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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 / 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 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	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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