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Moving from failure to failure successfully?

Winston Churchill said, ‘Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm’....

Published 18 Sep, 2023 07:14am

Opinion

Private savings, govt dissaving: debt

Savings by an individual/householder or a government have different objectives and constraints and while a healthy...

Updated 18 Sep, 2023 07:33am

Opinion

Administrative crackdown: will it work?

The State’s crackdown against the smugglers and illegal currency traders has met with initial success. The fear...

Updated 18 Sep, 2023 07:40am

Future of Discos: Govt advised to take stakeholders into confidence

Annual financial loss of Discos is around Rs 600 billion on account of losses and under recovery

Updated 18 Sep, 2023 10:29am

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

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

Updated 18 Sep, 2023 09:24am

Editorials

Policy rate kept unchanged

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 22 percent surprising...

Published 18 Sep, 2023 06:32am

Opinion

Govt as the biggest power defaulter

The media is replete with news of the Power Sector – mostly negative. Most recently, it is the exorbitant bills...

Updated 17 Sep, 2023 06:37am

Editorials

About time

EDITORIAL: It’s no surprise that the “massive recovery drive against tax defaulters” has identified the usual...

Published 17 Sep, 2023 06:05am

Opinion

Eccentric currency market reforms

September 2023 holds some significant importance for Pakistan, marked by a series of notable events. In the first...

Updated 15 Sep, 2023 07:21am

Opinion

Unwarranted austerity policy

As another monetary policy statement is about to be released, as the writer contributes this article, it is time to...

Updated 15 Sep, 2023 07:25am

In a surprise move, policy rate kept unchanged

KARACHI: As against the market expectations, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan has...

Updated 15 Sep, 2023 09:51am

Business & Finance

Jul-Aug FDI up 16pc to $234m YoY

KARACHI: After a long gap, some improvement has been witnessed on the foreign investment front as the Foreign Direct...

Published 15 Sep, 2023 06:31am

Business & Finance

Jul-Aug CAD declines 54pc to $935m YoY

KARACHI: The country’s current account deficit sharply declined by 54 percent during the first two months of this...

Published 15 Sep, 2023 06:31am

Editorials

Big decline in remittances

EDITORIAL: Remittance inflows declined during the first two months of the current fiscal year against the comparable...

Published 15 Sep, 2023 06:31am

Business & Finance

Pak Suzuki extends shutdown of motorcycle plant

Pak Suzuki Motor Company (PSMC) announced on Thursday that it will extend the shutdown of its motorcycle plant till...

Published 14 Sep, 2023 10:53am

Opinion

Decoupling of energy and growth in Pakistan

Pakistan’s energy demand has risen by 2.4%, but 25% of the population still lacks electricity. Shortages and...

Updated 14 Sep, 2023 06:42am

Business & Finance

Export growth: towel makers come up with proposals

KARACHI: Senior Vice Chairman of the Towel Manufacturers Association of Pakistan (TMA) Syed Usman Ali has submitted...

Updated 14 Sep, 2023 09:41am

Opinion

Army and the rupee

An old Indian friend, editor of an international newspaper in the Gulf, asked last week if it was alright to run a...

Updated 14 Sep, 2023 06:28am

Opinion

Oil price hike

Petroleum prices have been increased; petrol is costing Rs 305.34 per Liter and diesel Rs 311.84. It is an increase...

Updated 14 Sep, 2023 06:36am

Business & Finance

IFC commits $1.5bn in short, long-term investments

ISLAMABAD: International Finance Corporation (IFC) committed approximately $1.5 billion in short and long-term...

Published 14 Sep, 2023 06:07am

Editorials

Army, not govt, has arrested the rupee slide

EDITORIAL: The Pakistani rupee has appreciated significantly in the open market subsequent to the launch of a...

Published 14 Sep, 2023 06:07am

Opinion

The missing ingredients in Pakistan

Since the 18th Century, one country after another has experienced what Harvard economist Rostow called a “take off...

Updated 13 Sep, 2023 01:32pm

Editorials

Inflation will remain a challenge

EDITORIAL: The sensitive price index (SPI), computing the prices of 51 essential items from 50 markets in 17 cities,...

Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:17am

Opinion

Balochistan falls behind

Balochistan is the smallest province of Pakistan, with a share of 6.2% in the national population, according to the...

Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:56am

Opinion

Tax expenditure as subsidy to elites: myth or reality?

In the last ten or so years, economic issues and tax collection by FBR has been brought increasingly under focus....

Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:51am

Editorials

SIFC: ‘preponderance of evidence’?

EDITORIAL: The concept behind establishing the Special Investment Facilitation Council is fully supported as it not...

Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:34am

Business & Finance

July-August remittances post big fall

Pakistan receives workers’ remittances amounting to $ 4.12 billion in July-Aug of FY24

Updated 12 Sep, 2023 09:58am

Business & Finance

High interest rates adversely affecting exports, other economic activities: TMA

KARACHI: Syed Usman Ali, Senior Vice Chairman of the Towel Manufacturers Association of Pakistan, has raised...

Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:22am

Business & Finance

‘High power cost damages industry, SMEs badly’

KARACHI: Increased cost of electricity is quite painful and it has damaged the industry, SMEs and the household...

Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:22am

Business & Finance

Structural reforms termed a must for economic revival

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and...

Published 11 Sep, 2023 07:31am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 19	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 19	278.15
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 19	154.37
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 19	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 19	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 19	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 18	5011.12
Nasdaq / Apr 18	15601.50
Dow Jones / Apr 18	37775.38
India Sensex / Apr 19	72222.48
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 19	37068.35
Hang Seng / Apr 19	16205.02
FTSE 100 / Apr 19	7834.89
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 19	17717.67

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	214077
Petrol/Litre / Apr 19	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 19	84.27
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 19	2382.04
Diesel/Litre / Apr 19	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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