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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

Opinion

Free market mechanism

According to Nadeem Akhtar, a political analyst, “Double-digit growth in India and China were unimaginable 40 ...

Published 26 Jan, 2022 04:42am

Business & Finance

China says 2021 fiscal revenues rise 10.7pc y/y, boosted by economic recovery

BEIJING: China’s fiscal revenues rose 10.7% in 2021 from a year earlier, bolstered by last year’s economic...

Published 26 Jan, 2022 04:41am

Editorials

NAC data: something is not right, seriously amiss

EDITORIAL: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) data released in a press release on 20 January 2022, cited by the...

Published 25 Jan, 2022 05:03am

PM congratulates Tarin for achieving ‘better’ growth

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan had a telephonic conversation with Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Saturday...

Published 23 Jan, 2022 05:17am

Pakistan among top 3 in Economist Normalcy Index: Tarin

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin Saturday said that for the third consecutive ...

Updated 23 Jan, 2022 10:23am

Cabinet to deal with critical agenda on 25th

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet, which is scheduled to meet on Tuesday (January 25), will approve policy statements ...

Updated 23 Jan, 2022 10:27am

Country has entered ‘decade of sustained growth’: Tarin

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin Saturday said Pakistan has entered a decade of sustained growth. Taking to...

Updated 23 Jan, 2022 10:14am

Pakistan

PML-N disputes PM’s GDP growth claim

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) secretary-information Marriyum Aurangzeb, Friday, hit back at Prime...

Published 22 Jan, 2022 05:47am

5.37pc GDP growth leads to jobs creation, rise in per capita income: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday said that 5.37 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has led to...

Published 22 Jan, 2022 05:46am

Pakistan

PM sees 5.37pc GDP growth despite Covid-19

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday that despite Covid-19 pandemic, the country is projected to...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 05:27am

Govt revises up 2020-21 GDP to 5.37pc

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has revised up its economic growth rate for 2020-21 to 5.37% from 3.9%, the minister for ...

Updated 21 Jan, 2022 09:26am

Pakistan

Pakistan revises 2020-21 GDP growth to 5.37%

With the new 2015-16 baseline, GDP growth stands at 5.57%, total GDP is now $346.76 billion, and per capita income is $1,666

Updated 20 Jan, 2022 09:30pm

UN projects 3.9pc growth for Pakistan in 2022

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s GDP growth is projected at 3.9 percent in 2022, driven by private consumption, record high...

Updated 15 Jan, 2022 12:30pm

Business & Finance

Dawood wants continued support for exports despite fiscal tightening

Spike in imports has not unnerved the adviser, who says it also reflects 'good imports' of capital goods and raw materials

Updated 10 Jan, 2022 06:21pm

SBP amendment bill: Some cabinet members too show unease

Cabinet members raise their concerns on the SBP (Amendment) Bill in presence of Prime Minister Imran Khan

Updated 05 Jan, 2022 09:55am

Business & Finance

Absolute autonomy to SBP will end govt’s borrowing leverage: Pasha

ISLAMABAD: The government must retain the power to borrow at least one percent of GDP, Rs 550 billion, from central...

Published 31 Dec, 2021 06:50am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	272.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	69.05 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	666.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jul 2 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	67.13 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	272.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	69.05 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	666.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jul 2 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	67.13 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 30	204.90
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 30	204.70
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 1	135.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 1	0.96
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 1	1.21
Euro to USD / Jul 1	1.04
UK LIBOR % / Jul 1	1.58

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 1	3825.33
India Sensex / Jul 1	52907.93
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 1	26935.62
Nasdaq / Jul 1	11127.84
Hang Seng / Jul 1	21859.79
FTSE 100 / Jul 1	7168.65
Dow Jones / Jul 1	31097.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 1	12813.03
France CAC40 / Jul 1	5931.06

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 1	108.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 1	17380.00
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 1	119100.00
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 1	1811.43
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 1	97.48

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