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Foreign debt inflows

Updated 28 Jul, 2025 07:13am

EDITORIAL: Economic Affairs Division (EAD) released data that showed Pakistan’s foreign debt inflows (fresh loans...

Rs8.2trn will be spent on debt servicing

Published 11 Jun, 2025 06:04am

ISLAMABAD: The country will spend around Rs 8.206 trillion on debt servicing including interest payments and ...

Zahid terms foreign debt ‘biggest’ challenge

Published 26 Feb, 2025 07:35am

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

Bulk of Pakistan’s foreign debt repayment for FY25 already repaid: SBP chief

Updated 27 Jan, 2025 09:51pm

Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Jameel Ahmad on Monday said “bulk of” the country’s foreign debt for the...

‘Foreign debt burden has increased to above $130bn’

Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:10am

LAHORE: “Pakistan has been pushed into a Debt Trap; new loans are being acquired to pay the old ones. The foreign...

IMF is here to stay

Updated 20 Jul, 2024 06:00am

The IMF and Pakistani authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on a 37-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF)...

Rs9.775trn to be spent on debt servicing

Published 13 Jun, 2024 03:32am

ISLAMABAD: The country will spend around Rs 9.775 trillion on debt servicing including interest payments and...

I’m not voting

Updated 08 Feb, 2024 08:42pm

None of the top politicians and political parties making promises about free houses and hundreds of electricity...

Sri Lanka raises taxes ahead of foreign debt deal

Published 01 Jan, 2024 10:49am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka slapped a new 18 percent value added tax (VAT) on fuel, mobile phones and computers from Monday...

Shamshad says not in position to entertain any expenditure request

Updated 04 Sep, 2023 09:41am

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Finance Minister, Dr Shamshad Akhtar, has said that lack of fiscal discipline, increasingly...

Sri Lanka to unveil domestic debt restructuring strategy this week

Published 25 Jun, 2023 10:49pm

COLOMBO: Debt-laden Sri Lanka will unveil its domestic debt restructuring strategy this week, central bank chief P....

A catch-22 situation

Published 03 Jun, 2023 03:52am

Pakistan has got itself fully trapped in a catch-22 situation, which is an impossible predicament where you are...

Business community worried over policy rate hike

Published 29 Nov, 2022 07:00am

KARACHI: Leaders and members of the United Business Group (UBG) have expressed their serious concern over the policy...

Around $17bn foreign debt incurred in FY22

Updated 26 Jul, 2022 10:00am

Around $4.9 billion was taken from foreign commercial banks

Stop ‘subsidising’ banks and others

Published 21 Jul, 2022 05:40am

There are several indices that are used across the free world that rank individual countries on measures of economic...

Foreign debt of $13.539bn incurred in 11 months

Updated 29 Jun, 2022 10:30am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan incurred foreign debt of $13.539 billion from multiple financing sources in the first 11 months...

NA approves charged expenditure worth Rs27.886trn

Published 28 Jun, 2022 06:10am

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday approved charged expenditure worth Rs27.886 trillion included in Demands...

India rushes food, medicine to bankrupt Sri Lanka

Published 25 Jun, 2022 01:01am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka accepted a rice and pharmaceuticals shipment from neighbouring India Friday as the island nation...

Increased petrol prices to save economy: PM Shehbaz

Published 29 May, 2022 07:51pm

Says people are facing inflation and unemployment due to flawed policies of PTI government

Over $13bn debt incurred in 10 months: EAD

Updated 24 May, 2022 09:55am

External inflows during the corresponding period (July-April) of fiscal year 2020-21 were $10.195 billion

PTI govt procured $52bn loans; $36.05bn was repaid

Updated 16 May, 2022 11:17am

In contrast, PML-N retired $27.07b in five years with borrowings clocking in at $49.76 billion

July-March 2021-22: Country incurs foreign debt of $12.767bn

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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