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PPP says will protest against ‘oppressive & cruel’ budget

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has termed federal budget-2025-26 as “oppressive and cruel” and...

Published 13 Jun, 2025 05:59am

Budget 2025-26

No package given to exporters under URAAN Pakistan: FCCI

FAISALABAD: Expressing his immediate reaction to the Finance Minister’s presentation of the annual budget for...

Published 12 Jun, 2025 06:18am

Budget 2025-26

Rs17.6trn FY26 Budget unveiled under the shadows of IMF conditions, US tariff tensions and war threat

Federal expenditure cut by a hefty 7%

Published 11 Jun, 2025 06:04am

Budget 2025-26

Over Rs623bn new taxes unveiled

ISLAMABAD: The government has introduced first of its kind of Finance Bill 2025-26 with extraordinary enforcement...

Updated 11 Jun, 2025 11:11am

Budget 2025-26

Pakistan govt offers tax relief, cuts rates for salaried class

ISLAMABAD: The government has announced substantial tax relief measure in the federal budget (2025-26) for salaried...

Updated 11 Jun, 2025 11:12am

Budget 2025-26

Budget 2025-26: Pakistan govt offers tax relief to salaried class, but representatives unhappy

In a move to ease the tax burden on the working population, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has announced cuts...

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 10:42pm

Pakistan

‘Pakistan salaried class paid 5 times more taxes than exporters, retailers in outgoing FY25’

Pakistan salaried people’s contribution to the tax net was projected to be five times higher than that of the...

Updated 29 May, 2025 11:28pm

Pakistan

Budget FY26: govt to continue fiscal consolidation, follow IMF guidelines, says Topline

The government is likely to continue fiscal consolidation in the upcoming budget and is expected to closely align...

Updated 22 May, 2025 10:55pm

Business & Finance

‘Salaried class can expect some relief in upcoming budget’

KARACHI: Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue, Large Taxpayers Office (LTO) Karachi, Zubair Bilal has stated that the...

Updated 20 May, 2025 09:10am

Business & Finance

Housing finance schemes: Pakistan govt ready to offer 100% guarantees to banks

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal Monday announced that the...

Updated 13 May, 2025 11:44am

Budget 2025-26

Earning below Rs1 million annually: KTBA proposes tax exemption for salaried people

KARACHI: Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has proposed to exempt income tax from the salaried class earning below...

Updated 02 May, 2025 09:03am

Budget 2025-26

Respite only for salaried individuals as FY26 budget to be ‘tough’ without GST relief: FBR chief

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Rashid Mahmood, Wednesday, categorically said the upcoming...

Updated 01 May, 2025 11:45am

Opinion

Pakistan’s window of opportunity

The world is at a pivotal juncture in global economic history. The international trade landscape is undergoing a...

Published 17 Apr, 2025 06:22am

Editorials

Relief for the salaried people

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb after attending the inauguration ceremony of ‘Made in Gujranwala...

Published 16 Apr, 2025 06:14am

Budget 2025-26

Salaried class: Call for revision of tax slabs, rise in exemption limits

ISLAMABAD: The Salaried Class Alliance Pakistan has called for a revision of tax slabs, an increase in exemption...

Updated 14 Apr, 2025 08:56am

Budget 2025-26

Budget FY26: Relief for salaried people, cut in power rates likely

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb says efforts under way to lower power bills by July, or earlier

Updated 12 Apr, 2025 02:55pm

Business & Finance

FY26 budget: salaried class urges govt to raise tax exemption limit to Rs1.2 million

As the government commenced preparations for the upcoming budget, the tax-burdened salaried individuals have jointly...

Updated 10 Apr, 2025 09:50pm

Editorials

Inequitable as well as unsustainable

EDITORIAL: The latest tax collection data confirms the uncomfortable truth that Pakistan’s salaried class is...

Updated 10 Mar, 2025 06:17am

Editorials

A bloated cabinet

EDITORIAL: While most Pakistanis — particularly lower-income groups, the salaried class and the corporate sector...

Published 03 Mar, 2025 06:28am

Budget preparations commence in consultation with traders: Aurangzeb

LAHORE: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Sunday said that economic stability has been achieved and the...

Updated 24 Feb, 2025 09:24am

Pakistan

Govt plans to reduce financial burden on salaried class in upcoming budget: FM Aurangzeb

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has announced his government’s intention to reduce the financial burden on the...

Updated 23 Feb, 2025 10:48pm

Crackdown on unregulated sectors to intensify: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb Thursday said the enforcement will be done in a big way against...

