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Chinese consortium signs $2.3bn refinancing agreement with Pakistan: Miftah

Finance minister says country thanks the Chinese government for facilitating the transaction

Updated 22 Jun, 2022 06:53pm

ECC meeting to take up 13-point agenda today

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet is being held Wednesday (June 22) ...

Updated 22 Jun, 2022 10:05am

Business & Finance

Finance bill 2022: Fundamental policy for IPPs changed, points out tax expert

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has placed a time limitation on the income tax exemption of the power...

Published 22 Jun, 2022 05:58am

Stalled IMF programme: Revival ‘in a day or two’, insists Miftah

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said Monday that an agreement is likely to reach with the International...

Updated 21 Jun, 2022 09:56am

Gas diversion from CPPs: meeting to be held today

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Dr Miftah Ismail has convened a meeting of the committee on Tuesday (today) tasked to...

Updated 21 Jun, 2022 09:58am

Gas tariffs now under govt focus

Finance Minister Dr Miftah Ismail directs Petroleum Division to come up with proposals for revision in gas tariffs

Updated 20 Jun, 2022 09:59am

Teaching hospitals: Miftah urged to rectify ‘anomaly’ in finance bill

ISLAMABAD: Hospitals have approached Finance Minister Miftah Ismail to rectify a major ‘anomaly’ in the Finance...

Updated 18 Jun, 2022 09:55am

Markets

PYMA draws FM’s attention to budget anomalies

KARACHI: Saqib Naseem, Chairman Pakistan Yarn Merchants Association (PYMA), and Muhammad Junaid Teli, Vice Chairman,...

Published 18 Jun, 2022 06:00am

Business & Finance

Procurement of Financial Advisory Services: EAD asked to explore funding possibilities

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance, Miftah Ismail, has directed that development partners be approached for funding...

Published 18 Jun, 2022 06:00am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Do Mazari, Miftah have a counterpart in PPP?

“The art of deflection is a key tool in politics and the more adept an artist the more successful the...

Published 17 Jun, 2022 06:37am

Markets

Fuel prices raised yet again: Miftah says hike was ‘inevitable’

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail Wednesday said that the government has decided to increase the petroleum...

Updated 16 Jun, 2022 09:51am

Markets

Miftah for reforming energy sector

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail, Tuesday, while stressing the need for reforming the energy...

Published 15 Jun, 2022 07:26am

Opinion

The challenge of price hike

That the then finance minister Shaukat Tarin was regularly monitoring the prices of essential kitchen items on a...

Published 15 Jun, 2022 05:47am

Miftah says IMF lending critical to averting default

$9.5 billion ADB loan is approved but it would not be released if the IMF programme was not signed, the finance minister adds

Updated 14 Jun, 2022 09:40am

Power sector: ECC approves Rs50bn as advance against subsidy claims

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved Rs50 billion in the ongoing fiscal...

Updated 14 Jun, 2022 09:55am

Opinion

An unsustainable development model

Far be it from me to add to the reams of newsprint and hours of air time devoted to the federal budget 2022-23...

Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Can I call a spade a spade?

“So what do you reckon?” “Poor, poor, people of Pakistan is all I can say.” “You reckon The Khan…”...

Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am

Editorials

Post-budget briefing

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail acknowledged during the traditional post-budget press briefing two...

Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am

PTI added highest debt, liabilities: Miftah

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail Sunday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government...

Updated 13 Jun, 2022 09:43am

Opinion

Budget 2022-23

The budget for 2022-23 is reminiscent of the unrealism of Miftah Ismail’s 2018-19 budget presented on 27 April ...

Updated 13 Jun, 2022 03:03pm

Markets

Sufficient stock available: More edible oil to arrive from Malaysia, Indonesia, Miftah told

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail presided over a meeting of the committee on edible...

Published 12 Jun, 2022 07:44am

FBR cases: Miftah offers out-of-court settlement

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail on Saturday gave an open offer to all litigant businessmen...

Updated 12 Jun, 2022 08:55am

Miftah says budget hasn’t eased all of IMF concerns

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister said on Saturday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern about...

Updated 12 Jun, 2022 08:56am

Fiscal consolidation high priority: Miftah

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail stated on Saturday that fiscal consolidation is the first and foremost...

Updated 12 Jun, 2022 11:02am

Pakistan

IMF still has concerns over Pakistan budget: Miftah Ismail

Finance minister says lender concerned about fuel subsidies, a widening current account deficit, and the need to raise more direct taxes.

Updated 11 Jun, 2022 09:04pm

Budget 2022-23

Rs 96 billion to be generated via sell-off proceeds

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has budgeted to generate Rs96 billion from the privatisation proceeds in the...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:41am

Inclusive of Super Tax: Tax on banking sector to go up to 45pc

KARACHI: The federal government has proposed to increase the tax rate for banking sector, ie, from 39 percent to 45...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:41am

Budget 2022-23

PML(N)-led govt seeks to turn economic wounds into budgetary wisdom

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail Friday presented Rs9,502 billion budget for the next fiscal year with 4.9...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:40am

Budget 2022-23

Finance Bill laid before Senate amid opposition’s protest

ISLAMABAD: Amidst strong protest by the opposition, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, Friday, laid a copy of the...

Updated 11 Jun, 2022 10:08am

Budget 2022-23

PHHSA lauds withdrawal of 17pc ST on seeds, agri machinery

LAHORE: Hybrid seed industry and growers’ organisations have welcomed the budget proposal of withdrawing the 17...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:40am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	158.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 26	5099.96
India Sensex / Apr 26	73730.16
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.76
Nasdaq / Apr 26	15927.90
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17651.15
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8139.83
Dow Jones / Apr 26	38239.66
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18161.01

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.85
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 26	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 26	210048
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2337.96
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 26	80.90
Petrol/Litre / Apr 27	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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