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FDI picks up, but the real test lies ahead

Updated 21 Sep, 2026 06:55am

Pakistan’s foreign direct investment picked up pace in Aug-26, with net inflows reaching USD315.9 million — the...

Pakistan’s cash flow: a four-year overview: An analysis of federal government inflows and outflows

Updated 31 Aug, 2026 06:08am

The following table depicts the place from where the money comes for the federal government and where it goes....

Learning from China’s economic philosophy and policy —IV

Published 21 Aug, 2026 05:34am

Here, it makes sense to also see how this overall economic philosophy of China translated in terms of directing...

WHO council for partnership with public, private sectors launched

Published 04 Aug, 2026 03:37am

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organization (WHO), along with Pakistan and 20 prominent business leaders, has launched...

Govt outlines big mandate for MFPU

Updated 28 Jul, 2026 09:07am

ISLAMABAD: The government has outlined an ambitious mandate for the newly established Macro-Fiscal Policy Unit...

21 entities honoured at IAP Partner Awards

Published 25 Jul, 2026 06:57am

KARACHI: Twenty-one leading public sector, private sector and development institutions were honoured at the IAP...

UK HC assured of policy continuation and fiscal discipline

Published 26 May, 2026 04:53am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb held a meeting Monday with Jane...

Economic reforms: Aurangzeb lauds World Bank’s continued engagement

Updated 19 May, 2026 07:41am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, on Monday met a World Bank team led...

Fiscal pressure hits essential services: ADB

Updated 24 Apr, 2026 09:21am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan continues facing fiscal pressures that constrain investment in essential services and inclusive...

Austerity in times of crisis

Published 26 Mar, 2026 05:00am

Fiscal discipline is more essential in times of geopolitical uncertainty and economic uncertainty. Pakistan is at...

Pension system reforms: Pakistan floats programme to secure USD500m ADB loan

Updated 14 Mar, 2026 09:35am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has proposed a programme to secure a USD 500 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB)...

Economic Coordination Committee approves technical supplementary grants of over Rs66.11bn

Updated 29 Jan, 2026 11:49am

This includes Rs23.42 billion for sharing of subsidy on imported urea between federal and provincial governments

PPRA finalises Public Assets Disposal Regulations draft

Published 12 Jan, 2026 05:55am

ISLAMABAD: The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has finalised a comprehensive draft of the Public...

BR RESEARCH: Cement: Domestic demand reclaims lead

Updated 05 Jan, 2026 07:06am

Demand in the cement industry is on a revival path, this time driven by domestic markets, rather than exports that...

Centre at AGP HQ opens: Aurangzeb for AI and use of bots to boost analytics

Published 18 Dec, 2025 06:01am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance & Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday inaugurated the Centre for...

EDITORIAL: Privatisation is meant to attract capital, not deter it

Updated 30 Nov, 2025 11:27pm

EDITORIAL: It says something about the state of public sector reform that the country’s flagship privatisation has...

Building a smarter Pakistan: hybrid model for public sector reform

Published 06 Nov, 2025 06:14am

What if Pakistan’s hospitals provided world-class care, its schools embraced the latest technology, and government...

Public, private sector entities: National CERT makes adoption of PSS mandatory

Published 28 Oct, 2025 05:39am

ISLAMABAD: In a major move to secure the country’s digital infrastructure, the National Cyber Emergency Response...

Neoliberal assault and the role of public sector

Published 03 Oct, 2025 06:44am

Under the neoliberal assault of the last four decades, or so, the role of the public sector has diminished, and with...

Dealing sustainably with debt

Published 26 Sep, 2025 06:23am

The issue of debt is based on three aspects - identifying the causes of built-up of debt, enhancing its productive...

The fall of SOEs

Published 18 Sep, 2025 07:01am

In light of recent developments regarding the closure of the Utility Stores Corporation (USC), I believe this ...

Gohar urges review of monetary stance to ease businesses

Published 29 Aug, 2025 05:52am

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Economic Policy and Business Development (EPBD) think-tank Gohar Ejaz on Thursday urged...

Public sector entities: cabinet approves regulatory reforms

Updated 28 Aug, 2025 09:20am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has approved a regulatory reforms package for various public sector organisations...

Why civil service reforms keep stalling?

Published 04 Aug, 2025 06:34am

Singapore has secured the top spot in the 2024 Blavatnik Index of Public Administration, followed by Norway, while...

Conflict of interest

Published 30 Jul, 2025 03:16am

To preside over an opinion or judgement on an issue that is likely to have either beneficial positive or negative...

Bureaucracy main hurdle to uplift: PM

Updated 12 Jul, 2025 03:36pm

Urges sweeping reforms aimed at modernising governance

Defaulting consumers issued notices: Various federal, provincial depts owe over Rs3.7136bn to SNGPL

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 15	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 15	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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