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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 / 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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