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Growth, expectations, and the inflation target

Published 15 Jun, 2026 02:32am

The federal budget has shifted the policy conversation from stabilization toward growth. That was inevitable. After...

OPINION: A growth model that has run its course

Updated 29 Nov, 2025 08:14am

A nation of 250 million cannot survive on sub-4 percent growth, especially when unemployment has surged to a 21-year...

FY24 exports likely to register over 10pc growth YoY

Updated 09 Jun, 2024 09:38am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports are expected to register over 10 per cent growth and reach around $31 billion in the...

Wall St Week Ahead: Investors jump into commodities while keeping eye on recession risk

Updated 13 Mar, 2022 10:25pm

Investors have sent $10.5 billion into commodities-focused ETFs and mutual funds since the start of the year

Indian economy loses pace in Dec quarter, Ukraine clouds outlook

Published 28 Feb, 2022 08:04pm

NEW DELHI: India's economy lost momentum in the final quarter of 2021, with growth slowing from previous two...

Current IMF programme 'should be enough': Shaukat Tarin

Updated 03 Feb, 2022 05:11pm

Finance minister says curtailing budget deficit and tapping international markets should help sustain economic growth

National Foods announces results for FY2021

Published 14 Sep, 2021 03:55am

KARACHI: National Foods Limited, at the group level, delivered a healthy topline and bottom-line growth of 20 ...

CPI: Risky business

Published 03 Aug, 2021 08:47am

The CPI inflation clocked at 8.4 percent in July 21. The headline number is falling. However, the monthly recording...

Pakistan targets 4.8% GDP growth in upcoming fiscal year

Updated 12 Jun, 2021 05:06am

Finance minister unveils third budget of PTI government
CGT reduced on sale of shares
No new taxes on salaried persons in upcoming fiscal year

Growth perceptions

Updated 08 Jun, 2021 11:31am

Why are businesses happy but consumers are not? Do businesses and consumers care about different things? Is the...

Pak economy heads back to steady growth after pandemic: Shibli

Published 29 May, 2021 06:58pm

Every penny of public money was being spent only on projects of progress and prosperity of the people, he added.

Moving towards growth mode, Pakistan to spend $6bn on development

Published 10 May, 2021 12:46pm

“That’s the bare minimum we need for a country this size,” said Tarin, who will be presenting a new budget in June.

China’s exports top forecasts, imports growth best in 10 years

Published 08 May, 2021 03:30am

BEIJING: Chinese exports grew at a forecast-busting rate last month, data showed Friday, while imports surged at...

Current COVID wave threatens Pakistan's economic recovery: Tarin

Published 05 May, 2021 03:27pm

“The current IMF program was quite difficult and such conditions were imposed, which has a political cost as well," said Tarin.

Coaching to steer clear in turbulent contexts

Published 02 May, 2021 09:41pm

As aptly put by Alivn Tofler, “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but...

March trade deficit widens by 118.36pc YoY: PBS

Published 04 Apr, 2021 04:12am

ISLAMABAD: Pakis-tan’s trade deficit widened by a massive 118.36 percent on year-on-year basis to $3.271 billion ...

FBR achieves net revenue of Rs.3394 billion in July-March, 2020-21

Published 01 Apr, 2021 12:03am

This represents a growth of about 10% over the collection of Rs.3076 billion during the same period of last Fiscal Year 2019-20, said a press release issued by FBR here on Wednesday.

Pharmaceutical sector records strong gains

Published 27 Mar, 2021 05:41am

KARACHI: The Pharmaceutical sector recorded strong growth during CY20. Sales for the chosen sample companies...

US govt revises Q4 2020 growth up slightly to 4.3pc

Published 25 Mar, 2021 08:56pm

The world's largest economy saw whipsaw growth last year as the Covid-19 pandemic forced businesses to close and lay off employees en masse.

Eurozone economy returns to growth as Germany revs up

Published 24 Mar, 2021 04:56pm

The firm's PMI index rose to 52.5 points in March from 48.8 points in February, breaking through the 50-point level which indicates growth.

Jul-Jan LSMI output up 7.85pc YoY

Updated 17 Mar, 2021 09:37am

ISLAMABAD: The overall output of Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) increased by 7.85 percent during...

BOK posts highest profit of Rs.3.8bn in 2020, registers growth

Published 03 Mar, 2021 08:19pm

The chairman remarked that despite the challenges brought about by the pandemic bank’s performance for the year 2020 remained sound.

South Africa's January credit growth slows to 3.26% y/y

Published 26 Feb, 2021 11:52am

Expansion in the broadly defined M3 measure of money supply also fell, to 9.15% in January from 9.48% the previous month.

Amazon to open its first Fire TV manufacturing line in India

Published 17 Feb, 2021 02:48pm

Amazon announced today that it will be opening its first manufacturing line for Fire TV devices in India.

Reddit to double its workforce after raising $250M

Updated 09 Feb, 2021 04:58pm

Reddit to grow its workforce by 100% over the course of this year after raising $250 million in a new funding round.

Cross Transactions between Client to Client & Financial Institutions

Published 05 Feb, 2021 04:53am

KARACHI: The following were the cross transactions between client to client & financial institutions here on...

Double digit growth in OMCs volume sales continue

Published 03 Feb, 2021 12:21pm

“We attribute continues uptick in HSD to government efforts in curbing HSD smuggling along with resumption of economic activities. Up till now, FBR has sealed 1556 retail outlets across the country from 2094 illegal retail outlets,” stated the report.

Cement growth in Jan remains confined to local consumption

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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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