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1,000 items: expert underscores need for withdrawing GST

LAHORE: Renowned economist and academician Dr Qais Aslam has advised the government to withdraw General Sales Tax...

Published 14 May, 2022 04:05am

Opinion

Burgeoning fiscal deficit

The information on fiscal operations during the first three quarters of 2021-22 has been released recently by the...

Published 10 May, 2022 05:10am

BR Research

Fiscal turmoil: slipping out of hand

The fiscal deficit is slipping fast amidst drying fiscal financing options for the government. Government cash...

Published 29 Apr, 2022 09:47am

Business & Finance

With progress in IMF talks, external sector to stabilise gradually: expert

KARACHI: With progress made in talks between the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan’s...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 06:11am

Nine months: fiscal deficit stands at 4pc of GDP

ISLAMABAD: The country’s overall fiscal deficit during the first three quarters of the current fiscal year –...

Updated 27 Apr, 2022 10:44am

Opinion

Economy: sanity must prevail

Times are tough. The fiscal deficit is slipping, and the circular debt is growing due to growing energy prices...

Published 25 Apr, 2022 05:42am

Govt may increase fiscal deficit to Rs5,600bn to discredit PTI: Tarin

ISLAMABAD: Leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former finance minister Shaukat Tarin on Wednesday said the...

Updated 21 Apr, 2022 10:44am

BR Research

Wanted: Shehbaz speed in Islamabad

Stocks, bonds, and currency markets rallied soon after the new government took office. Markets were jittery due to...

Published 13 Apr, 2022 08:09am

Business & Finance

Budget deficit to balloon to Rs5.6tr in FY22, says Miftah as he slams PTI's economic policies

In press conference on Tuesday, PML-N leader says adding amount of supplementary grant would take deficit's total to Rs6.4tr

Updated 12 Apr, 2022 10:13pm

Opinion

Economic outlook for 2021-22

The motivation for this article lies in the macroeconomic projections for 2021-22 contained in the Annual Report for...

Updated 30 Nov, 2021 06:26am

Provincial surplus helps government contain Q1 fiscal deficit

Growth responsiveness to stimulus package more than anticipated, economy likely to surpass the annual growth target by a fair margin

Updated 27 Nov, 2021 12:18pm

BR Research

GDP rebase long overdue

The talk of the town in economic circles right now is that Pakistan’s total debt and liabilities stock has crossed...

Published 26 Nov, 2021 06:34am

Opinion

Budgetary outlay in Q1 of FY22

The information on fiscal operations during the first quarter of 2021-22 of the Federal and the provincial...

Updated 16 Nov, 2021 10:43am

MoF update, outlook: Jul-Aug fiscal deficit stands at 0.9pc of GDP

ISLAMABAD: The fiscal deficit during the first two months of the current fiscal year (Jul-Aug 2022) was recorded at...

Updated 29 Oct, 2021 01:55pm

Rs2.983trn fiscal deficit financed through domestic debt

ISLAMABAD: The federal government mainly relied on domestic borrowing (debt market) to finance the fiscal deficit...

Updated 02 Oct, 2021 09:55am

Business & Finance

Resolving issues raised by traders can help govt contain fiscal deficit: Senator Talha

KARACHI: Senator Muhammad Talha Mahmood Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance has said that the...

Published 20 Sep, 2021 05:23am

BR Research

Reining the fiscal deficit in

The fiscal performance in FY21 remained largely in line with expectations – the consolidated deficit stood at 7.1...

Published 30 Aug, 2021 07:25am

BR Research

High hopes for PSDP

One of the highlights of the FY22 federal budget is the massive hike in the federal Public Sector Development ...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:30am

Editorials

Boosting exports

EDITORIAL: It’s no surprise that the government is extremely keen to promote exports and is striving to provide ...

Published 29 May, 2021 03:59am

Economy to have sustainable, inclusive growth: MoF

ISLAMABAD: The government Friday said the economic growth of 3.94 percent for the outgoing fiscal year would bring...

Published 29 May, 2021 03:59am

BR Research

9MFY21 scorecard: tricky waters ahead?

The consolidated fiscal deficit stood at Rs1.65 trillion (3.6% of GDP) in 9MFY21 as compared to Rs1.69 (3.8% of GDP)...

Updated 17 May, 2021 10:17am

Pakistan

Fiscal deficit contained at 3.5 percent in 8 months

The total expenditures grew by 1.3 percent to Rs.4132 billion during July-February, FY2021 as compared to Rs.4079 billion last year.

Updated 28 Apr, 2021 07:18pm

Jul-Feb period: Fiscal deficit stands at 3.5pc: MoF

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry Tuesday said that despite higher mark-up payments and Covid-related expenditures, ...

Updated 28 Apr, 2021 09:29am

Govt revises growth estimate upward to nearly 3pc of GDP

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved itys budget strategy paper for the next fiscal year, envisaging 4.2...

Updated 14 Apr, 2021 11:07am

Pakistan

Fiscal deficit contained at 2.5pc of GDP in first half of FY21

For the Financial Year 2020-21, the overall fiscal deficit was projected at 7.0 percent of the GDP.

Published 11 Mar, 2021 05:55pm

NA told: Debt-to-GDP ratio may soar to 87pc by end-FY21

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Monday informed the National Assembly that the debt-to-GDP ratio...

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 09:41am

FY21 fiscal deficit projected at 7pc of GDP

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has informed the National Assembly, on Monday that the federal fiscal deficit was ...

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 09:41am

IMF wants deeper reforms to unblock Ukraine aid

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Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.99 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	270.01 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	78.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	641.75 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	10.15 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / May 24 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	83.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.99 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	270.01 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	78.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	641.75 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	10.15 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / May 24 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	83.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 20	200.20
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 20	199.80
USD to Japanese Yen / May 20	127.88
USD to Swiss Franc / May 20	0.97
Pound Sterling to USD / May 20	1.25
Euro to USD / May 20	1.06
UK LIBOR % / May 20	0.82

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 20	3901.36
India Sensex / May 20	54326.39
Tokyo Nikkei / May 20	26739.03
Nasdaq / May 20	11354.62
Hang Seng / May 20	20717.24
FTSE 100 / May 20	7389.98
Dow Jones / May 20	31261.90
Germany DAX 30 / May 20	13981.91
France CAC40 / May 20	6285.24

Item	Value
Crude Oil / May 20	113.23
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / May 20	21180.00
Gold 10 Grams / May 20	115200.00
Gold Spot / May 20	1846.50
Cotton / May 20	125.18

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