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Economic distress

Inflation projected to be at 28.6% in August, says brokerage house

AHL says food prices expected to contribute significantly to this trend

Updated 29 Aug, 2023 05:59pm

Markets

KSE-100 slides to over one-month low after 708-point fall on rate hike jitters

Benchmark index falls below 47,000 level, lowest since July 26

Updated 29 Aug, 2023 10:36pm

Opinion

BoP projections: risk and uncertainty

The year, 2022-23, closed with a truly remarkable reduction in the size of the current account deficit by 84% to ...

Updated 29 Aug, 2023 06:44am

Opinion

Addressing energy poverty

Pakistani citizens are grappling with the alarming reality of their energy expenses. The range is noted to hover...

Updated 29 Aug, 2023 07:03am

SIFC’s strategy to achieve global traction praised

Apex Committee of the Special Investment Facilitation Council endorses projects approved by the previous government

Updated 29 Aug, 2023 10:02am

Editorials

Caretakers’ flawed approach to power bills

EDITORIAL: Spontaneous resistance to the July electricity bills, as opposed to a politically engineered resistance ...

Updated 29 Aug, 2023 06:40am

Business & Finance

Former BoI chief gives ‘road map’ to arrest economic slide

KARACHI: Former Chairman of Board of Investment (BoI) Muhammad Azfar Ahsan has given a roadmap to overcome the...

Published 29 Aug, 2023 06:01am

Opinion

Trade conundrum: who is at fault?

The July 2023 trade data indicates an improvement in the trade deficit – from negative 1.863 billion dollars to...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Opinion

Road to urgent resolution of the power tariff crisis

Rising electricity bills are breaking the back of the domestic consumers and making manufacturing businesses...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Incremental Units Consumption Subsidy: PALSP concerned at ‘discrimination’

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Association of Large Steel Producers (PALSP) has raised a poignant concern over the blatant...

Updated 28 Aug, 2023 09:46am

Falls under domain of Ministry of Commerce: SBP says it can’t impose ban on import of any item

ISLAMABAD: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has stated that it cannot impose a ban on import of any item as it falls...

Updated 28 Aug, 2023 08:44am

Editorials

The IMF conditions

EDITORIAL: The statement by the Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Islamabad on 23...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Business & Finance

PIDE VC highlights issue of widening trade deficit

ISLAMABAD: Vice Chancellor PIDE Dr Nadeem-ul-Haque has highlighted the pressing issue of Pakistan’s widening trade...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Business & Finance

SCCI demands govt withdraw increase in electricity, fuel prices

PESHAWAR: Backing the ongoing protest of traders’ community against increasing inflation, prices of electricity,...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Business & Finance

‘Rise in exports and remittances is a must to arrest PKR slide’

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

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Editorials

Same old story

EDITORIAL: Perhaps successive governments have simply failed to understand the power sector circular debt issue from...

Published 26 Aug, 2023 06:13am

SOEs monitoring under IMF SBA: Finance Division yet to operationalise CMU

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has yet to complete the operationalisation of the Central Monitoring Unit (CMU) by...

Updated 26 Aug, 2023 06:28pm

Shamshad holds virtual meeting with IMF staff team

ISLAMABAD: Over a week after assuming charge of caretaker Finance Minister, Dr Shamshad Akhtar, has reportedly held...

Updated 26 Aug, 2023 06:27pm

Markets

Pak Suzuki bleeds Rs9.68bn as losses in 6MCY23 as finance costs soar

Company remained non-operational through much of the period, as it faced inventory shortages

Updated 25 Aug, 2023 03:54pm

Opinion

Anatomy of ‘Debt Management Strategy’

Pakistan’s persistent fiscal imbalance has cast a negative shadow on the overall economic scenario. Unless...

Updated 25 Aug, 2023 07:02am

Opinion

Need for greater discretionary economic policy

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pushed for pro-cyclical, austerity-based policies in its Stand-By...

Updated 25 Aug, 2023 07:08am

‘Vision of $80bn exports’ shared with EU envoy

ISLAMABAD: Dr Riina Kionka, Ambassador of the European Union to Pakistan, called on Dr Gohar Ejaz, Federal Minister...

Updated 25 Aug, 2023 08:44am

Editorials

Discos: political reality is not quite that simple

EDITORIAL: A report on provincializing power distribution companies (Discos) and ending the uniform power tariff has...

Published 25 Aug, 2023 06:34am

Business & Finance

Indus Motor Company again announces 12-day plant shutdown

Indus Motor Company, the assembler of Toyota automobiles in Pakistan, has decided to shut production from August 25,...

Published 24 Aug, 2023 04:02pm

Opinion

Rethinking natural gas allocation and pricing: Challenges and path to sustainable solutions

The allocation and pricing of natural gas have been contentious issues in Pakistan, with the government historically...

Updated 24 Aug, 2023 06:53am

Petrol prices in India and Pakistan: the differential

Opinion

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 18	278.62
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 18	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 18	154.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 18	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 18	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 18	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5022.21
Nasdaq / Apr 17	15683.37
Dow Jones / Apr 17	37735.31
India Sensex / Apr 18	72965.85
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 18	38103.03
Hang Seng / Apr 18	16452.30
FTSE 100 / Apr 18	7883.62
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 18	17795.41

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 16	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 17	215964
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 18	82.77
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 18	2374.98
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 18	81.50
Petrol/Litre / Apr 19	293.94

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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