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Timing of needed decisions critical

EDITORIAL: The PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz), occupying nearly all economic-related ministries, barring...

Published 30 Nov, 2022 05:53am

Opinion

Imbalanced balance of payments

There has been appreciation of the success achieved in bringing down the current account deficit in the external...

Published 29 Nov, 2022 06:36am

IMF, govt begin virtual engagement

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have started virtual discussions for the ninth review...

Updated 29 Nov, 2022 09:46am

Business & Finance

Pakistan to repay $1bn bond on Dec 2: SBP chief

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will repay a $1 billion international bond on Dec 2, three days before its due date, the...

Published 26 Nov, 2022 04:13am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves up by $75.2m

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves rose by $ 75.2 million during last week. According ...

Updated 18 Nov, 2022 09:28am

Editorials

Enough dollar reserves?

EDITORIAL: Governor State Bank of Pakistan Jameel Ahmed while speaking to media on the sidelines of a ceremony at ...

Published 16 Nov, 2022 05:50am

Sufficient forex stocks available: SBP

KARACHI: Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Jameel Ahmad has said that the State bank has sufficient stocks of...

Updated 15 Nov, 2022 09:45am

Markets

Pakistan’s perceived default risk rises significantly

5-year CDS has increased from 2,208bps to 6,419bps in one month, says brokerage house

Updated 14 Nov, 2022 08:42pm

Business & Finance

Forex reserves down $958m in a week

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves fell sharply $958 million in a week due to external...

Published 11 Nov, 2022 05:54am

Business & Finance

SBP’s reserves up $1.5bn on ADB inflows

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.5 billion during last week due to...

Published 04 Nov, 2022 06:08am

Business & Finance

BMP for revisiting trade, immigration policies

LAHORE: Raising questions on the poor mechanisms to ensure dollars availability, the Federation of Pakistan Chambers...

Published 29 Oct, 2022 05:55am

Markets

Open market sees massive shortage of USD

KARACHI: Consumers were left running from pillar to post as the open market ran massively short of US dollars on...

Updated 25 Oct, 2022 11:11am

Markets

No major weekly change: SBP-held foreign exchange reserves stand at $7.6bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) recorded no major change on a weekly basis,...

Published 20 Oct, 2022 09:34pm

Forex reserves fall by $342m

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves further fell by $342 million due to external debt...

Published 14 Oct, 2022 03:39am

Opinion

How this govt helped country avert sovereign default

In April of this year, when Mian Shehbaz Sharif became prime minister and appointed me as finance minister, Pakistan...

Updated 11 Oct, 2022 09:01pm

Opinion

Major negative developments

The downgrading of Pakistan’s credit rating by Moody’s from B3 to Caa1 comes as a big shock. The credit rating...

Published 11 Oct, 2022 05:54am

Business & Finance

SBP’s reserves fall by $106m

KARACHI: The total liquid foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decreased by $106...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 05:59am

Markets

Alarming level: SBP-held foreign exchange reserves decline $106mn to $7.9bn

Central bank says decrease due to external debt, other payments

Updated 06 Oct, 2022 11:09pm

Pakistan

SBP to soon complete probe into alleged forex manipulation by banks: spokesperson

Investigations are being carried out by the regulator and results might come soon, says Abid Qamar

Published 05 Oct, 2022 07:52pm

Opinion

Old wine in old bottles

Reports indicate that Ishaq Dar’s selling point in being reappointed as the country’s finance minister for the...

Published 03 Oct, 2022 06:16am

Speculators won’t be allowed to play with PKR: Dar

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar Wednesday said the market...

Updated 29 Sep, 2022 10:13am

Opinion

The pledges versus reality

Pakistan at present not only requires 36 to 42 billion dollars (the former figure cited by the International ...

Published 26 Sep, 2022 06:07am

Business & Finance

BMP supports UN stance on Pakistan’s debt burden

LAHORE :The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) has fully backed...

Published 26 Sep, 2022 06:07am

Apparently on PM’s debt relief plea: Pakistan’s dollar bonds plunge

KARACHI: Pakistan’s dollar bond maturing in 2022 fell by 12 percent on Friday whereas dollar bond maturing in 2024...

Updated 24 Sep, 2022 10:12am

Business & Finance

In its latest report, 'Asian Development Review', lender says in the wake of population growth, urbanisation, and industrialisation, the availability of arable land and water facing intense pressure from non-farm uses in Pakistan

Updated 20 Sep, 2022 09:14am

Editorials

Friendly countries aid fatigue

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while addressing a lawyers’ convention in Islamabad, acknowledged that...

Published 19 Sep, 2022 05:45am

Markets

Saudi Fund for Development confirms rollover of $3bn deposit maturing on Dec 5 for 1 year: SBP

Deposit is placed with SBP and part of its forex reserves

Updated 18 Sep, 2022 07:16pm

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves decline $176mn to $8.62bn

Central bank says decrease due to external debt, other payments

Published 15 Sep, 2022 07:21pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 23	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 23	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 23	154.85
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 23	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 23	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 23	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 22	5010.60
Nasdaq / Apr 22	15451.31
Dow Jones / Apr 22	38239.98
India Sensex / Apr 23	73884.02
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 23	37552.16
Hang Seng / Apr 23	16828.93
FTSE 100 / Apr 23	8045.70
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 23	17967.18

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 19	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 22	213220
Petrol/Litre / Apr 23	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 23	82.41
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 23	2301.86
Diesel/Litre / Apr 23	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 23 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 23 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 23 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 23 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 23 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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