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Budget with mixed signals

This is a contractionary budget, aimed at delivering a consolidated fiscal deficit of 3.9 percent of GDP—the ...

Updated 16 Jun, 2025 10:38am

Budget 2025-26

Food sector: PVMA Chairman terms Federal Budget disappointing

KARACHI: Sheikh Umer Rehan, Chairman of the Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (PVMA), has termed the...

Published 14 Jun, 2025 06:04am

Business & Finance

Federal budget not beneficial for industrial sector: UBG

KARACHI: United Business Group (UBG) President Zubair Tufail, Core Committee members Malik Khuda Bakhsh, Syed Mazhar...

Published 13 Jun, 2025 07:07am

Business & Finance

Budget: LCCI urges govt to address concerns ahead of NA debate

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the government to ensure immediate ...

Published 13 Jun, 2025 06:58am

Budget 2025-26

Long-term industrial policy on the anvil

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Industries and Production in close collaboration with all the stakeholders including the...

Updated 13 Jun, 2025 09:36am

Budget 2025-26

Aurangzeb tells Senate body: Govt eyes $2bn loan to boost reserves

ISLAMABAD: Amid expectation of borrowing $2 billion from commercial banks to shore up reserves to $14 billion by the...

Updated 13 Jun, 2025 09:25am

Opinion

Beyond the divide: rethinking federal-provincial collaboration for economic transformation—II

Agriculture, livelihoods, and forests: climate impacts and systemic constraints Agriculture remains the backbone...

Updated 12 Jun, 2025 08:01am

Budget 2025-26

No truths and a lie

If there is one thing governments do really well, it is self-congratulation at minor victories that mask deeper...

Updated 12 Jun, 2025 08:15am

Budget 2025-26

Post-budget press briefing: Govt warns of Rs500bn more revenue steps

Says there is need for enabling amendments and legislation to plug leakages in the system

Updated 12 Jun, 2025 09:37am

Business & Finance

KATI concerned at imposition of 18pc GST on imported solar panels

KARACHI: The President of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), Junaid Naqi, has termed the Federal...

Published 12 Jun, 2025 06:18am

Budget 2025-26

Analysis: More of the same, just tighter

If the tax rate on bank deposit income is increased by one-third, what exactly is bold about this budget? There is ...

Published 11 Jun, 2025 06:04am

Budget 2025-26

Rs17.6trn FY26 Budget unveiled under the shadows of IMF conditions, US tariff tensions and war threat

Federal expenditure cut by a hefty 7%

Published 11 Jun, 2025 06:04am

July-March 2025: LSM experiences 1.5% negative growth

ISLAMABAD: Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) has experienced a negative growth of 1.5 percent during July-March 2025...

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 10:49am

Opinion

Provincial budgets of 2025-26

There is generally a greater focus on the prospects for and likely features of the federal budget in the days before...

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 07:34am

Budget 2025-26

Analysis: Economic Survey

Economic Survey 2024-25, with most data limited to nine months as all previous surveys, emphasized progress...

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 08:38am

Business & Finance

Pakistan agri sector misses growth target in FY25

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s agriculture sector has missed its growth target for the outgoing fiscal year, expanding by...

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 10:47am

Editorials

Economic Survey: an objective survey?

EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb began traditional press conference on the Economic Survey...

Published 10 Jun, 2025 06:07am

Budget 2025-26

Growth target missed: Economic Survey

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday said inflation has significantly declined from 29 percent ...

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 07:30am

Opinion

Fixing budget to unleash growth

Every year, Pakistan’s federal budget arrives with familiar choreography: a frantic scramble for revenue, a...

Updated 07 Jun, 2025 05:46am

Power tariff hike: govt reaches ‘understanding’ with IMF

Both sides agree that any additional financial needs will be met through tariff adjustments, sources say

Updated 07 Jun, 2025 02:40pm

Business & Finance

UBG calls to explore Africa’s vast economic potential

KARACHI: United Business Group (UBG) leaders have stressed the urgent need to explore Africa’s vast economic...

Published 07 Jun, 2025 04:59am

Budget 2025-26

‘Monthly Development Plan’ unveiled: Pakistan upbeat about 4.2pc growth

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal reaffirmed confidence in...

Updated 06 Jun, 2025 02:51pm

Modernising KICT, SAPT: $1bn investment with Hutchison Port Holdings on the anvil

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry, while underscoring the key role of...

