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economic policy

UBG urges govt to incorporate fiscal austerity into economic policy

Published 16 Jul, 2026 05:00am

KARACHI: President of the United Business Group (UBG) Zubair Tufail has urged the federal and provincial governments...

Policy contradictions stall progress

Published 15 Jun, 2026 02:32am

EDITORIAL: One of the more damaging flaws of governance in Pakistan today is the disconnect between what...

Policy philosophy correction budget needed–I

Published 12 Jun, 2026 06:08am

A budget is not just a mere accounting exercise of expenditure and revenue, but reflects a commitment to economic...

Pakistan’s Rs15trn liquidity addiction

Published 26 May, 2026 04:53am

Pakistan’s latest monetary data tells a deeper story than most headlines capture. The State Bank of Pakistan’s net...

Neoliberalism & austerity: revisiting economic policy—II

Updated 22 May, 2026 07:53am

Lower exports and FDI, together with an elevated conflict situation, overall slow down, and can even lower foreign...

Pakistan’s next economic test

Updated 17 May, 2026 07:07am

Pakistan’s economic policy discourse over the past year has been dominated by the imperative of stabilisation — and...

Neoliberalism & austerity: revisiting economic policy—I

Published 15 May, 2026 06:03am

Unlike the routine analysis on the lines of listing a number of financial, and administrative bottlenecks facing...

Is the reform window closed?

Published 08 Apr, 2026 06:27am

By April 2026, the question is no longer over the delay in structural reforms. The more relevant point is that the...

LCCI chief for suitable energy, economic policy

Published 24 Mar, 2026 03:00am

LAHORE: President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Faheem Ur Rehman Saigol stressed that Pakistan now...

From infrastructure to institutions: why Pakistan’s centres of excellence matter

Updated 06 Jan, 2026 06:48am

Pakistan’s economic policy has long been shaped by urgency rather than design. Development debates have...

PM orders economic roadmap

Updated 23 Sep, 2025 09:19am

Stresses that only practical, results-oriented initiatives should be prioritized to ensure long-term economic growth

National consensus urged on economic policy

Updated 15 Sep, 2025 08:19am

KARACHI: Mian Zahid Hussain, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum & All Karachi Industrial...

Climate change crisis, floods, and role of government

Updated 12 Sep, 2025 07:13am

Fast-unfolding climate change crisis, which has strong imprint on the recent floods has once again – just like in...

Mission-oriented governance

Published 29 Aug, 2025 06:31am

‘The Federalist Papers are published following the Constitutional Convention. …The papers, particularly those...

Higher interest rates stifling economy: Gohar Ejaz

Published 28 Jul, 2025 05:42am

ISLAMABAD: Former caretaker federal minister Gohar Ejaz has stated that the monetary policy is strangling the...

Call to apply super tax only to corporations with profits over Rs10bn’

Published 10 Jun, 2025 06:07am

ISLAMABAD: Economic Policy Business Development Think Tank has strongly recommended that the Super Tax must apply...

FPCCI opposes new taxes in budget

Published 03 Jun, 2025 06:14am

KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Vice President Muhammad Aman Paracha...

Policies go dumb and dumber

Updated 30 May, 2025 08:18am

The Government of Pakistan has recently allocated 2,000 MW of electricity to support Bitcoin mining and AI data...

Business & investment: Shift to higher tariffs restricts exports growth for Pakistan: WB

Updated 27 May, 2025 09:54am

ISLAMABAD: In an already challenging business and investment climate —characterised by a misaligned exchange rate...

Mission-oriented economic policy

Published 16 May, 2025 03:06am

There seems to be a lot of focus on the working of ministry of finance, which is not to say that its role is in any...

Urgent need for deep economic policy thinking

Updated 30 Apr, 2025 10:34pm

China in the 1980s was quite similar to Pakistan in terms of economic orientation – mainly an agriculture sector,...

Politics and economy

Published 12 Mar, 2025 03:03am

Perhaps a better caption could have been politicians and economics but a fair sense of judgement prevailed. The...

‘NKATI ready to work with all associations for budget proposals’

Published 08 Jan, 2025 06:26am

KARACHI: Faisal Maize Khan, President of the North Karachi Association of Trade and Industry (NKATI), has stated the...

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...

A truly global economic policy needed

Updated 06 Dec, 2024 08:12am

In an October 24 post by The Guardian, it highlighted the comments made by Kristalina Georgieva, the head of...

Policy decisions: ECC concerned over delays in implementation

Updated 28 Nov, 2024 02:30pm

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Wednesday expressed concern over delays in...

Pakistan discusses $7bn bailout reform agenda with IMF in unusual talks

Updated 17 Nov, 2024 11:18pm

Reforms in taxation, energy sector, privatisation of loss-making SOEs and public finance came under discussion, finance minister says

Macro-fiscal forecasts for budget: IMF asks govt to strengthen capacity of FD

Updated 16 Nov, 2024 09:08pm

Notes that current organisation of the Finance Division is relatively fragmented and presents an obstacle to achieving a more strategic approach to budgeting

The right candidate for the right job

Published 12 Nov, 2024 07:03am

EDITORIAL: Remittances hit a four-month-high, as per State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) website, of 3.05 billion dollars...

Trump’s back to the future

Published 11 Nov, 2024 08:59am

Hindsight may be 20-20 but when it comes to a U.S. election contested by one Mr. Donald Trump, it is a blur of...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 18	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 18	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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