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FDI

It’s about time govt enforced IPR

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) is one subject that is consistently under the focus of Overseas Investors Chamber...

Published 22 Jan, 2022 05:47am

BR Research

FDI – slight improvement?

Where sources of dollar inflow such as remittances, loans and exports have grown or remained stable over the past...

Published 20 Jan, 2022 07:53am

Business & Finance

OICCI survey: IPR violations cause significant revenue losses

KARACHI: Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has announced the key findings of its latest...

Published 19 Jan, 2022 06:15am

Uplift projects for FY 2022-23: PPP, BOT modes under govt focus

Updated 17 Jan, 2022 09:41am

Business & Finance

Pakistan offers permanent residency to foreign investors

New policy allows foreigners to get permanent resident status in lieu of investment, says Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry

Updated 15 Jan, 2022 04:22pm

Opinion

STPF 2020-25: A review—I

Under the head “export diversification”, which is an oft repeated cliché in the vocabulary of Commerce ...

Published 14 Jan, 2022 06:50am

Business & Finance

OICCI voices concern over ‘abrupt changes’ in taxes, duties through bill

ISLAMABAD: Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has expressed serious concerns on changes in...

Published 14 Jan, 2022 06:20am

Pakistan

PBIT approves ‘Strategic Roadmap 2022’

LAHORE: The Board of Directors of Punjab Board of Investment and Trade, has approved the Strategic Roadmap 2022 to...

Published 06 Jan, 2022 04:13am

Technology

PM Imran directs authorities to facilitate investment in IT sector

Says govt focused on exploiting full potential of exports

Updated 22 Dec, 2021 06:45pm

Business & Finance

BOI chief optimistic about FDI prospects

KARACHI: Global Investment Summit is being held in March next year; people will get good news of receiving foreign...

Published 19 Dec, 2021 04:37am

Jul-Nov FDI grows 12pc YoY

KARACHI: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) posted 12 percent growth during the first five months of this fiscal year...

Updated 18 Dec, 2021 10:02am

Markets

July-November: FDI up 12% year-on-year, clocks in at $798 million

On a monthly basis, FDI drops 39% in November 2021

Published 17 Dec, 2021 02:55pm

EAG suggests drastic change in tariff regime

ISLAMABAD: Economic Advisory Group (EAG) has suggested reducing tariff and non-tariff restrictions, greater...

Updated 15 Dec, 2021 10:02am

Opinion

Doing business in Pakistan: Perceptions and realities

Pakistan is just not there where it merits to be in terms of mobilising foreign direct investment (FDI) in spite of...

Published 11 Dec, 2021 04:12am

Markets

OCAC says working on ‘refinery policy’

ISLAMABAD: The Oil Companies Advisory Council (OCAC) has stated that as representatives of the oil industry, they ...

Published 10 Dec, 2021 04:29am

Pakistan

BoI holds investment seminar at Dubai Expo

ISLAMABAD: The Board of Investment (BoI) organised a hybrid investment seminar at the Pakistan Pavilion, Dubai Expo,...

Published 09 Dec, 2021 04:29am

BR Research

FDI in power: diversification needed

The country might have announced its objective to increase the share of renewable energy to 30 percent by 2030 along...

Published 08 Dec, 2021 08:00am

Pakistan

PSW to attract FDI, improve ranking in EoDB: FCCI SVP

FAISALABAD: Pakistan Single Window (PSW) is a unique and innovative initiative of the government to improve the...

Published 03 Dec, 2021 04:31am

Pakistan

Body formed on EVMs: PM has asked NADRA to register 9m overseas voters: Rashid

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has constituted a...

Published 25 Nov, 2021 03:53am

Opinion

‘FDI keeps falling…’

This is apropos a BR Research analysis “FDI keeps falling…” carried by the newspaper yesterday. According to...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 05:18am

BR Research

FDI keeps falling...

Globally, foreign direct investment has made a comeback and has returned to pre-pandemic levels in the last couple ...

Published 23 Nov, 2021 07:51am

Pakistan

PIEDMC organises seminar to attract FDI

LAHORE: Punjab Industrial Estates Development and Management Company organized a seminar during Dubai Expo to ...

Published 23 Nov, 2021 03:54am

Pakistan

PM describes RUDA, CBD Walton as govt’s ‘flagship’ projects

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the authorities to attract maximum investment for the Ravi Urban...

Updated 20 Nov, 2021 11:07am

Opinion

The PM needs to develop big picture thinking

This is apropos a Business Recorder news item “PM explains how dependence on IMF can be ended” carried by the...

Published 20 Nov, 2021 03:58am

Pakistan

Prospects for major improvement in US-Pak ties only limited: Lodhi

KARACHI: Former Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States Dr Maliha Lodhi has said that prospects for major...

Published 24 Oct, 2021 05:14am

BR Research

FDI: IT eclipses Telecoms

Telecom sector continues to score low on the foreign direct investment (FDI) count. As per latest State Bank of...

Published 22 Oct, 2021 07:30am

FDI up 16pc YoY: Dawood

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister for Commerce and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood on Thursday said that net...

Published 22 Oct, 2021 03:18am

BR Research

FDI ecosystem needs a shake-up

While not so soaring as many have been reporting, FDI to Pakistan has witnessed an improvement in September 2021,...

Published 21 Oct, 2021 07:25am

Q1 FDI slips as Chinese investment plummets

KARACHI: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the country fell by 4 percent during the first quarter of this fiscal...

Updated 19 Oct, 2021 11:53am

Pakistan

STZA signs 3 MoUs on FDI, technology transfer, job creation

ISLAMABAD: The Special Technology Zones Authority (STZA) has signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with...

Published 15 Oct, 2021 04:08am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 2	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 2	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / May 2	155.37
USD to Swiss Franc / May 2	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 2	1.25
Euro to USD / May 2	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 1	5018.39
Nasdaq / May 1	15605.48
Dow Jones / May 1	37903.29
India Sensex / May 2	74720.19
Tokyo Nikkei / May 2	38236.07
Hang Seng / May 2	18192.04
FTSE 100 / May 2	8149.68
Germany DAX 30 / May 2	17906.01

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 2	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 2	79.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 2	20000
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 2	206619
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 2	2311.74
Diesel/Litre / May 2	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 2 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 2 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 2 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 2 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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