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Raast to reform: Digitizing Pakistan’s economy

Digital payment systems are rapidly transforming economies across the globe by enhancing transparency, reducing...

Published 26 May, 2025 05:56am

Pakistan economy moving in the right direction: SBP governor

KARACHI: Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, Jameel Ahmad Tuesday said after facing significant economic...

Updated 21 May, 2025 08:45am

Pakistan

SBP Governor calls for Sukuk push

At the National Islamic Economic Forum 2025 in Karachi, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad outlined...

Published 20 May, 2025 02:42pm

Opinion

The age of taxation and tariffs – time to reset the rules

In May last year, I wrote about redefining taxation in the digital age — proposing that it become the fourth...

Published 16 May, 2025 03:06am

Raast processes over 892m transactions

KARACHI: Raast, Pakistan’s first instant digital payment system developed by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), has...

Updated 20 Apr, 2025 10:00am

SBP issues Raast participation criteria

KARACHI: In order to facilitate the applicants desirous of becoming Raast participants, the State Bank of Pakistan...

Updated 22 Feb, 2025 08:34am

Senate panel told: SBP simplifying merchant account setup

ISLAMABAD: The Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, Dr Inayat Hussain, Wednesday said the SBP is...

Updated 23 Jan, 2025 04:26pm

Opinion

Going cashless

Cash transactions continue to dominate Pakistan’s economy, with much of the activity occurring in the informal...

Published 08 Dec, 2024 02:56am

Markets

KE, SBP collaborate to enable seamless bill payments via Raast

KARACHI: Accelerating the digitisation of payments, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and K-Electric (KE) have made a...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 07:31am

Business & Finance

‘Govt committed to transform Pakistan into a cashless economy’

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja said that the present government is...

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Technology

Pakistan’s DealCart announces $3mn seed round led by international investors

DealCart, a Pakistani social e-commerce startup, announced on Thursday that it has successfully raised $3 million in...

Updated 05 Jul, 2024 07:09pm

Business & Finance

PFA advocates strong governance, compliance measures for Raast

KARACHI: The Pakistan Fintech Association (PFA) is calling on all fintech companies, both regulated and...

Published 23 Jun, 2024 02:50am

Business & Finance

Service offerings easypaisa adds Raast P2M system to its platform

KARACHI: easypaisa has elevated its service offerings by integrating the Raast P2M (Person to Merchant) payment...

Published 13 Jun, 2024 06:22am

Business & Finance

Payments at cattle markets: JazzCash partners with SBP to enable interoperable RAAST QR codes

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to streamline financial transactions at cattle markets ahead of Eidul Azha, JazzCash has...

Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am

Business & Finance

Remittance inflows critical to supporting current account balance: PIAF

LAHORE: The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) on Monday said that foreign remittances flows...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

Digital payments: SBP launches ‘Raast P2M’ service

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has launched an interoperable Raast Person to Merchant (P2M) service to...

Updated 06 Dec, 2023 09:50am

SBP, AMF sign MoU to facilitate cross-border remittances

KARACHI: The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) and the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Updated 04 Nov, 2023 04:10pm

Business & Finance

SBP, CDC launch RAAST payment facility for mutual funds

KARACHI: Central Depository Company (CDC) has collaborated with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for allowing...

Published 02 Nov, 2023 03:15am

Raast platform: SBP set to launch ‘P2M’ payment system

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is all set to launch the person-to-merchant (P2M) online payment system on...

Updated 27 Sep, 2023 10:40am

SBP to help FBR run ‘SWAPS’ thru RAAST

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will facilitate the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in fully...

Updated 22 Jun, 2023 08:55am

Opinion

Digital and payment system in Pakistan: Future landscape

Pakistan is at a critical juncture of its journey of digital financial inclusion. It is critical that the Central...

Updated 14 Jun, 2023 10:09am

Business & Finance

SBP unveils PSR: E-banking transactions reach Rs44trn mark by Q3-end

KARACHI: Digital payments and infrastructure of the banking sector continues to expand and e-banking transactions...

Updated 30 May, 2023 09:22am

Business & Finance

Payment Systems Review unveiled: Q2 Raast transactions soar 82pc

KARACHI: Pakistan’s instant payment system – Raast - launched by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), has witnessed...

Published 12 Apr, 2023 06:11am

WB board to consider $78m ‘digital economy’ project next month

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors will consider the “Pakistan: Digital Economy Enhancement...

Updated 05 Feb, 2023 09:15am

Business & Finance

Payments from customers: SBP plans to launch QR Code-based ‘P2M’ system by 2023

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmed Wednesday announced plans to launch Quick Response or QR...

