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State of the economy

EDITORIAL: The Monthly Economic Update and Outlook for May 2024 was uploaded on the Finance Division website on 29...

Updated 31 May, 2024 07:26am

Editorials

Inflation is cooling?

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) estimated a 0.34 percent decline in the sensitive price index (SPI),...

Updated 30 May, 2024 06:52am

Pakistan

PBS launches 7th Agri Census with awareness seminar at SAU

HYDERABAD: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) commenced the 7th Agricultural Census in Pakistan with an awareness...

Published 28 May, 2024 05:30am

Editorials

Phenomenal rise in domestic borrowing

EDITORIAL: The government borrowed up to 77 percent domestically to finance its fiscal deficit in the first six...

Updated 28 May, 2024 05:52am

Editorials

GDP growth for the current year

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) estimated Gross Domestic Product growth rate for the current year at...

Updated 23 May, 2024 05:46am

Editorials

EAC composition: a step in the right direction

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a seven-member Economic Advisory Council (EAC) under his...

Published 22 May, 2024 05:54am

July-April: mobile phones worth $1.462bn imported

ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $1.462 billion during the first 10 months (July-April) of the...

Updated 21 May, 2024 09:02am

Business & Finance

Impactful economic policy, decision-making require accurate, timely data: WB

ISLAMABAD: While the November release of quarterly national accounts represents an important step forward for...

Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI inflation down 1.06pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended May 16, 2024, decreased by 1.06 per cent due...

Published 18 May, 2024 05:45am

Business & Finance

Jul-Apr textile group exports down 0.19pc to $13.683bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile group exports declined by around 0.19 per cent during the first 10 months...

Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am

Business & Finance

Jul-Apr petroleum group imports post 1.53pc negative growth

ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports witnessed a negative growth of 1.53 per cent during the first 10 months...

Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am

Business & Finance

March LSMI output up 2.04pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) output increased by 2.04 per cent for March 2024 when...

Updated 16 May, 2024 09:41am

Pakistan

SAU to assist PBS in Digital Agricultural Census

HYDERABAD: Sindh Agriculture University will assist the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) in conducting the ...

Published 15 May, 2024 05:47am

Opinion

The education emergency

Shehbaz Sharif declared an ‘education emergency’ across Pakistan on Wednesday, the 8th of May 2024. This is in...

Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am

Business & Finance

KATI hails 1.39pc drop in weekly inflation rate

KARACHI: The Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) has hailed the notable drop of 1.39 percent in the...

Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI inflation down 1.39pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended May 9, 2024, decreased by 1.39 per cent due...

Published 11 May, 2024 06:22am

Business & Finance

Weekly inflation posts decline

ISLAMABAD: Weekly inflation for the current week ended on May 2, 2024, has decreased by one percent, according to ...

Published 04 May, 2024 05:48am

Business & Finance

April CPI-based inflation soars 17.3pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 17.3 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

Business & Finance

Jul-Apr trade deficit shrinks 17.09pc to $19.514bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrowed down by 17.09 percent in the first 10 months (July-April) of the...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s trade deficit shrinks 18% YoY to $19.5bn in 10MFY24

Exports increase by 9.1% to $25.3bn, while imports decline 4.1% to $44.8bn

Updated 02 May, 2024 08:54pm

Markets

Pakistan’s headline inflation decelerates further to 17.3% in April 2024

CPI-based figure is lowest in 23 months

Updated 02 May, 2024 10:18pm

Editorials

Inflation unchecked

EDITORIAL: The Sensitive Price Index for the week ending 25 April 2024, consisting of 51 essential items collected...

Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am

Opinion

The falling rate of inflation

The last few months have witnessed a major drop in the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index....

Published 30 Apr, 2024 03:43am

Editorials

Export of raw items

EDITORIAL: Pakistan continues to grapple with the impact of relentless food inflation, fuelled by the consistent...

Published 30 Apr, 2024 03:43am

Mobile phones: Jul-Mar imports soar 181.26pc to $1.301bn YoY

Mobile phone imports register 930.92 percent growth on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in March 2024 when compared to $14.846 million in March 2023

Updated 28 Apr, 2024 12:11pm

Markets

Weekly SPI inflation down 1.1pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended on April 25, 2024, decreased by 1.10...

Published 27 Apr, 2024 05:03am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI-based inflation down 0.79pc

ISLAMABAD: Weekly Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended on April 18, 2024, has ...

Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am

Business & Finance

Jul-Mar petroleum group imports dip 7.63pc

ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports have decreased by 7.63 per cent to $12.084 billion during July-March 2024 from...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Business & Finance

Jul-Mar ’24: Textile group exports down 0.25pc to $12.44bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile group exports declined by around 0.25 percent during the first nine months...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Business & Finance

Economic developments: PBS develops calendar to release ‘QNAs’

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has developed a dissemination and revision policy while...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:24am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 31	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 31	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / May 31	156.89
USD to Swiss Franc / May 31	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / May 31	1.27
Euro to USD / May 31	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 30	5235.48
Nasdaq / May 30	16737.08
FTSE 100 / May 30	8231.05
Dow Jones / May 30	38111.48
Germany DAX 30 / May 30	18496.79
France CAC40 / May 30	7978.51
India Sensex / May 31	74020.51
Tokyo Nikkei / May 31	38487.90

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 30	208076
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 31	77.90
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 31	207219
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 31	2345.48
Cotton US¢/pound / May 31	76.09
Petrol/Litre / Jun 1	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 1 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 1 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 1 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 1 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 1 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 1 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 1 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 1 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 1 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 1 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 1 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 1 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 1 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 1 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 1 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 1 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 1 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 1 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jun 1 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jun 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jun 1 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jun 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jun 1 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jun 1 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 1 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jun 1 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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