Updated 06 Jun, 2025 02:51pm

Opinion

Economic realities and export

While macroeconomic indicators have achieved feeble stability over the past year, on-the-ground conditions remain as...

Updated 05 Jun, 2025 08:12am

Editorials

Budget consultation with IMF

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while speaking to a group of journalists in Peshawar stated that ongoing...

Updated 05 Jun, 2025 07:57am

BR Research

The great myth of ‘crowding out’

Each time the conversation turns to Pakistan’s credit-to-GDP, a familiar chorus follows: the sovereign is crowding...

Published 04 Jun, 2025 03:03am

Budget 2025-26

Budget FY26: APCC proposes historic Rs4.083trn outlay

ISLAMABAD: The Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC) on Monday recommended the highest-ever national development...

Updated 03 Jun, 2025 09:05am

Business & Finance

Pakistan targets FY26 GDP growth of 4.2%: Ahsan Iqbal

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is targeting GDP growth of 4.2% for the financial year 2025-26, the country’s Planning Minister...

Published 02 Jun, 2025 05:41pm

CA balance incorporated: PKR kept artificially undervalued at 282.2 vs $1: Tola

LAHORE: The value of the rupee (PKR) is 249.2/USD after incorporating the Current Account balance of the Jul-April...

Updated 31 May, 2025 09:19am

Opinion

Pakistan’s blue economy: an ocean of missed opportunity

Pakistan’s coastal waters hold the key to a multi-billion-dollar economy; nonetheless, this potential remains...

Published 30 May, 2025 06:47am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 16	283.37
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 16	283.17
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 16	144.74
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 16	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 16	1.36
Euro to USD / Jun 16	1.16
UK LIBOR % / Jun 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 14	5,976.97
Nasdaq / Jun 14	19,406.83
Dow Jones / Jun 14	42,197.79
India Sensex / Jun 16	81,650.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 16	38,314.09
Hang Seng / Jun 16	23,975.22
FTSE 100 / Jun 16	8,884.17
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 16	23,603.27
France CAC40 / Jun 16	7,748.88

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 16	71.77
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 16	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 16	310,613
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 16	3,417.30
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 16	68.02
Petrol/Litre / Jun 17	258.43
Diesel/Litre / Jun 17	262.59

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 16 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	3.93 ▲ 1 (34.13%)
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 16 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	4.39 ▲ 1 (29.5%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jun 16 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	4.48 ▲ 1 (28.74%)
Cresent Jute / Jun 16 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.57 ▲ 1 (28.01%)
Unicap Modaraba / Jun 16 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	4.60 ▲ 0.95 (26.03%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 16 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	3.85 ▲ 0.79 (25.82%)
Shaheen Ins. / Jun 16 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	5.67 ▲ 0.92 (19.37%)
Media Times Ltd / Jun 16 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	3.21 ▲ 0.5 (18.45%)
Equity Modaraba / Jun 16 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.86 ▲ 0.58 (17.68%)
LSE Capital / Jun 16 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.37 ▲ 0.9 (16.45%)

Stock	Price
Intermarket Securities / Jun 16 Intermarket Securities Limited(IMS)	5.82 ▼ -51.44 (-89.84%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 16 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	17,000.19 ▼ -1888.91 (-10%)
Pakgen Power / Jun 16 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	263.77 ▼ -29.31 (-10%)
Khyber Textile / Jun 16 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	1,615.10 ▼ -179.45 (-10%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 16 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	27.62 ▼ -3.07 (-10%)
Faisal Sp. / Jun 16 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	299.22 ▼ -30.74 (-9.32%)
Apna Microfin. / Jun 16 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.70 ▼ -0.96 (-8.23%)
GOC (Pak) / Jun 16 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	73.72 ▼ -5.38 (-6.8%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jun 16 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	24.16 ▼ -1.54 (-5.99%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jun 16 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	40.60 ▼ -2.37 (-5.52%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 16 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	267,081,176 ▲ 0.17
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 16 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	92,031,551 ▲ 1
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 16 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	86,020,335 ▲ 0.79
Kohinoor Spining / Jun 16 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	73,827,515 ▲ 0.48
Media Times Ltd / Jun 16 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	56,419,406 ▲ 0.5
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jun 16 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	43,086,504 ▲ 1.78
Sui South Gas / Jun 16 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	37,905,727 ▲ 1.76
Dewan Cement / Jun 16 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	29,277,399 ▲ 1.11
Cnergyico PK / Jun 16 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	23,084,256 ▼ -0.06
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 16 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	22,313,740 ▲ 0.04

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