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Live budget 2024 2025

NFC award: govt official says IMF has attached no conditions

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 09:40am

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing committee on Finance and Revenue, while observing increasing distortions in resources...

Budgetary support: Over Rs2trn borrowings cleared in just 5 months

Updated 11 Dec, 2024 09:18am

KARACHI: In a positive turn on the economic front, borrowings by both the federal and provincial governments for...

Budgeted $9bn time deposits: EAD says country gets no amount in Jul-Oct FY25

Updated 28 Nov, 2024 02:38pm

Government budgeted $3 billion time deposit for the last fiscal year 2023-24 including $2 billion from Saudi Arabia and one billion from UAE

The Finance Minister’s defence

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:53am

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb during his press briefing on Sunday appreciated the efforts towards...

PSDP: MoF approves Rs1.1trn against Rs2.9trn demand

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:35am

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance approved Rs1.1 trillion development budget under the Public Sector Development...

Interest costs to eat up 40pc of 2025 budget: Moody’s

Updated 19 Nov, 2024 04:38pm

Rating agency says government debt affordability in Pakistan will remain weaker than before the pandemic

Punjab govt set to achieve Rs680bn surplus by year-end: Azma

Published 16 Nov, 2024 06:04am

LAHORE: By the end of this year, the Punjab government will have a surplus of Rs680 billion. The IMF has ...

IMF-govt talks conclude

Updated 16 Nov, 2024 03:04pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday concluded the five-day talks with a...

Q1 figures revised: MoF posts Rs360bn cumulative provincial surplus

Updated 16 Nov, 2024 09:29am

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has revised the fiscal operations’ figures for the first quarter (Q1) of the...

Supplementary grants: IMF seeks to limit govt discretion

Updated 16 Nov, 2024 09:08pm

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Pakistan to initiate legal changes, required to limit the...

Macro-fiscal forecasts for budget: IMF asks govt to strengthen capacity of FD

Updated 16 Nov, 2024 09:08pm

Notes that current organisation of the Finance Division is relatively fragmented and presents an obstacle to achieving a more strategic approach to budgeting

Mini-budget: Minister says ‘it will be premature to comment’

Updated 15 Nov, 2024 02:54pm

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Revenue Ali Pervez Malik said Thursday that it would be premature to comment...

1.4pc of GDP: Q1 ends with Rs1.696trn budget balance

Published 01 Nov, 2024 06:51am

ISLAMABAD: The government closed first quarter of current fiscal year 2024-25 with overall budget balance of Rs1.696...

PSDP 2024-25: Ministries’ Rs2.9trn request pruned to Rs1.1trn

Updated 25 Oct, 2024 03:18pm

Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal directs Economic Affairs Division to come up with a realistic demand of budget in consultation with respective ministries/divisions

Proposed mini-budget rejected: Govt urged to slash power rates by 9pc

Published 18 Oct, 2024 07:43am

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry's top officials, Zakki Ejaz and SM Tanveer,...

Rs87bn short of target: Q1 collection stands at Rs2.452trn

Updated 01 Oct, 2024 08:52am

ISLAMABAD: Despite taxation measures of Rs 1,800 billion in the budget (2024-25), the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)...

Senior economist says a ‘maxi budget’ will be unavoidable

Updated 30 Sep, 2024 08:57am

ISLAMABAD: With conventional foreign financing lines largely dry off and expecting a massive shortfall in revenue,...

Pakistan’s incidence of tax on salaried class 3 times higher than India’s: PBC

Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:16am

A comparison...

SBP widely seen cutting rates

Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:16am

KARACHI: Central bank will likely cut its key interest rate again on Monday in its first policy meeting following ...

Political turmoil, tax-laden budget: Businesses say Shehbaz govt ‘worse manager’ of economy: Gallup

Updated 26 Jul, 2024 09:21am

KARACHI: Calling the government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as ‘worse manager’ of the economy, the country’s...

Despite Rs2.5tr expected surplus profit from SBP: ‘Fiscal space’ continues to elude Pakistan

Updated 25 Jul, 2024 11:38pm

KARACHI: Despite the government estimating a surplus profit from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) at a record Rs2.5...

FY25 budget: traders reject taxation measures

Published 24 Jul, 2024 05:59am

PESHAWAR: Business community have rejected additional taxation measures in budget 2024-25 and stated that it has not...

Pakistan’s salaried group comes out on the streets, but after work hours

Published 24 Jul, 2024 12:44am

Such is Pakistan’s salaried group protesting power that it took to the streets in Karachi at 5:30pm – after work...

Provincial budgets for FY2024-25

Published 23 Jul, 2024 06:58am

The provincial budgets for 2024-25 have all been presented last month in the respective Provincial Assemblies....

The way forward

Updated 22 Jul, 2024 07:11am

Sale of state-owned entities (SOEs) and not resuscitating the non-operational Pakistan Steel Mills is the mantra of...

KP to earn receipts of Rs90bn from oil and gas sectors

Updated 22 Jul, 2024 09:05am

PESHAWAR: The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will earn revenue amounting to Rs.89.8 billion in the...

Govt decides to introduce T&T system for cotton, ginning industry

Updated 20 Jul, 2024 09:19am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Industry and Production, National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain,...

FY24-25 to FY26-27: MoF cautions fiscal risks may affect MTBS forecasts

Updated 20 Jul, 2024 09:24am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Ministry has cautioned that fiscal risks may lead to potential threats or uncertainty in fiscal...

IMF is here to stay

Updated 20 Jul, 2024 06:00am

The IMF and Pakistani authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on a 37-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF)...

Recurrent budget: MoF unveils strategy for release of funds

Updated 19 Jul, 2024 08:54am

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has issued a strategy for the release of funds for the recurrent budget of the...

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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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