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inflation in Pakistan

Japan inflation slows to under 3%

TOKYO: Japanese consumer inflation slowed to below three percent last month for the first time since August 2022 on...

Published 20 Oct, 2023 11:47am

Editorials

Rise in LSM output

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released very encouraging data on large-scale manufacturing (LSM)...

Published 19 Oct, 2023 05:10am

Editorials

Reverse migration

EDITORIAL: One by one the social spillovers of the financial meltdown are beginning to show. Now there’s a very...

Published 18 Oct, 2023 06:09am

Pakistan

PM Kakar directs authorities to activate ‘strict price control mechanism’

Interim prime minister urges chief ministers to ensure prices of essential commodities and services reduced correspondingly, after significant cut in fuel prices

Published 16 Oct, 2023 09:24pm

Editorials

Growth rate downgrade

EDITORIAL: In a report titled “World Economic Outlook 2023 Navigating Global Divergences,” the International...

Published 13 Oct, 2023 05:50am

BR Research

Must find ways to subsidise the poor

National headline inflation for the third straight quarter stayed close to 30 percent – a first in Pakistan’s...

Published 12 Oct, 2023 08:25am

Editorials

Inflation on the rise

EDITORIAL: Sensitive Price Index (SPI) rose by 0.11 percent for the week ending 5 October 2023 registering a...

Published 11 Oct, 2023 03:10am

Opinion

Spurt in inflation

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has released the estimate of the rate of inflation in the national Consumer...

Updated 10 Oct, 2023 06:47am

Markets

AHL expects decline in petroleum prices by up to Rs41 per litre

Petroleum prices are expected to see a decline in the next announcement amid a significant decline in international...

Updated 06 Oct, 2023 11:00pm

Opinion

World Bank needs to revisit its policy and lending focus

In its recently released report ‘Pakistan development update October 2023: restoring fiscal sustainability’ the...

Updated 06 Oct, 2023 09:56am

Markets

Pakistan’s headline inflation reading clocks in at 31.4% in September

Brokerage house says reading is in line with market expectations

Updated 02 Oct, 2023 07:42pm

Opinion

Facilitate to educate

There are a lot of suggestions on how to eradicate poverty and help the underprivileged survive in these days of...

Updated 29 Sep, 2023 06:54am

Sept inflation seen at 29-31pc

KARACHI: Inflation in Pakistan is expected to clock in around 29-31% in September, the Ministry of Finance said in...

Updated 30 Sep, 2023 08:52am

Pakistan

JI chief reiterates demand for reduction in power tariff

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Emir Siraj-ul-Haq addressing the sit-in protest in front of Governor House on the ...

Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am

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

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

Business & Finance

Brokerage house sees interest-rate hike of 150bps as inflation bites

Arif Habib Limited says SBP might consider increasing interest rates as a precautionary measure to address persistently high levels of inflation

Updated 07 Sep, 2023 03:50pm

Pakistan

NFC award major reason behind govt’s inability to go after untaxed sectors: economist

Dr Ashfaque Hassan Khan says Islamabad loses incentive to tax undocumented economy as it loses big chunk of additional revenue

Published 04 Sep, 2023 05:26pm

Opinion

Economic policy needs a hard reset

The present currency crisis in Pakistan is unprecedented. PKR has depreciated against USD from 180 to 305 since ...

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

Business & Finance

Rising inflation, price hike assailed

KARACHI: Central leader of Businessmen Forum Captain Abdul Rasheed Abro has expressed his concern over the ever...

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

Editorials

Initiative required from caretakers

EDITORIAL: The induction of well-respected technocrats in the caretaker cabinet on 17 August was widely hailed but a...

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

Pakistan

Rising inflation and inflated bills: Partial ‘shutter-down’ strike in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: A partial shutter-down strike was observed against rising inflation and inflated bills in the provincial...

Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am

Business & Finance

Resilience in challenging energy market: PSO posts Rs3.6trn gross revenue, Rs5.7bn profit after tax

KARACHI: PSO, the nation’s leading energy company, has achieved remarkable progress and demonstrated resilience in...

Published 24 Aug, 2023 06:22am

Editorials

The state of the economy

EDITORIAL: Contractionary fiscal and monetary policies agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the...

Updated 24 Aug, 2023 06:44am

Editorials

The grimness of higher inflation

EDITORIAL: The governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Jameel Ahmed, while addressing the flag hoisting ceremony on...

Published 17 Aug, 2023 03:49am

Global conditions contributed to higher inflation in Pakistan: SBP

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad has said that global economic conditions have largely...

Updated 15 Aug, 2023 10:02am

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

Pakistan

CPI reading likely to decrease in July: brokerage house

AHL says it expects inflation to clock in at 26.4%

Updated 26 Jul, 2023 04:30pm

Opinion

A mood of despondency has set in

The incumbent government has borrowed $10.844 billion from multiple financing sources including $2.206 billion from...

Published 25 Jul, 2023 06:20am

Pakistan

PDM govt only opens floodgate of inflation: PTI

PTI leader says the fascist govt drowned the inflation-ridden and poverty-stricken masses in the storm of inflation

Updated 23 Jul, 2023 10:37am

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	155.60
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 24	5070.63
Nasdaq / Apr 24	15712.75
Dow Jones / Apr 24	38460.92
India Sensex / Apr 25	73780.80
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	37628.48
Hang Seng / Apr 25	17264.90
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8077.84
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17994.97

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Petrol/Litre / Apr 25	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	83.02
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	2325.45
Diesel/Litre / Apr 25	290.38

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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