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PTI questions PBS figures

ISLAMABAD: The Opposition Leader in National Assembly Omar Ayub on Friday severely criticised the government,...

Published 21 Jun, 2025 06:06am

Editorials

Exports falling again!

EDITORIAL: April’s export figures are a red flag, not a blip. And yet, there is no sense of urgency at the top....

Published 28 May, 2025 06:02am

Pakistan April exports down 17.66% to $2.178bn MoM

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data shows country's imports increased in April

Updated 17 May, 2025 05:17pm

Markets

Inflation in Pakistan drops to historic low at 0.3% in April 2025

CPI inflation average during 10MFY25 stands at 4.73% as compared to 25.97% in 10MFY24

Updated 02 May, 2025 11:00pm

Opinion

Catastrophic impact of Trump’s tariffs

Donald Trump’s recently proposed tariff regime has sent shockwaves across the global economic spectrum. While large...

Published 20 Apr, 2025 02:50am

Jul-Mar textile group exports up 9.38pc to $13.613bn YoY

Overall exports during July–March, 2024–2025 totalled $24,719 million, says Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

Updated 18 Apr, 2025 02:21pm

Jul-Feb FY25: LSM sector contracts 1.90pc

ISLAMABAD: The overall Large Scale Manufacturing sector has shown a growth of -1.90 percent during (July-February)...

Updated 16 Apr, 2025 02:24pm

BR Research

Growth on ventilator, credibility in a coma

The only thing more stable than a dead corpse is a patient on a ventilator. That’s the current state of...

Published 03 Apr, 2025 08:34am

Business & Finance

Feb CPI inflation clocks in at 1.5pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation clocked in at 1.5 percent on a Year-on-Year (YoY) basis in...

Published 04 Mar, 2025 06:30am

PBS conducts first digital census: Around 7.8pc of total population unemployed

ISLAMABAD: Around 7.8 percent (187,359,79 population) of the total population (241,499,431) of the country is...

Updated 04 Mar, 2025 09:29am

Opinion

Extremely high unemployment rate

The digital Population and Housing Census of 2023 conducted by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has come up...

Updated 04 Mar, 2025 07:04am

Markets

Pakistan’s trade deficit surges 33% YoY to $2.3bn in February 2025

Trade deficit stood at $1.72 billion in February 2024

Updated 03 Mar, 2025 10:55pm

Markets

Inflation in Pakistan clocks in at 1.5% in February 2025

CPI reading eases to 113-month low

Updated 03 Mar, 2025 10:53pm

Jul-Jan exports up 9.98pc to $19.551bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s exports increased by 9.98 percent during the first seven months (July-January) of current...

Updated 04 Feb, 2025 03:07pm

Markets

Over 9-year low: Inflation in Pakistan clocks in at 2.4% in January 2025

Pakistan’s headline inflation clocked in at 2.4% on a year-on-year basis in January 2025, a reading below that of...

Updated 03 Feb, 2025 10:44pm

Business & Finance

Policy measures successfully curbing inflation: Finance Division

The Finance Division has said that policy interventions and administrative actions have successfully controlled...

Updated 30 Jan, 2025 10:55pm

Pakistan

Inflation in Pakistan clocks in at 4.1% in December 2024

Reading in line with government projection, strengthens case for continued monetary easing

Updated 01 Jan, 2025 09:40pm

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

Business & Finance

SPI inflation up WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended December 27, 2024, increased by 0.80...

Published 28 Dec, 2024 05:59am

Markets

Lowest since May 2018: inflation in Pakistan clocks in at 4.9% in November 2024

Reading also below official expectations

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 10:30pm

BR Research

Electricity tariffs go down… at the PBS

Electricity consumers in Pakistan paid less this year in October than a year ago. And only 5 percent higher than...

Published 04 Nov, 2024 09:32am

Markets

Inflation in Pakistan clocks in at 7.2% in October 2024

Reading slightly higher than market and official expectations that put figure in range of 6-7%

Updated 01 Nov, 2024 10:57pm

Pakistan

PBS to host first-ever Data Fest-2024 today

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) will be hosting Pakistan’s first-ever Data Fest-2024 at the Pak...

