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Pakistan economic growth

Sustainable economic growth: LCCI for strengthening industry-academia linkages

Published 16 Feb, 2026 04:22am

LAHORE: President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Faheem Ur Rehman Saigol said that strengthening...

Economic growth is the only exit

Updated 14 Feb, 2026 09:09am

The choice before the nation is now very much distinguishable — ‘grow or be left behind and No growth — No economic...

Pakistan central bank chief expects broader recovery than IMF forecast

Updated 11 Feb, 2026 06:52pm

Financial conditions eased significantly following a cumulative 1,150-basis-point cut in the policy rate, says SBP chief

In search for an export-led growth strategy: a piloting attempt—II

Updated 22 Jan, 2026 06:33am

The third block of this piloting exercise is the fiscal block and draws its inspiration from the above document plus...

EDITORIAL: IMF programme hurts growth prospects

Updated 20 Jan, 2026 09:09am

EDITORIAL: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, formerly four-time Finance Minister Ishaq Dar while...

IMF lowers Pakistan’s growth outlook

Updated 20 Jan, 2026 04:34pm

Cuts GDP projection for current fiscal year from 3.6% to 3.2%

The quest for a rule-based economy

Published 15 Apr, 2024 03:56am

During Eid holidays a simple graph was viral which depicted the secular decline in Pakistan’s economic growth ...

World Bank needs to revisit its policy and lending focus

Updated 06 Oct, 2023 09:56am

In its recently released report ‘Pakistan development update October 2023: restoring fiscal sustainability’ the...

Speakers underscore need for productivity-led growth

Published 19 Jan, 2023 05:58am

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar, Wednesday, while stressing the need for productivity-led economic growth said that...

FCCI chief emphasises growth of IT sector for better future

Published 31 Oct, 2022 07:18am

FAISALABAD: Our economic future is directly linked with the expeditious growth of the IT (Information Technology)...

PKR largely stable

Published 02 May, 2022 05:46am

KARACHI: The rupee remained largely stable during the week, ending with a 0.57% gain as the market considered...

FPCCI proposes ‘non-political, legally binding charter of economy’

Published 21 Apr, 2022 06:19am

KARACHI: President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Irfan Iqbal Sheikh has...

The costs of inaction

Published 14 Mar, 2022 07:01am

The political temperature is heating up. In the quest for survival, the tough economic decisions are kept on the...

Time to take charge

Updated 13 Mar, 2022 10:56am

The petrochemical sector can help us achieve import substitution, promote export-led growth and join the ranks of industrialized nations

Trade credit: a basic building block for industry—II

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World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 3	278.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 3	278.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 4	159.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 4	0.79
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 4	1.34
Euro to USD / Jun 4	1.16
SOFR % / Jun 3	3.63

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 3	7,553.68
Nasdaq / Jun 3	26,853.97
Dow Jones / Jun 3	50,687.07
India Sensex / Jun 4	74,289.24
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 4	67,399.25
Hang Seng / Jun 4	25,221.79
FTSE 100 / Jun 4	10,349.70
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 4	24,899.30
France CAC40 / Jun 4	8,185.81

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 3	401,030
Petrol/Litre / Jun 4	381.78
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 4	95.52
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 4	4,475.32
Diesel/Litre / Jun 4	380.78
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 4	80.34

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Dawood Prop. / Jun 4 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	5.20 ▲ 0.63 (13.79%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jun 4 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	8.40 ▲ 0.97 (13.06%)
Paramount Spinning / Jun 4 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	7.45 ▲ 0.74 (11.03%)
Escorts Bank / Jun 4 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	13.59 ▲ 1.24 (10.04%)
First IBL Mod. / Jun 4 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	11.41 ▲ 1.04 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jun 4 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	18.67 ▲ 1.7 (10.02%)
Ansari Sug. / Jun 4 Ansari Sugar Mills Limited(ANSM)	15.72 ▲ 1.43 (10.01%)
Ask.Gen.Insur. / Jun 4 Askari General Insurance Company Limited(AGIC)	41.22 ▲ 3.75 (10.01%)
Grays Leasing / Jun 4 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	22.98 ▲ 2.09 (10%)
Ideal Spinning / Jun 4 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	79.73 ▲ 7.25 (10%)

Stock	Price
Crescent Fib. / Jun 4 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	56.10 ▼ -3.89 (-6.48%)
Shams Textile / Jun 4 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	39.03 ▼ -2.58 (-6.2%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jun 4 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	28.06 ▼ -1.72 (-5.78%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 4 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	47.43 ▼ -2.45 (-4.91%)
Premier Sugar / Jun 4 The Premier Sugar Mills(PMRS)	423.01 ▼ -20.78 (-4.68%)
Security Investment Bank / Jun 4 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.15 ▼ -0.34 (-4.54%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jun 4 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	7.06 ▼ -0.32 (-4.34%)
Unicap Modaraba / Jun 4 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	5.35 ▼ -0.23 (-4.12%)
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Jun 4 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.67 ▼ -0.3 (-3.76%)
JS Bank Ltd / Jun 4 JS Bank Limited(JSBL)	12.85 ▼ -0.49 (-3.67%)

Stock	Volume
Beco Steel Ltd / Jun 4 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	108,676,851 ▲ 0.27
Pak Int.Bulk / Jun 4 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	30,840,060 ▲ 0.64
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 4 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	28,814,074 ▼ -0.01
Hascol Petrol / Jun 4 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	27,581,327 ▲ 0.94
TPL Properties / Jun 4 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	22,359,973 ▲ 0.53
P.T.C.L. / Jun 4 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	20,343,260 ▲ 2
Dewan Cement / Jun 4 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	19,894,524 ▲ 0.1
Kohinoor Spinning / Jun 4 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	19,662,252 ▼ -0.15
Maple Leaf Cement / Jun 4 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	18,023,365 ▲ 1.34
B.O.Punjab / Jun 4 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	17,743,714 ▲ 0.26

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