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Half the economy left behind

Updated 06 Jul, 2026 04:47am

The Untapped GDP: Why Gender is Pakistan’s Missing Growth Strategy Pakistan is searching for its next engine of...

ADB proposes regional TA programme

Updated 04 Jul, 2026 09:15am

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed a regional technical assistance (TA) programme to...

India seeks EU scrap export relief as curbs threaten trade pact gains

Published 29 Jun, 2026 05:00pm

This year’s trade deal between India and the EU is set to take effect early next year

Brent falls to lowest since March on likely peace deal

Updated 14 Jun, 2026 06:56am

HOUSTON: Brent crude prices fell to their lowest levels since early March as traders grew more confident about an...

Oil prices rise on fragile Mideast peace hopes

Updated 04 Jun, 2026 07:49am

LONDON: Oil prices rose on Wednesday, edging closer to USD100 a barrel while stocks fell as further attacks between...

OECD cuts 2026 global growth forecasts over Mideast war fallout

Published 03 Jun, 2026 12:42pm

Previously the OECD had forecast full-year global growth of 2.9 percent

Huge state subsidies give China unfair edge over foreign rivals: OECD

Published 02 Jun, 2026 04:58am

PARIS: Chinese companies in 15 key industrial sectors received vastly more state support than their international...

Mideast war reshaping national energy strategies: IEA

Published 30 May, 2026 05:48am

PARIS: The Middle East war is pushing countries to open new supply routes and turn to domestic resources to tide...

OPEC lowers second-quarter global oil demand forecast

Published 14 Apr, 2026 02:25am

LONDON: OPEC on Monday lowered its forecast for world oil demand in the second quarter by 500,000 barrels per day,...

Taxing non-resident digital creators

Published 08 Apr, 2026 06:07am

EDITORIAL: The FBR’s new rules for social media content creators, issued on April 2, seek to bring income earned...

G7 ministers tackle economic fallout of Mideast war

Published 30 Mar, 2026 08:53pm

PARIS: G7 ministers and central bank officials gathered Monday to tackle the economic consequences of the war in the...

OECD: Iran war erases global growth upgrade, fans inflation

Published 26 Mar, 2026 04:36pm

Global GDP growth is now projected to ease from 3.3% last year to 2.9% in 2026 before edging up to 3.0% in 2027

‘Subversion’ of tax treaties?

Published 03 Mar, 2026 05:24am

Pakistan’s tax system is increasingly trapped in a contradiction that can no longer remain unnoticed. On the...

Mexico approves bill cutting workweek to 40 hours by 2030

Published 25 Feb, 2026 09:29pm

Increases weekly overtime and maintains only one rest day for every six worked

Health is hope

Published 28 Jan, 2026 05:34am

The Arabian proverb is, ‘He who has health has hope, and he who has hope, has everything’. Health and wealth create...

Ideas and implementation

Published 21 Jan, 2026 03:43am

‘I think, therefore I am’, wrote Rene Descartes in 1637. This assertion was the foundational principle of his...

More than 145 countries agree on update to global minimum tax deal

Published 06 Jan, 2026 05:46am

PARIS: More than 145 countries agreed on Monday to amend a 2021 global minimum corporate tax agreement, addressing...

IEA lowers 2026 oil glut forecast for first time since May

Published 12 Dec, 2025 04:14am

LONDON: The International Energy Agency trimmed its forecast of next year’s global oil supply glut for the first...

China’s Li says tariff consequences increasingly evident

Published 09 Dec, 2025 11:14am

China's trade surplus topped $1 trillion for the first time in November

Tariffs, AI boom could test global growth’s resilience, OECD says

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 15	278.20
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 15	278
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 16	162.16
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 16	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 16	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 16	1.15
SOFR % / Jul 15	3.55

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 15	7,572.40
Nasdaq / Jul 15	26,269.23
FTSE 100 / Jul 15	10,515.92
Dow Jones / Jul 15	52,658.64
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 15	24,999.53
France CAC40 / Jul 15	8,382.43
India Sensex / Jul 16	77,417.61
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 16	66,796.79
Hang Seng / Jul 16	25,160.73

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 15	18,480
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 15	364,399
Petrol/Litre / Jul 16	310.71
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 16	79.40
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 16	4,026.75
Diesel/Litre / Jul 16	323.30
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 16	80.72

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Shams Textile / Jul 16 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	57.38 ▲ 5.22 (10.01%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 16 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	33.88 ▲ 3.08 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 16 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	203.60 ▲ 18.51 (10%)
Buxly Paints / Jul 16 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	207.90 ▲ 17.33 (9.09%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 16 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	98.40 ▲ 7.37 (8.1%)
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 16 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	4.25 ▲ 0.3 (7.59%)
Premium Textile / Jul 16 Premium Textile Mills Limited(PRET)	559 ▲ 37.05 (7.1%)
Sardar Chemical / Jul 16 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	116.97 ▲ 7.59 (6.94%)
Service Textile / Jul 16 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	82 ▲ 5.19 (6.76%)
Faisal Sp. / Jul 16 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	349 ▲ 22.02 (6.73%)

Stock	Price
Asia Ins. / Jul 16 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	29.60 ▼ -1.72 (-5.49%)
ZIL Limited / Jul 16 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	345.01 ▼ -19.96 (-5.47%)
Sally Textile / Jul 16 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	13.70 ▼ -0.76 (-5.26%)
IbrahimFibres / Jul 16 Ibrahim Fibres Limited(IBFL)	297.09 ▼ -15.63 (-5%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 16 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	11.66 ▼ -0.54 (-4.43%)
Bawany Air Products / Jul 16 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	30.90 ▼ -1.23 (-3.83%)
Crescent Textile / Jul 16 The Crescent Textile Mills Limited(CRTM)	78.12 ▼ -2.88 (-3.56%)
Quetta Textile / Jul 16 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	14.61 ▼ -0.52 (-3.44%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 16 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	44.50 ▼ -1.51 (-3.28%)
Blessed Tex. / Jul 16 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	1,000 ▼ -31.59 (-3.06%)

Stock	Volume
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 16 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	7,168,181 ▲ 0.22
TPL Properties / Jul 16 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	5,984,447 ▲ 0.33
Ittefaq Iron Ind / Jul 16 Ittefaq Iron Industries Limited(ITTEFAQ)	4,927,435 ▲ 0.36
LSE Capital / Jul 16 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	2,986,190 ▲ 0.03
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 16 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	2,279,189 ▲ 0.36
Hascol Petrol / Jul 16 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	1,270,500 ▲ 0.43
Cnergyico PK / Jul 16 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	1,131,722 ▼ -0.07
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 16 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	977,637 ▼ -0.09
B.O.Punjab / Jul 16 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	976,161 ▲ 0.09
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 16 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	906,382 ▲ 0.03

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