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external debts

Concern shown over growing debt burden

Published 26 Jan, 2025 02:54am

KARACHI: The Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, the President of the Pakistan Businessmen and...

MoM basis: Sept debt stocks drop Rs792bn on SBP profit

Updated 12 Nov, 2024 02:35pm

KARACHI: The federal government’s total debt stock fell sharply by Rs 792 billion in September 2024, following the...

Public debt soars to Rs39.7trn, NA told

Updated 17 May, 2024 12:39pm

ISLAMABAD: The external debt was recorded at $86.36 billion and domestic debt was recorded at Rs39.7 trillion of the...

Borrowing level of caretakers comparatively lower than PDM govt’s: MoF

Updated 23 Feb, 2024 08:54am

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has maintained that the domestic and external borrowings during the period of the...

Rising debt servicing emerges as hindrance: Projection of cut in C/A deficit subject to certain risks

Updated 01 Sep, 2023 09:11am

ISLAMABAD: The government projection of a reduction in the current account deficit to US$ 3.7 billion is subject to...

Govt debt stocks hit all-time high of Rs59trn

Updated 06 Jul, 2023 08:35am

KARACHI: The federal government’s total debt stocks rose to an all-time high level of Rs 59 trillion at the end of...

One burger combo, please!

Updated 12 Jun, 2023 07:08am

Finance minister Ishaq Dar has been regularly claiming two things: One, Pakistan won’t default on its external ...

Foreign loans, debt servicing: Repayment revised upward by MoEA

Updated 07 Jun, 2023 08:55am

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Economic Affairs has revised upward by Rs402 billion repayment of short-term foreign loan...

Govt debt stocks rise to Rs58.6trn

Updated 06 Jun, 2023 08:47am

KARACHI: The federal government’s borrowing from domestic and external resources rose by 22.5 percent during the...

A possible way forward–I

Published 03 Apr, 2023 06:36am

Pakistan today is perilously close to declaring its inability to settle its external debt obligations. Default. What...

Shape up or ship out!

Published 12 Mar, 2023 05:55am

For the past few months, there has been significant concern and consternation over the possibility of a Pakistani...

Debt, liabilities rise to historical-level of Rs63.9trn

Updated 17 Feb, 2023 08:48am

KARACHI: The country’s total debt and liabilities rose to a historical level of Rs 63.9 trillion at the end of the...

SBP’s reserves slip to $3bn

Updated 03 Feb, 2023 08:54am

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves further fell by $711 million during last week due to...

Debt, inequality and austerity

Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:44am

‘In most western countries, inequality is rising, and social mobility has stalled. Our citizens are losing...

Fraught present, unknown future

Updated 20 Jan, 2023 02:33pm

EDITORIAL: The country is fast approaching a point of no return. If the economy is forced upon a default on its...

Economy: EAG underscores need for reforms

Updated 07 Jan, 2023 08:48am

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Advisory Group (EAG) has called for necessary reforms to transform Pakistan into a globally...

2023: Disappointments & hopes

Updated 30 Dec, 2022 06:45am

Year 2022 is bidding farewell to Pakistan leaving behind some unpleasant memories, natural disaster in the form of...

Ishaq Dar’s address: misplaced optimism?

Published 30 Dec, 2022 05:50am

EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar gave an impassioned virtual address to mark the first listing of the...

S&P cuts rating on weakening of several metrics

Updated 23 Dec, 2022 09:04am

Rating agency states that Pakistan’s already low foreign exchange reserves would remain under pressure throughout 2023

Forex reserves stand at $6.7bn

Published 16 Dec, 2022 07:31am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) foreign exchange reserves did not record any major change during the...

Looming sovereign default rhetoric

Published 14 Dec, 2022 05:57am

Expectedly, the prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and his economic czar Ishaq Dar have squashed the talk or speculation...

FX reserves may rise in H2FY23: All debt repayments on track, says SBP governor

Updated 09 Dec, 2022 09:30am

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad Thursday said all debt repayments are on track and the...

IMF programme: Govt remains committed, Dar tells Nong

Updated 07 Dec, 2022 09:53am

Finance minister says negotiations for ninth review are at an advanced state

Floods in Pakistan: Restructuring of external debts on soft terms needed: FPCCI

Published 24 Sep, 2022 03:49am

KARACHI: President FPCCI Irfan Iqbal Sheikh said that all bilateral and multilateral external debts of Pakistan need...

Economy: bleak scenario

Published 24 Jun, 2022 06:15am

Our current grim economic situation is a result of multiple factors—undoubtedly some decisions/inactions by the...

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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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