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Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights

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

Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am

Business & Finance

Ministers, MPs and bureaucrats: UBG against making fuel, gas and electricity available free of charge

KARACHI: United Business Group (UBG) has said that the business community demands that, in order to meet the IMF...

Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am

Opinion

Re-election considerations have clear precedence over…

It is true that a picture is always worth a thousand words. What is also true is that sometime multiple ideas, ...

Published 03 Aug, 2023 05:54am

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 03 Aug, 2023 05:54am

Business & Finance

Mian Zahid hopes parties will consider caretaker PM issue amicably

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

Published 03 Aug, 2023 05:54am

Editorials

Fuel price hike

EDITORIAL: Prices of petrol and high speed diesel (HSD) were raised by 19.95 and 19.90 rupees per litre,...

Updated 03 Aug, 2023 06:27am

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 02 Aug, 2023 07:31am

Opinion

FY24 to FY28: IMF’s forex cash flow projections

This article is in continuation of the writer’s earlier article on the same subject carried by this newspaper on...

Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am

Business & Finance

Country’s resources: PM for ‘surgical operation’ to generate wealth

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday said there is a need for a serious surgical operation to generate...

Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am

Minister tries to justify hike

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb, Tuesday, said the government had...

Updated 02 Aug, 2023 08:49am

Business & Finance

Govt hikes petrol and HSD prices, albeit ‘reluctantly’

ISLAMABAD: The coalition government of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has allowed a significant raise of ...

Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am

BR Research

MPC surprise

SBP has kept the interest rates unchanged at 22 percent. That was a surprise for a few, as the general expectations...

Published 01 Aug, 2023 08:29am

Pakistan

Minister for exploiting own resources to get rid of IMF

FAISALABAD: Pakistan must exploit its own natural resources to get rid of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and...

Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am

Opinion

Reducing rising electricity tariff? — III

In the previous space, we focused on immediate financial restructuring solutions for enabling reduction in...

Updated 01 Aug, 2023 06:43am

Opinion

IMF’s SBF

The IMF Stand-By Facility (SBF) of $3 billion has been in operation for two weeks now. Already, there is a big...

Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am

Editorials

Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose

EDITORIAL: In an overarching drive to launch development projects before the term of the government expires, a drive...

Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am

Settlement of dues of IPPs/GPPs: FD seeks expenditure details of Rs601bn extended to PD

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has sought expenditure details of Rs 601 billion extended to the Power Division to...

Updated 01 Aug, 2023 09:13am

World

IMF says monitoring Niger developments, has not yet made RSF loan payment

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund on Monday said it is continuing to closely monitor political ...

Published 31 Jul, 2023 11:18pm

Opinion

Power sector remains Pakistan’s Achilles heel

The power sector continues to be a major source of concern with circular debt a high of 2.6 trillion rupees at...

Published 31 Jul, 2023 06:43am

Opinion

Restoring investor confidence key challenge

Taming the inflation monster is turning out to be a challenge at a time when many analysts were expecting the...

Published 31 Jul, 2023 06:43am

Markets

July: PSX sees $14.9m net buying

KARACHI: The foreign portfolio investors are back as after many years, Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has seen net...

Published 31 Jul, 2023 06:43am

Perspectives

Agrivoltaics: looking to solve Pakistan’s food and energy conundrum at the same time

In what could only be called the climax moment of a movie that was dragging on, Pakistani authorities managed to...

Published 29 Jul, 2023 04:01pm

Opinion

Hunger in Pakistan

Pakistan hosts the poorest population with per capita income at $1550 compared with Bangladesh at $2660 and India at...

Published 29 Jul, 2023 05:28am

World

IMF to disburse $7.5bn to Argentina amid ‘challenging’ backdrop

WASHINGTON: Argentina is set to receive a much-needed disbursement of funds from the IMF, the lender said Friday,...

Published 28 Jul, 2023 08:09pm

Opinion

How to widen tax net?

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Ishaq Dar has been repeatedly announcing that the government has...

Published 28 Jul, 2023 03:03am

Opinion

‘Heat economic policy’

It is, indeed, important that Pakistan should continue to deal with its macroeconomic and growth challenges of the...

Published 28 Jul, 2023 03:03am

Opinion

An indictment of our politicians

India’s foreign exchange reserves had risen for a third straight week to total $609.02 billion as of July 14, the...

Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am

Opinion

Exports collapsing under power sector burden

The fundamental premise upon which the foundations of modern-day economics stand is that resources are finite and...

Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am

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 Jul, 2023 06:26am

Editorials

The ‘begging bowl’ challenge

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pledged to break the “begging bowl” by curtailing government expenses...

Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am

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 25	155.61
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 25	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 25	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 25	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5048.42
India Sensex / Apr 25	74339.44
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	37628.48
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
Hang Seng / Apr 25	17284.54
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8078.86
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17917.28

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	83.77
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	2331.28
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 25	81.08
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	293.94

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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