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Opposition describes federal budget as ‘mere fudging of figures’

ISLAMABAD: The opposition on Monday dismissed the new federal budget as “mere fudging of figures and gross...

Published 13 Jun, 2023 06:00am

Business & Finance

SBP leaves policy rate unchanged

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to keep the policy rate...

Updated 13 Jun, 2023 12:26pm

Tax expenditures constitute 36.43pc of FBR tax collection?

ISLAMABAD: The tax expenditures remained 36.43 percent of the total Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) tax collection in...

Updated 12 Jun, 2023 08:43am

Opinion

Full of sound and fury

An exercise in futility at best, extreme folly at worst, are the most appropriate epithets for the budget 2023-24...

Updated 10 Jun, 2023 01:05pm

PTI rejects budget

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday said that Ishaq Dar gave an “Instagramable budget with filters...

Updated 10 Jun, 2023 08:52am

Rs97.098bn earmarked for education affairs, services

ISLAMABAD: The government has earmarked Rs97.098 billion for education affairs and services in the federal budget...

Updated 10 Jun, 2023 08:44am

PML(N)-led coalition govt struggles to strike a delicate balance between outright populism & fiscal discipline

Dar presents Rs14.5trn budget
Budget closely watched by IMF
3.5% economic growth target set
Fiscal deficit target set at 6.54% of GDP
Govt targets inflation at 21%
Total spending target of 14.46 trillion rupees set
Defence expenditure estimated at 1.8 trillion rupees
Targets total tax revenue of 9.2 trillion rupees
Targets total non-tax revenue of 3 trillion rupees
$30 billion export target set
No new tax on industrial sector

Published 10 Jun, 2023 05:00am

Pakistan

Economic Survey: Cumulative education expenditures estimated at 1.77pc of GDP

ISLAMABAD: The cumulative education expenditures by federal and provincial governments in fiscal year 2022 is...

Published 09 Jun, 2023 06:20am

Opinion

What does Economic Survey lack?

Economic Survey 2022-23, unlike previous surveys, raises more questions of competence as opposed to credibility,...

Published 09 Jun, 2023 06:20am

Unemployment rate fell to 6.3pc in FY21

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent in 2020-2021 from 6.9 per cent in 2018-2019, according...

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 08:59am

Statistical appendices: Survey severely limited

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Survey 2022-23 released amidst much fanfare by Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar is...

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 08:58am

World Bank revises Pakistan’s GDP growth downward to 0.4pc

Projects GDP growth rate at 2pc for next fiscal year of 2023-24

Updated 07 Jun, 2023 10:30am

Business & Finance

FPCCI advocates ‘industrial amnesty scheme’

KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has suggested that the government...

Published 06 Jun, 2023 05:33am

Opinion

Imagineering implementation of energy reforms-VII

Pakistan requires sustained GDP growth of 7-9% for 30 years. For that, by 2030 Agriculture will need to achieve 6%...

Published 04 Jun, 2023 03:35am

PSDP allocates Rs1.1trn: Govt sets 3.5pc GDP growth target for FY24

Rs150 billion earmarked for Public-Private Partnership

Updated 03 Jun, 2023 02:34pm

Business & Finance

Climate change issues: Pakistan cannot afford around 9pc GDP losses: Sherry

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman has said that Pakistan cannot afford around ...

Published 02 Jun, 2023 03:56am

Opinion

I must respectfully disagree with IMF official

Please refer to the news item titled “Shortage of goods, plant closures: IMF identifies import curbs as the real...

Published 01 Jun, 2023 03:34am

Opinion

Growth rate: PBS under the spotlight

The provisional estimates for 2022-23 of the GDP by sector and by expenditure have been released recently by the...

Published 30 May, 2023 03:37am

Opinion

FY23: Uncovering drivers of economic performance

The National Account numbers for FY2023 have been published and, unfortunately, they paint a truly dismal picture of...

Published 30 May, 2023 03:37am

Bringing energy efficiency to industrial sector: World Bank advocates establishing credit line

WB in consultation with the National Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority is implementing two substantial technical assistance activities to the scoping and implementation of EE&C measures in Pakistan

Updated 26 May, 2023 09:00am

Editorials

Political will only way to boost tax base

EDITORIAL: Ironically, tax-to-GDP ratio is below 10 percent in Pakistan, well below the level required for any...

Published 26 May, 2023 06:48am

Direct containerised Karachi-Saint Petersburg shipping service inaugurated

KARACHI: In a bid to enhance energy growth and achieve a sustainable GDP growth rate of at least 5 percent, Pakistan...

Updated 26 May, 2023 08:56am

Opinion

Debt trap — I

Pakistan’s emergent default forecast derives its strength from the fact that it’s once negligible public debt of...

Updated 25 May, 2023 07:16am

NAC approves ‘0.29pc’ provisional growth rate

ISLAMABAD: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) has approved 0.29 percent estimated provisional Gross Domestic...

Updated 25 May, 2023 02:35pm

Business community held out assurance

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has assured the business community of taking up their budgetary...

Updated 24 May, 2023 08:49am

Opinion

Slump in industrial production

There is no end to the bad news on the on-going performance of the economy of Pakistan. Now we have been informed by...

Updated 23 May, 2023 06:36am

Opinion

GDP estimates: fudging under way?

The economic recession in Pakistan is getting worse. GDP contraction is happening at a much faster pace than was...

Published 22 May, 2023 06:23am

Opinion

‘Pakistan paradox’

Argentina is a country that is well known for its football talent and Maradona is a name that most of the people ...

Published 22 May, 2023 06:23am

Opinion

FY2023-24 Budget

The government is expected to present the budget for the next fiscal year in the first week of June. Budgets in...

Published 20 May, 2023 05:59am

Stalled bailout: Govt to stick it out despite IMF procrastination

Minister of State for Finance Aisha Ghaus Pasha says government has made considerable progress with respect to the IMF programme and does not want to detract

Updated 18 May, 2023 10:29am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 19	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 19	278.15
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 19	154.64
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 19	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 19	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 19	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 19	4967.23
India Sensex / Apr 19	73088.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 19	37068.35
Nasdaq / Apr 19	15282.01
Hang Seng / Apr 19	16224.14
FTSE 100 / Apr 19	7895.85
Dow Jones / Apr 19	37986.40
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 19	17737.36

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 19	83.14
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 19	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 19	214935
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 19	2391.93
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 19	81.02
Petrol/Litre / Apr 20	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 20 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 20 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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