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GDP growth rate

Expectations from a development state

Published 06 Aug, 2026 04:55am

In recent articles for Business Recorder, I had argued that the existing governance system in Pakistan needs to be...

SBP projects 3.5-4.5pc GDP growth in FY2026-27

Updated 28 Jul, 2026 09:07am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has projected an improvement in key macroeconomic indicators for the...

GDP growth rate in 2025-26

Updated 07 Jul, 2026 04:59am

The previous week’s article had highlighted the divergence between the sectoral growth rates for 2025-26, estimated...

Contesting finance minister’s narrative

Updated 12 Jun, 2026 07:47am

Growth rate for the outgoing fiscal year has been estimated at 3.7 percent, a rate lower than the budgeted 4.2...

Budget strategy: Business community seeks end to ad-hoc adjustments

Published 26 May, 2026 04:53am

KARACHI: Mian Zahid Hussain, president Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum & All Karachi Industrial...

Pakistan flagged as most vulnerable economy if Middle East conflict is prolonged

Updated 19 May, 2026 07:58am

S&P cites country’s high dependence on imported energy and industrial inputs from the region

IMF macroeconomic projections for 2026-27

Published 19 May, 2026 06:02am

Pakistan has successfully concluded the third review of the IMF Programme. An installment of USD 1.2 billion has...

Budgetary targets for FY2026-27

Published 28 Apr, 2026 06:05am

The budget formulation process at the federal level is underway in the Ministry of Finance. The budget will be...

Q2FY26 economy grows 3.89pc

Published 03 Apr, 2026 06:08am

ISLAMABAD: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) on Thursday approved the provisional GDP estimates for the first...

Outlook for the economy

Updated 31 Mar, 2026 07:37am

Three quarters of the financial year of 2025-26 have just come to an end. There is need to assess the performance of...

The budgetary outcome

Updated 17 Feb, 2026 09:19am

The outcome magnitudes of the fiscal operations by the federal and the provincial governments have been released...

OPINION: IMF programme review

Updated 03 Feb, 2026 09:24am

The IMF Staff Mission is arriving shortly in Pakistan to undertake the third review of the Extended Facility to...

Pakistan’s GDP growth expected to stay at 3%: World Bank

Updated 14 Jan, 2026 08:47am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s GDP growth is projected to remain at 3 percent in fiscal year 2025–26 before rising to 3.4...

OPINION: The positive scenario by IMF

Updated 13 Jan, 2026 07:29am

The IMF Second Review Staff Mission Report contains a set of positive macroeconomic projections of Pakistan from...

OPINION: State of the economy

Updated 06 Jan, 2026 07:22am

The first half of 2025-26 has come to an end. This is an appropriate time to review the progress of the economy,...

Pakistan’s GDP grows 3.71% in Q1 FY2026, says Ahsan Iqbal

Updated 30 Dec, 2025 06:13pm

Growth comes despite 2025 flood shock, says Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives

OPINION: Pakistan’s international rankings

Updated 30 Dec, 2025 07:53am

The year, 2025, has come close to the end. This is a year which has been marked by significant developments. On the...

OPINION: IMF projections for FY2025-26

Updated 16 Dec, 2025 07:01am

The Staff Report of the IMF after the completion by the Executive Board of the second review of the IMF Programme...

Opinion: Absorption of youth

Updated 11 Nov, 2025 02:04pm

The Prime Minister recently launched the Youth Laptop Scheme 2025. Laptops were awarded to high achieving students ...

3.5-4pc growth likely despite flood damages

Published 18 Oct, 2025 06:00am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has projected Pakistan’s economic growth between 3.5 and 4 percent...

Growth rate: IMF vs WEO: competing forecasts

Updated 16 Oct, 2025 09:45am

ISLAMABAD: The staff-level agreement reached on 14 October 2025, communicated through the International Monetary ...

India sees Asia’s biggest earnings downgrades as US tariffs loom

Published 21 Aug, 2025 01:17pm

Indian companies have seen the steepest earnings downgrades in Asia, with analysts slashing forecasts as steep U.S....

The slump in LSM

Updated 19 Aug, 2025 06:24am

The large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector has historically been one of the most buoyant sectors in the economy...

Fall in real incomes and rise in poverty

Published 05 Aug, 2025 05:37am

The last three years have witnessed a negative combination of low GDP growth rate and high rate of inflation. This...

Pakistan Economic Survey: Economic performance misrepresented: PTI

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 11:33am

ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday strongly criticised the Economic Survey for the...

Economic Survey 2024-25: Pakistan misses growth target

Updated 09 Jun, 2025 10:57pm

Govt to announce budget for FY26 on Tuesday

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

Growth in agriculture, industry and services stand at 1.1%, -0.18% and 2.57% respectively.

Foreign investors jilt India as growth falters and China beckons

Published 19 Mar, 2025 06:36pm

MUMBAI/SINGAPORE: Global investors are deserting India’s stock market, selling shares at a record pace to buy...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 30	277.31
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 30	277.11
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 29	3.88

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
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 30	18,680
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 30	378,631
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18
Petrol/Litre / Oct 1	387.40
Diesel/Litre / Oct 1	400.35

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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