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GDP growth rate

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

Updated 06 Jun, 2025 02:51pm

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

Growth rate downgrade

Published 11 Apr, 2025 05:38am

EDITORIAL: Asian Development Bank has downgraded Pakistan’s growth rate to 2.5 percent for the current year, against...

Pakistan’s GDP grows 1.73% in Oct-Dec

Updated 26 Mar, 2025 11:11pm

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

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 12	278.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 12	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 12	160.24
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 12	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 12	1.34
Euro to USD / Jun 12	1.16
SOFR % / Jun 12	3.63

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 12	7,431.46
India Sensex / Jun 12	75,527.95
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 12	66,020.04
Nasdaq / Jun 12	25,888.84
Hang Seng / Jun 12	24,718.10
FTSE 100 / Jun 12	10,471.72
Dow Jones / Jun 12	51,202.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 12	24,635.30
France CAC40 / Jun 12	8,350.87

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 12	84.88
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 12	21,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 12	375,947
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 12	4,219.33
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 12	76.42
Petrol/Litre / Jun 14	373.78
Diesel/Litre / Jun 14	378.78

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Arctic Textile / Jun 12 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)
Zephyr Textile / Jun 12 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	20.45 ▲ 1.86 (10.01%)
AN Textile Mills / Jun 12 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	37.02 ▲ 3.37 (10.01%)
Elahi Cotton / Jun 12 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	285.76 ▲ 25.98 (10%)
National Silk / Jun 12 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	161.26 ▲ 14.66 (10%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Jun 12 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	28.59 ▲ 2.6 (10%)
Int. Knit. / Jun 12 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	92.20 ▲ 8.38 (10%)
Siddiqsons Tin / Jun 12 Siddiqsons Tin Plate Limited(STPL)	8.44 ▲ 0.73 (9.47%)
IGI Holdings / Jun 12 IGI Holdings Limited(IGIHL)	284.15 ▲ 23.93 (9.2%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Jun 12 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	100.33 ▲ 8.38 (9.11%)

Stock	Price
Idrees Tex. / Jun 12 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	50.10 ▼ -5.57 (-10.01%)
Kohat Textile / Jun 12 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	121.46 ▼ -13.49 (-10%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Jun 12 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	9.45 ▼ -1 (-9.57%)
Pak Qatar Family / Jun 12 Pak Qatar Family Takaful Limited(PAKQATAR)	22.19 ▼ -2.28 (-9.32%)
ARM Green Industries / Jun 12 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	46.40 ▼ -4.77 (-9.32%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jun 12 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.80 ▼ -2.36 (-9.02%)
East West Ins. / Jun 12 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	48.54 ▼ -4.42 (-8.35%)
Unicap Modaraba / Jun 12 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	5.20 ▼ -0.45 (-7.96%)
Pak Qatar Gen.Takaful / Jun 12 Pak Qatar General Takaful Limited(PQGTL)	15.42 ▼ -1.33 (-7.94%)
Oilboy Energy / Jun 12 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	20.42 ▼ -1.72 (-7.77%)

Stock	Volume
Kohinoor Spinning / Jun 12 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	57,747,470 ▲ 0.15
B.O.Punjab / Jun 12 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	52,924,034 ▲ 0.93
Sitara Petroleum Service / Jun 12 Sitara Petroleum Service Limited(SPSL)	52,648,271 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 12 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	40,511,471 ▲ 0
Maple Leaf Cement / Jun 12 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	35,896,472 ▲ 4.01
Oilboy Energy / Jun 12 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	33,427,696 ▼ -1.72
F. Nat.Equities / Jun 12 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	28,855,016 ▼ -0.02
TPL Corp Ltd / Jun 12 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	25,681,007 ▼ -0.82
Pak Int.Bulk / Jun 12 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	24,755,100 ▲ 0.24
Waves Home Appliances / Jun 12 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	20,120,122 ▲ 0.31

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