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Pakistani banks

Agri credit reaches Rs1.4trn in first half of FY26

Updated 13 Feb, 2026 09:18am

KARACHI: Agricultural credit disbursements by the banking sector reached Rs. 1.412 trillion during the first half of...

Moody’s changes banking outlook to stable

Published 10 Feb, 2026 05:50am

ISLAMABAD: Moody’s, the global rating agency, has changed its outlook on Pakistan’s banking system to stable from...

Bank deposits hit Rs37.4trn mark

Published 30 Jan, 2026 05:20am

KARACHI: Deposits of the banking sector recorded a second highest growth of 23.6 percent during the last calendar...

Delivering highest total returns in Asia-Pacific: Banks based in Pakistan account for 6 of top 10 positions: S&P

Published 09 Jan, 2026 05:41am

ISLAMABAD: Smaller Pakistani banks posted some of the best total returns to investors across the Asia-Pacific region...

Bank holiday

Published 31 Dec, 2025 05:54am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan will remain closed for public dealing on Thursday, January 01, 2026, which will...

Pakistani banks dominate Asia-Pacific ranking: S&P Global

Updated 08 Oct, 2025 09:12am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani banks dominated a ranking of Asia-Pacific banks with the best-performing stocks in terms of...

Moody’s upgrades 5 banks’ ratings to ‘Caa1’

Updated 20 Aug, 2025 08:43am

ISLAMABAD: Moody’s Ratings has upgraded to Caa1 from Caa2 the local and foreign-currency long-term deposit ratings...

Thar Block mine expansion: SECMC inks Islamic facility pact with MBL

Published 22 Jul, 2025 07:08am

KARACHI: Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) and Meezan Bank Limited signed an Islamic Facility Agreement to ...

Profitability of listed banks jumps to Rs173bn

Updated 01 May, 2025 11:56am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s listed banks’ profitability clocked in at Rs 173 billion, up by 14 percent YoY and 12 percent...

Moody’s betters banking outlook on firm resilience

Published 13 Mar, 2025 05:28am

ISLAMABAD: Global rating agency Moody’s has said that Pakistan’s macroeconomic situation has improved with...

Profitability of listed banks rises 5pc YoY

Updated 04 Mar, 2025 09:10am

KARACHI: The profitability of listed banks increased by 5 percent YoY to Rs597 billion in 2024, mainly driven by a 9...

Bank holiday

Published 01 Mar, 2025 06:28am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan will remain closed for public dealing on Monday, March 3, 2025, which shall be...

Remittances by banks: Special rules for packing and dispatch revised

Updated 20 Feb, 2025 09:26am

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance has revised special rules for packing and dispatch of remittances by the banks....

Best-performing stocks in 2024: Pakistani banks lead ranking of APAC lenders

Published 09 Jan, 2025 06:19am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani banks dominated a ranking of Asia-Pacific lenders with the best-performing stocks in 2024, as...

Mobile apps: SBP issues new guidelines for transaction security

Updated 11 Dec, 2024 09:19am

KARACHI: In a significant step to improve the security of digital payments, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has...

Pakistan Banking Awards: SBP governor appreciates role of FIs

Updated 30 Nov, 2024 02:35pm

KARACHI: The ninth edition of Pakistan Banking Awards 2024 was held on Friday evening with Governor State Bank of...

Moody’s lifts long-term deposit ratings of 5 banks

Updated 31 Aug, 2024 03:33pm

ISLAMABAD: Moody’s Ratings (Moody’s) upgraded the long-term deposit ratings to Caa2 from Caa3 of five Pakistani...

Meezan Bank’s profit up nearly 55% in 2QCY24

Updated 08 Aug, 2024 09:44pm

Meezan Bank, the country’s largest Islamic bank, posted consolidated earnings of Rs26.89 billion for the second...

IT, agri sector and SMEs: Aurangzeb asks banks to lend more

Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:40am

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Finance & Revenue, Muhammad Aurangzeb has asked banks to enhance their financing ...

Highest returns in Q2: Pakistani banks dominate Asia-Pacific lenders ranking: S&P Global

Updated 09 Jul, 2024 10:32am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani banks dominated a ranking of Asia-Pacific lenders with the highest total returns in the second...

Enablement of digitalization in Pakistani banking and risk in operations

Published 20 Jun, 2024 06:01am

Introduction: The digital revolution is sweeping across the globe, transforming traditional industries and reshaping...

Pakistani banks should set up branches in Addis Ababa: envoy

Published 29 Apr, 2024 04:49am

FAISALABAD: Pakistani banks should establish their branches in Addis Ababa to handle business related transactions,...

Q3CY23: Listed banks’ profitability up 95pc to record Rs163bn YoY

Published 01 Nov, 2023 05:57am

KARACHI: Pakistani listed banks’ profitability increased to record Rs 163 billion up 95 percent on year-on-year...

Jan-Jun: MCB Bank’s earnings increase over 150% year-on-year

Updated 02 Aug, 2023 09:36pm

MCB Bank Limited on Wednesday reported a massive surge in its half-year profit, largely driven by an increase in its...

Purchase of USD for card payments facility extended by 5 months

Updated 01 Aug, 2023 09:39am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to extend settlement of card-based cross-border transactions...

Interbank, open market: Import of cash USD to help narrow rate differences: expert

Updated 27 Jul, 2023 09:23am

KARACHI: The permission of import of cash US dollars by Exchange Companies (ECs) will increase the dollar inflows...

Publication on banking sector released: ‘Financial inclusion remains a challenge’

Published 15 Jul, 2023 06:08am

KARACHI: The financial inclusion remains a challenge for Pakistan with lower financial, women and rural inclusion...

Banks, not savers, get paydays from deposits?

Published 08 May, 2023 06:40am

EDITORIAL: In a rising interest rate environment, some commercial banks have been trying to forcefully convert the...

Interest rate and profitability

Published 05 May, 2023 06:44am

EDITORIAL: Profitability of Pakistani banks rose to a record high of 126 billion rupees – up by 56 percent year on...

Islamic banking: a success story

Published 14 Jan, 2023 06:22am

Last week the largest transformation from conventional to Islamic banking was achieved as all the branches of the...

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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 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
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

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 18	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 18	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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