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A social democratic, green, mission-oriented budget

In contrast to the usual approach to a budget discourse based on ideas around raising taxes, and expenditure...

Updated 31 May, 2024 07:33am

Business & Finance

IMF’s EFF: Notable progress made towards reaching SLA

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Pakistani authorities made significant progress towards...

Published 25 May, 2024 05:32am

Business & Finance

Impactful economic policy, decision-making require accurate, timely data: WB

ISLAMABAD: While the November release of quarterly national accounts represents an important step forward for...

Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am

Opinion

Provincial economic policy

As the new provincial governments are finding their feet in a rather very difficult economic environment, it is...

Published 08 Mar, 2024 03:14am

Pakistan

Economic policy over next several months crucial for Pakistan: US Ambassador

KARACHI: US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome has said economic policy developed over the next several months...

Updated 05 Mar, 2024 04:32pm

Opinion

Incoming government and some important economic policy initiatives

High inflationary situation should be among the top most priorities of the incoming government. Over-board aggregate...

Published 01 Mar, 2024 02:59am

Opinion

Existential threats, elections, and economic policy

‘As we enter 2024, results of the Forum’s Global Risks Perception Survey 2023-2024 (GRPS) highlight a predominantly...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:06am

Opinion

Some important economic policy questions

The first important policy question facing policymakers is how much role aggregate demand plays in determining...

Published 22 Dec, 2023 05:22am

Perspectives

Pakistan and its (lack of) policy implementation

Pakistan has historically been very weak in the implementation of policies. For instance, the famous ‘five-year...

Updated 06 Nov, 2023 12:03pm

Opinion

Economy: performance of govts since Gen Musharraf’s bloodless coup

Lately, economic performance under various regimes based on certain indicators is the current focus of debate in the...

Published 23 Oct, 2023 05:58am

Opinion

How far ahead of Pakistan is India?—II

The Indian diaspora is quite highly placed in developed economies where a number of Indians are also part of ...

Updated 23 Sep, 2023 06:38am

Opinion

Economic policy needs a hard reset

The present currency crisis in Pakistan is unprecedented. PKR has depreciated against USD from 180 to 305 since ...

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

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

Opinion

How to galvanise our exports

If we can start from an economic policy perspective, policymakers are asking the wrong question: how to increase...

Updated 09 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Opinion

‘Heat economic policy’

It is, indeed, important that Pakistan should continue to deal with its macroeconomic and growth challenges of the...

Published 28 Jul, 2023 03:03am

Opinion

Economic policy consensus: It’s not always a good thing

There are two sides to a coin as they are to any argument – be it the result of informed debate and subsequent...

Published 17 Jul, 2023 03:47am

Opinion

Judges and economic policy

It is true that very few judges can count economics and public finance as their areas of interest. The Supreme Court...

Published 18 Jun, 2023 06:07am

Opinion

Understanding and addressing fault lines—II

b. Selling Cheap: Except from 1971 to 1977 on the economic policy side, there was complete unconditional surrender...

Updated 16 Jun, 2023 06:47am

Opinion

Understanding and addressing fault lines–I

The Economist in its edition of May 13-19th 2023 has pointed out that the 10-year USD-denominated sovereign bond of...

Updated 15 Jun, 2023 06:39am

Editorials

Court not to interfere in economic policy

EDITORIAL: Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial while heading a three-judge bench hearing the Jamaat-i-Islami petition to...

Updated 12 Jun, 2023 06:51am

CJP says judges won’t interfere in economic policy

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial has said judges are not economists; therefore, would not...

Updated 06 Jun, 2023 08:44am

Opinion

Budget, taxes, revival & growth

Fiscal consolidation should be as growth-friendly as possible. In general, tax base-broadening reforms are ...

Published 19 May, 2023 06:17am

Opinion

Pakistan, and international global financial order: Revisiting macroeconomic policy

In the recently released report ‘Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia’ by International...

Published 05 May, 2023 06:44am

Opinion

Shock therapy neoliberal market reform in Pakistan

One can only be shocked to see the lack of understanding by local media, and many of their guests on TV shows...

Updated 28 Apr, 2023 06:28am

Opinion

Disastrous year under the PDM

Pakistan’s economy is under stress with low foreign reserves and high inflation. Activity has fallen with policy...

Updated 14 Apr, 2023 07:05am

Opinion

The need for policy reforms

Industrial economic size refers to the scale or size of industrial activities within an economy, typically measured...

Updated 05 Apr, 2023 06:47am

Editorials

Dangerous impasse on numerous fronts

EDITORIAL: Overwhelming evidence indicates that all sectors are suffering from a deepening malaise of, at best,...

Published 25 Mar, 2023 06:25am

Opinion

Monetary-fiscal history of Latin America: lessons for Pakistan

Pakistan today suffers from significant macroeconomic instability, high inflation, a currency crisis and a risk of a...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:43am

Opinion

Inflation out of control

Consumer price index (headline inflation) rose by 31.5 percent in February (up by 3.7 percentage points from...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:36am

Business & Finance

Economy has nosedived due to poor policies, mismanagement: BMP

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) on Sunday said...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:22am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 31	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 31	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / May 31	157.31
USD to Swiss Franc / May 31	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / May 31	1.27
Euro to USD / May 31	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 31	5277.51
India Sensex / May 31	73961.31
Tokyo Nikkei / May 31	38487.90
Nasdaq / May 31	16735.02
Hang Seng / May 31	18079.61
FTSE 100 / May 31	8275.38
Dow Jones / May 31	38686.32
Germany DAX 30 / May 31	18497.94

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 31	76.99
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 31	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 31	207219
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 31	2327.33
Cotton US¢/pound / May 31	75.11
Petrol/Litre / Jun 2	268.36

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jun 2 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jun 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jun 2 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jun 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jun 2 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jun 2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jun 2 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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