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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 / Sep 29	277.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 29	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 28	3.90

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 29	7,670.84
Nasdaq / Sep 29	26,797.54
Dow Jones / Sep 29	51,349.92
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,729.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,728.56
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,534.37
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,714.17
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,546.29
France CAC40 / Sep 30	8,055.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 29	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 29	374,945
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18
Petrol/Litre / Oct 1	387.54
Diesel/Litre / Oct 1	402.24

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Sep 30 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.73 ▲ 0.77 (15.52%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Sep 30 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	20.41 ▲ 1.86 (10.03%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Sep 30 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.57 ▲ 1.51 (10.03%)
Sindh Modaraba / Sep 30 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	33.28 ▲ 3.03 (10.02%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Sep 30 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	26.38 ▲ 2.4 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Sep 30 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	113.96 ▲ 10.36 (10%)
Dadex Eternit / Sep 30 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	150.32 ▲ 13.67 (10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Sep 30 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	29.04 ▲ 2.64 (10%)
Oilboy Energy / Sep 30 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	18.59 ▲ 1.69 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ashfaq Textile / Sep 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	50.57 ▼ -5.62 (-10%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Sep 30 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	118.83 ▼ -13.16 (-9.97%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Sep 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.25 ▼ -1.15 (-9.27%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Sep 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	918.13 ▼ -92.07 (-9.11%)
Pakistan Services / Sep 30 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,019.63 ▼ -99.15 (-8.86%)
Mandviwala / Sep 30 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	77.07 ▼ -7.14 (-8.48%)
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	23.41 ▼ -1.84 (-7.29%)
D.M. Corporation / Sep 30 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	165.33 ▼ -11.63 (-6.57%)
Cordoba Logistics / Sep 30 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	28.32 ▼ -1.94 (-6.41%)
EMCO Industries / Sep 30 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	32.10 ▼ -1.93 (-5.67%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Sep 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,446,994 ▲ 0.11
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	58,387,095 ▲ 0.77
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Sep 30 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	50,882,891 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Sep 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,308,841 ▲ 0.03
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Sep 30 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	21,823,804 ▲ 1.27
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 30 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	17,873,579 ▲ 0.1
Pak Refinery / Sep 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,817,038 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,431,935 ▼ -0.01
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	16,575,953 ▼ -1.84
F. Nat.Equities / Sep 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	14,238,200 ▲ 0

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