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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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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 18	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 18	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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