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Governor seeks traders’ role in sustainable uplift

KARACHI: Governor Sindh Kamran Khan Tessori has urged businessmen and industrialists to prepare long-term economic...

Published 29 Aug, 2024 06:53am

Pakistan

Old city trade bodies support August 28 strike

KARACHI: The old city trade associations on Thursday announced their support for August 28 strike and resented the...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 03:24am

Opinion

Middle class is in deep recession

What good is a 3.2 percent GDP growth rate next year and inflation dropping below 10 percent in FY25 to someone...

Updated 15 Aug, 2024 06:52am

Govt takes much of the credit for decline in food inflation

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum Dr Musadik Masood Malik on Thursday said that the positive impact of the...

Updated 09 Aug, 2024 09:22am

Business & Finance

Coordination of provincial economic policies discussed

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Planning and all provincial planning ministers discussed strategies about ...

Published 25 Jul, 2024 06:57am

Opinion

Export ambitions vs economic realities

While the Government is seeking a 100% increase in exports over the next three years, maintaining even the current...

Published 23 Jul, 2024 07:05am

Business & Finance

‘Continuity of policies only way out of economic problems’

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has said that...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 06:52am

Pakistan

‘Sustainable measures taken to boost investment in 3 months’

LAHORE: Punjab Finance Minister Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman has said that sustainable measures have been taken to boost...

Published 24 May, 2024 06:57am

Pakistan

Price hike: Govt urged to learn a lesson from AJK protests

KARACHI: The violent protests in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) should be eye-opener for the government that is...

Published 13 May, 2024 06:08am

Property market crisis: China needs to ‘reinvent itself’: IMF MD

BEIJING: China needs to “reinvent itself” with economic policies to speed resolution of its property market crisis...

Updated 25 Mar, 2024 08:56am

Business & Finance

Lasbela Chamber concerned at govt’s ‘flawed’ economic policies

KARACHI: Ismail Sattar, President of the Lasbela Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), has voiced concerns...

Published 19 Jan, 2024 05:37am

Opinion

A low growth trap: assessing challenges

Over the past two years, the Pakistani economy has weathered a highly turbulent period. Inflation reached...

Published 15 Jan, 2024 05:03am

Business & Finance

HCSTSI says energy crisis has hit industry hard

HYDERABAD: President Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders & Small Industry (HCSTSI) Muhammad Farooq Shaikhani...

Published 08 Jan, 2024 05:23am

Business & Finance

BMP underscores need for revisiting economic policies

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) has stressed the...

Updated 01 Jan, 2024 06:51am

Business & Finance

Economic policies: Govt urged to consult chambers, stakeholders

PESHAWAR: Members of the business community of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa urged the government to make proper consultation...

Published 29 Dec, 2023 02:58am

Pakistan

Economic policies should revolve around job creation: PDP

KARACHI: Showing deep concerns over growing joblessness in the country, Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf...

Published 11 Dec, 2023 06:41am

Pakistan

‘Major parties have just 20pc idea of key issues’: PIDE

ISLAMABAD: Overall Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), and Pakistan...

Published 07 Nov, 2023 06:33am

Pakistan

JI slams govt for further hike in power tariff

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Saturday denounced the interim government for giving further rise in power tariff,...

Published 24 Sep, 2023 03:21am

Pakistan

Prof Stefan calls on Dr Shamshad

ISLAMABAD: Stefan Dercon, Professor of Economic Policy at Oxford University, Economics Department and former Chief...

Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am

Economic model ‘flops’: Poverty hits 39.4pc mark, say World Bank officials

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s current economic development model is no longer reducing poverty and provides few benefits to...

Updated 23 Sep, 2023 05:38pm

Opinion

The difference between economics and political economy

A few months back, Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Umar Ata Bandial famously said that the judges are not economists;...

Published 15 Sep, 2023 06:32am

Editorials

A little light at the end of the tunnel?

EDITORIAL: A visible intent of the stakeholders to deal with smuggling and endemic corruption recently shared during...

Published 07 Sep, 2023 06:21am

Opinion

Revisiting economy’s direction

‘But putting growth at the center of economic policymaking is a mistake. While important, growth in the abstract ...

Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am

Opinion

Acting on autopilot

From 13.25% policy rate in 2020 to all time high of 22% in 2023, the state of Pakistan’s economy still seems to...

Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am

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

Courts can’t examine, implement economic, fiscal policies: SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court said the government and not the courts can examine and implement economic and fiscal...

Updated 22 Aug, 2023 09:57am

Editorials

Continuity of policies

EDITORIAL: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has pledged to continue the economic policies of the outgoing...

Published 21 Aug, 2023 06:43am

Opinion

Economic policy by the interim govt

Given Pakistan is facing very difficult economic challenge, mainly in the shape of bringing debt sustainability, on...

Updated 18 Aug, 2023 06:22am

Economic policies: Kakar says will ensure continuity

An increase in foreign investment under the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) would remain one of the key priorities of the government, adds the caretaker PM

Updated 16 Aug, 2023 10:42am

World

Biden heads to Arizona, other Western states to tout his economic policies

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to the key battleground state of Arizona and two other Western...

Published 31 Jul, 2023 05:43pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 6	278.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 6	278.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 6	142.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 6	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 6	1.31
Euro to USD / Sep 6	1.11

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 6	5,408.42
India Sensex / Sep 6	81,183.93
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 6	36,391.47
Nasdaq / Sep 6	16,690.83
Hang Seng / Sep 6	17,444.30
FTSE 100 / Sep 6	8,181.47
Dow Jones / Sep 6	40,345.41
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 6	18,301.90

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 6	67.67
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 6	227,970.30
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 6	2,497.41
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 6	67.88
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 7	18,535
Petrol/Litre / Sep 8	259.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 8 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 8 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 8 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 8 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 8 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 8 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 8 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 8 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 8 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 8 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 8 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 8 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 8 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 8 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 8 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 8 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 8 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 8 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Sep 8 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Sep 8 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Sep 8 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Sep 8 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Sep 8 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Sep 8 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Sep 8 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 8 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Sep 8 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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