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Govt debt crosses Rs80trn mark by March-end

Updated 14 May, 2026 09:20am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s central government debt crossed Rs 80 trillion mark by the end of March 2026 mainly driven by...

Public debt rises 1.1pc to USD290bn in HI

Updated 03 Apr, 2026 08:53am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s public debt continues its upward climb, rising by 1.1 percent equivalent to USD6.8 billion in...

Exchange rate volatility: Pakistan govt plans to minimise risks with hedging

Updated 16 Aug, 2025 08:57am

ISLAMABAD: The government has planned to use hedging instruments to mitigate exchange rate volatility risks, besides...

Domestic banking sector: Pakistan govt sets Rs5.75trn borrowing target for Q1

Updated 08 Jul, 2025 08:35am

KARACHI: The federal government has set a borrowing target of Rs 5.575 trillion from the domestic banking sector...

Bright economic future: EPBD for shifting resources away from banking returns to productive investments

Published 28 Jun, 2025 05:28am

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Policy and Business Development (EPBD) think tank has emphasised that Pakistan’s economic...

Govt securities: SBP streamlines buyback process

Updated 12 Feb, 2025 09:31am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday announced revised operational instructions and procedures for...

Rate cut fallout: Foreign investment in T-Bills takes a hit

Updated 04 Feb, 2025 03:07pm

KARACHI: Foreign investment in market treasury bills has sharply declined, with foreign investors withdrawing $149...

61bps drop in PIBs yield recorded

Published 16 Jan, 2025 03:04am

KARACHI: Margins on long-term government papers fell up to 61 basis points (bps) in the auction held on Wednesday....

Rs368bn raised through auction for PIBs

Published 21 Nov, 2024 07:30am

KARACHI: In the fixed bond PIBs auction on Wednesday, the government raised Rs 368 billion against the target of Rs...

Transforming maturity profile of domestic debt

Updated 07 Oct, 2024 08:22am

Inflation is falling rapidly, nearing a four-year low, with FY25 (July 2024–June 2025) average inflation expected...

Leverage liquidity to re-profile debt

Published 04 Oct, 2024 06:46am

EDITORIAL: The dividend of tight monetary and fiscal policies is materialising in the form of falling inflation....

Auction for PIBs: Rs83bn raised against Rs200bn target

Updated 20 Sep, 2024 09:33am

KARACHI: After rejecting T-Bills auction Wednesday, the federal government Thursday raised Rs 83 billion against the...

Govt raises Rs140bn through PIBs auction

Updated 01 Aug, 2024 08:03am

KARACHI: The federal government on Wednesday raised some Rs 140 billion through the sale of long-term investment...

Govt to borrow Rs3.97trn in Q1 FY24

Updated 19 Jul, 2024 09:33am

KARACHI: The federal government has planned to borrow Rs 3.97 trillion from the domestic banking sector during the...

Govt raises Rs97bn via auction for PIBs

Updated 23 May, 2024 09:19am

KARACHI: The federal government on Wednesday raised some Rs 97 billion through sale of long-term investment papers....

Mid-year review: 77pc borrowing for financing fiscal deficit thru domestic sources: MoF

Updated 23 May, 2024 09:22am

ISLAMABAD: The government has borrowed around 77 percent for financing of federal fiscal deficit through domestic...

Public debt soars to Rs39.7trn, NA told

Updated 17 May, 2024 12:39pm

ISLAMABAD: The external debt was recorded at $86.36 billion and domestic debt was recorded at Rs39.7 trillion of the...

Rs6.8bn mopped up thru auction for PIBs

Published 17 Apr, 2024 05:28am

KARACHI: The federal government on Tuesday raised Rs 6.8 billion from the banking sector against the sale of...

Jul-Mar period: Govt borrowing soars to record high of Rs4.8trn

Updated 13 Apr, 2024 01:34pm

Analysts say that federal government’s rising spending requirements has forced it to borrow money from scheduled banks to meet its financial requirement

Cut-off yield of PIBs declines

Updated 14 Mar, 2024 12:32pm

KARACHI: Cut-off yield of long-term Pakistan Investments Bonds (PIBs) declined up to 15 basis points (bps) in the...

Govt securities: federal govt borrows less than target

Updated 15 Feb, 2024 09:48am

KARACHI: The federal government on Wednesday borrowed less than the target through the sale of long-term government...

Fiscal house needs repairs

Published 02 Feb, 2024 05:20am

EDITORIAL: The fiscal summary is a mixed bag in 1HFY24 (first six months of fiscal year 2023-24) as the government...

Margin on PIBs declines

Updated 17 Jan, 2024 08:38am

KARACHI: Margin on long-term government investment bonds fell up to 50 basis points (bps) in the auction held on...

KIBOR plummets on policy rate decision

Updated 16 Sep, 2023 06:15pm

Cut-off yield on three-month T-bills dropped by 120 basis points (bps) to 22.58 percent in the secondary market

Aug-Oct auction calendar: Govt plans to borrow Rs11.09trn from banks

Updated 08 Aug, 2023 09:41am

KARACHI: The federal government has planned to borrow Rs 11.09 trillion from the domestic banking system during the...

Budgetary support: Govt borrows Rs500bn from banks in 2 weeks: SBP

Updated 26 Jul, 2023 01:00pm

Says federal government's borrowing for budgetary support rose by 218 percent during the initial two weeks of this fiscal year

Q1FY24: Cash-strapped govt to borrow record Rs11trn

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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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