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Federal Budget 2025 26

FPCCI’s shadow budget reflects govt’s economic failure: PTI

Published 27 May, 2026 03:13am

ISLAMABAD: The major opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said on Tuesday that the Federation of Pakistan...

What level of debt becomes unsustainable?

Updated 26 May, 2026 06:56am

The federal budget 2025-26 allocated PKR 8.2 trillion for the payment of interest on debt, which is more than 74...

Floods: budget deficit and/or mini-budget

Updated 08 Sep, 2025 06:27am

The flood damage is rising by the day – both in terms of fatalities and financial losses (private and state owned)...

Erstwhile Fata, Pata: Committee to reassess GST on goods

Updated 27 Aug, 2025 09:13am

ISLAMABAD: Less than two months after the federal budget for 2025-26 came into effect, the government has...

Tobacco taxation and youth initiation

Updated 23 Jul, 2025 07:08am

Tobacco use in Pakistan is not just a public health concern, it is a fiscal crisis demanding urgent re-evaluation of...

Focusing on shelter

Updated 15 Jul, 2025 08:02am

The federal budget of 2025-26 has given a negative signal on the priority to be attached to shelter. The mark-up...

MoC unveils NTP to narrow trade deficit

Updated 15 Jul, 2025 09:28am

Policy aims to stimulate export growth of 10–14%

Federal Budget: PAPGAI, APPMA decry preferential treatment to specific firm

Published 14 Jul, 2025 05:42am

KARACHI: The Pakistan Association of Printing & Graphic Arts Industry (PAPGAI) and the All Pakistan Paper...

Business community opposes 37A and 37AA of ST Act: FPCCI

Published 08 Jul, 2025 06:15am

KARACHI: Saquib Fayyaz Magoon, Acting President of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry...

Pakistan’s e-commerce sector faces operational costs surge amid new taxes

Updated 02 Jul, 2025 10:24pm

The cost of doing business for Pakistan’s e-commerce sector has significantly increased following the imposition of...

Crowding out development for debt: Pakistan’s fiscal dilemma

Published 02 Jul, 2025 04:24pm

Over the past fifteen years, Pakistan’s federal budget has ballooned in size, but not necessarily in wisdom. From...

FBR abolishes ACD on imports under 0pc, 5pc and 10pc duty slabs

Updated 02 Jul, 2025 11:30am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has totally abolished Additional Customs Duty (ACD) on the import of...

Outlook for public finances

Published 01 Jul, 2025 06:01am

The federal and provincial budgets for 2025-26 have generally been approved by the respective legislative fora....

Ranked 100th – Celebrate Like #1

Published 01 Jul, 2025 05:49am

After a year of economic turbulence, Pakistan’s economy seems to have crawled out of intensive care. Inflation has...

President signs Finance Bill into law

Published 01 Jul, 2025 05:49am

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday gave formal assent to the Finance Bill for the fiscal year 2025-26,...

IPPs warn govt: Furnace oil levies could raise generation costs

Updated 01 Jul, 2025 11:30am

ISLAMABAD: Independent Power Producers (IPPs) have warned the government that proposed levies on furnace oil could...

Rs818.79bn supplementary, excess demands for grants okayed by NA

Updated 28 Jun, 2025 03:19pm

ISLAMABAD: Despite fierce opposition heckling, the National Assembly on Friday approved supplementary and excess...

All cut-motions rejected: NA approves Rs3.951trn demands for grants

Updated 26 Jun, 2025 09:22am

ISLAMABAD: Ahead of the passage of the 2025-26 federal budget on Thursday (June 26), the National Assembly on...

PAA urges reversal of WHT hike decision

Published 24 Jun, 2025 06:06am

KARACHI: The Pakistan Advertisers Association (PAA) has strongly criticized the hike in Withholding Tax (WHT)...

Budget FY26: Aurangzeb announces major tax relief for salaried class, solar sector

Updated 21 Jun, 2025 04:57pm

Individuals earning between Rs600,000 -Rs1.2mn annually will be taxed at just 1%

Federal budget: Business community has serious reservations: Mian Zahid

Published 21 Jun, 2025 07:01am

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

NA Speaker, Fazl discuss federal budget

Published 20 Jun, 2025 07:22am

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Chief Maulan Fazlur Rehman...

