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Oh “dear” power!

There are two ways to look at the power sector subsidy allocation for FY23. One is to say the power sector subsidies...

Published 15 Jun, 2022 08:24am

Opinion

Global economy at a delicate crossroad – II

A similar balance should be struck in the case of developing countries like Pakistan for it is critical to dealing...

Published 15 Jun, 2022 05:47am

Markets

Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special...

Published 15 Jun, 2022 05:47am

China comes to our rescue in a big way

Agrees to roll over $2.3 billion loan and extend additional assistance of between $2.5 to $2.8 billion

Updated 15 Jun, 2022 09:52am

Markets

New all-time low for rupee, US dollar closes over 205

Multiple factors, including delay in IMF programme revival, driving currency depreciation

Updated 14 Jun, 2022 08:57pm

Budget 2022-23

Miftah says IMF lending critical to averting default

$9.5 billion ADB loan is approved but it would not be released if the IMF programme was not signed, the finance minister adds

Updated 14 Jun, 2022 09:40am

Rs4/unit raise in Discos’ tariff approved for April

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved an increase of Rs4 per unit in Discos...

Updated 14 Jun, 2022 10:28am

Opinion

An unsustainable development model

Far be it from me to add to the reams of newsprint and hours of air time devoted to the federal budget 2022-23...

Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am

Opinion

Outlook for inflation

The multilateral agencies, World Bank, and the IMF, have recently updated their projections of the rate of inflation...

Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am

Editorials

Post-budget briefing

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail acknowledged during the traditional post-budget press briefing two...

Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am

Business & Finance

Budgets prepared on dictation of IMF, says JI chief

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Sirajul Haq has said the federal and provincial budgets are anti-poor and prepared...

Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am

Business & Finance

IMF says Pakistan budget needs additional measures to meet goals

ISLAMABAD: Additional measures will be needed to bring Pakistan's budget for FY2022-23 in line with the key...

Updated 14 Jun, 2022 09:57am

Markets

Rupee plunges to Rs203.86 against dollar amid IMF uncertainty

Finance Minister Miftah Ismail's statement on IMF seen as a negative by currency market

Updated 13 Jun, 2022 06:32pm

Pakistan

PTI tenure loans: Marriyum sees more confessions from Imran, party soon

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Sunday said that former finance minister...

Published 13 Jun, 2022 07:11am

Opinion

Budget hasn’t eased all IMF concerns?

That a policy appeasement is often counterproductive with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a fact. Although...

Published 13 Jun, 2022 06:19am

Opinion

A directionless budget

The budget is built on expectations and assumptions (prayers) of global commodities to move out of the super cycle ...

Published 13 Jun, 2022 06:19am

Markets

PKR declines nearly 2.2pc

KARACHI: The rupee fell nearly 2.2% against the US dollar during the previous week, shedding value in three of the...

Published 13 Jun, 2022 06:19am

Editorials

A carrot and stick approach

EDITORIAL: The government and regulators are trying their best through a carrot and stick strategy to arrest the...

Published 13 Jun, 2022 06:19am

HCCI chief says only IMF happy with federal budget

HYDERABAD: President Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) Adeel Siddiqui responding to the federal...

Published 12 Jun, 2022 06:55am

Miftah says budget hasn’t eased all of IMF concerns

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister said on Saturday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern about...

Updated 12 Jun, 2022 08:56am

Pakistan

New fiscal year budget based on 'unrealistic assumptions': Shaukat Tarin

Former finance minister says govt should take the country's economy seriously and stop misleading the people

Updated 11 Jun, 2022 07:55pm

Pakistan

IMF still has concerns over Pakistan budget: Miftah Ismail

Finance minister says lender concerned about fuel subsidies, a widening current account deficit, and the need to raise more direct taxes.

Updated 11 Jun, 2022 09:04pm

Opinion

Budget: initial impression

Initial impression suggests that the budget is a mix of austerity and election year spending. The thought process...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:41am

Opinion

A pragmatic budget

Caught between a rock (IMF) and a hard place (popularity), the commodity super cycle and devaluation came to the...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:40am

Budget 2022-23

Business community of KP assails budget, calling it ‘disappointing’

PESHAWAR: Business community here on Friday said the present federal coalition government presented an IMF-dictated...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:39am

Editorials

The Budget

EDITORIAL: It is a sad commentary on the state of our economy that within a brief span of three years we are faced...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:14am

Pakistan

It is pro-people budget, claims Marriyum

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday termed the budget 2022-23 a...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:14am

Budget 2022-23

Budget an attempt to appease IMF, say analysts

KARACHI: The Budget FY23 is an attempt to satisfy IMF on key matters relating to revenue collection, subsidy...

Updated 11 Jun, 2022 10:11am

Budget 2022-23

Tarin terms budget ‘a pack of lies’

KARACHI: Former Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has termed the Budget 2022-23, presented by the coalition government,...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:08am

Markets

Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:04am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 25	278.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 25	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	156.17
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5048.42
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8078.86
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17917.28
France CAC40 / Apr 25	8016.65
India Sensex / Apr 26	74171.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.72

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2336.33
Diesel/Litre / Apr 26	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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