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GDP ratio

Beyond tax-to-GDP ratio

Published 07 Aug, 2026 05:15am

Every pre and post budget debate in Pakistan presents a familiar headline: the country’s tax-to-GDP ratio remains...

China's Q2 GDP growth cools to 3-1/2-year low, missing market forecast

Published 15 Jul, 2026 08:14am

On a quarterly basis, GDP grew 0.9% in the second quarter, in line with analysts' forecast and compared with the 1.3% gain in the previous quarter

An economic cul-de-sac—II

Updated 14 Jul, 2026 05:59am

The second big force that will be the catalyst for change is the enormous youth bulge in the country; with almost 90...

EDITORIAL: Navigating the investment drought

Updated 18 Dec, 2025 07:06am

EDITORIAL: Grim economic news continues to arrive with unsettling regularity. Recent media reports warn that the...

Govt taking steps to cut cost of doing business: Kayani

Published 16 Dec, 2025 06:04am

ISLAMABAD: Acknowledging the high cost of doing business in the country, Minister of State for Finance Bilal Azhar...

IMF’s corruption assessment: All set to finalise action plan by 31st: Aurangzeb

Published 09 Dec, 2025 03:29am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday announced that the government is set to ...

The quest for higher tax-to-GDP ratio

Published 03 Dec, 2025 05:59am

I read with great interest the report titled, “Roadmap to Raise Tax-to-GDP Ratio Evolved: FBR Chief’ carried by...

Editorial: Impediments to inclusive growth

Updated 11 Nov, 2025 12:25pm

EDITORIAL: International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) representative to Pakistan Mahor Binici while addressing a ...

Confidence, not capital

Updated 13 Oct, 2025 06:33am

EDITORIAL: Recently, the Prime Minister said what every economist, banker, and CEO has been saying for years: the...

Italy to maintain GDP growth forecasts despite US tariffs

Published 14 Sep, 2025 03:41pm

ROME: Italy plans to maintain forecasts for GDP growth of 0.6% this year and 0.8% in 2026 in the budget plan to be...

Remittance inflows

Updated 13 Sep, 2025 06:11am

EDITORIAL: Home remittances July-August 2025 rose to USD 6.35 billion against USD 5.94 billion in the comparable...

Pakistan’s market cap to GDP ratio: a mirror to our capital market

Updated 12 Sep, 2025 07:21am

Introduction: a ratio that speaks volume In the world of finance, few metrics offer as clear a snapshot of a...

Dreaming beyond survival

Updated 19 Aug, 2025 06:25am

As Pakistan marked another 14 August — the day we claimed our place on the map of nations — we were once again...

PM orders removal of hurdles to FBR reforms

Updated 06 Aug, 2025 08:56am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed authorities to remove bureaucratic and institutional...

Fiscal performance of provincial govts

Updated 11 Mar, 2025 06:02am

The information on fiscal operations by the four provincial governments in the first half of 2024-25 has been...

Dancing on a volcano

Published 10 Jul, 2024 03:14am

Ten days into the new fiscal year, the FY25 budget is already in disarray. Amid calls for a nationwide strike, the...

The long and winding road to revitalising investment

Updated 27 May, 2024 06:54am

Pakistan’s investment-to-GDP ratio is at its lowest in fifty years, despite promises of tens of billions in ...

Flawed IMF programme design

Updated 20 May, 2024 06:19am

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) analysis and prescriptions in the second and final review document...

Outlook 2024 – II

Updated 03 Jan, 2024 05:59am

Increasing bank lending should to be the next move. The ratio of advances to deposits should increase from present...

Turkey’s 2022 budget deficit 139bn lira

Published 16 Jan, 2023 01:37pm

ISTANBUL: The Turkish budget deficit was 139.1 billion lira ($7.4 billion) last year and its ratio to gross domestic...

IMF calls for EU fiscal capacity, rules to be linked to risk

Published 05 Sep, 2022 12:37pm

BRUSSELS: The European Union should set up a fiscal capacity to pay for EU public goods, link the pace of debt cuts...

External debt to reach $140.9bn: IMF

Updated 03 Sep, 2022 09:43am

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s external debt to reach $140.959 billion...

British midcaps slide over 2pc

Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am

LONDON: London’s FTSE 250 index fell to its lowest level in three months on Monday after data showed Britain’s...

Pakistan: economic focus

Published 21 Apr, 2022 05:26am

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

Tax-to-GDP ratio suffers blow due to pandemic

Updated 10 Nov, 2021 09:42am

ISLAMABAD: The tax-to-GDP ratio of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) suffered a blow due to the Covid situation and...

GDP rebasing: no more delays!

Updated 27 Aug, 2021 09:30am

There is little doubt that the size of Pakistan’s economy is understated. Many economic indictors such as per...

Call for exempting small, marginal farmers, developing simple system for taxation

Published 25 Jul, 2021 05:20am

LAHORE: If agriculture income is to be taxed to increase tax to GDP ratio, then the government should exempt small...

Public debt increases by Rs1.607trn

Published 11 Jun, 2021 03:41am

ISLAMABAD: External debt of $81.606 billion in the Economic Survey 2020-21 does not contain foreign exchange...

Factors behind low tax-to-GDP ratio listed

Published 11 Jun, 2021 03:41am

ISLAMABAD: The distortionary exemptions, concessions, weak enforcement, low compliance by taxpayers, reliance on...

Climate change – challenges and opportunities

Updated 13 Jun, 2021 12:02am

Three years from now 143 countries will be celebrating the 50th year of the World Environment Day. It is a day for...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 15	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 15	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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