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Honda Atlas shuts plant till March 31 due to supply chain disruptions

Says restrictions on opening of Letters of Credit for import of CKD kits, raw materials and halting foreign payments have hit supply chain

Updated 08 Mar, 2023 01:20pm

Opinion

Energy sector reforms: Earnest intentions for structural changes necessary – IV

Our fiscal space is wafer thin. The economy is starting to pull back from a precipice. The International Monetary...

Published 08 Mar, 2023 06:20am

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 08 Mar, 2023 06:20am

Editorials

Conference on LDCs: the Doha difference

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in his address to the fifth UN-sponsored conference (5-9 March) on Least...

Published 08 Mar, 2023 06:20am

Senate panel told: IMF ‘demands’ to determine fate of ongoing talks

ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel was informed on Tuesday that “the demands put forth by the International Monetary Fund...

Updated 08 Mar, 2023 08:37am

Business & Finance

IMF board poised to approve $2.9bn Sri Lanka bailout on 20th

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday said Sri Lanka has secured financing assurances from all ...

Published 08 Mar, 2023 06:20am

World

IMF board poised to approve $2.9bn Sri Lanka bailout on March 20

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday said Sri Lanka has secured financing assurances from...

Published 07 Mar, 2023 07:08pm

Pakistan

IMF temporarily hikes limits on members’ annual, cumulative access to its resources

Changes intended to better support the Fund’s members in a particularly challenging and uncertain economic environment, it says in statement

Updated 07 Mar, 2023 06:38pm

Opinion

Stern business of funny money

In the mid-1990s the Soviet Union had collapsed and my friend Tariq Usman Haider was appointed as the envoy to...

Published 07 Mar, 2023 03:16am

SOEs: MoF prepares draft policy

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance (MoF) has prepared a draft State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) policy with technical...

Updated 07 Mar, 2023 08:48am

Markets

Rupee maintains positive momentum, settles at 277.92

Currency registers 0.19% appreciation

Updated 06 Mar, 2023 08:16pm

Business & Finance

Sri Lanka to relax currency band as it moves towards market-driven exchange rate

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will relax its currency band from next week, its central bank said on Friday, as part of efforts...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 08:09am

Pakistan

Fazl says IK responsible for economic crisis

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) President Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman came hard on former Prime Minister...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 07:09am

Opinion

Inflation out of control

Consumer price index (headline inflation) rose by 31.5 percent in February (up by 3.7 percentage points from...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:36am

Editorials

MPS: steep rate hike to tame inflation

EDITORIAL: In spite of the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC’s) decision to raise the discount rate to 20 percent...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:22am

TIFA moot agrees to ensure progress on all issues: govt

ISLAMABAD: Commerce Minister Syed Naveed Qamar said that the meeting of the Pakistan-US Trade and Investment...

Updated 06 Mar, 2023 08:42am

Business & Finance

Ongoing crisis result of ‘last 75 years’ mistakes’, says Miftah

KARACHI: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail has said Pakistan has reached to this state owing to the mistakes of...

Published 05 Mar, 2023 03:36am

Opinion

Moody’s: there’s method in its madness

Moody’s Investors Service early this week downgraded Pakistan’s local and foreign currency issuer and senior...

Published 04 Mar, 2023 06:10am

Editorials

Terror, politics and economy

EDITORIAL: The Central Apex Committee (CAC), in its meeting last Friday, merely echoed what much of the country has...

Published 04 Mar, 2023 06:10am

$1.3bn financing from China’s ICBC expected

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has stated that the budget deficit is manageable but the external account...

Updated 04 Mar, 2023 09:13am

Markets

KSE-100 index closes 600 points up amid hope of IMF programme revival

Positive momentum continued at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), as the benchmark KSE-100 Index closed over 600...

Updated 03 Mar, 2023 07:03pm

Jul-Jan: $6.134bn borrowed from multiple sources

ISLAMABAD: The government has borrowed $6.134 billion from multiple financing sources including $1.166 billion from...

Updated 03 Mar, 2023 08:52am

Usage of 300 units and above: Rs3.39/unit additional surcharge on the cards

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday showed consent to put its stamp on...

Updated 03 Mar, 2023 08:53am

Pakistan

Maryam to address workers’ convention in Gujranwala today

LAHORE: Senior Vice President and Chief Organiser of the Pakistan Muslim League-N Maryam Nawaz is set to address a...

Published 03 Mar, 2023 06:12am

Opinion

Cash-strapped countries face IMF bailout delays as debt talks drag on

Countries in debt distress such as Zambia and Sri Lanka turning to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for...

Published 03 Mar, 2023 06:12am

NA body asks govt to remove obstacles to IP gas pipeline project

ISLAMABAD: A National Assembly panel was informed on Thursday that because of the International Monetary Fund’s...

Updated 03 Mar, 2023 08:51am

Opinion

Developing countries’ lost decade?

Global average temperatures have reached 1.2 degrees centigrade above the pre-industrial era, and most scientific...

Updated 03 Mar, 2023 06:58am

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 Mar, 2023 06:12am

Business & Finance

Export sector: NKATI chief rejects discontinuation of ZRI package

KARACHI: President of North Karachi Association of Trade and Industry (NKATI) Faisal Moiz Khan, while expressing...

Published 03 Mar, 2023 06:12am

Business & Finance

Dar says IMF deal likely next week, rejects default rumours

ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Thursday said the staff-level agreement with International Monetary...

Published 03 Mar, 2023 06:12am

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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