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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 / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 15	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 15	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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