Updated 21 Oct, 2024 07:25am

Weekly SPI inflation down 0.52pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended September 19, 2024, decreased by 0.52...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:30am

Markets

Ongoing global oil price decline to benefit Pakistan: brokerage house

The ongoing decline in global oil price “benefits Pakistan” and will help its trade balance and inflation figures,...

Updated 05 Sep, 2024 10:32pm

Markets

Pakistan in ‘advanced stage’ to get external financing assurances, says Aurangzeb

Finance minister hopeful of getting IMF Executive Board approval on time

Updated 03 Sep, 2024 09:45pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s trade deficit shrinks marginally to $3.6bn in 2MFY25

Pakistan’s trade deficit shrank marginally to $3.6 billion during the first two months of fiscal year 2024-25...

Updated 03 Sep, 2024 10:28pm

Pakistan

Minister directs PBS officials to prepare five-year strategic plan

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal has directed the top officials of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics...

Published 23 Jul, 2024 08:27am

Markets

Pakistan’s trade deficit contracts 12% YoY to $24.1bn in FY24

Exports increase by 10.5% to $30.7bn while imports decline 0.8% to $54.7bn
However, trade deficit increases by 15.13% to $2.39 billion in June

Updated 02 Jul, 2024 08:10pm

Markets

Pakistan’s headline inflation increases pace, clocks in at 12.6% in June 2024

Average CPI inflation reading in FY24 clocks in at 23.4%

Updated 01 Jul, 2024 07:03pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 20	283.77
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 20	283.52
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 20	146.09
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 20	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jun 20	1.15
UK LIBOR % / Jun 20	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 20	5,967.84
India Sensex / Jun 20	82,408.17
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 20	38,403.23
Nasdaq / Jun 20	19,447.41
Hang Seng / Jun 20	23,530.48
FTSE 100 / Jun 20	8,774.65
Dow Jones / Jun 20	42,206.82
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 20	23,350.55
France CAC40 / Jun 20	7,589.66

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 20	74.93
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 20	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 20	306,069
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 20	3,368.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 20	66.70
Petrol/Litre / Jun 21	258.43
Diesel/Litre / Jun 21	262.59

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Jun 20 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	356 ▲ 40.99 (13.01%)
Faisal Sp. / Jun 20 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	313.91 ▲ 33.82 (12.07%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Jun 20 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	33.53 ▲ 3.42 (11.36%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jun 20 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.90 ▲ 1 (11.24%)
Crescent Fib. / Jun 20 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	50.25 ▲ 5 (11.05%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 20 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	25.43 ▲ 2.33 (10.09%)
Shams Textile / Jun 20 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	31.52 ▲ 2.87 (10.02%)
Rupali polyester / Jun 20 Rupali Polyester Limited(RUPL)	24.61 ▲ 2.24 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jun 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	39 ▲ 3.55 (10.01%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Jun 20 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	621.82 ▲ 56.53 (10%)

Stock	Price
Mahanna Islamic Index / Jun 20 Mahanna Islamic Index Traded Fund(MIIETF)	12.92 ▼ -2.14 (-14.21%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jun 20 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	61.07 ▼ -7.82 (-11.35%)
Nets Internat.Comm. / Jun 20 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	41 ▼ -4.9 (-10.68%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 20 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.28 ▼ -5.59 (-10.01%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 20 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	11,153.83 ▼ -1239.27 (-10%)
Pakgen Power / Jun 20 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	173.06 ▼ -19.23 (-10%)
Sardar Chemical / Jun 20 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	56.21 ▼ -6.24 (-9.99%)
Int. Knit. / Jun 20 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	20.18 ▼ -2.23 (-9.95%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.49 ▼ -0.27 (-9.78%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jun 20 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	40.61 ▼ -4.39 (-9.76%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	42,791,268 ▼ -0.04
TRG Pak Ltd / Jun 20 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	26,664,589 ▼ -4.92
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 20 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	25,526,681 ▼ -0.26
Yousuf Weaving / Jun 20 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,497,580 ▲ 0.29
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,445,689 ▲ 0.08
Sui South Gas / Jun 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	13,554,568 ▼ -0.06
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	9,805,036 ▼ -0.27
Dewan Cement / Jun 20 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	9,257,161 ▼ -0.86
Invest Bank / Jun 20 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	8,867,595 ▼ -0.26
Pak Refinery / Jun 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	8,518,206 ▲ 0.01

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