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Murtaza Syed

Pakistan engulfed in world’s ‘deadliest debt trap’, says former SBP governor

Published 29 Jun, 2024 08:29pm

Dr Murtaza Syed says prudent route would be to reprofile Pakistan’s debt so that resources can be freed up to spend on development and the climate

The govt debt

Updated 22 Aug, 2023 06:48am

EDITORIAL: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has uploaded government debt figures on its website that support the view of...

Economy: we need medication to correct account acidity

Published 09 Mar, 2023 06:23am

On February 19, 2023 there was an article on Bloomberg titled China’s Debt Noose Could Strangle Pakistan by Mihir...

Pakistan will need another IMF programme in June: Dr Murtaza Syed

Updated 24 Feb, 2023 05:53pm

Calls Pakistan's economic crisis the worst in history steered by domestic and global reasons

Pakistan: grave economic distress

Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:57am

On 26 January 2023 inanely shackling the dollar to what was nothing but wishful thinking ended and the interbank ...

IMF talks: Leaving without agreement 'not uncommon', says former SBP deputy governor

Updated 10 Feb, 2023 01:59pm

Dr Murtaza Syed says Pakistan should reach an agreement with the IMF within a month

SBP seeks feeder-wise data of power consumers

Updated 10 Jan, 2023 09:03am

ISLAMABAD: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has sought feeder-wise data of electricity consumers to be used to project...

Interest rate in 2022: climbing the hill as Pakistan's macroeconomic concerns bite

Updated 29 Dec, 2022 12:02am

Policy rate rose from 9.75% in January to a multi-decade high of 16% in November

Govt getting $4bn as bonds take battering after floods: SBP

Updated 11 Oct, 2022 09:59am

KARACHI: Additional financial international commitments to Pakistan in the wake of devastating floods will offset ...

Barring Sri Lanka: Pakistan's rupee worst performer in region during 2022

Published 15 Aug, 2022 06:43pm

Posts depreciation of 17.5% YTD despite 10 sessions of gains

Economy: the muddling of fact and fiction

Published 15 Aug, 2022 05:41am

The strengthening of the stock market and the rupee - from a high of over 240 on 30 July 2014 to less than 214 this...

Acute food inflation and a shallow global policy leadership response

Published 05 Aug, 2022 06:27am

The ‘Food security’ update recently released by World Bank indicated a very difficult food inflation situation...

‘Unwarranted’ market perceptions

Published 26 Jul, 2022 04:31am

EDITORIAL: Acting Governor State Bank of Pakistan, Murtaza Syed, while responding to a foreign news agency in ...

Pakistan not among most vulnerable countries: SBP

Updated 25 Jul, 2022 09:55am

SBP team engaged with global institutions to overcome adversities in international economic environment

Country’s financing needs fully met for this year: SBP

Updated 24 Jul, 2022 09:03am

SBP acting governor says ‘unwarranted’ market concerns will dissipate in weeks
‘Pakistan responded to external pressures faster than Sri Lanka’
Terms IMF programme an ‘important anchor’ for Pakistan

SBP says concerns about Pakistan 'unfairly overblown'

Updated 22 Jul, 2022 05:20pm

Acting Governor Dr Murtaza Syed says country being unfairly branded with other countries that are much more vulnerable

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 1	277.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 1	277.10
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 1	158.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 1	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 1	1.32
Euro to USD / Oct 1	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 30	3.90

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 30	7,651.54
Nasdaq / Sep 30	26,861.06
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,613.27
Dow Jones / Sep 30	50,906.05
India Sensex / Oct 1	71,770.30
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 1	68,956.72
FTSE 100 / Oct 1	10,413.82
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 1	24,851.64
France CAC40 / Oct 1	7,827.14

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 1	92.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 1	18,480
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 1	376,059
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 1	4,162.20
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 1	78.41
Petrol/Litre / Oct 2	390.66
Diesel/Litre / Oct 2	399.34

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Oct 1 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	17.49 ▲ 1.59 (10%)
Ellcot Spinning / Oct 1 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	196.28 ▲ 17.84 (10%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Oct 1 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	286.94 ▲ 26.09 (10%)
Fazal Cloth / Oct 1 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	280.46 ▲ 25.5 (10%)
Mandviwala / Oct 1 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	84.78 ▲ 7.71 (10%)
Popular Islamic / Oct 1 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	65.60 ▲ 5.96 (9.99%)
Arctic Textile / Oct 1 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	57.29 ▲ 5.17 (9.92%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	15.68 ▲ 1.41 (9.88%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Oct 1 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	22.36 ▲ 1.95 (9.55%)
Asim Textile / Oct 1 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	124.56 ▲ 10.6 (9.3%)

Stock	Price
EFU Life Assr / Oct 1 EFU Life Assurance Limited(EFUL)	125 ▼ -39.01 (-23.79%)
Ashfaq Textile / Oct 1 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	45.51 ▼ -5.06 (-10.01%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Oct 1 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	44.03 ▼ -4.89 (-10%)
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Oct 1 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	43.67 ▼ -4.85 (-10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	26.14 ▼ -2.9 (-9.99%)
East West Ins. / Oct 1 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	59.25 ▼ -6.37 (-9.71%)
Asia Ins. / Oct 1 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	32.42 ▼ -3.43 (-9.57%)
Karam Ceramics / Oct 1 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	156.18 ▼ -15.27 (-8.91%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Oct 1 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	29.62 ▼ -2.87 (-8.83%)
Apna Microfin. / Oct 1 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	18.07 ▼ -1.73 (-8.74%)

Stock	Volume
Kohinoor Spinning / Oct 1 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	93,751,754 ▲ 0.11
F. Nat.Equities / Oct 1 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	38,616,570 ▲ 0.09
Cnergyico PK / Oct 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	26,026,242 ▼ -0.14
Pak Int.Bulk / Oct 1 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	25,714,456 ▲ 0.03
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	22,551,198 ▼ -2.9
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Oct 1 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	19,722,398 ▲ 0
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 1 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	17,323,432 ▼ -0.03
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,315,970 ▼ -0.01
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	16,558,025 ▲ 1.41
Pak Refinery / Oct 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,113,756 ▼ -1.8

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