Banking Mohtasib urged to reduce duration of complaints registration PESHAWAR: Traders here on Tuesday urged the Federal Banking Mohtasib (Ombudsman) Pakistan to reduce the duration of... Published 06 Jul, 2022 07:31am
Business & Finance Traders call for promotion of Islamic banking in KP PESHAWAR: Traders have urged the central bank to play its proactive role in promotion of Islamic banking in Khyber... Published 27 Jun, 2022 07:21am
Print Banks asked to close govt accounts with zero balance ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance (MoF) has requested all commercial banks to close accounts of federal government... Updated 14 Jun, 2022 10:01am
Business & Finance Forex reserves decline by $366m KARACHI: The total liquid foreign reserves held by State Bank of Pakistan declined by $366 million to $9.722 billion... Published 03 Jun, 2022 07:18am
Business & Finance Forex reserves decrease by $145m KARACHI: The total liquid foreign reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decreased by $145 million to... Published 20 May, 2022 06:00am
Print Forex reserves continue to decline KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves continued to decline and reached below $17 billion... Published 29 Apr, 2022 05:43am
Markets SBP-held reserves increase marginally, now stand at $10.89bn Data shows total reserves held by Pakistan amount to $17.05bn Published 21 Apr, 2022 04:19pm
Business & Finance SBP’s reserves slip below $11bn KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves further fell by $449 million during last week due to... Published 15 Apr, 2022 05:29am
Business & Finance Mohtasib provides Rs224.83m relief to bank customers KARACHI: The Banking Mohtasib Pakistan has provided monetary relief amounting to Rs 224.83 million to banking... Published 14 Apr, 2022 04:55am
Business & Finance Forex reserves slip below $23bn KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves reached below $ 23 billion at the end of last week.... Published 04 Mar, 2022 04:37am
BR Research SBP: still not free of its demons Last week, SBP enhanced the scope of its concessionary working capital refinance program - Export Finance Scheme... Published 21 Feb, 2022 08:12am
Editorials The IMF tranche EDITORIAL: As expected the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) Board of Directors approved the release of the... Published 07 Feb, 2022 05:22am
Opinion Think beyond ‘mafias’ Last week, Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) initiated an inquiry into suspected collusion by commercial ... Published 31 Jan, 2022 05:28am
Business & Finance Forex reserves fall by $562m KARACHI: Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) fell sharply $562 million in a week due... Published 21 Jan, 2022 05:27am
Business & Finance Banks disburse Rs38bn loans among 12,000 applicants: NAPHDA ISLAMABAD: Commercial and micro finance banks disbursed Rs38 billion loans among 12,000 eligible applicants for... Published 13 Jan, 2022 07:17am
BR Research Banks and SBP go head-to-head The SBP and commercial banks are heads on. SBP through its policy decision and communication attempted to cool off... Published 17 Dec, 2021 08:05am
Pakistan Forex reserves down $123m KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves declined by $123 million during the last week.... Published 17 Dec, 2021 04:30am
Print Forex reserves down $275m KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves declined by $275 million during last week. ... Updated 03 Dec, 2021 02:26pm
Print SBP’s forex reserves up by $53m KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s forex reserves increased by $ 53 million to $ 17.199 billion at the end of... Updated 05 Nov, 2021 11:47pm
Print MFIs want status of commercial banks ISLAMABAD: Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) have urged the government to give them status of banks, aimed at... Updated 28 Oct, 2021 09:35am
Business & Finance First women help desk opened at Bank Alfalah FAISALABAD: In line with the banking equity policy of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), as many as 7,590 branches of... Published 27 Oct, 2021 04:50am
Print Kamyab Pakistan Programme: Bids invited from banks to act as wholesale lenders ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has invited bids from commercial banks –conventional and Islamic – for acting as... Updated 24 Oct, 2021 02:40pm
World Finance sector: China launches new round of graft busting BEIJING: China's ruling Community Party turned its sights on the country's vast financial sector this month, kicking... Published 13 Oct, 2021 04:47am
Business & Finance Pursuit of going digital: FBR’s latest measure draws business community’s ire Measure makes post-dated cheques or any other paper-based payment system a non-deductible expense for businesses Updated 29 Sep, 2021 09:45am
Print Three major roads: Govt to raise Rs100bn thru sukuk auction KARACHI: The federal government will raise Rs100 billion through auction of Ijarah Sukuk against three identified... Updated 28 Sep, 2021 09:47am
Business & Finance Bank makes payment to complainant on Mohtasib’s orders KARACHI: On the order of Banking Mohtasib Pakistan, one of the leading commercial banks has made payment of ... Published 23 Sep, 2021 04:35am
World Running out of dollars, Afghan banks ask Taliban for more cash FRANKFURT/MUMBAI: Afghanistan's banks are running out of dollars, and may have to close their doors to customers... Published 15 Sep, 2021 06:34pm
Business & Finance SBP launching ‘Roshan Apna Ghar’ scheme for expats KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will be launching this week a new product - Roshan Apna Ghar - for... Published 26 Aug, 2021 04:52am
Markets Kenyan shilling stable, dollar inflows into government bond eyed Commercial banks quoted the shilling at 109.50/70 to the dollar, compared with Friday's close of 109.45/65 Published 23 Aug, 2021 01:50pm
Print SBP’s forex reserves down $223m KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has made external debt repayments and payments for the import of Covid-19... Published 13 Aug, 2021 04:39am
Behind the screens: SECP probe into State Life’s equity investment process opens Pandora’s box at PSX?