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Pakistan’s trade deficit narrows 30% to $14.9bn in 8MFY24

Deficit stood at $21.3bn in 8MFY23

Updated 01 Mar, 2024 10:28pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s trade deficit contracts 33% to $13.2bn in 7MFY24

Pakistan’s trade deficit shrank 33% to $13.167 billion during July-January (7MFY24) on account of a considerable...

Updated 02 Feb, 2024 09:16pm

Markets

Pakistan’s REER index inches up in December, stands at 98.9

Pakistan’s Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER), a measure of the value of a currency against a weighted average of...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 11:33am

Markets

Pakistan’s current account posts significant surplus of $397mn in December

Overall deficit during July-December FY24 stands at $831mn compared to $3.63bn in same period of FY23

Updated 17 Jan, 2024 08:33pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s trade deficit shrinks over 34% to $11.15bn in 6MFY24

Stood at $16.97bn in same period of the previous year

Updated 02 Jan, 2024 09:03pm

Markets

Pakistan’s current account posts surplus of $9mn in November

This is the first surplus since June 2023

Updated 18 Dec, 2023 05:35pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s trade deficit narrows 34% to $9.38bn in 5MFY24

Stood at $14.28bn in same period of the previous year

Updated 01 Dec, 2023 10:44pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s current account deficit clocks in at $74m in October

Total imports stand at $5.17bn against $5.35bn in the same period of previous year

Updated 20 Nov, 2023 10:20pm

Pakistan

Import compression: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrows 42% to $5.29bn in 3MFY24

Balance stood at $9.16bn in same period of previous year

Updated 02 Oct, 2023 06:19pm

Business & Finance

PCJCCI for tissue-culture laboratory for potatoes seed

LAHORE: Pakistan is one of the huge exporters of potato and is self-sufficient for its domestic use, this was stated...

Published 07 Sep, 2023 06:21am

Pakistan’s imports of Russian crude face port, refinery, currency constraints

KARACHI: Pakistan is unlikely to meet a target for Russian crude to make up two-thirds of its oil imports, despite...

Updated 01 Aug, 2023 08:56am

Perspectives

Indus Motor Company and its export: Pakistan needs to do a lot more

The responsibility lays with the govt to ensure Pakistan's long-term interests are kept in mind

Updated 20 Jul, 2023 08:58pm

Markets

Pakistan reports 4th successive monthly current account surplus in June

Current account deficit shrinks 85.4% to $2.56bn in FY23
Development driven mainly by import restrictions due to dollar shortage

Updated 18 Jul, 2023 04:34pm

Pakistan

YoY: Pakistan’s trade deficit shrinks 43% to $27.6bn in FY23

In FY22, trade deficit stood at a whopping $48.35 billion
Contraction in deficit comes on back of restrictions on imports

Updated 19 Jul, 2023 03:07pm

SBP informs Senate panel: Forex’s fall has led to 28.2pc PKR slump in FY23 so far

ISLAMABAD: The country’s foreign exchange reserves are at present below one month of imports. This led to an...

Updated 12 Mar, 2023 03:54pm

Business & Finance

Imports from Japan, China: customs values on tyres, tubes raised

ISLAMABAD: Keeping in view Chinese investment in local manufacturing of tyres and tubes, Directorate General Customs...

Published 20 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Business & Finance

New import conditions irk timber traders

KARACHI: Timber importers and traders have demanded immediate suspension of import conditions on wood and timber...

Published 20 Oct, 2022 05:36am

Business & Finance

SRO 545 (I) 2022 in IPO Order 2022: APTTA urges PM to suspend import conditions

KARACHI: The All Pakistan Timber Traders Association (APTTA) has appealed to the prime minister, concerned ministers...

Published 18 Oct, 2022 06:02am

Business & Finance

July CAD shrinks 45pc to $1.2bn MoM

KARACHI: Pakistan’s current account deficit (CAD) for July 2022 narrowed by 45 percent on month-on-month basis to...

Published 25 Aug, 2022 06:32am

Opinion

Silver lining in sight?

The political drama continues. Arguments and moral positions switch in matter of days for politicians and media...

Published 25 Jul, 2022 06:12am

Markets

Govt makes a move towards Russian crude import, urges refineries to furnish analysis

Development comes after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition government had started weighing possibility of importing oil and gas from Russia to meet the country’s energy requirements

Updated 29 Jun, 2022 06:31pm

Finance bill further amended

Amended bill 2022 may reduce 17 per cent sales tax to only one per cent on the import of active pharmaceutical ingredients with continuation of the zero-rating scheme on local sales

Updated 29 Jun, 2022 10:34am

Exports up 27.89pc: Jul-May imports soar 44.51pc to $72.297bn YoY

Imports in May 2022 were $6.777 billion as compared to $6.661 billion in April
Exports during May 2022 were $2.626 billion as compared to $2.897 billion in April

Updated 17 Jun, 2022 10:45am

Business & Finance

‘Pro-HEVs policies can bring substantial savings’

KARACHI: Pakistan can achieve substantial savings due to policies favouring Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs). The...

Published 12 Jun, 2022 06:55am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 19	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 19	278.15
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 19	154.64
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 19	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 19	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 19	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 19	4967.23
India Sensex / Apr 19	73088.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 19	37068.35
Nasdaq / Apr 19	15282.01
Hang Seng / Apr 19	16224.14
FTSE 100 / Apr 19	7895.85
Dow Jones / Apr 19	37986.40
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 19	17737.36

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 19	83.14
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 19	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 19	214935
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 19	2391.93
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 19	81.02
Petrol/Litre / Apr 20	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 20 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 20 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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