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No sacred cows, everyone has to contribute to economy: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb Tuesday forewarned that there are no sacred cows and everyone has to...

Updated 12 Jun, 2024 09:32am

New EFF: IMF to support a home-grown programme

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund will support a home-grown programme for Pakistan under a new Extended...

Updated 08 Jun, 2024 01:35pm

Editorials

Policy rate manoeuvrability

EDITORIAL: Domestic pressure is clearly mounting on the Monetary Policy Committee scheduled to meet on June 10 to...

Updated 07 Jun, 2024 10:55am

Contractual obligations, rollovers, loans: PM’s China visit aims at getting a breathing space

Sources say PM hopes to secure Chinese cooperation in agriculture, information technology, energy, and alternative energy under CPEC

Updated 04 Jun, 2024 09:41am

Editorials

Poverty on the rise

EDITORIAL: Ideally, the government should have already known what the recent PIDE (Pakistan Institute of Development...

Published 02 Jun, 2024 02:53am

Opinion

Big financing risks

The IMF Staff Mission has left Pakistan after a series of meetings on the next Fund Programme in the form of an...

Updated 28 May, 2024 05:54am

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

Opinion

Fundamental reforms for survival

Pakistan is persistently confronting economic challenges, the resolution of which hinge on IMF’s new programme,...

Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am

Opinion

EFF programme, non-inflationary economic growth, and counter-cyclical policy approach

A recent ‘Transcript of Global Financial Stability Report April 2024 press briefing’, carried a rather very...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Editorials

The LSM decline

EDITORIAL: Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) registered negative 0.51 percent growth July-February 2024 against the...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Opinion

Contours of new IMF programme

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reiterated recently the need for moving ahead with a new IMF (International...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 04:38am

Opinion

‘Q-Block’ needs to reinvent itself?

Pakistan’s economy has entered the stabilisation phase after going through an extremely turbulent period. However,...

Published 25 Mar, 2024 06:06am

IMF, govt to hold talks on EFF next month: minister

Finance minister says they have expressed strong interests in an Extended Fund Facility with the IMF, but the quantum is not clear yet,Aurangzeb

Updated 23 Mar, 2024 09:20pm

Talks with IMF extended to today

ISLAMABAD: Talks between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistani authorities on the second review have...

Updated 19 Mar, 2024 10:26am

Opinion

‘Large and long’?

Not much of what new finance minister, Muhammad Aurangzeb, said in his first official media interaction was new –...

Published 14 Mar, 2024 03:00am

Pakistan

Second review of SBA with IMF to begin from March 14: Ministry of Finance

Pakistan has met all Structural Benchmarks, Qualitative Performance Criteria and Indicative Targets for successful completion of the IMF review, says ministry

Updated 13 Mar, 2024 10:40pm

Aurangzeb unveils his approach to IMF lending

Says Pakistan is eager to negotiate a larger and the longest Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of the IMF programme to achieve macroeconomic stability in the country

Updated 13 Mar, 2024 12:27pm

Opinion

A recalcitrant rupee!

The budget for the current fiscal year, reviewed and amended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a prior...

Published 11 Mar, 2024 04:45am

IMF: PM asks his team to begin a course of action

Directs it to prepare an action plan on an emergency basis to improve the economic situation

Updated 05 Mar, 2024 09:47am

Pakistan to seek at least $6bn in new IMF loan programme

NEW YORK: Pakistan plans to seek a new loan of at least $6 billion from the International Monetary Fund to help the...

Updated 23 Feb, 2024 11:03am

Performance of Shamshad better than Dar’s, says noted economist

ISLAMABAD: Dr Shamshad Akhtar’s performance as finance minister is “B negative” and her predecessor Ishaq Dar’s is...

Updated 01 Jan, 2024 12:22pm

SBP terms FY23 ‘extraordinarily challenging’

KARACHI: The fiscal year 2023 was extraordinarily challenging, with a host of external and domestic shocks,...

Updated 30 Dec, 2023 08:16pm

Nov C/A posts $9m first monthly surplus after June

KARACHI: After posting deficits for four consecutive months, the country’s current account improved significantly...

Updated 19 Dec, 2023 10:01am

Only photovoltaic cells exempted from sales tax: FBR

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has clarified that the exemption of sales tax previously available on...

Updated 02 Dec, 2023 03:33pm

Editorials

Reaping the result of Dar’s stubbornness?

EDITORIAL: In a spirited defence of his signature policy to control the external value of the rupee, former...

Updated 30 Nov, 2023 04:27pm

Opinion

Reliance on foreign loans

Economic Affairs Division in its foreign economic assistance (FEA) data disclosed a 58 percent rise in foreign loan...

Updated 30 Oct, 2023 05:51am

Annual report on state of economy for FY23: Structural weaknesses exacerbated impact of supply shocks: SBP

KARACHI: Pakistan’s economy faced multiple challenges during FY23, as longstanding structural weaknesses exacerbated...

Updated 24 Oct, 2023 09:12am

Editorials

Setting the record straight

EDITORIAL: Spare a thought for the caretaker setup. Their only fault, after all, is being in the wrong place at the...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am

Opinion

Trade conundrum: who is at fault?

The July 2023 trade data indicates an improvement in the trade deficit – from negative 1.863 billion dollars to...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Editorials

The IMF conditions

EDITORIAL: The statement by the Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Islamabad on 23...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 13	278.73
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 13	278.53
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 14	157.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 14	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 14	1.27
Euro to USD / Jun 14	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 14	5,433.74
India Sensex / Jun 14	76,901.63
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 14	38,814.56
Nasdaq / Jun 14	17,667.56
Hang Seng / Jun 14	18,017.18
FTSE 100 / Jun 14	8,140.39
Dow Jones / Jun 14	38,647.10
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 14	18,104.26

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 14	78.04
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 14	19,935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 14	206,361
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 14	2,311.36
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 14	71.94
Petrol/Litre / Jun 15	268.36

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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