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microfinance banks

Wazir-e-Azam Apna Ghar Programme: SBP bars bank employees from availing financing

Published 16 Sep, 2026 05:59am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has barred the employees of banks, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs)...

Digital P2G payments gain momentum

Published 07 Sep, 2026 04:49am

KARACHI: Person-to-Government (P2G) payments through digital channels are gaining momentum, with 1LINK alone...

Climate stress testing: SBP rolls out guidelines

Published 27 Dec, 2025 06:02am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has rolled out guidelines on climate stress testing to further strengthen...

Pakistan’s central bank launches ‘InvestPak’ portal to digitise investment in government securities

Updated 06 Nov, 2025 02:50pm

Portal allows customers to bid in government security auctions online

Banks to offer collateral-free financing of up to Rs1mn to small farmers: SBP

Published 14 Oct, 2025 10:30pm

KARACHI: Pakistan’s central bank has notified the establishment of ‘Zarkhez-e’ portal to facilitate small...

Microfinance banks: SBP sets Rs2bn Minimum Capital Requirement target

Updated 19 May, 2025 09:59am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that the Minimum Capital Requirement (MCR) for Microfinance...

Oil and gas cos, microfinance banks: FBR, all PRAs/Board agree to extend scope of SSTR

Updated 07 Dec, 2024 04:46pm

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and all the Provincial Revenue Authorities/Board have unanimously...

Remittances: Two incentives available to banks and ECs now

Updated 09 Oct, 2024 09:04am

KARACHI: To enhance the flow of home remittances, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has revamped the incentive...

Products being offered by microfinance banks: CCP reviews terms & conditions for customers

Published 13 Mar, 2024 06:31am

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) Tuesday reviewed terms and conditions for customers of...

SBP launches ‘SUNWAI’ portal to address complaints

Updated 30 Dec, 2023 09:22am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has launched “SUNWAI”- a facilitative portal for consumer to address their...

Microfinance in 1QCY23

Published 24 May, 2023 09:05am

Amid macroeconomic turmoil and hyper-inflationary pressures, the microfinance sector continues to post decent growth...

SBP issues framework on outsourcing to CSPs

Updated 17 Jan, 2023 09:10am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday issued “Framework on Outsourcing to Cloud Service Providers...

Digital services: SBP issues guidelines for downtime

Updated 11 Jan, 2023 08:54am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued guidelines for downtime of digital services and directed the...

SBP’s MYPR covering H1CY22 unveiled: Banking sector shows robust performance, resilience

Published 29 Nov, 2022 05:57am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued on Monday the Mid-Year Performance Review (MYPR) of the banking...

SBP’s online portal to facilitate EMIs, PSOs, PSPs

Updated 07 Jul, 2022 11:11am

KARACHI: In order to promote digitalization and encourage eco-friendly practices, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)...

SBP restores Saturday as holiday for banks

Published 07 May, 2022 05:46am

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan will observe following working days and timings with immediate effect: Monday to...

Office hours revised: Banks, MFBs and DFIs to work 6 days a week: SBP

Updated 14 Apr, 2022 10:39am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced to observe six working days in a week. As per the decision...

Digital bank licences: SBP gets ‘overwhelming’ response

Published 07 Apr, 2022 05:15am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has received overwhelming response for digital bank licences as some 20...

SBP announces office hours for Ramazan

Published 02 Apr, 2022 04:14am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced office and business hours for the month of...

Microfinance: Accountholders can invest in govt securities, says SBP

Updated 17 Mar, 2022 12:36pm

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed microfinance accountholders to invest in government ...

Low-cost housing, microenterprises: Revised PRs to help MFBs boost access to finance

Updated 17 Mar, 2022 09:41am

KARACHI: Building on the measures taken in recent years to encourage financing to priority areas, the State Bank of...

Microfinance in 2021

Published 17 Feb, 2022 10:27am

It looks like the country’s microfinance sector closed out the year 2021 on a strong note. Going through the ...

