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Unbudgeted projects: Reappropriation of funds banned

Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives asks Ministries/ Divisions to place demand of rupee cover against foreign aid to the extent of expenditure to be incurred during CFY

Updated 11 Dec, 2023 09:52am

Pakistan

Lack of availability of GDP data at provincial level creating anomalies: PC deputy chief

LAHORE: Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Dr Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan has said that Punjab is a large player in...

Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am

PSDP is unaffordable: IMF

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) of...

Updated 18 Nov, 2023 08:49pm

Opinion

Importance of central planning cannot be overemphasized

Academics keep on telling us about the progress Pakistan achieved during the 1960s – basically, through the...

Updated 13 Nov, 2023 07:02am

Rs3bn projects or above: Ministry irked by failure to appoint independent directors

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (M/o PD&SI) has shown annoyance at all...

Updated 21 Oct, 2023 09:10am

World Bank agrees to finance $150m cost of EE&C project

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has reportedly expressed willingness to fully finance the $150 million cost of the Energy...

Updated 18 Oct, 2023 08:44am

CDWP approves two uplift projects worth Rs2.42bn

ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) approved two development projects at the cost of Rs 2.42...

Updated 26 Sep, 2023 09:22am

Opinion

The economy in FY2023-24

The economic prospects for Pakistan in 2023-24 have been presented in the Annual Plan prepared by the Planning...

Published 13 Jun, 2023 06:00am

PD’s FY24 uplift projects: Rs50bn indicative budget ceilings approved

The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives advises Power Division to adjust its prioritized projects

Updated 19 May, 2023 09:01am

$105m solar energy project: SED submits revised PC-1 to Planning Commission

ISLAMABAD: The Sindh Energy Department (SED) has submitted a revised PC1 to the Planning Commission that seeks to...

Updated 12 May, 2023 08:43am

600MW solar project in jeopardy

ISLAMABAD: The government’s flagship project of 600-MW solar plant at Muzaffargarh (South Punjab) is reportedly in...

Updated 03 Apr, 2023 08:44am

Transfer of hydro powerhouses to provinces suggested

ISLAMABAD: A high level panel has recommended transfer of powerhouses of hydropower projects to respective provinces...

Updated 17 Jan, 2023 09:04am

Cost-plus reflection of transportation: PC asks Nepra to make Thar coal economically viable

ISLAMABAD: Planning Commission (PC) has urged National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to allow...

Updated 23 Nov, 2022 09:34am

Pakistan

PC initiates study on future development scenario

ISLAMABAD: The Planning Commission (PC) has initiated a comprehensive study on the future development scenario...

Published 14 Nov, 2022 08:08am

Pakistan

PC must be insulated from political interference, moot told

ISLAMABAD: The Planning Commission should work as a non-political organisation, without political interference, ...

Published 12 Oct, 2022 06:32am

Pakistan

Minister calls for completing population census in Feb

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister/Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Ahsan Iqbal emphasized that the population census is...

Published 27 Jul, 2022 07:44am

Opinion

The 2022-23 Annual Plan

The Annual Plan for 2022-23 has been presented by the Planning Commission. This plan comes at a critical time when...

Published 05 Jul, 2022 05:19am

Pakistan

Economic challenges: minister asks officials to convene conference

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal directed to hold...

Published 21 Apr, 2022 05:26am

Pakistan

Clarification by Railways

LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways rejected the news item published in Daily Business Recorder on March 05 regarding the...

Published 08 Mar, 2022 05:16am

Pakistan

Greater Thal Canal: Ecnec links final approval to PC’s recommendations

ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) has linked the final approval of Greater ...

Published 08 Jan, 2022 03:59am

PC questions viability of Chasnupp-5

ISLAMABAD: Planning Commission has reportedly raised a volley of questions on viability of Chashma Nuclear Power...

Updated 24 Nov, 2021 09:56am

BR Research

PSDP: not so fast?

Latest numbers have somewhat chastened earlier fiscal signals of turbo-charged development spending this fiscal....

Published 11 Nov, 2021 07:20am

Opinion

Significance of Planning Commission

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin, after four months in office, announced, in the presence of...

Published 04 Sep, 2021 06:04am

Editorials

Reining in the NLC

EDITORIAL: The National Logistics Cell (NLC) must provide answers to charges levelled against it by the Planning...

