Dollar's rate in interbank market KARACHI: Interbank closing rates for dollar on Friday (January 13, 2023). ======================== Open Bid ... Published 14 Jan, 2023 06:22am
Business & Finance Issues related to foreign exchange to be addressed soon: SBP governor KARACHI: Governor of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Jameel Ahmad has assured the business community of resolving the... Updated 13 Jan, 2023 10:55am
Opinion Managing sovereign default Nations can and do periodically default on their sovereign debt, despite the fact that they do so comparatively... Updated 13 Jan, 2023 07:41am
Opinion Faltering exports The textile exports are faltering since July 2022. They have been growing rapidly for the previous two years, but we... Updated 10 Jan, 2023 06:51am
Editorials Expenditure must be curtailed EDITORIAL: The government is in the throes of an acute dollar and rupee shortage (attributable to lack of fiscal... Updated 10 Jan, 2023 06:42am
Markets PKR declines 0.31pc KARACHI: The rupee depreciated 0.31% against the US dollar in the inter-bank market, according to the State Bank of... Updated 09 Jan, 2023 08:47am
Business & Finance Jul-Nov rice exports decline 30pc to 210,184 metric tons LAHORE: Pakistan’s rice export registered collectively (basmati & non-basmati) around a 30 percent decline in... Published 06 Jan, 2023 07:10am
Opinion Equity mutual funds: a half year of turmoil The first half of fiscal year 2023 has come to an end, and will be remembered as a time where Pakistan lurched from... Updated 06 Jan, 2023 10:36am
Opinion Pakistan: a state and its citizens in state of denial – II History cannot be undone; however, the complacency that crept in can somehow be brought to the surface. Given the... Updated 05 Jan, 2023 06:32am
Business & Finance FCCI to propose steps for stopping rupee devaluation FAISALABAD: Faisala-bad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FCCI) will recommend immediate steps to check the... Published 02 Jan, 2023 06:43am
Print PKR registers losses KARACHI: The rupee registered losses throughout the previous week, ending with cumulative depreciation of 0.35%... Updated 02 Jan, 2023 08:44am
Business & Finance PAJCCI for trade with Afghanistan in local currency PESHAWAR: Director Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi has supported a... Published 02 Jan, 2023 05:54am
Markets Stock market: a troubled year KARACHI: Economic and political issues badly affected local bourse as a result Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)... Published 31 Dec, 2022 06:52am
Editorials Ishaq Dar’s address: misplaced optimism? EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar gave an impassioned virtual address to mark the first listing of the... Published 30 Dec, 2022 05:50am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Structural failure “There are some professions which have a wide range of capacity if you know what I mean?” “As wide as the... Published 29 Dec, 2022 05:59am
Print Dar addresses ebbing investor confidence KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Wednesday assured the investors that Pakistan won’t default, adding... Updated 29 Dec, 2022 08:45am
Business & Finance No exchange of old banknotes after 31st: SBP KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has said that old-design and large-size banknotes would not be exchanged... Published 27 Dec, 2022 06:52am
Editorials Forex reserves: all is not well EDITORIAL: All is not well on the economic front, acknowledged Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Aisha Ghous... Published 27 Dec, 2022 06:26am
Opinion Economic pain: an illusion of choice Pakistan is facing an illusion of false choices in managing its ongoing economic crisis. It can either return to the... Published 26 Dec, 2022 05:48am
Print PKR again manages to show stability KARACHI: The rupee again showed stability in the inter-bank market, depreciating just 0.3% to settle at 225.64... Updated 26 Dec, 2022 09:29am
Opinion PKR in Daristan The rupee-dollar parity during two tenures of Ishaq Dar as finance minister (2013-17 and 27 September 2022 to date)... Published 19 Dec, 2022 06:00am
Pakistan ‘Politically-exposed’ persons facilitate smuggling: As yet no mechanism in place to effectively curb forex outflows LAHORE: Changes in law and tax provisions have failed to provide mechanism to control unauthorized foreign currency... Updated 17 Dec, 2022 01:07pm
Opinion Cross-border illegal currency movement Good governance plays an important role in setting the direction of any country. It ensures transparency and ... Published 16 Dec, 2022 05:58am
Business & Finance Old-design banknotes can’t be exchanged after 31st KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced on Tuesday that old design large size banknotes cannot be... Published 14 Dec, 2022 06:55am
Editorials The elusive ‘charter of economy’ EDITORIAL: Leading lights of the PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz), including Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar,... Published 14 Dec, 2022 05:57am
Markets PKR registers minor appreciation KARACHI: The rupee registered minor depreciation across all five sessions during the previous week to end with a... Published 12 Dec, 2022 06:07am
Business & Finance Banknotes of old design not exchangeable after 31st: SBP KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that old design large size banknotes cannot be exchanged... Published 06 Dec, 2022 05:58am
Editorials Economic policy: lack of explicitness, clarity EDITORIAL: The difficulties faced by businesses in paying for goods and services continue to mount. Murmurings... Published 06 Dec, 2022 05:58am
Opinion Inflation: the fault is in ourselves Inflation has reached politically untenable levels in the ongoing year, considerably higher than the high rates... Published 05 Dec, 2022 06:09am
Markets PKR witnesses one of most stable weeks KARACHI: The rupee saw one of its most stable weeks in recent times, appreciating 0.11% in the inter-bank market... Published 05 Dec, 2022 05:47am
Attachment of bank accounts of taxpayers: FBR orders sales tax/FED recovery only after approval by field committees