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IMF backs Pakistan’s economic recovery, says program implementation has contributed to improved financing

IMF Deputy Chief Clarke praises Pakistan's macroeconomic progress amid challenges

Updated 17 May, 2025 08:56pm

Markets

KSE-100 Index gains over 1% to close all-time high

Benchmark index settles at 119,962 for first time in history

Updated 15 May, 2025 09:56pm

Business & Finance

Over $1bn received from IMF

KARACHI: Pakistan has successfully received over $1 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the second...

Published 15 May, 2025 05:42am

Markets

Pakistan receives second tranche of $1.02bn from IMF, confirms SBP

Inflows will be reflected in SBP's liquid reserves to be released on May 16, 2025

Updated 14 May, 2025 10:18pm

Markets

IMF Executive Board approves $1bn loan tranche for Pakistan

Board also approves $1.4 billion under Resilience and Sustainability Facility

Updated 11 May, 2025 10:03pm

Markets

Pakistan set to unlock $2.3bn under EFF & RSF, says IMF spokesperson

Pakistan will gain access to a total of $2.3 billion under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the Resilience and...

Updated 28 Mar, 2025 10:54pm

Markets

Govt requests Nepra to reduce power tariffs by Rs1.71/unit

Regulator to hold hearing on matter on April 4, 2025

Updated 28 Mar, 2025 10:51pm

SLA welcomed: PM hopes there will be no more loans

ISLAMABAD: Following the recent staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Prime Minister...

Updated 28 Mar, 2025 02:31pm

Markets

PM urges end to Pakistan’s reliance on IMF loans

Prime minister says country has achieved economic stability

Updated 27 Mar, 2025 10:13pm

Editorials

IMF-Pakistan SLA

EDITORIAL: Exactly ten days after the end of a two-week mission on the first review of the 7 billion dollar...

Published 27 Mar, 2025 05:23am

Markets

IMF agreement brings relief, but economic challenges persist, say experts

Analysts believe Pakistan must remain committed to IMF programme to ensure sustainable economic growth

Updated 26 Mar, 2025 07:58pm

Markets

PSX soars, KSE-100 surges over 1,100 points on IMF staff-level deal

Bullish momentum dominated the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) as investors rejoiced over Pakistan’s successful...

Updated 26 Mar, 2025 08:03pm

Opinion

Vulnerable balance of payments

The figures of the external balance of payments of Pakistan have been released recently by the SBP for February 2025...

Published 25 Mar, 2025 06:33am

Editorials

Staff Level Agreement: misplaced optimism?

EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the last day of its first review mission to Pakistan - from 24...

Published 18 Mar, 2025 06:46am

Pakistan

Pakistan may present budget early to secure IMF board approval, says Topline

The signing of a Staff Level Agreement (SLA) between the Pakistani authorities and the International Monetary Fund...

Updated 17 Mar, 2025 09:23pm

Markets

IMF, Pakistan make ‘significant progress’ toward reaching Staff Level Agreement

Program implementation has been strong, the lender says

Updated 15 Mar, 2025 04:31pm

Opinion

IMF: both a problem and a solution?

The country is currently under the 23rd IMF programme — a US$ 7 billion, 37-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF)...

Updated 15 Mar, 2025 07:26am

Editorials

EFF arrangement: the first review

EDITORIAL: The IMF (International Monetary Fund) mission is currently in Pakistan to conduct the first review under...

Updated 07 Mar, 2025 06:35am

Markets

Pakistan expected to clear first review of $7bn IMF programme: Bloomberg

Pakistan is “likely to pass” the ongoing first review of its $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme with...

Updated 05 Mar, 2025 07:57pm

Talks begin on first review of EFF program

Nine-member IMF mission led by Nathan Porter meets government economic team led by Secretary Finance

Updated 04 Mar, 2025 09:34am

Markets

Reforming SOEs and privatisation ‘right thing to do’, says Aurangzeb

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday reaffirmed the government’s commitment to economic reforms,...

Updated 24 Feb, 2025 10:56pm

Pakistan

Govt won’t support ‘plots and files’ business, says Aurangzeb

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Saturday reiterated the government’s commitment towards structural reforms,...

Updated 22 Feb, 2025 09:12pm

Pakistan

IMF lauds Pakistan’s commitment to governance, corruption assessment

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission that visited Pakistan earlier this month to assess the governance and...

