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Large ministries, divisions: Cabinet discusses possibility of initiating hybrid system

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has reportedly discussed possibility of starting hybrid system in the larger...

Updated 11 Jan, 2022 09:30am

Tarin lays copy of ‘mini-budget’ in Senate amid uproar

ISLAMABAD: Amidst hullabaloo triggered by opposition’s protest, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Tuesday laid a...

Updated 05 Jan, 2022 10:40am

‘Mini-budget’ approved by Cabinet

The government aims to raise billions of rupees by withdrawing the sales tax exemptions so that all sectors pay a uniform 17% levy new duties and revise tax collection target

Updated 31 Dec, 2021 09:38am

Govt tables Supplementary Finance, SBP bills

ISLAMABAD: Amid ruckus and uproar by opposition parties, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Thursday laid the Finance...

Updated 31 Dec, 2021 10:17am

Opinion

Growth versus stabilization

Dr Hafeez Sheikh, twice dismissed as the country’s finance minister, made a distinction between stabilisation and...

Published 27 Dec, 2021 06:45am

Tarin to launch new brokers’ regime

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to PM on Finance Shaukat Tarin will officially launch Pakistan’s first Professional Clearing...

Updated 26 Nov, 2021 12:25pm

Opinion

Waiting for aid pledges

There are two major foreign exchange inflows, read borrowing, expected as per several senior cabinet members...

Published 22 Nov, 2021 05:31am

Opinion

IMF: capitulation?

Shaukat Tarin, since his appointment on 16 April 2021 as Finance Minister, has repeatedly pledged that he would...

Updated 18 Oct, 2021 02:32pm

Pakistan

Circular debt reason behind increase in power tariff: Hammad

Energy minister says hike to be applicable from November 1

Updated 15 Oct, 2021 08:50pm

GST collection by FBR, SRB: PBC seeks clarity from Tarin

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has approached Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin for clarity apropos,...

Updated 13 Oct, 2021 09:47am

Markets

Japan's outgoing finmin Aso said he urged BOJ to lower inflation target

TOKYO: Japan's outgoing finance minister, Taro Aso, said on Monday he had proposed lowering the central bank's 2%...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 10:47am

Tarin for allowing import of 50,000MT of sugar despite opposition

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin is said to have decided to allow import of 50,000 tons of sugar despite...

Updated 04 Oct, 2021 09:46am

Pakistan

Over 700 Pakistanis named in ICIJ's 'Pandora Papers'

Finance minister Shaukat Tarin, PTI Senator Faisal Vawda among those named
Tarin clarifies position on Twitter
PM Imran says 'all citizens mentioned in Pandora Papers' to be investigated

Updated 04 Oct, 2021 12:16am

Tourism-related projects: Tarin asks planning ministry to work out EIRR, FRR

Finance minister discusses "Construction of Dir Motorway" project submitted by KPK under CPEC

Updated 28 Sep, 2021 09:16am

Power projects: Banks are put off financing by rising circular debt

Circular debt has reached Rs2.327 trillion as of August 31, 2021
Power Division is even unable to make due payments to Chinese companies that have established power projects in Pakistan

Updated 27 Sep, 2021 10:29am

Opinion

MPS: three observations

On 20 September 2021 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced its decision to raise the discount rate by 25 basis...

Published 27 Sep, 2021 05:51am

Business & Finance

Japanese finance minister says meeting budget target may take more time

A winner of the race is effectively assured to become a new prime minister given the ruling bloc's majority in the powerful lower house of parliament

Published 21 Sep, 2021 11:26am

Editorials

Governance in the energy sector

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has asked the Ministry of Energy to adopt "forward planning" while dealing...

Published 13 Sep, 2021 05:46am

Economic forecasting: Tarin asks MoC to take great care

Finance minister asks ministry to conduct a sensitivity analysis and build scenarios for effective forecasting of both imports as well as exports

Updated 07 Sep, 2021 09:27am

Editorials

FBR's prize scheme

EDITORIAL: It's quite the season for innovation in Islamabad as the government does all sorts of somersaults to get...

Published 07 Sep, 2021 06:25am

Opinion

Significance of Planning Commission

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin, after four months in office, announced, in the presence of...

Published 04 Sep, 2021 06:04am

Misuse of RLNG supply: Body formed to make recommendations to ECC

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has constituted an inter-ministerial committee to deliberate on the issue...

Updated 23 Aug, 2021 10:26am

Power and gas: ECC may extend concessional tariffs to industry today

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet which is scheduled to meet on Monday (Aug 16) is...

Updated 16 Aug, 2021 10:49am

Editorials

Global liquidity booster

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin in his most recent press conference revealed that the International...

Published 16 Aug, 2021 05:59am

World

UK PM reverses plan to skip quarantine after Covid-19 exposure

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak will both self-isolate in line with...

