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Public debt soars to Rs39.7trn, NA told

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

Updated 17 May, 2024 12:39pm

Business & Finance

Rs6.8bn mopped up thru auction for PIBs

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

Published 17 Apr, 2024 05:28am

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

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

Updated 13 Apr, 2024 01:34pm

Cut-off yield of PIBs declines

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

Updated 14 Mar, 2024 12:32pm

Govt securities: federal govt borrows less than target

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

Updated 15 Feb, 2024 09:48am

Editorials

Fiscal house needs repairs

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

Published 02 Feb, 2024 05:20am

Business & Finance

Margin on PIBs declines

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

Updated 17 Jan, 2024 08:38am

KIBOR plummets on policy rate decision

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

Updated 16 Sep, 2023 06:15pm

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

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

Updated 08 Aug, 2023 09:41am

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

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

Updated 26 Jul, 2023 01:00pm

Q1FY24: Cash-strapped govt to borrow record Rs11trn

KARACHI: In the absence of sufficient foreign inflows, the federal government has planned to borrow over Rs 11...

Updated 07 Jul, 2023 09:07am

SBP’s auction calendar: Cash-strapped govt to borrow record Rs10trn in 3 months

KARACHI: The cash-strapped federal government plans to borrow record over Rs 10 trillion from the commercial banks...

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 09:00am

Opinion

Domestic and foreign savings: Government must cease reliance

National savings rate is an important indicator of an economy’s financial health, and its identity with investment...

Published 29 May, 2023 04:27am

Editorials

PSDP: prudence needed

EDITORIAL: The Ministry of Finance has given a 700 billion rupee indicative budget ceiling for Public Sector...

Published 19 May, 2023 06:17am

May-July: govt intends to borrow record Rs9.4trn

Presently, government is the single largest borrower from commercial banks

Updated 13 May, 2023 02:47pm

Business & Finance

SBP invites applications for selection of PDs

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has invited applications for selection of Primary Dealers/Preliminary...

Published 13 May, 2023 05:59am

Editorials

Interest rate and profitability

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

Published 05 May, 2023 06:44am

Wapda receivables touch the Rs232.6bn mark

ISLAMABAD: Water and Power Development Authority’s (Wapda) receivables stock has reached Rs 232.644 billion due to...

Updated 20 Apr, 2023 08:34am

Business & Finance

Rs143.7bn raised via auction for PIBs

KARACHI: The federal government raised Rs 143.7 billion through the sale of long-term government securities against...

Published 13 Apr, 2023 06:37am

Editorials

Soaring debt

EDITORIAL: The government’s total debt stock rose to 55 trillion rupees by end January 2023 as per data released ...

Published 09 Mar, 2023 06:23am

Markets

Asset classes and their performance in Pakistan: all that glittered in 2022 was gold

USD-denominated Naya Pakistan Certificates and US dollar were placed second and third, respectively

Published 27 Dec, 2022 05:24pm

Opinion

Pakistan won’t default

The ongoing ‘default’ discussion is a favourite political and economic pastime. After the first decade since...

Published 12 Dec, 2022 06:07am

Issuance of PIBs, Sukuks: MoF asks PD to coordinate with its Debt Wing

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has asked the Power Division to coordinate with its Debt Wing for issuance of PIBs...

Updated 17 Jun, 2022 10:01am

Opinion

Economy needs a rate cut

Last week, the cut-off yield of PIBs and T/bills was mostly lower. It moved down by about 15 basis points to 50 ...

Published 23 May, 2022 06:15am

Pakistan

Payment in form of PIBs, Sukuk: CPPA-G likely to negotiate with CPEC IPPs

ISLAMABAD: Central Power Purchasing Agency- Guaranteed (CPPA-G) is likely to negotiate with CPEC IPPs to accept...

Updated 19 Mar, 2022 10:21am

Pakistan

Difference in mark-up payment linked to maturity profile of PIBs

ISLAMABAD: The government's mark-up payable in the first quarter of 2021-22 is not precisely one quarter of the ...

Published 12 Nov, 2021 04:46am

BR Research

UBL – banking on investments

2021 has started on a smooth note for banks. UBL was the latest to rake up good profit numbers for 1QCY21 –...

Published 27 Apr, 2021 07:30am

BR Research

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 17	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 17	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 17	155.67
USD to Swiss Franc / May 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 17	1.27
Euro to USD / May 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 16	5297.10
Nasdaq / May 16	16698.32
Dow Jones / May 16	39869.38
India Sensex / May 17	73946.83
Tokyo Nikkei / May 17	38787.38
Hang Seng / May 17	19525.75
FTSE 100 / May 17	8430.62
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18692.83

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 17	273.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 17	79.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 17	210048
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 17	2386.18
Diesel/Litre / May 17	274.08

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 17 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 17 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 17 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 17 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 17 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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