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Finance Division

Foreign-funded PSDP projects: Govt fails to make rupee cover available

Updated 07 Jun, 2026 04:39pm

Power Division says that foreign-funded projects—where imported equipment accounts for 60–75% of total cost—are facing difficulties in securing rupee authorisation

Finance Division moves to tighten oversight of SOEs

Updated 20 May, 2026 09:04am

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has decided to tighten oversight of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) by introducing a...

Aurangzeb briefs IMF mission on fiscal strategy

Updated 14 May, 2026 09:14am

ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan is set to begin key budget talks for the next financial year with the International Monetary...

July-March: budget deficit reaches Rs856.4bn mark

Updated 13 May, 2026 09:27am

Pakistan's fiscal position sharply deteriorated in Q3, moving from a surplus to a substantial deficit

Documentation, taxes and exports: ICAP shares multiple proposals with Aurangzeb

Published 12 May, 2026 06:57am

ISLAMABAD: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) on Monday presented a range of proposals and...

Treasury Single Account arrangement: FD notifies 221 entities for coverage

Published 07 May, 2026 02:13am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Division has notified 221 entities for coverage under the Treasury Single Account arrangement....

Large scale manufacturing: growth discrepancy

Updated 07 May, 2026 02:27pm

EDITORIAL: April 2026 Update and Outlook, released by the Finance Division by the end of each month, noted large...

Cyber resilience must stay top policy focus, says Aurangzeb

Published 02 May, 2026 08:16pm

Finance minister chairs virtual meeting on strengthening cybersecurity preparedness in financial sector

Aurangzeb reaffirms commitment to investor-friendly, transparent economy

Published 02 May, 2026 02:48pm

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb reaffirmed on Saturday the government’s...

Pakistan inflation returns to double digits at 10.9% in April 2026

Published 01 May, 2026 02:59pm

Inflation stood at 6.19% in 10MFY26

Headline inflation may stay at 8-9pc in April: FD

Updated 01 May, 2026 09:37am

ISLAMABAD: Mounting external sector pressures — marked by a 27 percent drop in foreign direct investment, a 5.8...

Country wide, AJK & G-B: As many as 1,308 posts in BISP lying vacant

Published 30 Apr, 2026 06:00am

ISLAMABAD: As many as 1,308 posts or more than 37 percent of the total 3,486 posts in the Benazir Income Support...

‘Pakistan Climate Prosperity Plan’ launched

Published 29 Apr, 2026 05:57am

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday launched the Pakistan Climate Prosperity Plan (CPP), a multi-phase strategy...

TPO placed under FD through amendments to rules of business

Published 29 Apr, 2026 05:57am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has amended Rules of Business, 1973 to officially bring the Tax Policy Office...

Economic Coordination Committee sees price stability

Updated 28 Apr, 2026 08:56am

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Monday noted that inflationary pressures,...

After brief uptick, essential commodity prices begin to ease: ECC told

Published 27 Apr, 2026 04:32pm

ECC emphasised the importance of sustaining efforts to consolidate gains

Cash management framework under strain

Published 24 Apr, 2026 06:40am

EDITORIAL: When parliament enacted the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act 2019, it sought to overhaul a deeply...

Pakistan to renew GMTN, Sukuk programmes to tap global markets

Updated 22 Apr, 2026 11:24pm

The government plans to renew its Global Medium-Term Note (GMTN) and Sukuk TCI programmes for three years to raise...

IMF: Outlining FY27 budget priorities

Updated 22 Apr, 2026 07:57am

EDITORIAL: A representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the government to focus on broadening...

ECC clears Rs9.2bn TSGs

Published 09 Apr, 2026 05:48am

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Wednesday approved technical supplementary...

ECC approves key TSGs; endorses betel nut import reforms

Published 08 Apr, 2026 10:33pm

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet met on Wednesday at the Finance Division under the...

OGRA directed to ensure compliance with data reporting requirements

Published 06 Apr, 2026 11:13pm

Meeting focused on ensuring fuel supply continuity, maintaining market discipline, and strengthening monitoring mechanisms

ECC orders ministries to surrender Rs100bn PSDP cut for PM’s fund

Updated 02 Apr, 2026 09:26am

Allocation to be managed through rationalisation and surrender of PSDP funds by various ministries and divisions

Aurangzeb meets KP CM: Resolution of all legitimate issues pledged

PM Shehbaz directs mobilisation of PSDP resources to meet price differential requirements on petroleum products and to cushion consumers from price volatility

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 1	278.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 1	278.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 1	159.93
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 1	0.79
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 1	1.34
Euro to USD / Jan 1	1.16
SOFR % / Jan 1	3.63

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 1	7,553.68
India Sensex / Jan 1	74,346.17
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	68,402.13
Nasdaq / Jan 1	26,853.97
Hang Seng / Jan 1	25,633.21
FTSE 100 / Jan 1	10,332.30
Dow Jones / Jan 1	50,687.07
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 1	24,795.94
France CAC40 / Jan 1	8,150.42

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Jan 1	381.78
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 1	95.34
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 1	401,030
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 1	4,452.30
Diesel/Litre / Jan 1	380.78
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 1	80.51

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Fid. Leasing / Jun 5 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	7.76 ▲ 1 (14.79%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jun 5 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	8.16 ▲ 1 (13.97%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jun 5 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	8.03 ▲ 0.97 (13.74%)
Paramount Spinning / Jun 5 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	8.41 ▲ 1 (13.5%)
Waves Home Appliances / Jun 5 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	8.98 ▲ 1 (12.53%)
First Capital Equities / Jun 5 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.30 ▲ 0.52 (10.88%)
Merit Packaging / Jun 5 Merit Packaging Limited(MERIT)	10.35 ▲ 1 (10.7%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Jun 5 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
Askari Life Assur. / Jun 5 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	23.28 ▲ 2.12 (10.02%)
Waves Corporation / Jun 5 Waves Corporation Limited(WAVES)	10.98 ▲ 1 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
F.Credit & Inv / Jun 5 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	40.49 ▼ -4.5 (-10%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jun 5 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	66.80 ▼ -7.4 (-9.97%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Jun 5 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	29.96 ▼ -2.48 (-7.64%)
Shams Textile / Jun 5 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	38.17 ▼ -2.48 (-6.1%)
Bela Auto / Jun 5 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	55.85 ▼ -3.14 (-5.32%)
Tandlianwala Sugar / Jun 5 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	385.55 ▼ -19.67 (-4.85%)
Sana Ind / Jun 5 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	39.70 ▼ -2.02 (-4.84%)
Dewan Textile / Jun 5 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	9.65 ▼ -0.48 (-4.74%)
JS Investments / Jun 5 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	40.01 ▼ -1.99 (-4.74%)
Frontier Ceramics / Jun 5 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	75.03 ▼ -3.61 (-4.59%)

Stock	Volume
TPL Properties / Jun 5 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	42,057,629 ▲ 0.57
TPL Corp Ltd / Jun 5 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	41,999,765 ▲ 0.49
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jun 5 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	41,811,517 ▲ 0.9
Beco Steel Ltd / Jun 5 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	26,493,657 ▼ -0.2
Hascol Petrol / Jun 5 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	23,842,888 ▼ -0.01
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 5 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	22,157,441 ▲ 0.08
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	18,104,460 ▲ 0.02
Waves Home Appliances / Jun 5 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	17,319,572 ▲ 1
B.O.Punjab / Jun 5 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	15,286,456 ▼ -0.46
Unity Foods Ltd / Jun 5 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	15,013,265 ▼ -0.11

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