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Economic turnaround

Updated 21 Aug, 2025 07:25am

The economic performance recorded in recent months is quite impressive. Many analysts are arguing that such a...

Business confidence on the up – just

Published 17 Feb, 2025 07:46am

The latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for January 2025 presents...

Is Udaan the charter of economy we need?

Published 07 Jan, 2025 07:48am

Pakistan’s poor economic performance over the past three decades is frequently attributed to a lack of policy...

Economic performance: FY2023 termed worst in country’s history

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

LAHORE: In terms of economic performance, fiscal year 2023 has been one the worst in Pakistan’s history. In ...

Budget-2023-24: Yet another ritualistic exercise

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 07:00am

Majority of the Pakistanis are going to be dejected after hearing the second budget of the outgoing alliance...

IMF blamed for cutbacks in social services

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 10:39am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has blamed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for cutbacks in social services...

What does Economic Survey lack?

Published 09 Jun, 2023 06:20am

Economic Survey 2022-23, unlike previous surveys, raises more questions of competence as opposed to credibility,...

Economic Survey: Cumulative education expenditures estimated at 1.77pc of GDP

Published 09 Jun, 2023 06:20am

ISLAMABAD: The cumulative education expenditures by federal and provincial governments in fiscal year 2022 is...

A budget amid deep economic slump

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 06:54am

EDITORIAL: The federal government is presenting the country’s annual budget in parliament today. It would like to...

SBP to leave 21pc policy rate unchanged amid high inflation

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 09:01am

KARACHI: Central bank is widely expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged at 21% on Monday after aggressive...

Statistical appendices: Survey severely limited

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 08:58am

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Survey 2022-23 released amidst much fanfare by Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar is...

Unemployment rate fell to 6.3pc in FY21

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 08:59am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent in 2020-2021 from 6.9 per cent in 2018-2019, according...

External public debt recorded at $85.2bn by March-end

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 08:59am

ISLAMABAD: External public debt was recorded at $85.2 billion at the end of March 2023, revealing a decrease of...

Banks disburse Rs1.222trn agri credit

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 08:57am

KARACHI: With 27.5 percent growth, the agriculture lending financial institutions have disbursed Rs 1.222 trillion...

Global slowdown, import curbs: Jul-Mar exports, imports post negative growth

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 08:56am

ISLAMABAD: The country’s exports and imports have posted a negative growth during first three quarters (July-March)...

Policy rate hike couldn’t arrest inflation rise

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 09:02am

ISLAMABAD: The government has acknowledged that increasing the policy rate by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has...

Jul-Mar of FY 2022-23: Deposits of gas, crude oil deplete

Published 09 Jun, 2023 06:20am

ISLAMABAD: The deposits of natural gas and crude oil have depleted by 9.29 percent and 10.23 percent during first...

Tax exemptions cost exchequer over Rs2.23trn

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 02:49pm

Cost of tax exemptions registered a growth of 27.43 per cent during 2022-23 as compared to tax expenditure in 2021-22

Dar defends 0.29pc growth rate

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 08:57am

ISLAMABAD: While unveiling the Economic Survey 2022-23, a day before the budget, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar dwelt on...

Stalled bailout: IMF says govt has to satisfy it on 3 counts, starting with budget

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 08:56am

These include restoring proper functioning of the FX market, passing a FY24 Budget consistent with programme objectives, and securing firm and credible financing commitments

The country’s Gross Domestic Product has missed all annual targets due to variety of reasons including lingering political uncertainty

1Q: Economic performance

Published 05 Oct, 2022 05:49am

In our last article we had expressed the hope of potential turnaround in the economy. Some early data for the month...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 15	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 15	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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