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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 / 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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