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Development budget: NEC approves suggestions of SIFC apex body

ISLAMABAD: The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the recommendations of the Apex Committee of the Special...

Updated 30 Jan, 2024 08:47am

SAP: govt disburses Rs409bn

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is said to have allocated/ disbursed Rs409 billion with the highest Rs116 billion...

Updated 06 Jan, 2024 05:19pm

Challenges to SDGs implementation agenda reviewed

ISLAMABAD: The National Economic Council (NEC) Sub-Committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasised the...

Updated 05 Jan, 2024 01:08pm

Provincial projects: inclusion in PSDP banned

Finance Ministry conveys to provincial governments that it is going to shelve hundreds of non-starter projects besides making it mandatory for provinces to share in fertiliser subsidy and BISP funding

Updated 02 Jan, 2024 10:44am

ECNEC approves 9 projects worth Rs371bn

ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Monday approved nine projects of...

Updated 12 Dec, 2023 08:46am

Pakistan

President approves reconstitution of NEC

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has approved the reconstitution of the National Economic Council (NEC) – a...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am

Development: NEC approves ‘megabudget’

ISLAMABAD: In a significant development for the country’s economic landscape, National Economic Council (NEC) held a...

Updated 04 Jul, 2023 09:09am

Pakistan

Balochistan CM says will boycott budget session

ISLAMABAD: Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) has decided to boycott budget session for fiscal year 2023-24. BAP chief...

Published 09 Jun, 2023 06:20am

NEC apprised about the key challenges facing economy

ISLAMABAD: The National Economic Council (NEC) was informed that political instability, escalating security...

Updated 08 Jun, 2023 09:32am

Govt says 3.5pc growth target quite realistic

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal says National Economic Council has approved Rs1,150 billion federal development budget

Updated 07 Jun, 2023 10:30am

Pakistan

National Economic Council approves energy conservation plan

Provinces urged to implement an energy conservation program under which commercial centers would close by 8 pm

Published 06 Jun, 2023 10:06pm

APCC meets on June 2 to propose PSDP budget

ISLAMABAD: Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC) meeting will be held on June 2 to propose public sector...

Updated 22 May, 2023 08:59am

President reconstitutes NEC

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has reconstituted National Economic Council (NEC) to be headed by Prime Minister...

Updated 29 Mar, 2023 07:34pm

Reconstitution of NEC approved

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi, Wednesday, approved the reconstitution of the National Economic Council (NEC). ...

Updated 23 Mar, 2023 09:33am

Pakistan

Ministries, divisions asked to submit PC-1s, PC-IIs by March 31

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (MoPD&SI) has urged all the ministries...

Published 18 Jan, 2023 06:22am

5pc growth target set but govt says will try for 6pc

NEC approves proposal to allocate a federal development budget of Rs800 billion for financial year 2022-23

Updated 09 Jun, 2022 01:59pm

PM given presentation on Rs800bn PSDP: NEC may propose 5pc growth target for FY23

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) is likely to review and approve the economic performance...

Updated 07 Jun, 2022 09:56am

PSDP-funded projects: Finance Division revises pay package of staff upward

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has revised upward pay package of the project staff directly recruited for...

Updated 22 Apr, 2022 10:44am

Business & Finance

Constitution of National Economic Council a step in right direction: LCCI

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Thursday welcomed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s ...

Published 15 Apr, 2022 05:29am

PM abolishes two weekly offs in govt offices

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday in a meeting with economic experts issued directives for...

Updated 13 Apr, 2022 02:29pm

Pakistan

Noor Muhammad appointed NEC member

ISLAMABAD: Senior Minister for Finance Balochistan Noor Muhammad Dummar has been appointed member of National...

Published 18 Jan, 2022 04:20am

Pakistan

Pasha critical of govt’s approach to bringing down CAD

ISLAMABAD: There is an intent to bring down the current account deficit to four percent in 2021-22 from the...

Published 09 Dec, 2021 04:29am

Pakistan

AN ORDINANCE: Further to amend the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999

WHEREAS the Senate and the National Assembly are not in session and the President of the Islamic Republic of ...

Published 07 Oct, 2021 04:25am

We have to restore Chinese investor confidence: SAPM

Khalid Mansoor tells Senate Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Special Initiatives that Chinese investment companies are facing issues

Updated 17 Sep, 2021 10:01am

ADB identifies challenges to Public Private Partnership framework

ISLAMABAD: There have been various challenges to Public Private Partnership (PPP) implementation in Pakistan...

Updated 30 Jul, 2021 09:29am

NEC to meet twice every year

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to convene National Economic Council (NEC) meetings in January and in May or...

Published 19 Jul, 2021 06:02am

Platform for devolved system: NEC and CCI need to be strengthened: Umar

ISLAMABAD: The National Economic Council (NEC) and the Council of Common Interests (CCI) need to be strengthened for...

Updated 11 Jul, 2021 01:12pm

Opinion

Strengthening the federal link

A meeting of the National Economic Council which was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Imran Khan in...

Published 10 Jun, 2021 03:22am

Annual plan 2021-22: Macroeconomic framework approved by NEC; Sindh CM speaks out on ‘injustices’

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) on Monday approved macroeconomic framework for the next...

Published 08 Jun, 2021 04:09am

Opinion

Monetary policy and SBP’s independence

Monetary Policy is a subset of public policies and the ultimate objective of every public policy is to improve the...

Published 05 May, 2021 04:01am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 15	278.43
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 15	278.23
USD to Japanese Yen / May 15	154.15
USD to Swiss Franc / May 15	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / May 15	1.27
Euro to USD / May 15	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 15	5308.15
India Sensex / May 15	72987.03
Tokyo Nikkei / May 15	38630.19
Nasdaq / May 15	16742.39
Hang Seng / May 15	19161.63
FTSE 100 / May 15	8445.80
Dow Jones / May 15	39908
Germany DAX 30 / May 15	18869.36

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 15	78.99
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 15	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 15	209191
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 15	2388.85
Cotton US¢/pound / May 15	76.16
Petrol/Litre / May 16	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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