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Foreign currency requirement for taming inflation

In the year 2016 an operational limit to the debt-ceiling was introduced whereby the annual federal deficit...

Updated 30 Nov, 2023 05:17am

Business & Finance

Foreign currency deals during 2021, 2022: FBR to impose 40pc additional tax on windfall profits of banks

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will shortly issue a statutory regulatory order (SRO) to impose 40...

Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am

Markets

Open-market: rupee registers gain against US dollar

Updated 16 Nov, 2023 05:35pm

Business & Finance

Windfall income of banks: SRO will be issued to impose 40pc additional tax

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will issue a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) to impose 40 percent...

Published 16 Nov, 2023 05:39am

BR Research

Remittance respite

Remittances to the country stood at $2.5 billion in October 2023, which is 9.6 percent up from the previous month...

Published 13 Nov, 2023 06:47am

Pakistan

Torkham border: smuggling of foreign currency foiled

PESHAWAR: Customs authorities have foiled smuggling of foreign currency in two different operations at Torkham...

Published 13 Nov, 2023 06:31am

Markets

Japanese rubber futures up

SINGAPORE; Japanese rubber futures rose to a two-week high on Friday, buoyed by a softer yen and yuan, although...

Published 12 Nov, 2023 03:14am

Business & Finance

Discos’ infrastructure: Significant investment needed: ADB

ISLAMABAD: Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said that significant investment is required in critical infrastructure...

Published 02 Nov, 2023 03:15am

PPIB urges SBP to clear $700m dues of power projects

ISLAMABAD: Private Power & Infrastructure Board (PPIB) has urged State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to clear pending...

Updated 02 Oct, 2023 10:00am

Markets

Open-market: rupee improves slightly against US dollar

Quoted at 296 for selling and 293 for buying purposes, according to ECAP data

Updated 21 Sep, 2023 05:57pm

Markets

Open-market: rupee slips lower against US dollar

Settles at 297 and 294 on Wednesday, according to ECAP data

Updated 20 Sep, 2023 05:51pm

BR Research

Banks’ entry into retail forex: need of the hour

Earlier this week, banks presidents had a meeting with finance minister, governor SBP, and a senior officer of an...

Updated 20 Sep, 2023 10:27am

Editorials

Forex market has lost its moorings?

EDITORIAL: There was too much chaos in multiple forex markets in the last few days and weeks. It all started with ...

Published 08 Sep, 2023 06:01am

Pakistan

FIA recovers foreign currency

PESHAWAR: FIA Commercial Banking Circle Peshawar on Saturday arrested three suspects involved in the illegal ...

Published 27 Aug, 2023 03:05am

Business & Finance

Interbank, open market: Import of cash USD to help narrow rate differences: expert

KARACHI: The permission of import of cash US dollars by Exchange Companies (ECs) will increase the dollar inflows...

Updated 27 Jul, 2023 09:23am

Opinion

Inward forex cash flows: from 2023-24 to 2027-28

The IMF (International Monetary Fund) issued ‘Request For Stand-By Arrangement’ in July 2023. The IMF has again...

Updated 25 Jul, 2023 07:01am

Opinion

The cost of anti-export bias

Our country in general and our bureaucracy in particular have a strange bias against exports and a particular...

Published 13 Jun, 2023 06:00am

Business & Finance

Chief Collector Customs (South) visits KATI ‘Efforts on to solve problems of business community on priority’

KARACHI: Chief Collector Customs (South) Ashad Javed has said that the industry is currently going through a...

Published 13 Jun, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

Tax on undistributable reserves: disclosure in financial statements

The issue under consideration is the accounting disclosure for the portion of the revenue reserves that are declared...

Published 02 Jun, 2023 03:56am

Country receives $15.4bn in financing during Jul-Apr

ISLAMABAD: The country received $15.4 billion in financing during the first 10 months (July-April) of the current...

Updated 21 May, 2023 03:24pm

Business & Finance

Egypt inflation seen hitting all-time high in March

CAIRO: Egypt’s headline inflation rate is set to hit an all-time high in March, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday,...

Published 10 Apr, 2023 06:45am

Business & Finance

Moody’s lowers local, foreign currency issuer, unsecured debt ratings to Caa3

ISLAMABAD: Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) has downgraded the government of Pakistan’s local and foreign...

Published 01 Mar, 2023 06:21am

Opinion

Outsourcing govt borrowing!

On Friday Feb 24, a news report appeared in this newspaper that the ministry of finance (MoF) is working on a plan ...

Published 27 Feb, 2023 06:17am

Business & Finance

SC asks govt to curb currency smuggling

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court directed the federal government to take measures to control the smuggling of foreign...

Published 11 Feb, 2023 06:20am

Editorials

Forex woes

EDITORIAL: Total foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) further declined to 3.08967...

Published 08 Feb, 2023 06:37am

Opinion

At crossroads

Perhaps, no reader will be surprised with the caption of this piece. This heading has acquired the status of a...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am

Business & Finance

SBP orders dealers to facilitate IT, ITeS exporters

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan has directed authorised dealers to swiftly facilitate IT and ITeS exporters,...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am

Opinion

Misplaced mercantilism and the case for domestic markets

We are being told that the economy of Pakistan is in absolute free fall. Allegedly, the dominos of economic doom are...

Updated 25 Jan, 2023 06:46am

Pakistan

Passenger held for carrying excessive foreign currency

KARACHI: The Customs officials on Monday recovered substantial quantity of foreign currency from a passenger,...

Published 24 Jan, 2023 06:06am

Opinion

FDI: disastrous policies

This writer has been writing following in response to the news that the Government of Pakistan is considering...

Published 11 Jan, 2023 06:33am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.85 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	501.13 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	85.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	481.25 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	10.53 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Dec 3 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	96.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.85 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	501.13 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	85.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	481.25 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	10.53 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Dec 3 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	96.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
Maple Leaf Cement / Dec 3 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	43,072,746 ▲ 0.00
Pak Elektron / Dec 3 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	39,797,114 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Fert Bin / Dec 3 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited(FFBL)	27,568,000 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Cement / Dec 3 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	27,255,000 ▲ 0.00
Hum Network / Dec 3 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	22,004,000 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,256,413 ▲ 0.00
D.G.K.Cement / Dec 3 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	14,240,764 ▲ 0.00
Air Link Com. / Dec 3 Air Link Communication Limited(AIRLINK)	13,542,140 ▲ 0.00
Dewan Cement / Dec 3 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	12,062,500 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	10,296,343 ▲ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 1	285.15
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 1	284.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 1	146.82
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 1	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 1	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 1	1.09
UK LIBOR % / Dec 1	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 1	4594.63
India Sensex / Dec 1	67481.19
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 1	33431.51
Nasdaq / Dec 1	14305.03
Hang Seng / Dec 1	16830.30
FTSE 100 / Dec 1	7529.35
Dow Jones / Dec 1	36245.50
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 1	16397.52
France CAC40 / Dec 1	7346.15

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 1	74.07
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 1	17235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 1	189043
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 1	2072.22
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 1	79.42

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