Published 22 Feb, 2025 01:14pm

Pakistan

IMF mission set to visit Pakistan in early to mid-March

A technical team will be in Pakistan starting in late February to discuss technical issues

Updated 22 Feb, 2025 09:13pm

Markets

Profit-taking pulls KSE-100 down, index closes 938 points lower

The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Index ended 3-session buying rally as the Friday’s session...

Updated 21 Feb, 2025 10:36pm

Pakistan

Govt’s interest payments to decrease by Rs1.5tn in FY25 as policy rate comes down: SBP chief

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad has said the decline in key policy rate will help the government...

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 09:04pm

Editorials

Blaming IMF for inflation!

EDITORIAL: In response to a query from a member of the Treasury benches, Tahira Aurangzeb, the Ministry of Finance...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 07:27am

Markets

‘No hiccups’: finance ministry reaffirms commitment to IMF programme, refutes speculation

Statement comes after report that Pakistan was facing some issues with IMF programme over meeting some conditions

Updated 04 Dec, 2024 10:05pm

Business & Finance

Sri Lanka kicks off much-delayed $12.5bn bond deal

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka said Tuesday it would honour a deal secured by its predecessor to restructure $12.55 billion in...

Published 28 Nov, 2024 07:26am

Markets

Pakistan discusses $7bn bailout reform agenda with IMF in unusual talks

Reforms in taxation, energy sector, privatisation of loss-making SOEs and public finance came under discussion, finance minister says

Updated 17 Nov, 2024 11:18pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 16	283.37
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 16	283.17
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 16	144.74
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 16	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 16	1.36
Euro to USD / Jun 16	1.16
UK LIBOR % / Jun 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 14	5,976.97
Nasdaq / Jun 14	19,406.83
Dow Jones / Jun 14	42,197.79
India Sensex / Jun 16	81,650.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 16	38,314.09
Hang Seng / Jun 16	23,975.22
FTSE 100 / Jun 16	8,884.17
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 16	23,603.27
France CAC40 / Jun 16	7,748.88

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Jun 16	258.43
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 16	71.77
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 16	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 16	310,613
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 16	3,417.30
Diesel/Litre / Jun 16	262.59
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 16	68.02

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 16 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	3.93 ▲ 1 (34.13%)
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 16 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	4.39 ▲ 1 (29.5%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jun 16 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	4.48 ▲ 1 (28.74%)
Cresent Jute / Jun 16 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.57 ▲ 1 (28.01%)
Unicap Modaraba / Jun 16 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	4.60 ▲ 0.95 (26.03%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 16 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	3.85 ▲ 0.79 (25.82%)
Shaheen Ins. / Jun 16 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	5.67 ▲ 0.92 (19.37%)
Media Times Ltd / Jun 16 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	3.21 ▲ 0.5 (18.45%)
Equity Modaraba / Jun 16 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.86 ▲ 0.58 (17.68%)
LSE Capital / Jun 16 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.37 ▲ 0.9 (16.45%)

Stock	Price
Intermarket Securities / Jun 16 Intermarket Securities Limited(IMS)	5.82 ▼ -51.44 (-89.84%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 16 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	17,000.19 ▼ -1888.91 (-10%)
Pakgen Power / Jun 16 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	263.77 ▼ -29.31 (-10%)
Khyber Textile / Jun 16 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	1,615.10 ▼ -179.45 (-10%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 16 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	27.62 ▼ -3.07 (-10%)
Faisal Sp. / Jun 16 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	299.22 ▼ -30.74 (-9.32%)
Apna Microfin. / Jun 16 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.70 ▼ -0.96 (-8.23%)
GOC (Pak) / Jun 16 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	73.72 ▼ -5.38 (-6.8%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jun 16 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	24.16 ▼ -1.54 (-5.99%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jun 16 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	40.60 ▼ -2.37 (-5.52%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 16 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	267,081,176 ▲ 0.17
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 16 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	92,031,551 ▲ 1
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 16 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	86,020,335 ▲ 0.79
Kohinoor Spining / Jun 16 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	73,827,515 ▲ 0.48
Media Times Ltd / Jun 16 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	56,419,406 ▲ 0.5
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jun 16 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	43,086,504 ▲ 1.78
Sui South Gas / Jun 16 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	37,905,727 ▲ 1.76
Dewan Cement / Jun 16 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	29,277,399 ▲ 1.11
Cnergyico PK / Jun 16 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	23,084,256 ▼ -0.06
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 16 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	22,313,740 ▲ 0.04

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