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Economists challenge 3.70pc GDP growth figure

Published 04 Jun, 2026 05:22am

ISLAMABAD: Leading economists have challenged the government’s provisional GDP growth estimate of 3.70 percent for...

NAC releases Q3 FY 2025-26 GDP estimates, showing 4pc YoY growth

Updated 14 May, 2026 09:13am

ISLAMABAD: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) has released GDP estimates for the third quarter of fiscal year...

Pakistan’s economy expands to $452bn as GDP grows 3.99% in Q3 FY26

Updated 13 May, 2026 05:35pm

Pakistan's economy is on an upward trajectory in Q3, largely propelled by significant industrial sector gains

Q2FY26 economy grows 3.89pc

Published 03 Apr, 2026 06:08am

ISLAMABAD: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) on Thursday approved the provisional GDP estimates for the first...

Pakistan unlikely to achieve IMF’s projected 3.2% GDP growth, say experts

Updated 26 Jan, 2026 07:14am

Economists forecast growth more likely to remain between 2.5% to 3%

Think tank slams Pakistan’s economic growth claims

Updated 04 Jan, 2026 01:49pm

Economic Policy and Business Development think tank says numbers reflect import-driven accounting effects rather than genuine expansion in productivity

EDITORIAL: Seeing growth thru prism of C + G + I + (X–M)

Updated 02 Jan, 2026 07:42am

EDITORIAL: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) earlier this week approved GDP growth of 3.71 percent in 1QFY26 and...

Pakistan’s GDP grows 3.71% in Q1 FY2026, says Ahsan Iqbal

Updated 30 Dec, 2025 06:13pm

Growth comes despite 2025 flood shock, says Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives

Growth rate upgrade

Updated 28 Oct, 2025 06:33am

EDITORIAL: The claim of more than 100 percent growth in the power and energy sector that encapsulates the upward...

Power & energy sector: Expert disputes 100pc growth claim

Updated 23 Oct, 2025 09:32am

ISLAMABAD: More than 100 percent growth in power and energy sector is mind-boggling - a growth encapsulated in the...

GDP growth revisions: numbers in flux, substance in doubt

Updated 13 Oct, 2025 06:36am

The National Accounts Committee (NAC) has revised the GDP growth for FY25 upward to 3.04 percent from an earlier...

Economy expands to USD407.2bn: NAC

Published 09 Oct, 2025 06:33am

ISLAMABAD: The updated GDP growth rate for the financial year 2024-25 stands at 3.04 percent, up from the earlier...

Pakistan’s GDP grows 3.04% in FY2025, economy size reaches $407bn: NAC

Updated 08 Oct, 2025 10:16pm

Growth higher than 2.68% estimated in previous meeting

GDP numbers so good, they must be made up

Updated 22 May, 2025 08:13am

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) appears to be counting on a very generous miracle. How else does one justify...

Pakistan’s GDP grows 2.4% in Jan-Mar: NAC

Updated 20 May, 2025 11:34pm

Provisional GDP growth rate for FY25 is 2.68%, below target of 3.6% set by govt

Quarterly national accounts

Published 05 Apr, 2025 05:23am

EDITORIAL: The 112th meeting of the National Accounts Committee (NAC) approved the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...

Pakistan’s GDP grows 1.73% in Oct-Dec

Updated 26 Mar, 2025 11:11pm

Growth in agriculture, industry and services stand at 1.1%, -0.18% and 2.57% respectively.

Pakistan’s GDP grows 0.92% in July-Sept, 2.5% in FY24

Updated 30 Dec, 2024 11:25pm

Growth in agriculture, industry and services stood at 1.15%, -1.03% and 1.43% respectively, in Q1 FY25

Moving away from stabilisation to industrial sector growth: there is some time

Published 11 Oct, 2024 01:12am

Complete independence cannot be achieved without economic stability. These words have never sounded truer. A few...

Agriculture posts 6.76pc growth in Q4FY24: NAC

Updated 01 Oct, 2024 09:30am

Pakistan’s economy posts a stable growth of 3.07 percent during the fourth quarter of financial year 2023-24

FY23-24: NAC approves 2.38pc GDP provisional growth

Updated 22 May, 2024 09:28am

ISLAMABAD: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) has approved provisional growth of gross domestic product (GDP) at...

GDP posts 1pc growth in Q2FY24: NAC

Updated 29 Mar, 2024 09:10am

ISLAMABAD: The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) posted a modest growth of one percent during the 2nd quarter...

Q2FY24: Pakistan sees GDP growth of 1%, below expectation

Updated 28 Mar, 2024 10:34pm

National Accounts Committee says agriculture sees 5.02% growth, but industrial sector contracts

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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 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

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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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