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Debt servicing to devour 43pc of budget

Published 13 Jun, 2026 06:17am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is expected to spend around Rs8.054 trillion on debt servicing, including interest payments and...

SBP holds policy rate at 10.50pc on oil risks

Published 10 Mar, 2026 06:09am

KARACHI: While keeping the policy rate unchanged at 10.50 percent, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has observed...

Central govt debt up over Rs1.4trn in 7 months

Updated 06 Mar, 2026 09:28am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s central government debt increased over Rs1.4 trillion during the first seven months of the...

SBP holds key rate at 10.5pc

Published 27 Jan, 2026 05:11am

KARACHI: As against the market expectations, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)...

Circular debt plan: OGDCL receives Rs7.73bn second interest payment

Published 26 Aug, 2025 09:31am

Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), Pakistan’s largest E&P firm, has received the second interest...

Exchange rate volatility: Pakistan govt plans to minimise risks with hedging

Updated 16 Aug, 2025 08:57am

ISLAMABAD: The government has planned to use hedging instruments to mitigate exchange rate volatility risks, besides...

Budget 2025-26: ‘Priority is given to defence, interest payments on debt, revenue generation’

Updated 12 Jun, 2025 08:43am

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

Lower interest payments shrink Pakistan’s budget outlay

Updated 11 Jun, 2025 11:13am

KARACHI: In a major fiscal relief, the federal government has projected a sharp 16 percent or Rs 1.57 trillion...

Cheaper buns, expensive sheermals

Updated 11 Jun, 2025 07:50am

Over the past one year, this column has argued that Pakistan sits on a hinge of history, a fleeting interval when...

Public debt recorded at Rs76,007bn by end-March

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 08:39am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s total public debt was recorded at Rs 76,007 billion by end-March 2025, registering an increase...

Govt’s interest payments to decrease by Rs1.5tn in FY25 as policy rate comes down: SBP chief

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 09:04pm

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad has said the decline in key policy rate will help the government...

Importance of riba-free banking for a developing country like Pakistan

Updated 12 Oct, 2024 08:31am

Riba-free (interest-free) banking is a key principle of Islamic finance, which prohibits interest on loans, viewing...

Interest worth SDR 2.815bn paid to IMF since 1984

Updated 02 Aug, 2024 09:07am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has paid interest amounting SDR 2.815 billion to International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 1984....

Pakistan will face no difficulty in meeting external debt obligations in FY25: SBP governor

Updated 29 Jul, 2024 07:33pm

Pakistan will not face an issue in meeting its external payment obligations in the current fiscal year (FY25), said...

Interest payments to devour 62pc of revenues: ADB

Updated 19 Jul, 2024 10:02am

Forecasts public debt to decline by 7 percentage points to 70 percent of GDP in 2024–2025

Fiscal adjustment hamstrung by interest payments

Updated 04 Oct, 2023 10:00am

Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives says economy has slowly and steadily started recovering from the downturn in growth

Rs7.302trn will be spent on debt servicing

Published 10 Jun, 2023 04:49am

ISLAMABAD: The country will spend around Rs 7.302 trillion on debt servicing including interest payments and...

Pakistan's ex finance chief Miftah warns against any kind of debt restructuring

Updated 16 Mar, 2023 09:46am

Difficult task to get China and the West to sit on one table for such an endeavour, he says

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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