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Election outcome in Pakistan ‘may complicate’ new IMF deal: Fitch

Pakistan’s vulnerable external position means securing financing from multilateral and bilateral partners will be 'one of the most urgent issues on the agenda for the next government'

Updated 19 Feb, 2024 10:25pm

Pakistan

Forget growth for four years, follow IMF programme in letter and spirit to fix economy: Miftah Ismail

KARACHI: Pakistan has for the last two to three years approached the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and agreed to...

Published 17 Feb, 2024 10:27pm

BR Research

IMF and PDM 2.0

The new government will likely be formed under a PDM set up. Chances are that without public support, economic...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 08:49am

Markets

KSE-100 stages dramatic recovery after falling below 60k

Turns a corner after plunging over 1,450 points in opening few minutes of trading

Updated 13 Feb, 2024 09:35pm

Markets

IMF not onboard with energy ministry’s tariff rationalisation, circular debt management plans

Mission Chief Nathan Porter says circular debt ‘reduction plan’ entails fiscal risks given chain of transactions involved and would also continue use of supplementary grants

Updated 13 Feb, 2024 10:33pm

Pakistan

‘High chances of a coalition government’, says brokerage house as Pakistan braces for elections

Smooth transfer of power will help overcome concerns of international lenders, says Topline Securities

Published 27 Jan, 2024 04:59pm

Two ‘innovative’ power sector plans fail to attract MoF support

There are discussions that circular debt reduction plan should not be in conflict with pledges made to the IMF

Updated 26 Jan, 2024 09:53pm

Editorials

The IMF conditions

EDITORIAL: The statement by the Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Islamabad on 23...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Business & Finance

Ministers, MPs and bureaucrats: UBG against making fuel, gas and electricity available free of charge

KARACHI: United Business Group (UBG) has said that the business community demands that, in order to meet the IMF...

Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am

Opinion

The indictment of monetary policy

The Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) documents uploaded on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) website this Tuesday ...

Published 24 Jul, 2023 06:11am

Opinion

Pakistan’s lifeline restored by IMF

Pakistan and IMF (International Monetary Fund) have reached a $3 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) to help the...

Updated 16 Jul, 2023 06:37am

IMF condition: Hike in gas prices on the cards

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is all set to hike the gas price to meet the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Updated 16 Jul, 2023 01:41pm

Pakistan

No official announcement on IMF programme made yet

IMF funding is crucial for country facing a balance-of-payments crisis

Updated 09 Feb, 2023 11:43pm

Pakistan

Nation to hear good news about IMF programme soon: Ishaq Dar

Finance minister says negotiations 'on track'

Updated 09 Feb, 2023 08:56pm

Pakistan

Pakistan, IMF grapple for consensus to unlock critical funding

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the visiting International Monetary Fund mission are struggling to arrive at a consensus on...

Published 06 Feb, 2023 09:54pm

‘Rules’ allow banks to seek asset details of civil servants

ISLAMABAD: The “Sharing of Declaration of Assets of Civil Servants Rules, 2023” allows commercial banks to seek...

Updated 04 Feb, 2023 09:28am

Govt says ‘will have to’ agree to IMF conditions

PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Friday the government would have to agree to IMF bailout conditions ...

Updated 04 Feb, 2023 09:26am

Coalition partners deplore KP govt’s move

ISLAMABAD: The ruling coalition partners on Friday deplored the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government refusal to implement...

Updated 27 Aug, 2022 09:48am

Editorials

The challenge of rising inflation

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data on the July Consumer Price Index (CPI) of 24.9 percent...

Published 03 Aug, 2022 05:56am

IMF’s ‘pre-conditions’ already met, Senate panel told

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance was informed that all the prior conditions of the...

Updated 29 Jul, 2022 10:29am

Opinion

Economy: it’s too early to declare victory

This is apropos a Business Recorder news item “PM forewarns of ‘very tough’ IMF conditionalities” carried by...

Published 30 Jun, 2022 06:07am

Editorials

‘Very tough’ IMF conditionalities

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while laying the onus of an impending bankruptcy on the policies of the PTI...

Published 29 Jun, 2022 05:44am

Opinion

IMF adding to uncertainty

A few days ago, International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that key progress had been made in talks on the revival of...

Published 28 Jun, 2022 06:10am

Opinion

Primary versus budget deficit

Setting time bound quantitative targets for primary deficit, defined as minus interest and repayment of principal as...

Published 14 Mar, 2022 07:01am

Opinion

First leverage then renegotiation

The Khan administration maintains that a change in government will not reverse the rise in price of any single item...

Published 21 Feb, 2022 07:25am

Editorials

The spectre of rising inflation

EDITORIAL: The Khan administration’s defence against the proposed no-confidence motion is to raise an extremely...

Published 16 Feb, 2022 06:20am

Opinion

Prior IMF conditions: Domestic or geopolitical?

The Khan administration has tabled two controversial bills in the two houses of parliament - 343 billion rupees ...

Published 10 Jan, 2022 07:02am

Opinion

‘Mini-budget’ Consistently inconsistent

The cat is finally out of the bag. The money bill (infamous mini-budget) and SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) amendment...

Updated 02 Jan, 2022 05:35am

Pakistan

Business community rejects steep hike in petroleum products

PESHAWAR: Business community have rejected yet another record increase in prices of petroleum products and urged the...

Published 08 Nov, 2021 05:19am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 24	278.50
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 24	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 24	154.89
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 24	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 24	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 24	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 23	5070.55
Nasdaq / Apr 23	15696.64
Dow Jones / Apr 23	38503.69
India Sensex / Apr 24	73884
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 24	38460.08
Hang Seng / Apr 24	17176.31
FTSE 100 / Apr 24	8079.79
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 24	18202.76

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Petrol/Litre / Apr 24	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 24	83.46
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 24	2319
Diesel/Litre / Apr 24	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 24 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 24 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 24 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 24 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 24 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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