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Inflation in Pakistan clocks in at 3% in August 2025

Updated 01 Sep, 2025 10:47pm

CPI reading lower than government, market expectations

Inflation plummets, but pain persists

Published 05 Mar, 2025 07:22am

Inflation continues its downward trajectory, with the headline number dropping to a nine-year low of 1.5 percent in...

Oct CPI inflation jumps 7.2pc YoY

Published 02 Nov, 2024 06:15am

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation increased by 7.2 per cent on year-on-year (YoY) basis in...

WPI: Much more than it shows

Published 03 Apr, 2024 09:18am

While the last two years have piled on a misery of historic proportions on retail prices, the seeds were sown a year...

Headline inflation projected to stand at around 20% in March

Updated 28 Mar, 2024 08:38pm

Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation in Pakistan is expected to decline further and may clock in at around 20%...

Pakistan and IMF

Published 25 Mar, 2024 06:05am

The second and final review of the nine-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Transparency International’s revelation

Published 06 Feb, 2024 05:00am

EDITORIAL: Most common Pakistanis have become so used to the corruption of the elite, especially elite institutions,...

Pakistan’s headline inflation reading clocks in at 29.7% in December

Updated 01 Jan, 2024 07:51pm

Reading is marginally higher than official estimates that put CPI reading in range of 27.5-28.5%

The giant ship of China’s economy will continue to cleave the waves

Published 20 Dec, 2023 06:22pm

Since the beginning of this year, the China’s economy has been moving forward, overcoming obstacles and showing a...

Outlook for inflation

Published 19 Dec, 2023 05:20am

The statement released recently by the Monetary Policy Committee of the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) indicates that...

Pakistan’s headline inflation reading clocks in at 29.2% in November

Updated 01 Dec, 2023 10:38pm

Inflation reading higher than October's when it stood at 26.9%

Inflation expected to go over 28% in Nov following gas price hike: report

Updated 23 Nov, 2023 11:39pm

Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation in November is expected to hit 28.26%, higher than 26.9%recorded in...

Sheikh opposes increase in gas tariff

Published 20 Nov, 2023 06:28am

LAHORE: The Presidential candidate of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industries’ (FPCCI)...

Macroeconomic conditions deteriorated during first half FY23: SBP

Published 19 May, 2023 05:05pm

Central bank says adverse global economic conditions, uncertainty surrounding IMF programme are major concerns

Nasdaq leads gains on Wall St on signs of easing inflation

Published 11 May, 2023 05:54am

NEW YORK: The Nasdaq led gains among Wall Street’s main indexes on Wednesday as a slightly lower-than-expected...

Pakistan’s headline inflation in April at record high, hits a distressing 36.4%

Updated 02 May, 2023 07:48pm

CPI inflation in rural areas increases to 40.7% on year-on-year basis in April 2023
Average inflation during 10MFY23 stands at 28.2% compared to 11% in 10MFY22

Pakistan’s REER index falls to 85.6 in March 2023

Published 19 Apr, 2023 06:11pm

Pakistan’s real effective exchange rate (REER) index depreciated to 85.6 in March 2023 as compared to 86.5 in...

Are the chickens coming home to roost?

Published 12 Apr, 2023 09:10am

Readymade food prices, as tracked by the PBS for CPI calculation, soared 45 percent year-on-year in March 2023. ...

Policy rate hiked to 21pc to bridle unbridled inflation

Updated 05 Apr, 2023 08:51am

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday further tightened the...

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

Inflation: Records galore

Published 03 Apr, 2023 09:09am

If there were any doubts last month, they are all cleared this month. March’s national headline inflation at 35.4...

Ministry of Finance warns inflation to remain high, could increase further

Updated 31 Mar, 2023 06:48pm

Reasons include market frictions caused by relative demand and supply gap of essential items as well as exchange rate depreciation

MPC meeting: SBP likely to raise key policy rate by 200 basis points

Updated 31 Mar, 2023 07:38pm

MPC meeting is scheduled to be held on April 4 (Tuesday)

Australia’s inflation slows to 8-month low in Feb

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 15	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 15	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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