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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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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 20	162.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 20	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 20	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
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
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 20	77,672.21
Hang Seng / Jul 20	25,069.85

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Petrol/Litre / Jul 20	316.15
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 20	84.29
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 20	4,011.10
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	354.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 20	79.24

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Asia Ins. / Jul 20 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	37.90 ▲ 3.45 (10.01%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 20 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	64.08 ▲ 5.83 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 20 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	100.21 ▲ 9.11 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	460.42 ▲ 41.86 (10%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 20 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	59.05 ▲ 5.37 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 20 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	299.43 ▲ 27.22 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	118.34 ▲ 10.76 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 20 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	246.36 ▲ 22.4 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	55 ▲ 5 (10%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	45.98 ▲ 4.18 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 20 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,684.32 ▼ -187.15 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	56.04 ▼ -6.23 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	87.83 ▼ -9.76 (-10%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	33.43 ▼ -3.71 (-9.99%)
Ideal Dynamics / Jul 20 Ideal Dynamics Limited(IDEAL)	49.28 ▼ -5.47 (-9.99%)
Nadeem Tex. / Jul 20 Nadeem Textile Mills Limited(NATM)	77 ▼ -8.16 (-9.58%)
Metro Steel / Jul 20 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	22.08 ▼ -1.97 (-8.19%)
Data Agro / Jul 20 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	81.05 ▼ -6.95 (-7.9%)
Shahmurad Sugar / Jul 20 Shahmurad Sugar Mills Limited(SHSML)	355.07 ▼ -29.93 (-7.77%)
Elahi Cotton / Jul 20 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	218 ▼ -18.09 (-7.66%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	95,740,928 ▲ 0.43
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	41,804,945 ▲ 3.16
TPL Properties / Jul 20 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	24,161,179 ▲ 0.15
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	20,695,072 ▼ -0.15
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 20 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	19,620,689 ▲ 0.16
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,241,299 ▲ 0
B.O.Punjab / Jul 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	11,992,224 ▼ -0.26
Lotte Chemical / Jul 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	10,073,089 ▲ 0.19
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	10,015,003 ▲ 0.78
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 20 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	9,024,327 ▲ 0

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