Subsidy scheme for Tier-1 housing finance: Markup rates revised downwards

Updated 15 Feb, 2022 09:52am

Banks disburse Rs38bn loans among 12,000 applicants: NAPHDA

Published 13 Jan, 2022 07:17am

ISLAMABAD: Commercial and micro finance banks disbursed Rs38 billion loans among 12,000 eligible applicants for...

DRP criteria relaxed: MFBs to extend relief to Covid-hit borrowers: SBP

Updated 03 Dec, 2021 09:43am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Thursday relaxed the criteria for classification of assets and ...

Microfinance: uptick in credit

Published 31 Aug, 2021 07:30am

Background discussions, anecdotal evidence and research studies all seem to suggest that the bottom of the pyramid...

Kamyab Program: Bold, beautiful and workable?

Published 09 Aug, 2021 08:47am

Kamyab Pakistan Programme (KPP) is an ambitious plan to promote financial inclusion by providing interest free and...

SBP tells banks to boost consumers’ protection mechanism

Published 13 Jul, 2021 02:30am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has directed banks to further improve the consumer grievance handling...

PMIC closes second advisory, arrangement mandate for KMBL

Published 23 Jun, 2021 04:26am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Microfinance Investment Company Limited (PMIC) is a wholesale finance entity and an important...

IBFT waiver: Gone too soon

Published 18 Jun, 2021 07:25am

One of the good steps taken by SBP to combat covid last year was waiving the fee on Inter-Bank Funds Transfers...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 29	277.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 29	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 28	3.90

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 29	7,670.84
Nasdaq / Sep 29	26,797.54
Dow Jones / Sep 29	51,349.92
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,729.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,728.56
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,534.37
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,714.17
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,546.29
France CAC40 / Sep 30	8,055.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 29	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 29	374,945
Petrol/Litre / Sep 30	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Diesel/Litre / Sep 30	402.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Sep 30 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.73 ▲ 0.77 (15.52%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Sep 30 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	20.41 ▲ 1.86 (10.03%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Sep 30 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.57 ▲ 1.51 (10.03%)
Sindh Modaraba / Sep 30 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	33.28 ▲ 3.03 (10.02%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Sep 30 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	26.38 ▲ 2.4 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Sep 30 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	113.96 ▲ 10.36 (10%)
Dadex Eternit / Sep 30 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	150.32 ▲ 13.67 (10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Sep 30 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	29.04 ▲ 2.64 (10%)
Oilboy Energy / Sep 30 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	18.59 ▲ 1.69 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ashfaq Textile / Sep 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	50.57 ▼ -5.62 (-10%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Sep 30 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	118.83 ▼ -13.16 (-9.97%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Sep 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.25 ▼ -1.15 (-9.27%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Sep 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	918.13 ▼ -92.07 (-9.11%)
Pakistan Services / Sep 30 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,019.63 ▼ -99.15 (-8.86%)
Mandviwala / Sep 30 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	77.07 ▼ -7.14 (-8.48%)
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	23.41 ▼ -1.84 (-7.29%)
D.M. Corporation / Sep 30 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	165.33 ▼ -11.63 (-6.57%)
Cordoba Logistics / Sep 30 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	28.32 ▼ -1.94 (-6.41%)
EMCO Industries / Sep 30 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	32.10 ▼ -1.93 (-5.67%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Sep 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,446,994 ▲ 0.11
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	58,387,095 ▲ 0.77
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Sep 30 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	50,882,891 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Sep 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,308,841 ▲ 0.03
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Sep 30 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	21,823,804 ▲ 1.27
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 30 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	17,873,579 ▲ 0.1
Pak Refinery / Sep 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,817,038 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,431,935 ▼ -0.01
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	16,575,953 ▼ -1.84
F. Nat.Equities / Sep 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	14,238,200 ▲ 0

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