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COAS puts his weight behind economic plan

Plan envisages capitalising Pakistan’s untapped potential in key sectors of defence, agricultural/livestock, minerals/mining, IT and energy

Updated 21 Jun, 2023 09:01am

BR Research

Seizing SEZ investments

Pakistan badly needs investments in productive sectors– both from within and outside. And the urgency could not be...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 08:00am

Opinion

Is textile sector ‘rent seeker’?

The textile exporters of Pakistan are fond of championing that textile is the backbone of the economy and that it is...

Updated 15 Jun, 2023 06:28am

Business & Finance

10-year tax holiday a must to realise IT export potential of $15bn: P@SHA

ISLAMABAD: The country is unlikely to realise the information technology export potential of $ 15 billion within the...

Published 14 Jun, 2023 06:21am

Business & Finance

Acquisition of ZIL expands NFCI’s footprint in FMCG sector

KARACHI: New Future Consumer International (NFCI), an emerging global consumer and FMCG player, has successfully...

Published 06 Jun, 2023 05:33am

Opinion

Imagineering implementation of energy reforms-VII

Pakistan requires sustained GDP growth of 7-9% for 30 years. For that, by 2030 Agriculture will need to achieve 6%...

Published 04 Jun, 2023 03:35am

Editorials

Erdogan again

EDITORIAL: Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s win in Turkey’s runoff presidential election is good news for his Justice and...

Published 04 Jun, 2023 03:35am

PM urges Turkish businesspeople to invest

ANKARA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Saturday invited Turkish businessmen to invest in Pakistan and establish...

Updated 04 Jun, 2023 09:30am

Opinion

Gross financing, and medium-term economic strategy

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Country Report No. 22/288, released in September 2022 – the last such report...

Published 02 Jun, 2023 03:56am

Business & Finance

FPCCI board holds consultative meeting with ex-SBP governor

KARACHI: The Policy Advisory Board (PAB) of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce (FPCCI) held a...

Published 30 May, 2023 03:37am

Jul-Apr repatriation of profit, dividends dip 83pc YoY

KARACHI: Repatriation of profit and dividends by foreign investors plunged by 83 percent during the first ten months...

Updated 27 May, 2023 08:51am

Business & Finance

‘USAID IPA strengthens Pakistan’s businesses’

LAHORE: The USAID Investment Promotion Activity (IPA) is a five-year project that is helping to strengthen...

Published 27 May, 2023 06:09am

Opinion

The need to give dialogue a chance

It’s time for a new Code of Conduct to uphold the Constitutional acceptance of, and adherence to, authority. Each...

Published 26 May, 2023 06:48am

ECC informed: Spending on MPs’ schemes under SAP hits Rs111bn mark

ISLAMABAD: With the approval of an additional Rs20 billion by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) amid tight...

Updated 25 May, 2023 08:48am

Opinion

‘Learning From Others’—II

In Pakistan we do not appreciate the fact that we have lived beyond our means’ for far too long at our own peril....

Updated 24 May, 2023 06:49am

BR Research

FDI on a downhill

The slump in foreign direct investment continues as the central bank reported a 29 percent year-on-year decline in...

Published 19 May, 2023 08:59am

Business & Finance

Budget FY24: FPCCI underscores need for introducing taxation reforms

KARACHI: Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President FPCCI, has said that the much needed taxation reforms must be introduced in...

Published 17 May, 2023 06:22am

BoI seeks to cut red tape to woo global investors

The Board of Investment in consultation with the World Bank Group drafts a Zero Time to Start Policy aimed at facilitating investment in country

Updated 08 May, 2023 08:59am

Business & Finance

Golden Ring region: $22bn exports opportunity must be exploited: LCCI

LAHORE: Economic diplomacy and cross border networking holds key to break the restrictions of low exports and to...

Published 03 May, 2023 06:35am

Business & Finance

SCO nations: FPCCI seeks currency swap mechanisms

KARACHI: Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) &...

Published 03 May, 2023 06:35am

Economy is not out of the woods yet: MoF

Govt has a daunting task to follow effective revenue mobilisation and cautious expenditure management strategy to end the current fiscal year

Updated 30 Apr, 2023 09:18am

Business & Finance

Political instability major hurdle to growth of FDI: LCCI

LAHORE: The LCCI office-bearers called for initiatives to remove the obstacles and hurdles that are not only...

Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am

Business & Finance

Foreign investors: Jul-Mar profit repatriation plunges 82pc to $233.1m YoY

KARACHI: The repatriation of profit and dividend by foreign investors continued to post negative growth and plunged...

Updated 28 Apr, 2023 08:48am

47MW power plant in KP: Nepra not cooperating with S. Korean firm: minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minster for Investment Chaudhry Salik Hussain has expressed his annoyance at National Electric...

Updated 25 Apr, 2023 09:06am

KOEN accuses Nepra, others of ‘jeopardizing’ two hydropower projects

ISLAMABAD: M/s Korea Southeast Power Co., Ltd. (KOEN), a South Korean power sector company has expressed its...

Updated 09 Apr, 2023 11:01am

Editorials

Reasons for FDI drought

EDITORIAL: The ECC (Economic Coordination Committee) of the cabinet seems to have its hands full these days, but for...

Published 04 Apr, 2023 03:24am

Opinion

We don’t yet know what lies in store for us—II

The entire nation is waiting for a rather irrelevant document called the Staff Level Agreement (SLA) with the...

Published 31 Mar, 2023 06:45am

Pakistan

BoI launches initiative to modernise regulatory regime

LAHORE: Secretary Board of Investment (BoI) Asad Rehman Gilani has said that 70 different types of regulators are...

Published 28 Mar, 2023 06:21am

Jul-Feb repatriation of profit, dividend plunge 80pc YoY: Import curbs hurt investors in equal measure

State Bank of Pakistan says foreign investors repatriated $225.1 million during July-Feb of FY23

Updated 28 Mar, 2023 08:53am

Editorials

We are Pakistanis, firstly and lastly

EDITORIAL: Today, it has been 83 years since a historic resolution was passed for establishment of a separate...

Published 23 Mar, 2023 05:47am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 24	278.59
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 24	278.39
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 24	155.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 24	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 24	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 24	5070.63
India Sensex / Apr 24	73852.94
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 24	38460.08
Nasdaq / Apr 24	15712.75
Hang Seng / Apr 24	17201.27
FTSE 100 / Apr 24	8040.38
Dow Jones / Apr 24	38460.92
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 24	18088.70

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 24	82.83
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 24	2318.17
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 24	81.01
Petrol/Litre / Apr 25	293.94

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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