Rupee continues to fall, settles at 282.3 against US dollar Currency loses 1.13% against US dollar in inter-bank market Updated 09 Mar, 2023 06:50pm
Editorials Soaring debt EDITORIAL: The government’s total debt stock rose to 55 trillion rupees by end January 2023 as per data released ... Published 09 Mar, 2023 06:23am
Print Forex manipulation: SBP governor says probe against banks completed ISLAMABAD: Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Jameel Ahmad on Wednesday said that the inquiry report... Updated 09 Mar, 2023 08:55am
Markets Rupee loses momentum, depreciates to settle at 279.12 against US dollar Currency records fall of 0.45% in inter-bank market Updated 08 Mar, 2023 08:27pm
Markets Marginal gain: rupee settles at 277.87 against US dollar Currency records appreciation of 0.02% in inter-bank market Updated 07 Mar, 2023 09:23pm
Markets Rupee maintains positive momentum, settles at 277.92 Currency registers 0.19% appreciation Updated 06 Mar, 2023 08:16pm
Business & Finance To lessen pressures on rupee: PDP calls for trade in currencies other than dollar KARACHI: Chairman of the Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Altaf Shakoor has said that to tackle the ongoing economic... Published 06 Mar, 2023 07:29am
Markets OGRA manipulating pricing of petroleum products: OMAP LAHORE: Oil Marketing Association of Pakistan on Sunday demanded that exchange rate adjustments should be passed on... Published 06 Mar, 2023 07:16am
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
Editorials MPS: steep rate hike to tame inflation EDITORIAL: In spite of the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC’s) decision to raise the discount rate to 20 percent... Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:22am
Markets PKR: woeful fall KARACHI: The rupee depreciated6.63% against the US dollar during the previous week, settling at 278.46 in the... Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:22am
Print PL: Govt projects Rs175bn revenue shortfall The government expected to raise rate of PL on high-speed diesel by Rs 5 to Rs 50 per litre Updated 04 Mar, 2023 09:03am
Print $1.3bn financing from China’s ICBC expected ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has stated that the budget deficit is manageable but the external account... Updated 04 Mar, 2023 09:13am
Markets Rupee reverses losing trajectory, gains 2.38% against US dollar Currency settles at 278.46 in inter-bank market Updated 03 Mar, 2023 08:46pm
Print Policy rate hiked by 300bps to 20pc to tame inflation KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday increased the key... Updated 03 Mar, 2023 08:53am
Print Jul-Jan: $6.134bn borrowed from multiple sources ISLAMABAD: The government has borrowed $6.134 billion from multiple financing sources including $1.166 billion from... Updated 03 Mar, 2023 08:52am
Print Govt ‘mulling abandoning’ talks with IMF, claims Hammad ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Hammad Azhar on Thursday accused the government of planning to... Updated 03 Mar, 2023 09:01am
Print Nation is paying ‘heavy price of regime change’: IK LAHORE: On Thursday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan castigated the PML-N-led coalition ... Updated 03 Mar, 2023 09:04am
Business & Finance Forex reserves increase $556m to $3,814.1m KARACHI: Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) rose by $556 million during the last ... Published 03 Mar, 2023 06:12am
Markets New historic low: rupee suffers another dramatic fall, closes at 285.09 against US dollar Currency loses 6.66% or nearly Rs19 in a single session against the US dollar Updated 02 Mar, 2023 09:35pm
Print MPC to meet today KARACHI: The emergent meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will be ... Updated 02 Mar, 2023 09:13am
Editorials No good news on the horizon EDITORIAL: Moody’s Investors Service further downgraded Pakistan’s local and foreign currency issuer and senior... Updated 02 Mar, 2023 06:44am
Markets Rupee plummets against US dollar, settles at 266.11 Market experts attribute ongoing depreciation to Moody's downgrade of Pakistan's rating Updated 01 Mar, 2023 07:17pm
Opinion IMF conditionalities: fiscal reforms The International Monetary Fund (IMF) typically imposes a series of conditions on countries that receive financial... Published 01 Mar, 2023 06:21am
Print MoF says inflation likely to remain high in coming months ISLAMABAD: Inflation is expected to remain high in the coming months around 28 to 30 percent consequent to uncertain... Updated 01 Mar, 2023 09:06am
Markets Rupee registers losses, settles at 261.5 against US dollar Currency records depreciation of 0.6% Updated 28 Feb, 2023 08:20pm
Opinion The exchange rate: a steady hum of discontent No economic variable captures the popular imagination in Pakistan more than the exchange rate. After Pakistan moved... Published 28 Feb, 2023 06:15am
Print First half of March: Fuel prices may be kept unchanged by adjusting PL ISLAMABAD: The federal government may keep the prices of fuel unchanged in the first half of March (1-15) by... Updated 28 Feb, 2023 09:35am
Markets Fourth successive gain: rupee settles at 259.92 against US dollar Currency records minor appreciation of 0.03% Updated 27 Feb, 2023 08:56pm