Aurangzeb tells Senate body: Govt eyes $2bn loan to boost reserves ISLAMABAD: Amid expectation of borrowing $2 billion from commercial banks to shore up reserves to $14 billion by the... Updated 13 Jun, 2025 09:25am
Print Power sector debt: Govt secures historic Rs1.275trn loan deal from banks ISLAMABAD: After months of negotiations on term sheets and legal formalities, the government has finalized... Updated 02 Jun, 2025 09:27am
Opinion ‘Unconstitutional’ windfall tax—II Discriminatory without intelligible differentia [Points 7 & 8] The Supreme Court of Pakistan in Federation of... Published 30 Mar, 2025 06:17am
Business & Finance SBP has issued Rs27bn fresh banknotes so far KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has so far issued Rs 27 billion fresh banknotes of all denominations to... Published 19 Mar, 2025 06:59am
Print Power sector: resolution of circular debt in sight Government and commercial banks reportedly inching towards a viable deal on Rs 1.23 trillion loan to resolve power sector circular debt Updated 15 Mar, 2025 02:56pm
Business & Finance UBL absorbs Silk Bank after SBP approval In a key development on the banking front, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has approved the amalgamation of Silk... Updated 11 Mar, 2025 11:11pm
Editorials Electricity conundrum EDITORIAL: Reports appearing in media suggest that the government intends to secure a 1.25 trillion rupees loan from... Published 11 Mar, 2025 05:35am
Markets SBP governor urges banks to prioritise SME lending Banks should shift focus from financing to govt, large corporate entities towards SME lending, micro financing, Jameel Ahmad says Updated 25 Feb, 2025 11:27pm
Markets Commercial banks borrow Rs9.61 trillion from SBP for 7 days Commercial banks have borrowed Rs9.61 trillion from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) at an interest rate of 13.04%... Updated 25 Jan, 2025 06:43am
BR Research Imports under pressure The import pressure is gradually increasing. There is no immediate strain on the currency per se, but demand is... Published 22 Jan, 2025 07:58am
BR Research Will the next inflationary cycle look different? When the SBP autonomy bill was first presented in Parliament in March 2021, it met with resistance on multiple... Published 11 Dec, 2024 09:02am
Print Budgetary support: Over Rs2trn borrowings cleared in just 5 months KARACHI: In a positive turn on the economic front, borrowings by both the federal and provincial governments for... Updated 11 Dec, 2024 09:18am
Print Banks urged to provide soft loans to KP SMEs PESHAWAR: Business community urged commercial banks to provide soft loans for promotion of small and medium... Updated 02 Dec, 2024 09:37am
BR Research Credit concentration: identifying the worst offenders Pakistan’s banking sector faces a systemic issue of credit concentration, where a significant portion of bank loans... Updated 28 Nov, 2024 11:23am
Print Key requirement for conventional banks removed Banks will now pay negotiated rates to corporate sector Updated 27 Nov, 2024 04:00pm
Business & Finance SBP makes key revisions to Minimum Profit Rate requirements, Islamic banking guidelines In a major development for the banking sector, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday announced that the... Updated 26 Nov, 2024 10:53pm
BR Research SME financing: ‘he’s just not that into you!’ Consider the following: an entry-level tech worker in Silicon Valley can get a higher spending limit on credit cards... Published 25 Nov, 2024 09:02am
BR Research ADR financing: undermining monetary policy? Commercial banks are on a lending spree—not due to excess liquidity or a dramatic economic turnaround, but because... Published 12 Nov, 2024 08:41am
BR Research FE-25 financing indicating imminent currency adjustment? The currency market looks confused. Over the past twelve months, export financing – both pre- and post-shipment –... Published 05 Jul, 2024 08:33am
Business & Finance Forex reserves up $30.8m to $14.415bn: SBP KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves increased by $ 30.8 million during the last week, ... Published 21 Jun, 2024 06:37am
Business & Finance Banks slow to limit coal financing: NGO FRANKFURT, (Germany): Banks lent almost $470 billion to the coal industry between 2021 and 2023, according to a ... Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am
BR Research Rising textile NPLs: who is on the hook? Not all commercial banks are created equals. And some are certainly better capitalized than others. As the economy... Published 04 Apr, 2024 06:10am
Business & Finance Forex decreases by $44m KARACHI: The total liquid foreign reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SB) decreased by $44 million to... Published 23 Feb, 2024 06:36am
Business & Finance NBP’s profit surges by 72%, clocks in at Rs53.3bn in 2023 National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), one of the country’s largest commercial banks, registered a profit-after-tax (PAT)... Published 22 Feb, 2024 02:48pm
Business & Finance Kifaalat Programme: BISP launches new payment system of stipends thru six banks ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has launched a new payment system, by increasing from two to six,... Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am
Opinion Protecting the common man: navigating street banking In this age of information, fueled by electronic media reaching the very heart of our homes, even the “common... Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am
Business & Finance Forex reserves drop by $217m KARACHI: The total liquid foreign reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decreased by $ 217 million to $... Published 24 Nov, 2023 05:29am
Business & Finance Forex reserves down $79m KARACHI: The country’s liquid foreign exchange reserves declined by $79 million to stand at $ 12.576 billion by ... Published 03 Nov, 2023 06:11am
Opinion Capacity payments conundrum The matter of increased capacity payments to power plants has sparked a heated controversy. In recent years, these... Updated 19 Oct, 2023 05:34am
Business & Finance Both banknotes of Rs75 legal tender: SBP KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has clarified that under Section 25 of the State Bank of Pakistan Act,... Published 13 Oct, 2023 05:50am