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NAC

Quarterly national accounts

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

Published 05 Apr, 2025 05:23am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s GDP grows 1.73% in Oct-Dec

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

Updated 26 Mar, 2025 11:11pm

Pakistan

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

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

Updated 30 Dec, 2024 11:25pm

Perspectives

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

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

Published 11 Oct, 2024 01:12am

Agriculture posts 6.76pc growth in Q4FY24: NAC

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

Updated 01 Oct, 2024 09:30am

FY23-24: NAC approves 2.38pc GDP provisional growth

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

Updated 22 May, 2024 09:28am

Business & Finance

GDP posts 1pc growth in Q2FY24: NAC

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

Updated 29 Mar, 2024 09:10am

Pakistan

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

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

Updated 28 Mar, 2024 10:34pm

Opinion

QNA – a right step?

At the 107 National Accounts Committee (NAC) meeting held on 28 November 2023 approval was given to the introduction...

Published 08 Jan, 2024 05:23am

NAC lowers FY23 growth rate to -0.17pc

ISLAMABAD: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) has revised the GDP growth rate downward for the fiscal year...

Updated 29 Nov, 2023 09:19am

Editorials

Economy shrinks

EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s optimistic evaluation of the state of the economy with a visiting...

Published 29 May, 2023 04:27am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 30	281
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 30	280.80
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 30	142.60
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 30	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 30	1.34
Euro to USD / Apr 30	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 29	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 29	5,560.83
Nasdaq / Apr 29	17,461.32
Dow Jones / Apr 29	40,527.62
India Sensex / Apr 30	80,370.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 30	36,045.38
Hang Seng / Apr 30	22,093.15
FTSE 100 / Apr 30	8,462.69
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 30	22,537.67
France CAC40 / Apr 30	7,587.60

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 29	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 29	299,382
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 30	59.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 30	3,304.44
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 30	66.29
Petrol/Litre / May 1	254.63
Diesel/Litre / May 1	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
J.A.Textile / Apr 30 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	20.90 ▲ 1.9 (10%)
Punjab Oil / Apr 30 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	178.67 ▲ 16.24 (10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Apr 30 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	4,366.33 ▲ 396.94 (10%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Apr 30 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	12.68 ▲ 1.15 (9.97%)
Jubilee Spinning / Apr 30 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	12.70 ▲ 1.15 (9.96%)
Shakarganj / Apr 30 Shakarganj Limited(SML)	52.29 ▲ 4.35 (9.07%)
Burshane LPG / Apr 30 Burshane LPG (Pakistan) Limited(BPL)	29.03 ▲ 2.03 (7.52%)
Engro Poly(Pref / Apr 30 Engro Poly(Pref)(EPCLPS)	11.99 ▲ 0.81 (7.25%)
Sakrand Sugar / Apr 30 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	12.23 ▲ 0.81 (7.09%)
Intermarket Securities / Apr 30 Intermarket Securities Limited(IMS)	45.97 ▲ 2.98 (6.93%)

Stock	Price
United Brands / Apr 30 United Brands Limited(UBDL)	20.93 ▼ -2.33 (-10.02%)
AGP Limited / Apr 30 AGP Limited(AGP)	186.05 ▼ -20.67 (-10%)
Sunrays Textile / Apr 30 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	170.30 ▼ -18.92 (-10%)
Chakwal Spinning / Apr 30 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	47.64 ▼ -5.29 (-9.99%)
Kohinoor Energy / Apr 30 Kohinoor Energy Limited(KOHE)	17.76 ▼ -1.97 (-9.98%)
Adamjee Life Assur. / Apr 30 Adamjee Life Assurance Company Limited(ALIFE)	25.23 ▼ -2.79 (-9.96%)
Bela Auto / Apr 30 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	127 ▼ -14 (-9.93%)
National Silk / Apr 30 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	42.46 ▼ -4.67 (-9.91%)
Nishat Mills Ltd / Apr 30 Nishat Mills Limited(NML)	101.35 ▼ -11.12 (-9.89%)
Amtex Ltd / Apr 30 Amtex Limited(AMTEX)	2.30 ▼ -0.25 (-9.8%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Apr 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	46,167,601 ▼ -0.72
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	40,695,095 ▼ -0.01
B.O.Punjab / Apr 30 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	20,001,384 ▼ -0.36
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 30 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	17,624,493 ▼ -0.11
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 30 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	15,370,507 ▼ -1.87
Power Cement / Apr 30 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	14,502,204 ▼ -0.43
Sui South Gas / Apr 30 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	14,104,286 ▼ -2.06
Sui North Gas / Apr 30 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	13,883,713 ▲ 0.45
Fauji Cement / Apr 30 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	13,723,423 ▼ -0.92
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 30 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	13,002,379 ▼ -6.85