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Budget FY26: balancing social sector priorities amid fiscal constraints

Pakistan’s federal budget for FY2025-26 has come at a critical time. The country is going through a fragile phase...

Updated 20 Jun, 2025 08:47am

Opinion

Policy issues in EFF programme — I

Pakistan’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme with International Monetary Fund (IMF), which as per one of its...

Updated 06 Jun, 2025 05:28am

Markets

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

Discussions also covered ongoing energy sector reforms, says IMF

Updated 24 May, 2025 10:26pm

Business & Finance

New CPF: Pakistan, World Bank agree to develop implementation framework

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the World Bank agreed to swiftly develop an implementation framework for effective...

Updated 23 May, 2025 08:29am

Pakistan

Pakistan may present budget early to secure IMF board approval, says Topline

The signing of a Staff Level Agreement (SLA) between the Pakistani authorities and the International Monetary Fund...

Updated 17 Mar, 2025 09:23pm

Editorials

EFF arrangement: the first review

EDITORIAL: The IMF (International Monetary Fund) mission is currently in Pakistan to conduct the first review under...

Updated 07 Mar, 2025 06:35am

Editorials

Rise in home remittances

EDITORIAL: Remittances have soared by 33 percent to 17.845 billion dollars within the first half of the current...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 03:12am

Business & Finance

New Extended Fund Facility: Reforms may push country away from ‘boom and bust’ cycles: IMF

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Pakistan, Esther Perez Ruiz, said latest...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 03:30am

Editorials

‘Continuity of safe banking’

EDITORIAL: SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) must be appreciated for its foresight in voicing concern about the ...

Published 12 Oct, 2024 06:17am

Editorials

Establishing fiscal discipline

EDITORIAL: In a landmark move, the federal and four provincial governments have agreed on a National Fiscal Pact...

Published 11 Oct, 2024 06:30am

Pakistan

Making good progress with IMF to secure Board approval during September, says Aurangzeb

Pakistan had earlier expected Executive Board approval on $7bn Extended Fund Facility in August

Updated 21 Aug, 2024 09:56pm

Opinion

A fragile balance of payments

The statistics on the external balance of payments of Pakistan in 2023-24 were released last week by the SBP (State...

Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:10am

Opinion

Climate change, austerity policy, and IMF programme

Pakistan is likely to enter into an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme – which is different from a standby...

Published 21 Jun, 2024 06:37am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s budget to support negotiations with IMF for new programme: Moody’s

Says government spends more than half its revenue on interest payments, indicating very weak debt affordability which drives high debt sustainability risks

Updated 14 Jun, 2024 07:40pm

Pakistan

Talks on new programme continuing virtually with Pakistan, says IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said talks are “continuing virtually” with authorities in Islamabad towards...

Updated 07 Jun, 2024 10:54pm

BR Research

Electricity (price) shock incoming

One of the key objectives of the IMF’s next Extended Fund Facility (EFF) to Pakistan will be “restoring the energy...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 10:49am

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz asks authorities to 'immediately engage' IMF regarding Extended Fund Facility

Premier directs authorities concerned to prepare an action plan on an emergency basis to revive the national economy

Published 04 Mar, 2024 11:46pm

Editorials

Vested interests and policy reversals

EDITORIAL: Just when the certainty of the election was supposed to bolster confidence about continued engagement ...

Published 31 Dec, 2023 03:04am

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

Pakistan

IMF urges Pakistan to continue monetary policy tightening cycle

Tightening cycle should continue if needed to reduce inflation and facilitate external rebalancing, says staff report

Published 18 Jul, 2023 10:56pm

Editorials

The post-budget claims

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, two days after the budget was presented, once again expressed optimism on...

Published 13 Jun, 2023 06:00am

Pakistan

IMF official has expressed confidence SLA will be signed soon, says Pakistan's Finance Division

Statement comes after Finance Minister Ishaq Dar attends IMF-World Bank spring meetings virtually from Islamabad

Updated 12 Apr, 2023 11:14pm

Forex reserves fall below $3bn on debt repayments

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves further shrunk by $202 million during the last ...

Updated 10 Feb, 2023 08:54am

Opinion

Lethargic economic management

About 84% of countries are expected to have lower headline (consumer price index) inflation in 2023 than in 2022....

