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Economy: govt stumbling badly

The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government is stumbling badly on managing the economy. Their first month in...

Published 29 Apr, 2022 05:43am

Business & Finance

US economy sees surprise Q1 contraction despite solid spending

WASHINGTON: The US economy shrank in the first quarter of 2022 as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus hampered...

Published 29 Apr, 2022 05:43am

World

China’s Xi urges ‘all-out’ infrastructure push to boost growth

BEIJING: China’s Xi Jinping has called for an “all-out” campaign to build infrastructure, according to state media,...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 02:19pm

Nine months: fiscal deficit stands at 4pc of GDP

ISLAMABAD: The country’s overall fiscal deficit during the first three quarters of the current fiscal year –...

Updated 27 Apr, 2022 10:44am

Opinion

Moving forward

Political uncertainty comes at a time when the macro numbers are beginning to deteriorate. This could pose serious...

Published 26 Apr, 2022 05:20am

Opinion

Pakistan: economic focus

The international financial institution — World Bank (WB) — which is an influential source of funding as well as...

Published 21 Apr, 2022 05:26am

Pakistan

Govt may try to liquidate unbudgeted circular debt to discredit PTI: Shaukat Tarin

Comments come as both PTI and PML-N leaders continue to trade barbs on state of Pakistan economy

Published 20 Apr, 2022 05:55pm

Business & Finance

WTO warns against dividing world economy over war in Ukraine

GENEVA: The WTO warned Tuesday that Russia’s war in Ukraine had darkened the prospects for world trade as it...

Published 13 Apr, 2022 06:03am

Editorials

The emergent task at hand

EDITORIAL: The state of the economy today necessitates a set of policy reversals as well as reforms on an emergent...

Published 12 Apr, 2022 05:17am

Business & Finance

Moody’s maintains ‘stable outlook’ for Pakistan’s banking sector

Expects real GDP growth of between 3% and 4% for fiscal 2022 and between 4% and 5% for fiscal 2023

Updated 11 Apr, 2022 08:04pm

World

World Bank warns of bleak economic outlook for Ukraine, region

WASHINGTON: The World Bank issued dire forecasts for Ukraine as Russia's invasion impacts both the country and its...

Published 11 Apr, 2022 01:42am

Opinion

Rising economic difficulties

At present Pakistan is facing grim crises. Regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision, the real question is ...

Published 08 Apr, 2022 05:28am

Perspectives

Economy on the back-burner: some difficult decisions needed

The ongoing political turmoil in Pakistan only added to the woes of an already battered economy, which is faced with...

Published 08 Apr, 2022 03:58am

Inflation likely to pick up: FY22 growth rate projected to slow to 4pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s GDP growth rate is projected to slow to four percent in fiscal year 2022 from 5.6 percent in...

Published 07 Apr, 2022 05:15am

Business & Finance

Italy Q4 2021 budget deficit narrows y/y to 3.0% of GDP, full year confirmed at 7.2%

ROME: Italy’s public budget deficit narrowed in the fourth quarter of last year to 3.0% of gross domestic product,...

Published 05 Apr, 2022 01:22pm

Covid-19 pandemic: Pakistan accumulates over $10bn new debt: ADB

The report notes direct health costs of Covid-19 are highest in Pakistan (around $2,019 million) and Kazakhstan (around $900 million)

Updated 27 Mar, 2022 12:45pm

Pakistan Housing Finance Project: WB lists risks to $85m additional financing

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has listed several risks to the $85 million “additional financing for the Pakistan...

Updated 25 Mar, 2022 02:09pm

Editorials

The upcoming budget

EDITORIAL: Irrespective of the outcome of the vote of no-confidence, the budget for next fiscal year will have to be...

Published 24 Mar, 2022 05:36am

Markets

Philippine central bank sees wider c/a deficit in 2022, 2023

MANILA: The Philippine central bank said on Friday it had revised its current account and balance of payments...

Published 18 Mar, 2022 11:42am

Opinion

Pakistan at a crossroads — I

The continuous failures and inability of the incumbent coalition government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to...

Published 18 Mar, 2022 05:20am

Opinion

Primary versus budget deficit

Setting time bound quantitative targets for primary deficit, defined as minus interest and repayment of principal as...

Published 14 Mar, 2022 07:01am

Business & Finance

Japan fourth quarter GDP revised down

TOKYO: Japan’s fourth-quarter growth was weaker than initially thought, revised data showed on Wednesday, with...

Published 09 Mar, 2022 12:22pm

Business & Finance

Record US trade deficit, slowing wholesale inventory gains seen curbing economic growth

WASHINGTON: The US trade deficit widened to a record high in January as businesses imported more goods to rebuild...

Published 09 Mar, 2022 06:44am

Editorials

Budget exercise has begun

EDITORIAL: The budget exercise has begun on schedule and the ministry of finance has reportedly already requested ...

Published 08 Mar, 2022 05:15am

World

China says military spending to grow 7.1 percent in 2022

BEIJING: China's military budget -- the second-largest in the world after the United States -- is set to increase by...

Published 05 Mar, 2022 10:12am

Editorials

‘Wholesale planning for industrialisation’

EDITORIAL: It would have helped a great deal if Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin had spelled out in a little more...

Published 03 Mar, 2022 04:39am

Opinion

Tail-end of IMF programme: some likely scenarios

With the successful sixth review board meeting of the IMF held on Feb 2, the uncertainty surrounding it has ended ...

Published 08 Feb, 2022 06:10am

IMF forecasts real growth at 4pc at factor cost

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s real GDP growth at four percent at ...

Updated 04 Feb, 2022 01:24pm

Business & Finance

India sees GDP growth slowing to 8-8.5% in 2022/23 as risks rise

NEW DELHI: India has forecast its economy will grow 8% to 8.5% for the fiscal year starting in April, down from 9.2%...

Published 31 Jan, 2022 03:27pm

Baqir hopes IMF will revive loan plan

KARACHI: Dr Reza Baqir, Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is confident that the International Monetary Fund ...

Updated 27 Jan, 2022 01:32pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 25	278.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 25	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 25	155.61
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 25	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 25	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 25	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5048.42
India Sensex / Apr 25	74339.44
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	37628.48
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
Hang Seng / Apr 25	17284.54
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8078.86
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17917.28

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	83.77
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	2331.28
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 25	81.08
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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