Health system suffers as cigarette tax left untouched

Published 19 Jun, 2025 06:52am

The federal budget for 2025-26, announced amidst a backdrop of fragile economic recovery, signals a continuation of...

IMF agreed to spare agriculture sector from taxes, says PM Shehbaz

Updated 18 Jun, 2025 05:55pm

PM says agriculture sector “already under pressure” in country

Shehbaz shares key features of budget with Zardari

Published 18 Jun, 2025 06:37am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr and discussed...

PTI says ‘federal budget favours elite, ignores masses’

Published 18 Jun, 2025 06:10am

ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday sharply criticised the federal budget for...

Budget 2025-26: Senate panel opposes tax on imported solar panels

Published 17 Jun, 2025 10:34pm

Govt has proposed 18% tax on imported solar panels in budget for FY2025-26

Pakistan’s exporters urge PM to save value-added industry, seek FTR removal, EFS restoration

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World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 1	278.41
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 1	278.21
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 1	161.60
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 1	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 1	1.32
Euro to USD / Jan 1	1.14
SOFR % / Jan 1	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 1	7,365.46
India Sensex / Jan 1	76,200.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	69,788.38
Nasdaq / Jan 1	25,587.04
Hang Seng / Jan 1	23,336.28
FTSE 100 / Jan 1	10,428.85
Dow Jones / Jan 1	51,666.84
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 1	24,893.58
France CAC40 / Jan 1	8,340.71

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Jan 1	299.50
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 1	72.75
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 1	18,580
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 1	368,985
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 1	4,096.89
Diesel/Litre / Jan 1	311.47
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 1	78.73

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Invest Bank / Jul 13 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	24.24 ▲ 20.17 (495.58%)
Shaheen Ins. / Jul 13 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	9.80 ▲ 1 (11.36%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 13 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	11.61 ▲ 1.06 (10.05%)
Cresent Jute / Jul 13 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	18.91 ▲ 1.72 (10.01%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 13 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	30.87 ▲ 2.81 (10.01%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 13 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	2,289.71 ▲ 208.16 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 13 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	77.33 ▲ 7.03 (10%)
Premium Textile / Jul 13 Premium Textile Mills Limited(PRET)	551.67 ▲ 50.15 (10%)
Service Textile / Jul 13 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	63.48 ▲ 5.77 (10%)
GOC (Pak) / Jul 13 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	150.78 ▲ 13.71 (10%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 13 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	4.18 ▼ -0.61 (-12.73%)
AN Textile Mills / Jul 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	53.56 ▼ -5.95 (-10%)
Fateh Ind. / Jul 13 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	358.31 ▼ -39.81 (-10%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	206.20 ▼ -22.91 (-10%)
MACPAC Films / Jul 13 MACPAC Films Limited(MACFL)	70.45 ▼ -7.83 (-10%)
Quetta Textile / Jul 13 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	15.60 ▼ -1.72 (-9.93%)
Premier Insurance / Jul 13 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	11.35 ▼ -1.24 (-9.85%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jul 13 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	96 ▼ -9.39 (-8.91%)
Samba Bank / Jul 13 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	13.51 ▼ -1.27 (-8.59%)
Ideal Spinning / Jul 13 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	50.70 ▼ -4.32 (-7.85%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	157,961,616 ▲ 0.38
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	64,217,399 ▲ 0.01
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jul 13 Blue-Ex Limited(BLUEX)	43,779,365 ▲ 0.09
Lotte Chemical / Jul 13 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	42,635,513 ▲ 0.28
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 13 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	29,589,201 ▼ -0.16
Pak Refinery / Jul 13 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	26,870,070 ▲ 0.71
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	25,264,529 ▼ -0.03
Balochistan Glass / Jul 13 Balochistan Glass Limited(BGL)	16,916,878 ▲ 1.17
LSE Capital / Jul 13 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	15,169,701 ▼ -0.22
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 13 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	12,894,771 ▼ -3.04

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