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IK says ‘mini-budget’ to fuel inflation

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Tuesday warned that after the passage of...

Updated 16 Feb, 2023 06:31am

Opinion

Better late than never, or just too late?

Too bad Finance Minister Ishaq Dar didn’t get to give Moody’s a “befitting reply” for downgrading...

Published 16 Feb, 2023 06:08am

Opinion

The challenge of SOEs — II

The SOEs (State-Owned Enterprises) are generally being run at the whim of a chosen few, who are beholden to no ...

Published 16 Feb, 2023 06:08am

Pakistan

JI chief vows to bring masses out against mini-budget

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Sirajul Haq has categorically rejected the mini-budget, saying his party would...

Published 16 Feb, 2023 06:08am

Editorials

A further decline in remittances

EDITORIAL: Remittances declined to under 1.89 billion dollars in January 2023, thereby registering a continuous...

Published 16 Feb, 2023 06:08am

POL products’ prices jacked up

ISLAMABAD: The federal government Wednesday increased the prices of petroleum products up to 8.8 percent with effect...

Updated 16 Feb, 2023 08:57am

EAD allowed to sign debt rescheduling deal with Russia

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has allowed Economic Affairs Division (EAD) to sign debt...

Updated 16 Feb, 2023 08:55am

Dar presents Rs170bn tax measures

Blames previous government and last year’s devastating floods for the current economic situation

Updated 16 Feb, 2023 09:00am

Govt lays Finance Bill in Senate

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar moved on Wednesday a copy of the Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023 in the...

Updated 16 Feb, 2023 08:56am

16.6pc to 124pc hike in gas tariff notified

ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Wednesday notified 16.6 percent to 124 percent hike in the...

Updated 16 Feb, 2023 08:58am

Business & Finance

Jul-Dec LSMI output down 3.68pc

ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) output has declined by 3.68 per cent during the first ...

Published 16 Feb, 2023 06:08am

Business & Finance

To be presented in parliament today: Cabinet approves Finance Supplementary Bill

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Federal Cabinet has approved the Finance Supplementary Bill 2023 to be presented in the...

Published 15 Feb, 2023 07:20am

Opinion

The challenge of SOEs – I

The state of Pakistan’s economy has been a constant subject of discussion over the past month or so in the print...

Published 15 Feb, 2023 06:27am

Opinion

New gas tariff and circular debt

Finally, much-awaited new gas tariff has been announced by government under negotiations with the International...

Updated 15 Feb, 2023 06:50am

Rs170bn additional taxes: Do it thru bill, Alvi asks Dar

Ishaq Dar informs that government wants to raise additional revenue through taxes by promulgating an ordinance

Updated 15 Feb, 2023 09:03am

Fitch further downgrades long-term foreign currency IDR to ‘CCC-’

ISLAMABAD: Fitch Ratings has downgraded Pakistan’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to “CCC-”,...

Updated 15 Feb, 2023 09:04am

Business & Finance

Govt plans to quadruple coal-fired power

ISLAMABAD: Government plans to quadruple its domestic coal-fired capacity to reduce power generation costs and will...

Published 15 Feb, 2023 06:27am

Raising financing for national security: Finance Division decides to avail direct credit lines

ISLAMABAD: Finance Division has reportedly decided to avail direct credit lines from banks/ financial institutions ...

Updated 15 Feb, 2023 09:06am

Business & Finance

Framing ‘Charter of Economy’: LCCI, ICAP and PIPFA announce launch of joint efforts

LAHORE: Minister of State and Chairman Reforms and Resource Mobilization Committee - Ashfaq Yousaf Tola, led an...

Published 15 Feb, 2023 06:27am

Pakistan

Measures to revive IMF deal: President Alvi advises taking parliament into confidence 'more appropriate'

Finance Division statement says the president has called for an immediate session so that bill is enacted without delay

Updated 14 Feb, 2023 11:34pm

Business & Finance

Indus Motor raises Toyota car prices for a third time in 2023

Hike goes as high as Rs890,000

Updated 14 Feb, 2023 07:31pm

Pakistan

Fitch Ratings downgrades Pakistan’s foreign-currency IDR to ‘CCC-’

Says default or debt restructuring is an increasingly real possibility

Updated 14 Feb, 2023 07:39pm

Business & Finance

Sitara Peroxide extends one-month long shutdown

Dozens of companies from various sectors have announced complete or partial shutdowns in recent months

Updated 14 Feb, 2023 06:18pm

Business & Finance

IMC profit after tax declines by 74.3pc in Q2

KARACHI: Indus Motor Company Limited (IMC) announced its financial results for the second quarter ended December 31,...

Published 14 Feb, 2023 07:18am

Editorials

Time is of the essence

EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) submitted the Memorandum of Economic and Finance Policies (MEFP) to...

Published 14 Feb, 2023 05:58am

Opinion

Budgetary outcome in 1HFY23

The information on fiscal operations from July to December 2022 of the federal and the provincial governments has...

Published 14 Feb, 2023 05:58am

Opinion

After the IMF tranche

On December 16, 2021 at a Hamdard University seminar where Dr Miftah Ismail was another speaker, I had said that...

Updated 14 Feb, 2023 01:05pm

Opinion

EU’s textile waste and used clothing in Pakistan

With the rising global trends in fast fashion, the export of textile waste or unwanted clothes to destinations...

Published 14 Feb, 2023 05:58am

Business & Finance

Foreign exchange reserves: Tola underscores need for ‘charter of economy’

LAHORE: Minister of State and Chairman, Reforms and Resource Mobilization Committee Ashfaq Tola has said that the...

Published 14 Feb, 2023 05:58am

Monthly remittances slip below $2bn

KARACHI: Monthly inflows of home remittances reached below the $2 billion mark in January 2023 for the first time in...

Updated 14 Feb, 2023 09:06am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 14	278.71
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 14	278.51
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 14	157.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 14	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 14	1.28
Euro to USD / Jun 14	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 14	5,431.60
India Sensex / Jun 14	76,992.77
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 14	38,814.56
Nasdaq / Jun 14	17,688.88
Hang Seng / Jun 14	17,941.78
FTSE 100 / Jun 14	8,146.86
Dow Jones / Jun 14	38,589.16
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 14	18,002.02

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 14	78.45
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 14	19,935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 14	207,047
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 14	2,333.04
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 14	72.14
Petrol/Litre / Jun 16	258.16

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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