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Early warning signs

The first quarter of 2023-24 is about to come to an end. It has been an eventful quarter. It started well with the...

Updated 19 Sep, 2023 07:32am

Opinion

A culture of strikes

The Karachi chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami has given a call for a shutdown in the country’s largest city for today...

Published 19 Sep, 2023 06:31am

PM’s meeting with IMF chief at UN: Phasing out of certain SBA conditions highly unlikely

ISLAMABAD: In the event that Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar manages to meet Managing Director...

Updated 19 Sep, 2023 10:57am

Opinion

Private savings, govt dissaving: debt

Savings by an individual/householder or a government have different objectives and constraints and while a healthy...

Updated 18 Sep, 2023 07:33am

Financial account not positive enough to cancel out rise in CAD: economist

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s financial account has not been positive enough to cancel out the increase in current account...

Updated 18 Sep, 2023 09:24am

Editorials

Policy rate kept unchanged

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 22 percent surprising...

Published 18 Sep, 2023 06:32am

Pakistan

Govt urged to withdraw hike in fuel prices

KARACHI: In a stern reaction to the fresh fuel oil prices’ hike to the all-time highs, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) ...

Published 17 Sep, 2023 06:05am

Editorials

About time

EDITORIAL: It’s no surprise that the “massive recovery drive against tax defaulters” has identified the usual...

Published 17 Sep, 2023 06:05am

Pakistan

‘Economic decisions to be taken as per ground realities’

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and...

Published 16 Sep, 2023 03:03am

Economic stabilization: Steps yielding positive results, says Shamshad

Discussion with IMF to control expenditure is under way, adds the caretaker minister

Updated 16 Sep, 2023 03:57pm

PM likely to meet IMF MD on UNGA sidelines

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is looking for a meeting between caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar and Managing...

Updated 16 Sep, 2023 09:08am

Opinion

Unwarranted austerity policy

As another monetary policy statement is about to be released, as the writer contributes this article, it is time to...

Updated 15 Sep, 2023 07:25am

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 Sep, 2023 06:31am

Summary seeking up to 50pc raise in gas sale prices re-submitted

Interim Minister for Energy, Muhammad Ali says increase in gas rates ahead of winter was inevitable to contain the gas-sector circular debt

Updated 15 Sep, 2023 10:07am

World

IMF reviews Sri Lanka bailout as Colombo eyes more funds

COLOMBO: The International Monetary Fund began a review on Thursday of Sri Lanka’s bailout programme launched after...

Published 14 Sep, 2023 08:12pm

Business & Finance

Saudi inflation eases further in August to 2%

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s annual inflation eased to 2% in August, from 2.3% the previous month, government data showed...

Published 14 Sep, 2023 12:14pm

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 14 Sep, 2023 07:11am

Opinion

Army and the rupee

An old Indian friend, editor of an international newspaper in the Gulf, asked last week if it was alright to run a...

Updated 14 Sep, 2023 06:28am

Editorials

Army, not govt, has arrested the rupee slide

EDITORIAL: The Pakistani rupee has appreciated significantly in the open market subsequent to the launch of a...

Published 14 Sep, 2023 06:07am

Banks and FIs: MoF to do away with direct credit lines

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has reportedly decided to do away with direct credit lines from banks/financial...

Updated 14 Sep, 2023 09:09am

World

IMF says global debt fell as share of GDP in 2022, may resume rising trend

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday said that the global debt as a share of economic output...

Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:09pm

Markets

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka readies for critical first IMF review

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka must convince IMF officials that it has met key goals under a $2.9 billion bailout to push...

Published 13 Sep, 2023 01:04pm

Pakistan

‘JI will approach SC to ensure elections within 90 days’

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Sirajul Haq has said the JI would approach the Supreme Court to ensure that...

Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:17am

Opinion

The missing ingredients in Pakistan

Since the 18th Century, one country after another has experienced what Harvard economist Rostow called a “take off...

Updated 13 Sep, 2023 01:32pm

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 13 Sep, 2023 06:17am

Artificial appreciation of PKR to encourage imports: Pasha

ISLAMABAD: “The crackdown on illegal exchange dealers and envisaged investment inflows from friendly countries has...

Updated 13 Sep, 2023 10:58am

Editorials

Inflation will remain a challenge

EDITORIAL: The sensitive price index (SPI), computing the prices of 51 essential items from 50 markets in 17 cities,...

Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:17am

BR Research

Currency market – turning tables?

The fear worked, at least in the short term. Open market currency rates, which were at 10 percent premium to...

Updated 12 Sep, 2023 05:11pm

Editorials

SIFC: ‘preponderance of evidence’?

EDITORIAL: The concept behind establishing the Special Investment Facilitation Council is fully supported as it not...

Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:34am

Opinion

Rating agencies and Pakistan’s response

There are three major international credit rating agencies providing investors information about bond and debt...

Published 11 Sep, 2023 06:54am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 19	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 19	278.15
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 19	154.37
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 19	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 19	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 19	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 18	5011.12
Nasdaq / Apr 18	15601.50
Dow Jones / Apr 18	37775.38
India Sensex / Apr 19	72222.48
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 19	37068.35
Hang Seng / Apr 19	16205.02
FTSE 100 / Apr 19	7834.89
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 19	17717.67

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	214077
Petrol/Litre / Apr 19	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 19	84.27
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 19	2382.04
Diesel/Litre / Apr 19	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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