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Dr Hafeez Pasha

GDP growth may dip to 2.5-3pc: Pasha

Updated 25 Apr, 2026 09:18am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s GDP growth is projected to slow to 2.5 to 3 percent in current fiscal year 2025-26,...

C/A deficit could widen to 5pc of GDP on ME crisis

Updated 28 Mar, 2026 08:30am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves are likely to come under mounting pressure as the ongoing Middle...

Economists say no policy rate cut expected

Published 15 Dec, 2025 04:59am

ISLAMABAD: Leading economists of the country are pessimistic about a policy rate cut, while saying that the State...

Power & energy sector: Expert disputes 100pc growth claim

Updated 23 Oct, 2025 09:32am

ISLAMABAD: More than 100 percent growth in power and energy sector is mind-boggling - a growth encapsulated in the...

Tax income from agriculture

Published 09 Sep, 2025 05:43am

EDITORIAL: Noted economist Dr Hafeez Pasha, while speaking on Aaj television lamented the well-below potential...

Provinces assailed for ignoring agri tax potential

Updated 08 Sep, 2025 09:28am

ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Dr Hafeez Pasha has said that Pakistan’s provincial governments are ignoring the...

Floods likely to pull Pakistan’s GDP growth down

Updated 01 Sep, 2025 09:09am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s GDP growth for fiscal year 2025-26 may plunge to between zero and one percent against the...

Rushed year-end fund releases hurt utilisation, GDP growth

Published 30 Jul, 2025 03:16am

ISLAMABAD: Rushed disbursements of development funds in the last quarter of fiscal year often lead to low...

Taking stock of economic situation

Published 29 Apr, 2025 03:07am

EDITORIAL: A well-respected former Finance Minister and academician Dr Hafeez Pasha stated on AAJ Television that ...

Rupee-dollar parity: Procuring dollars from market not a sustainable policy: Pasha

Updated 28 Apr, 2025 03:02pm

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) procured dollars from the market, originated from hawala hundi, to...

Pasha says concerned at current unemployment rate

Updated 10 Feb, 2025 03:44pm

ISLAMABAD: “Poverty rate has risen to 44 percent and inflation is still in double digits.” Dr Hafeez Pasha, former...

Positive GDP growth rate unlikely?

Updated 23 Dec, 2024 10:51am

Dr Hafeez Pasha says this is due to negative growth in the large-scale manufacturing industries and a decline in major agriculture crops

Senior economist says a ‘maxi budget’ will be unavoidable

Updated 30 Sep, 2024 08:57am

ISLAMABAD: With conventional foreign financing lines largely dry off and expecting a massive shortfall in revenue,...

PBS inflation rates understated, says economist

Updated 20 Mar, 2024 11:57am

ISLAMABAD: “Consumer price index (CPI) and sensitive prices index (SPI) based inflation rates computed by the...

Senior economist says current economic challenges can be effectively addressed

Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am

LAHORE: Former Federal Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Pasha asserted that despite enduring challenging economic...

‘Right people’ will take appropriate economic decisions: Pasha

Updated 13 Feb, 2024 09:43pm

ISLAMABAD: Matters are now in the hands of the right people and they will take appropriate economic decisions. This...

‘Country is not getting new inflows from abroad’

Updated 11 Dec, 2023 09:09am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been estimated at 2.17 percent for the first quarter of the...

Economist terms energy sector ‘black hole’

Updated 23 Nov, 2023 08:45am

ISLAMABAD: Dr Hafeez Pasha, former finance minister, Wednesday, while identifying key areas which undermine human...

Financial account not positive enough to cancel out rise in CAD: economist

Updated 18 Sep, 2023 09:24am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s financial account has not been positive enough to cancel out the increase in current account...

Open-market: rupee weakens marginally against US dollar

Updated 13 Sep, 2023 05:19pm

The rupee’s appreciation run in the open market came to a stop as the Pakistani currency inched lower against the US...

Artificial appreciation of PKR to encourage imports: Pasha

Updated 13 Sep, 2023 10:58am

ISLAMABAD: “The crackdown on illegal exchange dealers and envisaged investment inflows from friendly countries has...

Policy rate hike part of IMF agreement: Pasha

Updated 27 Jun, 2023 11:43am

Pakistan still does not feature on the IMF Executive Board calendar, but it could be added in the event that the ninth review is declared a success

Expert speaks about PKR’s real effective exchange rate

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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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