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GDP ratio

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...

Sarhad chamber for extending incentives to returns filers

Published 11 May, 2021 04:39am

PESHAWAR: Sarhad Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Peshawar for extending certain incentives to existing tax ...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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