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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 / Jul 3	278.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 3	278.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 3	161.34
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 3	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 3	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 3	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 3	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 2	7,483.24
Nasdaq / Jul 2	25,832.67
Dow Jones / Jul 2	52,900.07
India Sensex / Jul 3	77,938.16
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 3	69,243.68
Hang Seng / Jul 3	23,310.80
FTSE 100 / Jul 3	10,679.03
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 3	25,779.31
France CAC40 / Jul 3	8,508.07

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 2	17,780
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 3	68.69
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 3	378,031
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 3	4,176.94
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 3	77.12
Petrol/Litre / Jul 4	299.50
Diesel/Litre / Jul 4	311.47

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dewan Sugar / Jul 3 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	7.98 ▲ 0.96 (13.68%)
Ansari Sug. / Jul 3 Ansari Sugar Mills Limited(ANSM)	31.30 ▲ 2.85 (10.02%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 3 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	29.88 ▲ 2.72 (10.01%)
Quantum Data Tech. / Jul 3 Quantum Data Technologies Limited(QTECH)	51.87 ▲ 4.72 (10.01%)
Mughal Energy / Jul 3 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	24.73 ▲ 2.25 (10.01%)
Fateh Ind. / Jul 3 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	293.11 ▲ 26.65 (10%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 3 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	179.23 ▲ 16.29 (10%)
IbrahimFibres / Jul 3 Ibrahim Fibres Limited(IBFL)	271.37 ▲ 24.67 (10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 3 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	106.67 ▲ 9.7 (10%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jul 3 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	114.95 ▲ 10.45 (10%)

Stock	Price
First Fid. Leasing / Jul 3 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	24.03 ▼ -2.67 (-10%)
Chashma / Jul 3 Chashma Sugar Mills Limited(CHAS)	132.21 ▼ -14.24 (-9.72%)
UBLPakistanETF / Jul 3 UBLPakistan Enterprise ETF(UBLPETF)	30.75 ▼ -2.72 (-8.13%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Jul 3 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	219.97 ▼ -14.2 (-6.06%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jul 3 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	35.31 ▼ -2.06 (-5.51%)
Sitara Chemical / Jul 3 Sitara Chemical Industries Limited(SITC)	811.04 ▼ -46.47 (-5.42%)
Gammon Pak / Jul 3 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	19.76 ▼ -1.13 (-5.41%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Jul 3 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	13.25 ▼ -0.75 (-5.36%)
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 3 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	16.79 ▼ -0.89 (-5.03%)
Next Capital / Jul 3 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	13.11 ▼ -0.69 (-5%)

Stock	Volume
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 3 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	72,948,993 ▼ -0.04
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 3 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	48,406,341 ▼ -0.89
TPL Properties / Jul 3 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	34,286,380 ▲ 0.41
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jul 3 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	27,424,496 ▲ 2.43
Secure Logistics-Trax Group / Jul 3 Secure Logistics-Trax Group Limited(SLGL)	26,707,486 ▲ 0.23
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 3 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	25,865,871 ▲ 0
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 3 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	21,845,437 ▲ 0.11
Lotte Chemical / Jul 3 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	21,059,671 ▲ 0.91
Pak Reinsurance / Jul 3 Pakistan Reinsurance Company Limited(PAKRI)	18,996,584 ▲ 0.39
P.T.C.L. / Jul 3 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	16,650,708 ▲ 1.65

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