Published 19 Jul, 2021 06:17am

Pakistan

Matsuda tells Tarin: Japan focusing on developing export base

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, Kuninori Matsuda said Wednesday that his country was focusing on...

Published 15 Jul, 2021 04:03am

Markets

Indonesia finmin sees 4-5% GDP growth in H2 under moderate coronavirus scenario

If the restrictions are relatively longer and COVID (cases) remain high

Published 05 Jul, 2021 10:07am

Pakistan

National Assembly approves amended Finance Bill 2021

Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin says focus remains on agriculture sector
Roadmap made to lift 4 million households out of poverty, adds Tarin

Published 29 Jun, 2021 07:55pm

Pakistan

Tax relief extended to cars up to 1,000cc, says Tarin

Finance minister says mobile phone calls longer than five minutes will now be taxed at Rs0.75
Announces reduction in tax rates for REITs and dairy sector

Updated 25 Jun, 2021 03:51pm

Pakistan

Punjab govt establishes ‘Sahulat Bazaar Authority’

LAHORE: Punjab Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakhat said that the government established Sahulat Bazaar Authority in...

Published 21 Jun, 2021 03:43am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dewan Sugar / Jul 1 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	2.99 ▲ 0.80 (36.53%)
Yousuf Weaving / Jul 1 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	5.51 ▲ 0.56 (11.31%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jul 1 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	8.90 ▲ 0.90 (11.25%)
Azgard Nine / Jul 1 Azgard Nine Limited(ANL)	11.28 ▲ 1.00 (9.73%)
Tri-Star Power / Jul 1 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	3.79 ▲ 0.29 (8.29%)
Sanofi-Aventis / Jul 1 Sanofi-Aventis Pakistan Limited(SAPL)	1148.48 ▲ 80.12 (7.50%)
Bolan Casting / Jul 1 Bolan Castings Limited(BCL)	53.55 ▲ 3.73 (7.49%)
K.S.B.Pumps / Jul 1 KSB Pumps Company Limited(KSBP)	142.14 ▲ 9.91 (7.49%)
MithchellsFruit / Jul 1 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	91.69 ▲ 6.39 (7.49%)
Allawasaya Tex / Jul 1 Allawasaya Tex. & Finishing Mills Ltd(AWTX)	1525.00 ▲ 106.00 (7.47%)

Stock	Price
F.Treet Manuf / Jul 1 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	9.78 ▲ -1.00 (-9.28%)
Husein Sug.Convert.Pref. / Jul 1 Husein Sugar Mills Ltd Convertible Preference Shares(HSMCPS)	4.99 ▲ -0.51 (-9.27%)
AEL Textile / Jul 1 AEL Textile Limited(AEL)	12.95 ▲ -1.05 (-7.50%)
Ellcot Spinning / Jul 1 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	150.77 ▲ -12.22 (-7.50%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 1 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	31.21 ▲ -2.53 (-7.50%)
Bank Of Khyber / Jul 1 The Bank of Khyber(BOK)	13.92 ▲ -1.08 (-7.20%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Jul 1 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	10.16 ▲ -0.77 (-7.04%)
Kohinoor Mills / Jul 1 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	25.00 ▲ -1.75 (-6.54%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Jul 1 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	7.50 ▲ -0.44 (-5.54%)
Quice Food / Jul 1 Quice Food Industries Limited(QUICE)	3.82 ▲ -0.19 (-4.74%)

Stock	Volume
Agritech Limited / Jul 1 Agritech Limited(AGL)	9,614,500 ▼ 0.00
Yousuf Weaving / Jul 1 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	5,016,500 ▼ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Jul 1 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	4,705,000 ▼ 0.00
G3 Technologies / Jul 1 G3 Technologies Limited(GTECH)	4,358,000 ▼ 0.00
Azgard Nine / Jul 1 Azgard Nine Limited(ANL)	4,332,500 ▼ 0.00
TPL Properties / Jul 1 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	3,891,837 ▼ 0.00
Sui North Gas / Jul 1 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	2,448,092 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	2,072,000 ▼ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Jul 1 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	2,010,000 ▼ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	1,717,062 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 30	204.90
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 30	204.70
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 30	135.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 30	0.96
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 30	1.21
Euro to USD / Jun 30	1.05
UK LIBOR % / Jun 30	1.57

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 30	3785.38
India Sensex / Jun 30	53018.94
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 30	26186.80
Nasdaq / Jun 30	11028.73
Hang Seng / Jun 30	21859.79
FTSE 100 / Jun 30	7169.28
Dow Jones / Jun 30	30775.43
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 30	12783.77
France CAC40 / Jun 30	5922.86

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 30	106.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 30	18180.00
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 30	120000.00
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 30	1805.60
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 30	97.14

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