Published 20 Jul, 2021 04:14am

Opinion

Remembering Mahbubul Haq

It is early 1964. The Second Five-Year (1960-65) Plan is progressing successfully and preparations for launching the...

Published 16 Jul, 2021 04:34am

Pakistan

CDWP approves 12 projects worth Rs30.32bn

ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) approved as many as 12 development projects at the cost of...

Published 03 Jun, 2021 04:13am

CDWP approves 13 projects worth Rs38bn

ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved as many as 13 development projects of various...

Published 28 May, 2021 04:08am

BR Research

Development spending

Contrary to the federal government’s hopes of priming the economic pump in FY21 through increased development...

Published 20 May, 2021 07:25am

Pakistan

SDGs implementation: ‘WB says developing states need $1trn financing annually’

ISLAMABAD: Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Dr Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan has said that the World Bank in its 2018...

Published 15 Apr, 2021 03:22am

Opinion

Reforming the reformers

Those tasked with bringing about reform for Pakistan through planning and development have no easy job, but their...

Published 15 Apr, 2021 03:22am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Chakwal Spinning / Dec 11 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	3.35 ▲ 1.00 (42.55%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Dec 11 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	6 ▲ 1.00 (20.00%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 11 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	8.49 ▲ 1.00 (13.35%)
Kohinoor Spining / Dec 11 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	4.62 ▲ 0.43 (10.26%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Dec 11 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	8.99 ▲ 0.79 (9.63%)
AEL Textile / Dec 11 AEL Textile Limited(AEL)	26.50 ▲ 1.85 (7.51%)
Burshane LPG / Dec 11 Burshane LPG (Pakistan) Limited(BPL)	22.47 ▲ 1.57 (7.51%)
Ghandhara Tyre / Dec 11 Ghandhara Tyre & Rubber Company Limited(GTYR)	44.69 ▲ 3.12 (7.51%)
National Silk / Dec 11 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	35.09 ▲ 2.45 (7.51%)
Shahtaj Textile / Dec 11 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	92.10 ▲ 6.43 (7.51%)

Stock	Price
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 11 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	4.93 ▼ -0.81 (-14.11%)
Next Capital / Dec 11 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	6 ▼ -0.60 (-9.09%)
LSE Ventures / Dec 11 LSE Ventures Limited(LSEVL)	5 ▼ -0.49 (-8.93%)
Redco Textile / Dec 11 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	6.20 ▼ -0.60 (-8.82%)
Unicap Modaraba / Dec 11 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	1.70 ▼ -0.16 (-8.60%)
Askari Life Assur. / Dec 11 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	5.50 ▼ -0.49 (-8.18%)
Service Textile / Dec 11 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	9.71 ▼ -0.84 (-7.96%)
Asim Textile / Dec 11 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	11.50 ▼ -0.98 (-7.85%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 11 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	14.80 ▼ -1.20 (-7.50%)
Masood Textile / Dec 11 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	53.20 ▼ -4.30 (-7.48%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 11 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	342,535,258 ▲ 0.23
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 11 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	98,557,282 ▲ 0.06
P.T.C.L. / Dec 11 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	58,736,500 ▲ 0.39
Kohinoor Spining / Dec 11 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	56,593,500 ▲ 0.43
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 11 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	47,998,197 ▲ 0.14
Cnergyico PK / Dec 11 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	46,684,647 ▼ -0.07
B.O.Punjab / Dec 11 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	32,876,325 ▼ -0.02
Hascol Petrol / Dec 11 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	30,802,000 ▲ 0.30
Pak Elektron / Dec 11 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,819,540 ▲ 0.87
Telecard Limited / Dec 11 Telecard Limited(TELE)	29,468,825 ▲ 0.57

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 11	284.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 11	283.77
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 11	145.58
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 11	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 11	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 11	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Dec 8	5.48

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 8	4604.37
Nasdaq / Dec 8	14403.97
FTSE 100 / Dec 8	7554.47
Dow Jones / Dec 8	36247.87
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 8	16759.22
France CAC40 / Dec 8	7526.55
India Sensex / Dec 11	69967.53
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 11	32769.15
Hang Seng / Dec 11	16020.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 8	17235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 8	187414
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 11	71.63
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 11	1996.45
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 11	82.25

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