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IMF programme

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

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Data Textile / Jan 31 Data Textiles Limited(DATM)	6.08 ▲ 1.00 (19.69%)
Sindh Modaraba / Jan 31 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	7 ▲ 1.00 (16.67%)
Service Textile / Jan 31 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	7.61 ▲ 1.00 (15.13%)
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jan 31 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	3.70 ▲ 0.46 (14.20%)
Bawany Air Products / Jan 31 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	9.84 ▲ 1.00 (11.31%)
HBL Growth Fund / Jan 31 HBL Growth Fund(HGFA)	5.29 ▲ 0.49 (10.21%)
Abdullah Shah / Jan 31 Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills Limited(AGSML)	5.90 ▲ 0.50 (9.26%)
Beco Steel Ltd / Jan 31 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	9.38 ▲ 0.72 (8.31%)
Unicap Modaraba / Jan 31 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	1.77 ▲ 0.13 (7.93%)
JS Global Cap. / Jan 31 JS Global Capital Limited(JSGCL)	258 ▲ 18.00 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
Hira Textile / Jan 31 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	1.72 ▲ -0.20 (-10.42%)
Dewan Sugar / Jan 31 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	2.60 ▲ -0.28 (-9.72%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jan 31 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	9.50 ▲ -1.00 (-9.52%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 31 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	10.72 ▲ -0.89 (-7.67%)
Pak Paper Prod / Jan 31 Pakistan Paper Products Limited(PPP)	54.49 ▲ -4.41 (-7.49%)
Rafhan Maize / Jan 31 Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited(RMPL)	8325 ▲ -674.00 (-7.49%)
Shams Textile / Jan 31 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	36.67 ▲ -2.97 (-7.49%)
J.K.Spinning / Jan 31 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	46.25 ▲ -3.59 (-7.20%)
Sapphire Fibres / Jan 31 Sapphire Fibres Limited(SFL)	1065.01 ▲ -81.99 (-7.15%)
Pakgen Power / Jan 31 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	28.51 ▲ -2.19 (-7.13%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Refinery / Jan 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	21,142,838 ▲ -0.04
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,426,966 ▲ -0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	11,806,498 ▼ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jan 31 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	9,980,387 ▼ 1.44
Engro Polymer / Jan 31 Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited(EPCL)	6,695,317 ▲ -0.32
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 31 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	6,559,467 ▼ 0.62
Oil & Gas Dev. / Jan 31 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	5,019,786 ▼ 1.67
Fauji Cement / Jan 31 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	4,779,500 ▼ 0.43
Hub Power Co. / Jan 31 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	4,597,709 ▼ 2.25
TPL Properties / Jan 31 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	4,361,468 ▼ 0.17

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 31	270
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 31	268
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 31	130.28
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 31	0.93
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 31	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 31	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Jan 30	4.30

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 30	4017.77
Nasdaq / Jan 30	11393.82
Dow Jones / Jan 30	33717.09
India Sensex / Jan 31	59549.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 31	27327.11
Hang Seng / Jan 31	21842.33
FTSE 100 / Jan 31	7771.61
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 31	15085.41
France CAC40 / Jan 31	7071.43

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 30	20735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 30	180470
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 31	77.58
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 31	1919.80
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 31	85.72

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