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Govt projects Rs28.647trn in financing needs for FY27

Published 30 Sep, 2026 05:49am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has projected gross financing needs of Rs28.647 trillion for fiscal year 2026-27,...

IMF programme’s fourth review

Updated 29 Sep, 2026 06:08am

The fourth review of the IMF Extended Fund Facility and the Resilience and Sustainability Facility is to commence...

Pakistan’s investors still waiting for a reason to believe

Updated 28 Sep, 2026 05:56am

Pakistan’s macroeconomic turnaround over the past three years is real. Foreign exchange buffers have been rebuilt,...

The economy of waiting

Published 23 Sep, 2026 06:05am

Sometimes Pakistan loses an opportunity not by saying no, but by taking too long to say yes. What does an economy...

Macroeconomic stability: minister outlines progress

Published 19 Sep, 2026 04:55am

Pakistan's Finance Minister listed six priorities including macroeconomic stability, export-led growth, structural reforms, aid-to-trade shift, financial inclusion, and blockchain-driven digital economy

State of the economy: a mixed picture

Updated 19 Sep, 2026 05:30am

EDITORIAL: Recent data releases indicate a marked improvement in critical macroeconomic indicators that reinforce...

Immovable property

Updated 14 Sep, 2026 06:04am

EDITORIAL: According to a report carried by this newspaper recently, withholding tax collection by FBR from...

Centre–province relations under the Chinese Constitution

Published 10 Sep, 2026 06:20am

Constitutions of countries provide for the federal/unitary systems, and define the principles for central,...

Fiscal reforms’ missing piece

Updated 09 Sep, 2026 06:33am

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s recent assurance that the government will “stay the course” on...

Pakistan absorbed Hormuz shock more effectively than 2022 oil crisis: Moody’s

Updated 08 Sep, 2026 01:36pm

Moody's analyst credited that resilience to gains built up before the disruption began

MoF working on rupee-denominated, dollar-settled bond: Aurangzeb

Published 05 Sep, 2026 05:20am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Friday said the Ministry of Finance was working on a...

Aurangzeb says govt will ‘stay the course’ on fiscal reforms

Published 04 Sep, 2026 05:29am

ISLAMABAD: “The government will ‘stay the course’ on fiscal reforms, with full political ownership of the agenda,...

World Bank plans package to support transition to investment-led growth

Published 03 Sep, 2026 05:39am

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank is preparing a USD 300 million financing package to support Pakistan’s transition from...

OICCI pushes Pakistan to strengthen climate resilience

Updated 01 Sep, 2026 06:46am

KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has expressed deep sorrow over the...

Optimism voiced about growth prospects

Published 01 Sep, 2026 04:49am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday cautioned that the ongoing Middle East conflict has...

The ebbing of foreign investment inflows

Updated 01 Sep, 2026 05:49am

The statistics released by the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) on foreign private investment inflows, direct and...

Ahsan eyes USD1trn economy by 2035

Updated 29 Aug, 2026 09:27am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said Pakistan has set the...

Transporters are not holding Pakistan hostage — policy failure is!

Published 29 Aug, 2026 05:25am

An opinion article “When transporters hold Pakistan hostage,” published in Business Recorder on August 21, raises an...

Budgetary outcomes of provincial govts

Published 25 Aug, 2026 04:54am

The four Provincial governments of Pakistan combined account for a sizeable part of the consolidated public...

Debt and GDP

Updated 24 Aug, 2026 04:13am

Current expenditure, estimated at 16.2 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) July-June 2025-26, comprising over 93...

Pakistan should borrow long while its stock is high

Updated 24 Aug, 2026 04:09am

Pakistan’s external accounts have absorbed a war without breaking. Nearly six months into the conflict between Iran...

Jul C/A deficit narrows 38pc YoY

Published 19 Aug, 2026 04:48am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s current account deficit narrowed by 38 percent year-on-year (YoY) during the first month of the...

Positive fiscal outcome of 2025-26

Updated 18 Aug, 2026 05:28am

The information on fiscal operations in Pakistan in 2025-26 was released last week by the Federal Ministry of...

Cost of fiscal stability

Published 18 Aug, 2026 05:07am

EDITORIAL: Since 2022, all budgets have been presented under the premiership of Shehbaz Sharif. The report card is...

From rupture to renewal: reclaiming the promise of 1947

Updated 14 Aug, 2026 07:03am

As Pakistan marks its 80th Independence Day this August 14 (today), standard government celebrations offer a...

Fiscal deficit falls to 22-year low in FY26

Updated 14 Aug, 2026 09:03am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s fiscal deficit fell to a 22-year low of 2.6 percent of GDP in fiscal year 2025-26, supported...

S&P explains how Pakistan's rating can be improved

Updated 14 Aug, 2026 04:00pm

S&P Global Ratings upgraded Pakistan’s long-term sovereign credit rating to ‘B’ from ‘B-’ on July 22

Govt debt stock rises by Rs5.7trn in FY26

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 29	277.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 29	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 28	3.90

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 29	7,670.84
Nasdaq / Sep 29	26,797.54
Dow Jones / Sep 29	51,349.92
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,729.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,728.56
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,534.37
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,714.17
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,546.29
France CAC40 / Sep 30	8,055.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 29	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 29	374,945
Petrol/Litre / Sep 30	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Diesel/Litre / Sep 30	402.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Sep 30 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.73 ▲ 0.77 (15.52%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Sep 30 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	20.41 ▲ 1.86 (10.03%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Sep 30 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.57 ▲ 1.51 (10.03%)
Sindh Modaraba / Sep 30 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	33.28 ▲ 3.03 (10.02%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Sep 30 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	26.38 ▲ 2.4 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Sep 30 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	113.96 ▲ 10.36 (10%)
Dadex Eternit / Sep 30 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	150.32 ▲ 13.67 (10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Sep 30 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	29.04 ▲ 2.64 (10%)
Oilboy Energy / Sep 30 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	18.59 ▲ 1.69 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ashfaq Textile / Sep 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	50.57 ▼ -5.62 (-10%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Sep 30 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	118.83 ▼ -13.16 (-9.97%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Sep 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.25 ▼ -1.15 (-9.27%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Sep 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	918.13 ▼ -92.07 (-9.11%)
Pakistan Services / Sep 30 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,019.63 ▼ -99.15 (-8.86%)
Mandviwala / Sep 30 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	77.07 ▼ -7.14 (-8.48%)
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	23.41 ▼ -1.84 (-7.29%)
D.M. Corporation / Sep 30 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	165.33 ▼ -11.63 (-6.57%)
Cordoba Logistics / Sep 30 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	28.32 ▼ -1.94 (-6.41%)
EMCO Industries / Sep 30 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	32.10 ▼ -1.93 (-5.67%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Sep 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,446,994 ▲ 0.11
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	58,387,095 ▲ 0.77
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Sep 30 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	50,882,891 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Sep 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,308,841 ▲ 0.03
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Sep 30 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	21,823,804 ▲ 1.27
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 30 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	17,873,579 ▲ 0.1
Pak Refinery / Sep 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,817,038 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,431,935 ▼ -0.01
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	16,575,953 ▼ -1.84
F. Nat.Equities / Sep 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	14,238,200 ▲ 0

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