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Redefining Pakistan’s economy

This article is an effort on not only understanding the fundamental economic issues but also some tough but ...

Published 01 Feb, 2023 05:58am

Govt team tries to persuade IMF to unlock lending

Fund asks Pakistan to withdraw untargeted subsidies, reduce circular debt and meet petroleum levy

Updated 01 Feb, 2023 01:18pm

IMF revises Pakistan’s GDP growth projections downward

Brings it down to 2% for 2023 in World Economic Outlook Update

Updated 01 Feb, 2023 01:26pm

Opinion

State of the economy

The first six months of 2022-23 have witnessed considerable uncertainty about country’s economic prospects. ...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am

Dar challenges financial figures presented by IK

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has accused former prime minister Imran Khan of presenting inaccurate economic...

Updated 28 Jan, 2023 08:44am

Business & Finance

LCCI holds awareness session on Islamic economy

LAHORE: Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors of Minhaj University Prof Dr Hussain Mohiuddin Qadri on Thursday...

Published 27 Jan, 2023 07:42am

Business & Finance

Crop insurance needed to protect farmers from losses: Alvi

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi said that agriculture which used to be 50 percent of GDP had lost its value and...

Updated 26 Jan, 2023 11:18am

Opinion

Energy sector reforms – II: low-hanging fruit rotting

Building on previous op-eds, we are aware of Pakistan’s energy sector challenges and measures requiring execution in...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 06:25am

Opinion

GDP growth in 2022-23 — II

The previous article by this writer had presented the estimate of the GDP growth rate in 2022-23 as negative 1% from...

Updated 26 Jan, 2023 12:50am

Policy rate hiked to 17pc to rein in soaring inflation

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Monday increased the key policy ...

Updated 24 Jan, 2023 09:05am

Opinion

Debt, inequality and austerity

‘In most western countries, inequality is rising, and social mobility has stalled. Our citizens are losing...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:44am

Opinion

Wheat crisis

Agrarian economy of Pakistan employs a large workforce and considered vital from a social, livelihood and foreign...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:35am

Editorials

Fraught present, unknown future

EDITORIAL: The country is fast approaching a point of no return. If the economy is forced upon a default on its...

Updated 20 Jan, 2023 02:33pm

Exports should be enhanced to $100bn per annum: govt

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday while stressing the need to ...

Updated 20 Jan, 2023 08:47am

Business & Finance

Tarin sees negative GDP growth in LSM, agri, other sectors

LAHORE: Former federal finance minister and PTI Senator Shaukat Tarin has predicted that Pakistan would register a...

Updated 20 Jan, 2023 08:50am

Business & Finance

Pasha warns of stagflation this year

LAHORE: Noted economist and former finance minister Dr Hafiz Pasha has warned that Pakistan inflation can skyrocket...

Published 18 Jan, 2023 06:22am

CPEC second phase instrumental in achieving SDGs: govt

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha has stated that the second phase of the China-Pakistan...

Updated 18 Jan, 2023 08:50am

Opinion

GDP growth in 2022-23

The World Bank has revised its projection downwards of the GDP growth rate of the economy of Pakistan in 2022-23 ...

Published 17 Jan, 2023 06:02am

Editorials

Know thy economy

EDITORIAL: The government of Pakistan’s comparative data revealed under the title “Know Your Economy” in the...

Published 16 Jan, 2023 06:38am

Business & Finance

German economy weathering hard winter but risks loom

BERLIN: The surge in energy prices that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed Germany to the brink of a...

Published 13 Jan, 2023 01:49pm

Business & Finance

Economist sees GDP growth in negative arena

ISLAMABAD: All economic indications of the first six months of the current year suggest that Pakistan’s GDP growth...

Published 13 Jan, 2023 07:07am

Opinion

Managing sovereign default

Nations can and do periodically default on their sovereign debt, despite the fact that they do so comparatively...

Updated 13 Jan, 2023 07:41am

World

UK, Japan to sign major defence deal allowing troop deployments

LONDON: The British and Japanese prime ministers will sign a “hugely significant” new defence deal allowing UK...

Published 11 Jan, 2023 11:48am

World Bank projects 2pc growth

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has projected Pakistan’s GDP growth rate at two percent in the fiscal year 2022-23, half...

Published 11 Jan, 2023 05:53am

Business & Finance

FBR sees Rs1289bn tax gap for 2022

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has worked out overall tax gap of Rs1,289 billion during 2022, which...

Published 10 Jan, 2023 06:28am

SBP seeks feeder-wise data of power consumers

ISLAMABAD: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has sought feeder-wise data of electricity consumers to be used to project...

Updated 10 Jan, 2023 09:03am

BR Research

Why banks don’t lend

There is a declining trend in the banking sector’s returns on equity as banks are not lending to the private sector....

Published 09 Jan, 2023 08:36am

How to deal with Pakistan’s forthcoming currency crisis

Opinion

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 18	278.62
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 18	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 18	154.61
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 18	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 18	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 18	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 18	5011.12
India Sensex / Apr 18	72488.99
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 18	37716.66
Nasdaq / Apr 18	15601.50
Hang Seng / Apr 18	16385.87
FTSE 100 / Apr 18	7877.05
Dow Jones / Apr 18	37775.38
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 18	17837.40

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 18	82.64
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	214077
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 18	2374.36
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 18	80.61
Petrol/Litre / Apr 19	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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