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IMF, govt to continue FY26 budget discussions ‘over the coming days’

Updated 24 May, 2025 10:26pm

Discussions also covered ongoing energy sector reforms, says IMF

Reflections on recently-released country report by IMF

Updated 23 May, 2025 07:45am

The recently released International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s, or simply the ‘Fund’s’) country report,...

Federal Budget: Aurangzeb holds virtual consultations with IMF

Updated 16 May, 2025 09:43am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to continue economic...

Govt must display economic prudence

Published 03 May, 2025 06:07am

EDITORIAL: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is scheduled to consider the first review...

World Bank cuts Pakistan growth projection to 2.7%

Updated 24 Apr, 2025 10:38am

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has revised downward GDP growth rate projection by 0.1 percent for Pakistan to 2.7 percent...

The upside of IMF engagement

Updated 08 Feb, 2025 07:10am

While the economists and critics of the country widely debate the downside of the IMF (International Monetary Fund)...

IMF mission likely to arrive by March

Updated 31 Jan, 2025 02:59pm

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission is expected to reach Pakistan by end of February or early...

Foreign borrowing

Updated 26 Dec, 2024 07:06am

EDITORIAL: Economic Affairs Division’s data indicates that Pakistan borrowed a total of 2.667 billion dollars from...

Lack of awareness of IMF conditions

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 07:42am

Pakistan’s private sector elite in industry and the farm sectors, major non-institutional recipients of budgeted...

The SBP recommendations

Published 24 Sep, 2024 03:28am

EDITORIAL: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP’s) half fiscal year report 2023-24 was uploaded on its website on...

Shutter-down strike observed in twin cities

Published 29 Aug, 2024 06:53am

ISLAMABAD: To protest against the government’s tax reforms, traders like other parts of the country, observed a...

The external financial commitments

Updated 29 Aug, 2024 10:37am

EDITORIAL: Governor State Bank of Pakistan Jameel Ahmad, in an interview with a foreign news agency, stated that...

Planning a non-austerity, pro-growth IMF programme

Published 05 Jan, 2024 03:12am

In its April 2023 flagship World Economic Outlook (WEO) report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pointed out...

SBP report is perhaps a little wanting in charm

Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:19am

EDITORIAL: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP’s) annual report 2022-23 uploaded on its website on Monday, ...

Anatomy of ‘Debt Management Strategy’

Updated 25 Aug, 2023 07:02am

Pakistan’s persistent fiscal imbalance has cast a negative shadow on the overall economic scenario. Unless...

The IMF speaks!

Published 20 Jul, 2023 03:12am

EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) uploaded documents on its website relating to the agreement reached...

Gross financing, and medium-term economic strategy

Published 02 Jun, 2023 03:56am

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Country Report No. 22/288, released in September 2022 – the last such report...

Impasse: Qin has power beyond exhortation

Published 09 May, 2023 05:37am

EDITORIAL: In a visible departure from successive Chinese governments’ policy not to comment on any country’s...

FPCCI seems perturbed about steep fall in exports

Published 07 May, 2023 03:21am

KARACHI: Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), has...

IMF still seeking ‘necessary’ assurances

Published 16 Apr, 2023 03:36am

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is still looking forward to obtaining the ‘’necessary’’...

Salvation lies in structural reforms

Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am

Pakistan’s persistent economic failures, amongst other factors, are the result of constant disregard of the...

Forex reserves plunge by about $1bn

Published 27 Jan, 2023 06:15am

KARACHI: The crisis of foreign exchange reserves has further escalated as the country’s total liquid forex reserves...

Flood recovery plan critical to supporting discussions: IMF

Updated 24 Nov, 2022 09:39am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s timely finalisation of the flood recovery plan is essential to support the discussions, along...

Forex reserves jump on foreign inflows

Published 11 Feb, 2022 04:31am

KARACHI: With the arrival of foreign inflows, the country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.636...

IMF for improving key economic fundamentals

Updated 06 Feb, 2022 09:12am

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Fund has advised Pakistan to reduce fiscal deficits, restore public...

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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 14	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 14	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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