the country’s stakeholders: SBP’s...

January-June CY25: Mohtasib provides Rs822.25m relief to banking customers

Published 22 Jul, 2025 05:56am

KARACHI: The Banking Mohtasib Pakistan has granted monetary relief amounting to Rs 882.25 million to the banking...

Aurangzeb tells Senate body: Govt eyes $2bn loan to boost reserves

Updated 13 Jun, 2025 09:25am

ISLAMABAD: Amid expectation of borrowing $2 billion from commercial banks to shore up reserves to $14 billion by the...

Power sector debt: Govt secures historic Rs1.275trn loan deal from banks

Updated 02 Jun, 2025 09:27am

ISLAMABAD: After months of negotiations on term sheets and legal formalities, the government has finalized...

‘Unconstitutional’ windfall tax—II

Published 30 Mar, 2025 06:17am

Discriminatory without intelligible differentia [Points 7 & 8] The Supreme Court of Pakistan in Federation of...

SBP has issued Rs27bn fresh banknotes so far

Published 19 Mar, 2025 06:59am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has so far issued Rs 27 billion fresh banknotes of all denominations to...

Power sector: resolution of circular debt in sight

Updated 15 Mar, 2025 02:56pm

Government and commercial banks reportedly inching towards a viable deal on Rs 1.23 trillion loan to resolve power sector circular debt

UBL absorbs Silk Bank after SBP approval

Updated 11 Mar, 2025 11:11pm

In a key development on the banking front, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has approved the amalgamation of Silk...

Electricity conundrum

Published 11 Mar, 2025 05:35am

EDITORIAL: Reports appearing in media suggest that the government intends to secure a 1.25 trillion rupees loan from...

SBP governor urges banks to prioritise SME lending

Updated 25 Feb, 2025 11:27pm

Banks should shift focus from financing to govt, large corporate entities towards SME lending, micro financing, Jameel Ahmad says

Commercial banks borrow Rs9.61 trillion from SBP for 7 days

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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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