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IMF

IMF cuts Philippines growth outlook to 5.3% for this year

MANILA: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its economic growth forecast for the Philippines this year to 5.3%...

Published 03 Oct, 2023 01:52pm

Editorials

Caretakers’ approach to economic impasse

EDITORIAL: The Caretaker government’s discernible approach to dealing with the economic impasse is twofold: ...

Published 03 Oct, 2023 06:02am

Opposition of IMF, World Bank: Plan to have direct credit lines from banks, FIs shelved

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has reportedly shelved its plan to have direct credit lines from Banks/ Financial...

Updated 03 Oct, 2023 09:15am

World

Climate goal reliant on massive new private sector investment: IMF

WASHINGTON: The private sector must drastically increase its climate-related investments, most crucially in...

Published 02 Oct, 2023 06:06pm

BR Research

Gas price must go up

If the IMF is not pushing for something, it almost never happens in Pakistan. People have been wondering why...

Published 02 Oct, 2023 08:58am

Opinion

IMF’s policy needs deeper political economic thinking

‘“Escalating protests in Pakistan against rising costs linked to IMF demands, which follow similar protests in...

Published 02 Oct, 2023 07:03am

Opinion

BRICS success challenges the US-led dominance!

The world is witnessing seismic shifts across economic, geopolitical, and cultural lines, and the ongoing conflict...

Published 01 Oct, 2023 02:59am

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 29 Sep, 2023 06:24am

Editorials

Tax the rich

EDITORIAL: One reason our ruling class always paints IMF’s conditions as “harsh” is their own inability, rather...

Updated 29 Sep, 2023 09:29pm

Business & Finance

IMF programme: Govt will deliver to secure $700m under SBA: Shamshad

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government will deliver on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme to secure $700...

Updated 03 Oct, 2023 06:23am

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 28 Sep, 2023 05:33am

Editorials

Federal spending must be curtailed

EDITORIAL: World Bank in a policy note has recommended ceasing federal spending on provincial mandates, including...

Published 28 Sep, 2023 05:33am

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 27 Sep, 2023 06:47am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: A non-level playing field

“One former prime minister has criticised the slow speed of the eighty plus Shehbaz Sharif-led Cabinet and…”...

Published 27 Sep, 2023 06:08am

Opinion

Consequences of frequent borrowing

The government of Pakistan has a plan of borrowing yet another time from commercial banks over next three months. We...

Updated 27 Sep, 2023 07:06am

Fixing economy top priority: PM

Terms Pakistan a transitional democracy and assures electoral process would be neutral, fair, and free

Updated 27 Sep, 2023 10:37am

Business & Finance

Jul-Aug period: Borrowing from multiple financing sources stands at $3.206bn

ISLAMABAD: The country borrowed $3.206 billion from multiple financing sources during the first two months...

Updated 27 Sep, 2023 10:31am

BR Research

Currency – the pendulum swing

PKR’s slow and steady appreciation continues in the interbank market, as PKR/USD has reached 290 from 307 in 16...

Updated 26 Sep, 2023 09:00pm

Opinion

Fall in industrial production

The estimate of the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) for the month of July 2023 has recently been released by ...

Updated 26 Sep, 2023 07:12am

Business & Finance

Minister tells CMOs: No tax relief possible due to IMF programme

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication has conveyed to the...

Published 26 Sep, 2023 06:33am

Editorials

Pledged flood relief

EDITORIAL: Pakistan is concerned, and rightly so, that donors that pledged $10 billion in aid after last year’s...

Published 26 Sep, 2023 06:33am

Editorials

PML-N has helped country avert default?

EDITORIAL: Nawaz Sharif, the undisputed leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), resident in the UK for ...

Published 26 Sep, 2023 06:33am

Markets

Ghana central bank holds main interest rate as expected

ACCRA: Ghana’s central bank on Monday held its main interest rate at 30.00% as forecast by a Reuters poll of...

Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:18pm

BR Research

Power tariffs: The never-ending rise

The power regulator has approved the periodic adjustment for 4QFY23 – at Rs3.2814/unit. The adjustment was always...

Published 25 Sep, 2023 09:09am

Pakistan

Loan borrowers: Properties should be sold to repay IMF debt: JI chief

QUETTA: Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP) Ameer Sirajul Haq demanded the government that the properties and assets of...

Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:34am

Opinion

Escalating economic divide with India

The following is the first part of a two-part series of articles highlighting the differences between the economies...

Updated 25 Sep, 2023 07:34am

Editorials

Pakistan: growth projections

EDITORIAL: Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its regular publication Asian Development Outlook lowered Pakistan’s...

Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:34am

Fiscal consolidation: Ministries, divisions asked to strictly adhere to funds release strategy

ISLAMABAD: Secretary Finance, Imdad Ullah Bosal has asked ministries and divisions to strictly adhere to the funds...

Updated 24 Sep, 2023 09:15am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: NMN has spent a fortune on improving her optics

“So were you happy with the optics?” “Well the best optics in our country’s history were provided by The Man...

Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am

Editorials

Household debt cycle

EDITORIAL: One of the enduring lessons of economic downturns is that they run households, especially middle- and...

Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 24	278.59
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 24	278.39
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 24	155.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 24	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 24	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 24	5070.63
India Sensex / Apr 24	73852.94
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 24	38460.08
Nasdaq / Apr 24	15712.75
Hang Seng / Apr 24	17201.27
FTSE 100 / Apr 24	8040.38
Dow Jones / Apr 24	38460.92
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 24	18088.70

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 24	82.83
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 24	2318.17
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 24	81.01
Petrol/Litre / Apr 25	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 25 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 25 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 25 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 25 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 25 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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