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Sovereign and strategic: looking at a budget beyond the IMF

Recently, Pakistan’s coffers were replenished with the final tranche from the IMF’s Stand-by Agreement (SBA),...

Published 04 Jun, 2024 08:00am

Business & Finance

Economy showing signs of improvement: Tarar

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar said on Monday that the country’s...

Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am

Contractual obligations, rollovers, loans: PM’s China visit aims at getting a breathing space

Sources say PM hopes to secure Chinese cooperation in agriculture, information technology, energy, and alternative energy under CPEC

Updated 04 Jun, 2024 09:41am

Inflation slows to 11.8pc in May, lowest in 30 months

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 11.8 per cent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis...

Updated 04 Jun, 2024 09:33am

Export-oriented sectors: MoC advocates concessional power tariff

Says key industrial export sectors of Pakistan struggling to recover and gain lost share in global markets

Updated 03 Jun, 2024 09:35am

Business & Finance

FD setting dollar value at Rs295: Traders likely to experience additional currency depreciation: PBF

LAHORE: The Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) has warned that the business community is likely to experience additional...

Published 03 Jun, 2024 06:30am

APCC approves Rs1221bn federal PSDP

ISLAMABAD: The Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC) has approved Rs1,221 billion federal PSDP for the next...

Updated 01 Jun, 2024 02:03pm

Business & Finance

Zahid says lack of investment can hurt prospects of new IMF programme

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan (CNBGP), President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals...

Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am

Business & Finance

Cut in policy rate likely

KARACHI: With the decline in the inflation and improvement in external account, analysts are expecting easing in the...

Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am

Markets

Reversal in stance: SBP might opt for rate cut in upcoming MPC meeting, brokerage house says

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), scheduled to announce the key policy rate on June 10 (Monday), might opt for...

Updated 31 May, 2024 11:40pm

Opinion

A social democratic, green, mission-oriented budget

In contrast to the usual approach to a budget discourse based on ideas around raising taxes, and expenditure...

Updated 31 May, 2024 07:33am

Editorials

State of the economy

EDITORIAL: The Monthly Economic Update and Outlook for May 2024 was uploaded on the Finance Division website on 29...

Updated 31 May, 2024 07:26am

Business & Finance

Promotion of manufacturing sector ‘Govt devises doable strategy to overcome rising production cost issue’

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Commerce, Jam Kamal Khan, has said that the present government has devised a...

Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am

Business & Finance

Trade deficit: KATI President concerned at IMF forecast

KARACHI: The Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) President Johar Qandhari has expressed deep concern...

Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am

Markets

Ministry of Finance expects inflation to fall further to 13.5-14.5% in May

Govt's commitment to curbing inflation through stringent administrative measures paints a promising picture for the inflation outlook

Updated 29 May, 2024 10:26pm

Opinion

Big financing risks

The IMF Staff Mission has left Pakistan after a series of meetings on the next Fund Programme in the form of an...

Updated 28 May, 2024 05:54am

US iterates support to reform plan

ISLAMABAD: United States Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome on Monday highlighted Washington’s ongoing support for...

Updated 28 May, 2024 09:20am

Editorials

Phenomenal rise in domestic borrowing

EDITORIAL: The government borrowed up to 77 percent domestically to finance its fiscal deficit in the first six...

Updated 28 May, 2024 05:52am

Pakistan

US ambassador Blome reiterates support for Pakistan’s economic reform agenda

Emphasises that United States remains Pakistan’s largest export market

Updated 27 May, 2024 10:23pm

Markets

Selling pressure seen at PSX, KSE-100 closes 466 points lower

Selling pressure was witnessed at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) as the benchmark KSE-100 index lost 466 points...

Updated 27 May, 2024 10:25pm

Opinion

Budget projections for FY25

There is overwhelming evidence that approval of the budget for next fiscal year, reportedly to be presented to...

Updated 27 May, 2024 06:33am

Opinion

The long and winding road to revitalising investment

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

Updated 27 May, 2024 06:54am

Business & Finance

Real estate sector: Property dealers oppose further taxation

LAHORE: Reacting to the hint dropped by the government that it may levy more taxes on the real estate sector on the...

Published 27 May, 2024 05:52am

Public assets: Ministry seeks data to share it with IMF

Says IMF has recommended actions on an issue that the data on public assets was inconsistent and not easily centralised

Updated 27 May, 2024 11:43am

Previous flawed decisions hampering improvement in power sector?

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s power sector has shown little, if any, sign of improvement in decades due to the...

Updated 27 May, 2024 09:23am

PM, PPP team take stock of situation

ISLAMABAD: As the federal government is set to present the budget for fiscal year 2024-25, Prime Minister Shehbaz...

Updated 27 May, 2024 09:13am

Editorials

IMF programme: there is need for design audit

EDITORIAL: Multilaterals, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), have developed independent audit...

Updated 27 May, 2024 06:29am

Opinion

Pakistan’s energy sector: Growing burden of circular debt

As a result of the alleged corruption and ineptitude of the power bureaucracy in the country, the cost of dealing...

Published 26 May, 2024 02:56am

Govt decides to do away with subsidised gas for fertilizer industry

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to do away with subsidised gas to the fertiliser industry for urea as...

Updated 26 May, 2024 09:09am

Opinion

‘A normal country does not need IMF programme but...’

Professor Adnan Khan, Chief Economist at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the UK in a...

Updated 25 May, 2024 07:01am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 4	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 4	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 4	156.01
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 4	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 4	1.28
Euro to USD / Jun 4	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 3	5283.40
Nasdaq / Jun 3	16828.67
Dow Jones / Jun 3	38571.03
India Sensex / Jun 4	70382.44
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 4	38837.46
Hang Seng / Jun 4	18525.93
FTSE 100 / Jun 4	8215.10
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 4	18525.10

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 3	19935
Petrol/Litre / Jun 4	268.36
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 4	73.30
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 4	206619
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 4	2346.95
Diesel/Litre / Jun 4	270.22

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jun 4 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jun 4 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jun 4 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jun 4 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jun 4 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jun 4 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 4 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 4 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jun 4 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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