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Senate witnesses protestations against ‘abduction’ of MPs

ISLAMABAD: Amidst reports that the much-hyped yet highly controversial constitutional amendment would finally land ...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:10am

MPs for closure of refineries using Euro-2 standard

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Thursday called for the closure of oil refineries producing Euro-2 and below...

Updated 27 Sep, 2024 09:12am

Editorials

Monetary easing amid slowing inflation

EDITORIAL: In its scheduled 12 September Monetary Policy Committee meeting the discount rate was reduced by 200 ...

Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:46am

Pakistan

Detained MPs allowed to attend parliament session

ISLAMABAD: Several Pakistan MPs detained under new protest laws after demonstrating in support of jailed former...

Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:13am

Pakistan

Issues of parliament, MPs: Special body formed to formulate policy

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to avert the repetition of mishaps like the arrest of MNAs from Parliament House, an 18-member...

Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:13am

Editorials

SBP Governor: cautious optimism

EDITORIAL: The Governor of State Bank of Pakistan, Jamil Ahmed, clarified to the National Assembly’s Standing...

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Editorials

Economy remains in the eye of the storm

EDITORIAL: From a macro-perspective there was good news, however slight it maybe for the growing number of sceptics...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:40am

Pakistan

NAB barred from arresting MPs over allegations, complaints

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) would not arrest any member of the Parliament solely based on...

Published 11 May, 2024 06:22am

BR Research

MPS: slow (and cautious) wins the race

As expected, SBP has maintained the policy rate at 22 percent. However, the implied forward guidance (the language...

Updated 19 Mar, 2024 09:43am

BR Research

MPS: Stay put in March

The monetary policy meeting is on Monday, March 18, 2024 and analysts are divided on where they will be, some...

Updated 15 Mar, 2024 04:58pm

Mixed expectations: MPS on 18th

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is scheduled to announce the Monetary Policy next Monday (March 18) with...

Updated 13 Mar, 2024 09:42am

Pakistan

Asif assails MPs for getting ‘dictation’ from Bajwa, Faiz

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Khawaja Asif lamented that the parliamentarians had to...

Published 29 Feb, 2024 04:41am

Editorials

MPS strong reflection of state of economy?

EDITORIAL: The 29 January 2024 Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) can best be described as a whimper rather than a...

Updated 31 Jan, 2024 06:13am

Business & Finance

SBP may hold rates steady as inflation seen easing

KARACHI: Central bank is expected to hold its key rate steady at a fourth straight policy meeting on Tuesday, with...

Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am

Business & Finance

MPS on 12th: Analysts say policy rate to remain unchanged

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is scheduled to announce monetary policy statement on December 12, 2023....

Published 07 Dec, 2023 04:35am

Pakistan

Five former MPs join PML-N

LAHORE: Five former MNAs and MPAs announced joining the PMLN after a meeting with former prime minister and PMLN...

Published 13 Nov, 2023 06:31am

Business & Finance

MPS tomorrow

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Monday to decide about...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 03:25am

BR Research

MPS: Wait and see

The monetary policy is going to be announced coming Monday (30th October 2023). The rational choice of analysts is...

Published 27 Oct, 2023 08:09am

Editorials

Policy rate kept unchanged

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 22 percent surprising...

Published 18 Sep, 2023 06:32am

Markets

SBP keeps key policy rate unchanged at 22%

Contrary to market expectations, Monetary Policy Committee maintains status quo
Stresses on maintaining prudent fiscal stance to keep aggregate demand in check

Updated 14 Sep, 2023 09:00pm

Business & Finance

MPS tomorrow

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the SBP will meet on Thursday (tomorrow) at SBP Karachi to decide...

Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:17am

Business & Finance

Ministers, MPs and bureaucrats: UBG against making fuel, gas and electricity available free of charge

KARACHI: United Business Group (UBG) has said that the business community demands that, in order to meet the IMF...

Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am

Editorials

MPS: Will IMF need to recalibrate its expectations?

EDITORIAL: In a surprise move, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) left the policy rate unchanged at 22 percent,...

Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am

MPS on Monday: Analysts give mixed views on policy rate

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Monday (July 31) to...

Updated 28 Jul, 2023 02:40pm

Editorials

Policy rate hike

EDITORIAL: Monetary Policy Statement (MPS), has not been much successful in justifying the 100 basis point increase...

Published 02 Jul, 2023 03:13am

Editorials

The policy rate challenge

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee raised the policy rate by one percent - to 21 percent - thereby linking the...

Published 06 Apr, 2023 06:20am

SBP seen raising key rate to record 22pc as inflation bites

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Tuesday, April 04, 2023 at...

Updated 01 Apr, 2023 08:48am

Editorials

MPS: steep rate hike to tame inflation

EDITORIAL: In spite of the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC’s) decision to raise the discount rate to 20 percent...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:22am

BR Research

MPS: Need more hawks

SBP increased the policy rate by 1 percent to 17 percent seeing entrenched inflation expectations and sharp and...

Published 24 Jan, 2023 09:56am

BR Research

Building inflation expectations

Inflation expectations are becoming entrenched in Pakistan. There is a case of seven straight months of twenty...

Published 16 Dec, 2022 09:04am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 25	277.66
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 25	277.46
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 25	152.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 25	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 25	1.30
Euro to USD / Oct 25	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 25	5,808.12
India Sensex / Oct 25	79,402.29
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 25	37,913.92
Nasdaq / Oct 25	18,518.61
Hang Seng / Oct 25	20,590.15
FTSE 100 / Oct 25	8,248.84
Dow Jones / Oct 25	42,114.40
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 25	19,463.59

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 25	71.78
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 25	245,031.60
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 25	2,747.56
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 25	70.66
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 26	17,885
Petrol/Litre / Oct 27	247.03

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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