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Erstwhile Fata/Pata: Grand jirga participants discuss imposition of taxes

Published 18 Jul, 2026 05:03am

PESHAWAR: A Grand Jirga convened by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was held at the Chief Minister’s House in...

NFC Award formula: Aurangzeb hints at reviewing population-based distribution

Updated 16 Jul, 2026 09:34am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday hinted at reviewing the National Finance Commission...

NFC reform and limits of fiscal devolution

Published 08 Jul, 2026 05:27am

EDITORIAL: The World Bank’s report on fiscal federalism in Pakistan should prompt a more serious debate on the 18th...

Fiscal imbalances: World Bank advocates for ‘overhaul’ of NFC Award

Updated 02 Jul, 2026 09:23am

Strengthen provincial tax collection, empower local governments

KP Budget

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

EDITORIAL: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) budget for 2026-27 presented by Chief Minister Sohail Afridi unveiled a total...

NFC Award: a system under strain

Updated 22 Jun, 2026 08:43am

EDITORIAL: A recent media report has highlighted a view gaining traction within policymaking circles that the NFC...

KP govt secures major victory for provincial rights at NEC: minister

Published 12 Jun, 2026 08:01am

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information and Public Relations Shafi Jan has said that the provincial...

Pakistan’s power sector

Published 12 Jun, 2026 06:08am

Pakistan politically decentralized after the 18th Amendment, but the institutional framework governing electricity...

NFC Award: Opposition accuses govt of seeking to curtail provincial shares

Published 11 Jun, 2026 06:41am

ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on the federal...

NFC Award: PM holds out assurance to KP CM

Updated 11 Jun, 2026 09:13am

ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Wednesday said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has...

Separate sessions of NA, Senate today

Published 10 Jun, 2026 05:53am

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned separate sessions of the National Assembly and the Senate today...

Budget delayed, budget denied?

Published 10 Jun, 2026 05:53am

EDITORIAL: While technically there is no delay in the presentation of the budget to parliament, with 16 June the...

No consensus yet on provinces’ shares under NFC Award

Updated 09 Jun, 2026 09:11am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has yet to secure the consensus of provincial governments on a proposal to retain...

Undoing NFC Award’s population bias

Updated 01 Jun, 2026 05:40am

EDITORIAL: A rare political consensus is emerging around one of Pakistan’s most sensitive fiscal questions: whether...

Pakistan’s population projected to rise to 389.9m by 2050

Published 13 May, 2026 06:01am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s population is projected to rise from 241.5 million in 2023 to between 371.9 million and 389.9...

Centre’s ‘discrimination’: KP announces province-wide strike

Updated 06 May, 2026 08:56am

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has announced a province-wide strike on Wednesday, May 6, citing what it...

Interim fix for delayed consensus on NFC award

Published 30 Apr, 2026 06:00am

As Pakistan approaches Budget 2026-27, its fiscal federalism is mired in stagnation rather than progress. The 11th...

Rethinking the fiscal compact

Updated 04 Mar, 2026 08:50am

EDITORIAL: The federal government’s steadily diminishing fiscal space, the persistent failure of the provinces to...

Provinces asked to contribute to Centre under new NFC Award

Published 27 Feb, 2026 05:11am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal urged the provinces to...

EDITORIAL: Inaction on NFC is intriguing

Updated 06 Feb, 2026 09:25am

EDITORIAL: Two months after the inaugural session of the National Finance Commission (NFC) was held on December 4...

IMF team due later this month: Aurangzeb

Updated 05 Feb, 2026 04:30pm

Visit comes as govt insists there is no external financing gap and rollover talks with the UAE remain on track

Aurangzeb, KP delegation discuss NFC releases, fiscal matters

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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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