Published 24 Nov, 2022 04:28am

Business & Finance

Digitisation of country’s financial landscape highlighted

KARACHI: In the 15th episode of State Bank of Pakistan’s Podcast series, Sohail Javaad, the executive director of...

Published 23 Nov, 2022 06:58am

Business & Finance

ePay Punjab being linked to Raast: minister

LAHORE: The Punjab finance department’s online payment solution app, ePay Punjab, is being linked to the federal...

Published 16 Nov, 2022 05:50am

Business & Finance

RDA customers: SBP issues service standards on mobile apps

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued service standards for enablement of minimum set of services on...

Published 17 Aug, 2022 06:30am

Pakistan

University of Balochistan: MMBL establishes financial literacy camp

ISLAMABAD: The Mobilink Microfinance Bank Ltd (MMBL), Pakistan’s largest digital bank, set up a financial literacy...

Published 02 Jun, 2022 06:19am

Business & Finance

National Savings integrates with SBP’s Raast

Customers of CDNS can receive their payments directly into their bank accounts without going to branches, says central bank

Published 23 May, 2022 03:42pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 12	282.73
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 12	282.53
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 12	143.91
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 12	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 12	1.35
Euro to USD / Jun 12	1.15
UK LIBOR % / Jun 11	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 11	6,022.24
Nasdaq / Jun 11	19,615.88
Dow Jones / Jun 11	42,865.77
India Sensex / Jun 12	82,355.26
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 12	38,173.09
Hang Seng / Jun 12	24,037.41
FTSE 100 / Jun 12	8,864.73
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 12	23,697.86
France CAC40 / Jun 12	7,718.48

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 11	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 11	302,554
Petrol/Litre / Jun 12	253.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 12	67.42
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 12	3,343.62
Diesel/Litre / Jun 12	254.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 12	67.28

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Invest Bank / Jun 12 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	6.11 ▲ 1 (19.57%)
Grays Leasing / Jun 12 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	6.61 ▲ 1 (17.83%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jun 12 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	5.21 ▲ 0.53 (11.32%)
Apna Microfin. / Jun 12 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.64 ▲ 0.97 (10.03%)
Sardar Chemical / Jun 12 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	70.80 ▲ 6.44 (10.01%)
Saif Textile / Jun 12 Saif Textile Mills Limited(SAIF)	17.25 ▲ 1.57 (10.01%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 12 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	43.07 ▲ 3.92 (10.01%)
Bannu Woollen / Jun 12 Bannu Woollen Mills Limited(BNWM)	44.41 ▲ 4.04 (10.01%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Jun 12 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	42.20 ▲ 3.84 (10.01%)
Nets Internat.Comm. / Jun 12 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	28.50 ▲ 2.59 (10%)

Stock	Price
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 12 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	20,987.89 ▼ -2331.99 (-10%)
Khyber Textile / Jun 12 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	1,993.94 ▼ -221.55 (-10%)
Otsuka Pakistan / Jun 12 Otsuka Pakistan Limited(OTSU)	398.57 ▼ -42.15 (-9.56%)
Ideal Spinning / Jun 12 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	14.54 ▼ -1.45 (-9.07%)
First Capital Equities / Jun 12 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	4.01 ▼ -0.39 (-8.86%)
Pak Paper Prod / Jun 12 Pakistan Paper Products Limited(PPP)	158.38 ▼ -12.76 (-7.46%)
Chenab Ltd / Jun 12 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	6.17 ▼ -0.49 (-7.36%)
Hinopak Motor / Jun 12 Hinopak Motors Limited(HINO)	374.16 ▼ -28.7 (-7.12%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jun 12 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.06 ▼ -1.99 (-6.85%)
ECOPACK Ltd / Jun 12 Ecopack Limited(ECOP)	85.11 ▼ -6.09 (-6.68%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Jun 12 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	55,899,181 ▲ 0.78
Fauji Cement / Jun 12 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	50,597,576 ▲ 0.49
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 12 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	49,327,936 ▼ -0.08
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 12 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	49,092,533 ▼ -0.07
Maple Leaf Cement / Jun 12 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	40,260,789 ▲ 0.74
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 12 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	38,519,154 ▼ -0.24
Invest Bank / Jun 12 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	38,443,385 ▲ 1
Dewan Cement / Jun 12 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	27,852,990 ▼ -0.43
Kohinoor Spining / Jun 12 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	26,083,851 ▼ -0.18
Treet Corp / Jun 12 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	24,336,515 ▼ -0.27

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