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FDI

New tenants in ‘Block Q’ neighbourhood

The macro numbers are not showing a good picture. Inflation is creeping up again. The current account posted a...

Updated 21 Aug, 2023 07:53am

July FDI up 17.3pc to $87.7m YoY

KARACHI: The foreign direct investment (FDI) in July has increased by 17.3 percent on year-on-year basis to $87.7...

Updated 19 Aug, 2023 03:23pm

High interest rates, power tariffs, costly raw materials: Textile sector will continue to face economic headwinds: APTMA

ISLAMABAD: The textile sector will continue to experience economic headwinds related to high interest rates,...

Updated 16 Aug, 2023 10:42am

Opinion

Rewiring the investment model

Pakistan’s Investment to GDP ratio has remained stubbornly low compared to other emerging markets for many years....

Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am

Economy very much on track: PM

KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday said the country’s economy was on the course of progress as the...

Updated 27 Jul, 2023 08:55am

Business & Finance

Foreign investors: Repatriation of profit, dividend dives to 18-year low

KARACHI: The repatriation of profit and dividend by foreign investors plunged by 80 percent, ie, to 18 years lowest...

Updated 27 Jul, 2023 10:01am

Opinion

Inward forex cash flows: from 2023-24 to 2027-28

The IMF (International Monetary Fund) issued ‘Request For Stand-By Arrangement’ in July 2023. The IMF has again...

Updated 25 Jul, 2023 07:01am

Business & Finance

Ex-BoI chief concerned at ‘abysmal foreign investment situation’

KARACHI: Former Chairman Board of Investment (BoI), Muhammad Azfar Ahsan Friday said the foreign investment shows an...

Published 22 Jul, 2023 06:06am

Business & Finance

IMF stresses market-determined exchange rate

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that the reliance on administrative measures to manage...

Published 19 Jul, 2023 03:21am

Opinion

Pakistan’s lifeline restored by IMF

Pakistan and IMF (International Monetary Fund) have reached a $3 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) to help the...

Updated 16 Jul, 2023 06:37am

Opinion

Improving foreign investment climate

‘After a steep drop in 2020 and a strong rebound in 2021, global foreign direct investment (FDI) declined by 12 per...

Published 14 Jul, 2023 06:55am

Business & Finance

LCCI hails approval of $3bn SBA by IMF board

LAHORE: President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Kashif Anwar on Thursday lauded the...

Published 14 Jul, 2023 06:22am

Investments: PM directs finance managers to frame modalities

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and Finance Secretary Imdad Ullah...

Updated 13 Jul, 2023 09:30am

Opinion

Call a spade a spade

The refrain from the Prime Minister’s office prior to 23 June 2023 that all International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Updated 10 Jul, 2023 07:31am

Opinion

‘Special Investment Facilitation Council’ – the way forward—I

There is a dire need for a big rethink for the State of Pakistan to attract sustainable foreign direct investment...

Published 10 Jul, 2023 06:52am

Business & Finance

‘SIFC’ termed ‘game-changer’ in relation to FDI prospects

ISLAMABAD: The formation of Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) is a game-changer vis-à-vis Foreign...

Published 08 Jul, 2023 06:20am

Pakistan

Govt striving to turn country into global export hub: Ahsan

ISLAMABAD: As the country’s exports fell by 12 percent during the first 10 months of FY 2023, Federal Minister for...

Published 06 Jul, 2023 05:42am

BR Research

Telecom FDI still in the blue

While the disappointing run in the telecommunications industry’s foreign direct investment (FDI) continues, slight...

Published 05 Jul, 2023 09:54am

Opinion

Criticality of foreign investment

Apparently, foreign investors are finding it difficult to maintain sustainability of their businesses in Pakistan....

Updated 03 Jul, 2023 07:56am

Opinion

Criticality of increased inward FDI flows

This apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “Country perception and FDI” carried by the newspaper recently. The...

Published 29 Jun, 2023 04:19am

Business & Finance

Foreign Direct Investment: ATP for adopting policy of ‘Diplomacy for Investment and Trade’

PESHAWAR: Amun Taraqqi Party chairman Muhammad Faiq Shah asked for adopting a policy of ‘Diplomacy for Investment...

Published 26 Jun, 2023 07:11am

Editorials

Can IMF absence be offset by ‘Plan B’?

EDITORIAL: With the country on the verge of sovereign default, which could cascade into a domestic debt ...

Published 26 Jun, 2023 06:38am

Opinion

Country perception and FDI

Country Perception and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) are closely interrelated. An investor when deciding to commit...

Published 24 Jun, 2023 06:02am

Only listed cos required to comply with CSR requirements: ex-CJP

ISLAMABAD: Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Hussain Jillani Friday said only listed companies are required...

Updated 24 Jun, 2023 08:51am

Opinion

FY23: a very bad year for economy

The Economic Survey of Pakistan (2022-23), released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF), as per tradition a day before...

Published 23 Jun, 2023 06:00am

Business & Finance

Applications approved: 8 SEZs to bring in Rs507bn investments

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for the Board of Investment (including Chinese and other FDI) and Special Initiatives...

Published 23 Jun, 2023 06:00am

BR Research

FDI not hopeful

That foreign direct investment plunged is not a news anymore. FDI in the country has been weak and shrinking, as per...

Updated 22 Jun, 2023 11:33am

PM for increasing FDI to $5bn through SIFC

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said with the help of the Special Investment Facilitation...

Updated 22 Jun, 2023 08:54am

Markets

Rupee improves, settles at 286.98 against US dollar

Currency appreciates 0.08% in inter-bank market

Updated 21 Jun, 2023 07:07pm

FDI plunges 21pc in 11 months

KARACHI: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the country plunged by 21 percent during the first eleven months of this...

Updated 21 Jun, 2023 08:55am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 24	278.50
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 24	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 24	154.89
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 24	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 24	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 24	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 23	5070.55
Nasdaq / Apr 23	15696.64
Dow Jones / Apr 23	38503.69
India Sensex / Apr 24	73884
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 24	38460.08
Hang Seng / Apr 24	17176.31
FTSE 100 / Apr 24	8079.79
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 24	18202.76

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Petrol/Litre / Apr 24	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 24	83.46
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 24	2319
Diesel/Litre / Apr 24	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 24 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 24 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 24 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 24 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 24 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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