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Russia-Ukraine war: Pakistan could not import, procure vital raw materials: PM

RIYADH: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Monday said permanent peace in Gaza was imperative for peace in the world. He...

Published 30 Apr, 2024 03:43am

Business & Finance

JETRO survey shows Japanese cos in Pakistan facing various issues, including higher import costs

KARACHI: The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), the Japanese government’s trade and investment promotional...

Published 01 Apr, 2024 05:34am

Business & Finance

Condoning import-, export-related curbs: Ministerial body formed to resolve cases

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has constituted a three-member Ministerial Committee to resolve cases to condone...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 05:36am

Local vendors suffer as import of used cars rises

KARACHI: Pakistan has witnessed a sharp surge in the imports of used cars during the first six months of the current...

Updated 14 Mar, 2024 08:45am

Business & Finance

New customs values on import of shoe polish fixed

ISLAMABAD: Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi has fixed new customs values on the import of shoe ...

Published 08 Feb, 2024 05:02am

BR Research

Current account roundup: 5MFY24

The economy is unofficially in a zero current account deficit (CAD) mode, and it is an unannounced policy of SBP, as...

Published 19 Dec, 2023 09:05am

145 govt organisations: FBR defines ‘economic transaction’ for maintaining data

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will maintain record of economic transactions of transfers of gifts...

Updated 09 Dec, 2023 09:09am

Oil products’ import on foreign suppliers’ account: Decision not materialised due to delay in notification of SOPs

ISLAMABAD: The federal government’s decision to allow import of oil products on foreign suppliers’ account through...

Updated 10 Nov, 2023 09:40am

Business & Finance

‘Private sector is in the field’ There’s no plan to import wheat thru TCP: official

KARACHI: The federal government has no plan to import wheat through Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) as the...

Published 10 Nov, 2023 03:07am

Govt decides to import urea on G2G basis

ECC of the Cabinet also directs the Petroleum Division to holistically review the existing contracts and firm up a proposal on uniform gas pricing

Updated 05 Nov, 2023 10:10pm

Business & Finance

Import of goods: Customs accused of violating SBP provisions

LAHORE: Customs authorities are allegedly violating the legal provisions made by the State Bank of Pakistan for...

Published 23 Jun, 2023 06:00am

Business & Finance

Proposals

No increase in duties on import of essential items Minimum wage proposed at Rs32,000; wages of government employees...

Published 10 Jun, 2023 05:20am

RDs on wide range of items abolished

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has abolished regulatory duties on a wide range of items including...

Published 10 Jun, 2023 04:39am

World

India considers cutting solar panel import tax to make up domestic shortfall

NEW DELHI: India is considering cutting its import tax on solar panels by half and is seeking a rollback in goods...

Published 31 May, 2023 05:23pm

Shortage of goods, plant closures: IMF identifies import curbs as the real culprits

Says financial framework underlying policies agreed with the authorities is included in staff report to be released upon IMF Executive Board’s approval of ninth review

Updated 31 May, 2023 11:25am

20pc customs duty, RD on import of edible oils, oilseeds proposed

ISLAMABAD: The government has proposed 20 percent customs duty and regulatory duty on the import of edible oils and...

Updated 04 May, 2023 09:13am

Opinion

‘The grim challenge of import addiction’

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “The grim challenge of import addiction” carried by the newspaper on...

Published 29 Apr, 2023 06:04am

BR Research

Unwelcome surplus

The current account posted a surprise surplus of $654 million in Mar-23 – highest monthly surplus in eight years....

Published 28 Apr, 2023 09:16am

Opinion

The grim challenge of import addiction

We are addicted to foreign goods. As a child I remember hankering for foreign chocolates and toffees, as an adult I...

Updated 27 Apr, 2023 07:06am

Business & Finance

Govt urged to ban import of non-essential items

KARACHI: President of United Business Group (UBG) Zubair F Tufail has said that after the government lifted the ban...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:15am

BR Research

Localization of energy supply chain

With import restrictions, Pakistan's import-substituting manufacturing sectors, which are highly dependent on...

Published 10 Apr, 2023 09:02am

BR Research

A Hawala Tsunami?

A couple of months back, when the SBP Governor visited the FPCCI office in Karachi, the traders and industrialists...

Published 29 Mar, 2023 08:55am

Markets

Activities of Karachi Port and Port Qasim

KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust handled 165,153 tonnes of cargo comprising 96,126 tonnes of import cargo and 69,027...

Published 22 Mar, 2023 06:24am

Business & Finance

DHL Pakistan suspends 'Import Express Product' from March 15

Restrictions on outward remittances for foreign companies cited as reason

Published 27 Feb, 2023 07:11pm

Markets

Activities of Karachi Port and Port Qasim

KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust handled 86,198 tonnes of cargo comprising 49,417 tonnes of import cargo and 36,781...

Published 09 Feb, 2023 06:02am

Markets

Govt projection of achieving $3bn current account surplus in FY23 ‘unrealistic’: PBC

The Ministry of Finance's prediction of achieving a surplus current account by the end of the ongoing fiscal year...

Published 06 Feb, 2023 03:22pm

50pc duty imposed on import of ‘Mild Hybrid Vehicles’

ISLAMABAD: The Customs classification committee of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has imposed 50 percent customs...

Updated 29 Jan, 2023 10:11am

Business & Finance

FBR body imposes 2pc customs duty on import of ‘PCB Boards for LED TV’

ISLAMABAD: The customs classification committee of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has declared that the ‘PCB...

Updated 22 Jan, 2023 10:17am

Markets

Import substitution of furnace oil: Engro LNG terminal has helped save $3bn

KARACHI: Engro Elengy Terminal has successfully handled over 450 ship-to-ship transfers since its inception, as a...

Published 13 Jan, 2023 06:05am

BR Research

Monsters of our own making

Kicking off the new year with a whimper, last week, Pakistan Suzuki (PSX: PSMC) announced it would be keeping its...

Published 10 Jan, 2023 08:46am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 14	278.27
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 14	278.07
USD to Japanese Yen / May 14	156.42
USD to Swiss Franc / May 14	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 14	1.26
Euro to USD / May 14	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 13	5221.42
Nasdaq / May 13	16388.24
Dow Jones / May 13	39431.51
India Sensex / May 14	72853.85
Tokyo Nikkei / May 14	38227.19
Hang Seng / May 14	19120.21
FTSE 100 / May 14	8427.64
Germany DAX 30 / May 14	18697.64

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 13	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 13	207733
Petrol/Litre / May 14	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 14	79.23
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 14	2344.20
Diesel/Litre / May 14	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 14 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 14 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 14 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 14 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 14 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 14 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 14 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 14 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 14 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 14 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 14 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 14 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 14 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 14 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 14 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 14 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 14 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 14 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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