Updated 21 Feb, 2025 02:24pm

Opinion

India’s budget: a forward thinking, citizen friendly approach to salaried class

India Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Indian Union Budget in the Lok Sabha in Delhi on February 1,...

Updated 04 Feb, 2025 07:10am

Salaried individuals: FBR issues ‘frivolous’ tax recovery notices

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue’s field formations have issued frivolous tax recovery notices to the...

Updated 30 Jan, 2025 06:06pm

Salaried individuals: Aurangzeb signals possible tax slab overhaul

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, while acknowledging the “disproportionately high [tax] burden” on...

Updated 29 Jan, 2025 08:58am

Markets

Aurangzeb hints at tax reforms for Pakistan’s salaried group

Finance minister says slabs need re-think, but commitment cannot be made

Updated 28 Jan, 2025 09:13pm

Editorials

Taxing traders – same old story

EDITORIAL: The same old story plays out every time FBR (Federal Board of Revenue) gets serious about taxing traders....

Published 27 Aug, 2024 06:44am

FTO concerned about not allowing tax credit to salaried class

ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has expressed serious concern that the current withholding procedure of tax...

Updated 14 Aug, 2024 10:12am

Technology

IPO very much on the cards, says Jazz CEO Aamir Ibrahim

KARACHI: Jazz CEO Aamir Ibrahim has said going public is “very much on the cards” with further clarity emerging in...

Updated 02 Aug, 2024 04:53pm

Business & Finance

Macroeconomic stability now key govt objective

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Finance & Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that efforts were being made to...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:40am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 13	283
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 13	282.75
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 14	144.07
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 14	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 14	1.36
Euro to USD / Jun 14	1.15
UK LIBOR % / Jun 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 14	5,976.97
India Sensex / Jun 14	81,118.60
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 14	37,834.25
Nasdaq / Jun 14	19,406.83
Hang Seng / Jun 14	23,892.56
FTSE 100 / Jun 14	8,850.63
Dow Jones / Jun 14	42,197.79
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 14	23,516.23
France CAC40 / Jun 14	7,784.68

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Jun 14	253.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 14	72.98
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 14	16,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 14	310,007
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 14	3,432.34
Diesel/Litre / Jun 14	254.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 14	67.84

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	2.93 ▲ 1 (51.81%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 13 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	3.06 ▲ 0.94 (44.34%)
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 13 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	3.39 ▲ 1 (41.84%)
Media Times Ltd / Jun 13 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.71 ▲ 0.58 (27.23%)
Invest Bank / Jun 13 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	7.11 ▲ 1 (16.37%)
Unicap Modaraba / Jun 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	3.65 ▲ 0.48 (15.14%)
First Dawood Prop. / Jun 13 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	3.56 ▲ 0.36 (11.25%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jun 13 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	25.70 ▲ 2.34 (10.02%)
AN Textile Mills / Jun 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	15.49 ▲ 1.41 (10.01%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	47.38 ▲ 4.31 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Shaheen Ins. / Jun 13 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	4.75 ▼ -0.65 (-12.04%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jun 13 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	12.20 ▼ -1.36 (-10.03%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Jun 13 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	37.98 ▼ -4.22 (-10%)
Khyber Textile / Jun 13 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	1,794.55 ▼ -199.39 (-10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 13 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	18,889.10 ▼ -2098.79 (-10%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jun 13 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	11.23 ▼ -1.24 (-9.94%)
Arctic Textile / Jun 13 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	39.72 ▼ -4.26 (-9.69%)
Crescent Cotton / Jun 13 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	50.41 ▼ -5.4 (-9.68%)
Shahtaj Textile / Jun 13 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	78.62 ▼ -8.32 (-9.57%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 13 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	30.69 ▼ -3.23 (-9.52%)

Stock	Volume
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	116,655,242 ▲ 1
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	100,891,108 ▲ 0.08
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 13 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	85,324,384 ▲ 0.94
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jun 13 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	30,960,243 ▲ 0.62
B.O.Punjab / Jun 13 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	27,555,139 ▼ -0.26
Kohinoor Spining / Jun 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	27,294,482 ▲ 0.17
Media Times Ltd / Jun 13 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	27,189,737 ▲ 0.58
Cnergyico PK / Jun 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	26,834,469 ▼ -0.35
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 13 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	23,063,464 ▲ 1
Sui South Gas / Jun 13 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	21,700,047 ▼ -0.4

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