Published 03 Feb, 2023 06:17am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves plunge by about $1bn

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

Published 27 Jan, 2023 06:15am

Business & Finance

Market expects Geneva pledges to help ease pressure on foreign exchange reserves

KARACHI: With some $10 billion commitments in the Geneva Conference, the default risk has further reduced and the...

Updated 10 Jan, 2023 09:59am

Pakistan repays over $1bn external debt

KARACHI: The country has successfully repaid over one-billion-dollar external debt to international financial...

Updated 08 Jan, 2023 11:26am

World

IMF executive board approves $3bn Egypt extended arrangement

CAIRO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board has approved a 46-month $3 billion financial support...

Updated 17 Dec, 2022 04:11pm

Pakistan

IMF says discussions with Pakistan 'productive', looks forward to continuing dialogue

IMF review for the release of the next tranche of funding has been pending since September

Published 13 Dec, 2022 11:27pm

Pakistan

Pakistan flood recovery plan key to continued financial support: IMF

Resident representative says IMF staff continuing discussions with Pakistani authorities over policies to reprioritise and better target support toward humanitarian needs, while accelerating reform efforts to preserve economic and fiscal sustainability

Published 23 Nov, 2022 11:50pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 8	284.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 8	284.22
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 8	147.11
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 8	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 8	1.36
Euro to USD / Jul 8	1.17
UK LIBOR % / Jul 8	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 8	6,225.52
India Sensex / Jul 8	83,712.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 8	39,706.75
Nasdaq / Jul 8	20,418.46
Hang Seng / Jul 8	23,957.38
FTSE 100 / Jul 8	8,854.18
Dow Jones / Jul 8	44,240.76
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 8	24,206.91
France CAC40 / Jul 8	7,766.71

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 8	68.26
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 8	16,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 8	303,926
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 8	3,293.56
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 8	67.31
Petrol/Litre / Jul 9	266.79
Diesel/Litre / Jul 9	272.98

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Parmount Sp. / Jul 9 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	5.99 ▲ 0.83 (16.09%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 9 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	9.02 ▲ 1 (12.47%)
Habib Ins. / Jul 9 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	10.47 ▲ 1 (10.56%)
Kohinoor Energy / Jul 9 Kohinoor Energy Limited(KOHE)	21.18 ▲ 1.93 (10.03%)
First Treet Manuf / Jul 9 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	19.43 ▲ 1.77 (10.02%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jul 9 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	78.07 ▲ 7.1 (10%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 9 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	147 ▲ 13.36 (10%)
Fazal Cloth / Jul 9 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	321.85 ▲ 29.26 (10%)
Tandlianwala Sugar / Jul 9 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	280.73 ▲ 25.52 (10%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Jul 9 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	120.95 ▲ 11 (10%)

Stock	Price
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 9 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	16.02 ▼ -1.63 (-9.24%)
Pak Leather / Jul 9 Pak Leather Crafts Limited(PAKL)	31.56 ▼ -2.59 (-7.58%)
Ellcot Spinning / Jul 9 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	103.05 ▼ -7.52 (-6.8%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Jul 9 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	10.16 ▼ -0.71 (-6.53%)
Hala Enterprise / Jul 9 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	25.19 ▼ -1.73 (-6.43%)
JS Investments / Jul 9 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	26.15 ▼ -1.55 (-5.6%)
Apna Microfin. / Jul 9 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	14.51 ▼ -0.78 (-5.1%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jul 9 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	50.45 ▼ -2.48 (-4.69%)
Sardar Chemical / Jul 9 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	61.10 ▼ -2.93 (-4.58%)
Shahtaj Textile / Jul 9 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	76.99 ▼ -3.68 (-4.56%)

Stock	Volume
TPL Properties / Jul 9 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	44,203,314 ▲ 0.35
Kohinoor Spining / Jul 9 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	36,717,271 ▲ 0.27
Treet Battery / Jul 9 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	21,567,756 ▲ 1.08
Hascol Petrol / Jul 9 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	19,233,172 ▲ 0.26
Treet Corp / Jul 9 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	11,409,605 ▲ 0.89
Telecard Limited / Jul 9 Telecard Limited(TELE)	9,818,006 ▼ -0.05
Sui South Gas / Jul 9 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	9,201,449 ▼ -0.73
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 9 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	9,064,131 ▼ -0.01
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 9 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	8,464,081 ▲ 1.12
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Jul 9 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	7,698,879 ▲ 0.52

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