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Market-determined exchange rate pushes up cost of external debt: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has a market-determined exchange rate, which makes the country’s servicing cost on external...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 05:59am

Opinion

Growth in FBR revenue

The revenue collection target set for FBR in 2022-23 is Rs 7,470 billion, equivalent to 8.9% of the projected GDP,...

Published 04 Oct, 2022 05:55am

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz lauds outgoing finance minister Miftah over IMF programme revival

'I have the highest respect for the professionalism and commitment with which he served the nation', says PM

Published 28 Sep, 2022 01:48pm

Business & Finance

PIDE issues research report on 23rd IMF programme

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) issued a research report regarding 23rd International...

Published 26 Sep, 2022 07:15am

Opinion

IMF’s questionable approach to govts

Minister of State for Finance and Revenue, Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha, while addressing an event at the Lahore Chamber of...

Published 24 Sep, 2022 03:49am

Opinion

The rupee fall continues

Why is the rupee continuing to erode even after the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) tranche release of ...

Published 19 Sep, 2022 05:45am

Pakistan

IMF to support Pakistan's flood relief, reconstruction efforts 'under current programme'

IMF Resident Representative to Pakistan says will work with others in the international community to support, under the current programme, the authorities’ relief and reconstruction efforts, while ensuring sustainable policies and macroeconomic stability

Updated 18 Sep, 2022 09:20pm

Opinion

The IMF report

Ever since the incumbent government came to power some four months ago, all roads lead to the IMF (International...

Published 10 Sep, 2022 04:14am

Business & Finance

PBF chief underlines need for arresting rupee’s depreciation

KARACHI: President of the Pakistan Businesses Forum (PBF) Mian M Usman Zulfiqar has said that the value of dollar is...

Published 09 Sep, 2022 07:06am

Tarin criticises govt’s approach to IMF programme

KARACHI: Former finance minister Shaukat Tarin said on Saturday that gas tariffs and tax rates will be increased...

Updated 04 Sep, 2022 09:08am

Pakistan

Pakistan should seek relief from IMF, ask Russia for cheap oil: Shaukat Tarin

Former finance minister says govt needs to focus on providing relief to people in the wake of devastating floods

Updated 03 Sep, 2022 04:53pm

Pakistan

Musadik says Imran tried to derail IMF programme

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Musadik Malik Friday said the federal and provincial governments are...

Published 03 Sep, 2022 04:25am

Pakistan

India, PTI tried to stop revival of IMF programme: minister

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Wednesday said that India and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...

Published 01 Sep, 2022 05:50am

Pakistan

IMF programme: Govt to conduct forensic audit of audio leaks attributed to Tarin, says Tarar

ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Wednesday said that the federal government has decided to conduct a...

Published 01 Sep, 2022 05:50am

Business & Finance

KCCI felicitates Miftah on revival of IMF programme

KARACHI: The Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) has highly appreciated and congratulated the Federal...

Published 31 Aug, 2022 07:27am

Pakistan

Rehabilitation of flood-hit areas: Planning minister says $10bn required in initial stage

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has said that according to...

Published 31 Aug, 2022 05:50am

World

Sri Lanka says IMF bailout talks in ‘final stage’

COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka’s president announced further tax hikes and sweeping reforms on Tuesday, saying...

Published 30 Aug, 2022 06:15pm

Pakistan

IMF programme: PML-N readies resolution about Tareen’s ‘conspiracy against state’

LAHORE: A resolution expressing concern over the audio calls of Shaukat Tareen, Mohsin Laghari and Taimur Jhagra...

Published 30 Aug, 2022 07:04am

Pakistan

IMF Board approves revival of Pakistan's Extended Fund Facility, says Miftah Ismail

Finance minister says Pakistan should now be getting the tranche of $1.17bn

Updated 29 Aug, 2022 09:40pm

Opinion

Pakistan – a perennial Fund borrower

Twenty-third International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, on average three year per programme, in our 75 years of...

Updated 29 Aug, 2022 02:46pm

KP flood situation ‘takes precedence over all else’: Jhagra

ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra on Saturday said the province has a flood...

Updated 28 Aug, 2022 09:20am

Opinion

Fiscal performance in 2021-22

The results of fiscal operations for 2021-22 have been released. It is a spectacle of one of the worst fiscal...

Published 24 Aug, 2022 05:08am

Editorials

Quantum Index of LSM

EDITORIAL: Data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics reveals that the Quantum Index of Large Scale...

Published 22 Aug, 2022 06:33am

Opinion

Annus horribilis?

Mr Market clearly didn’t need more than a minute to believe Finance Minister Miftah Ismail when he said that the...

Updated 18 Aug, 2022 03:06pm

Acting governor of SBP explains criticality of IMF programme

Dr Murtaza Syed inaugurates the Roshan Pension Plan to augment the lifestyle banking services available under the State Bank’s Roshan Digital Account initiative for overseas Pakistanis

Updated 15 Aug, 2022 10:24am

Lower energy demand, oil prices: Miftah says BoP surplus ‘imminent’

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Dr. Miftah Ismail has said the balance of payments position is ...

Updated 11 Aug, 2022 09:50am

Once IMF programme resumes: ADB to disburse over $1.5bn to support BoP

Govt had requested ADB in June to expedite disbursement of nearly $2 billion

Updated 06 Aug, 2022 09:31am

Markets

Meeting IMF funding gap: One friendly country has already confirmed assurance, says Miftah

Finance minister says another friendly country will confirm its assurance in a day or two

Updated 04 Aug, 2022 06:40pm

Opinion

‘Future ain’t what it used to be’

If political and economic crises feeding off of and into each other tend to characterize the last gasps of dying...

Updated 04 Aug, 2022 11:47am

Opinion

Global economic players’ dismal policy action

International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released the July 2022 update of one of its flagship reports ‘World...

Published 29 Jul, 2022 06:14am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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