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13 out of 15 ‘important targets’ achieved: MoITT

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Dr Umar Saif claimed that 13...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 04:58am

BR Research

Telco FDI in 1HFY24

The FDI in the telecom sector has been falling continuously after the spike in FY20 when 3G/4G came to the country....

Published 25 Jan, 2024 08:52am

World

EU tools up to protect key tech from China

BRUSSELS: The European Union unveiled Wednesday plans to strengthen the bloc’s economic security including ...

Published 25 Jan, 2024 04:23am

Business & Finance

Indonesia sees FDI worth $47bn in 2023

JAKARTA: Indonesia recorded a total of 744 trillion rupiah ($47.34 billion) of foreign direct investment last year,...

Published 24 Jan, 2024 10:21am

Pakistan

USAID signs MoU with three firms

ISLAMABAD: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday signed a memorandum of...

Published 23 Jan, 2024 05:14am

Business & Finance

FDI: APTMA North chief urges trade officers to work harder

LAHORE: Chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills Association North Kamran Arshad has urged trade and investment officers...

Published 19 Jan, 2024 05:37am

BR Research

FDI in 1HFY24

The recent data released by the central bank shows that FDI in the country during December 2023 jacked up by 60...

Published 18 Jan, 2024 09:04am

Opinion

Business environment and economic growth outlook

According to the recent report entitled “World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2024” by the United...

Published 18 Jan, 2024 05:54am

World

India eyes $100bn annual foreign direct investment in coming years: IT minister

DAVOS: India is eyeing $100 billion in annual foreign direct investment (FDI) “in the next few years”, its IT...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 08:41pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s FDI up nearly 35% in first six months of FY24

During November alone, net FDI amounted to $211.1mn, a 538% increase when compared with the same month of the previous year

Updated 17 Jan, 2024 10:52pm

Opinion

Navigating FDI challenges in power sector

The latest investment setback suffered by the renewable energy sector in Pakistan is the unsuccessful endeavour to...

Published 16 Jan, 2024 05:44am

Pakistan

Experts underscore need for unified response to deal with health sector challenges

ISLAMABAD: Top health experts from around the world on Thursday stressed the need for a unified response and...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:06am

Editorials

World Bank ’s perspective on global economy

EDITORIAL: The global economy is on track to register a ‘woeful’ decade of growth, so maintained the World Bank (WB)...

Published 11 Jan, 2024 06:15am

Business & Finance

Weighted average price mechanism: Local, imported urea put in one ‘basket’

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved a mechanism for urea weighted...

Updated 10 Jan, 2024 08:58am

Editorials

Legal framework for Saudi investment

EDITORIAL: SIFC (special investment facilitation council) is in the news yet again; this time for helping overcome...

Published 07 Jan, 2024 02:43am

Opinion

IPR regime: compliance not a govt priority

There are laws that provide a foundation for the protection of ‘ Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), but the laws...

Updated 06 Jan, 2024 06:00am

Jul-Nov FDI jumps 8.1pc to $656.1m YoY

Net foreign direct investment during same period of previous fiscal year amounted to $606.9 million

Updated 04 Jan, 2024 09:40am

Pakistan

Pakistan's brand presence in US: Mondoq, Masood discuss strategies

KARACHI: Waqar Abbas Mondoq, the former Minister of Finance Government of Gilgit Baltistan, held a meeting with...

Published 30 Dec, 2023 06:28am

Pakistan

President sees China as largest trading partner, FDI source

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi said China was the largest trading partner of Pakistan and was an important ...

Published 28 Dec, 2023 04:52am

Foreign investors: Jul-Nov profit repatriation soars 312pc to $532m YoY

KARACHI: Repatriation of profit and dividends by foreign investors posted a notable 312 percent growth during the...

Updated 28 Dec, 2023 08:53am

Business & Finance

Higher markup payments challenge persists: MoF

ISLAMABAD: The challenge of higher markup payments persists, so stated the Finance Ministry while emphasizing both...

Published 28 Dec, 2023 04:52am

Business & Finance

Remittance inflows critical to supporting current account balance: PIAF

LAHORE: The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) on Monday said that foreign remittances flows...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

Business & Finance

‘Economic landscape is undergoing transformation’ due to SIFC: coordinator

LAHORE: Coordinator for Minister of State and Federal Tax Ombudsman Meher Kashif Younis said on Sunday Pakistan’s...

Published 25 Dec, 2023 05:42am

Opinion

Govt’s quest for FDI: the way forward

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been crucial in supporting developing economies to participate in global trade ...

Updated 23 Dec, 2023 07:06am

BR Research

FDI in 5MFY24

Decoding foreign direct investment has been a challenge for the country not only recently, but over the last decade....

Published 21 Dec, 2023 08:00am

Editorials

Macroeconomic indicators not satisfactory

EDITORIAL: External borrowing failed to meet the budgeted target by 51 percent as per data released by the Pakistan...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 03:54am

Business & Finance

Jul-Nov FDI up 8pc to $656m YoY

KARACHI: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Pakistan rose by 8 percent during the first five months of the current...

Published 19 Dec, 2023 05:20am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s FDI up over 8% in first five months of FY24

During November alone, net FDI amounted to $131.4mn, a 12% increase when compared with the same month of the previous year

Updated 18 Dec, 2023 09:38pm

Business & Finance

Concern voiced over new taxation ‘proposal’

KARACHI: The proposal for doubling tax collection from business individuals and salaried person will hurt the middle...

Published 17 Dec, 2023 03:01am

Digital transformation, FDI: Important decisions being taken through SIFC: minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications, Dr Umar Saif has said that to pave ...

Updated 17 Dec, 2023 09:24am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 25	278.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 25	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 25	155.60
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 25	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 25	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 25	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 24	5070.63
Nasdaq / Apr 24	15712.75
Dow Jones / Apr 24	38460.92
India Sensex / Apr 25	73780.80
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	37628.48
Hang Seng / Apr 25	17264.90
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8077.84
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17994.97

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Petrol/Litre / Apr 25	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	83.02
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	2325.45
Diesel/Litre / Apr 25	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 25 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 25 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 25 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 25 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 25 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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