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IMF review & state of economy

I expect an agreement on the review to come within this week, so, any day now. I can say that Pakistani authorities,...

Updated 17 Nov, 2023 06:31am

Editorials

Crown of thorns

EDITORIAL: Political parties have no bigger mission than contesting elections and forming government, quite...

Published 17 Nov, 2023 06:06am

Editorials

Staff-level agreement reached

EDITORIAL: The staff-level agreement (SLA) on the first review of the nine-month 3 billion dollar International...

Published 17 Nov, 2023 06:06am

Business & Finance

FPCCI chief says business community welcomes IMF-govt SLA

KARACHI: Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President FPCCI, has welcomed the successful completion of first review of the...

Published 17 Nov, 2023 06:06am

Markets

New high: momentum continues at PSX as KSE-100 crosses 57,000 level

Analysts say IMF-Pakistan agreement a 'positive development' which has improved market sentiment

Updated 16 Nov, 2023 11:03pm

Editorials

Woeful rupee slide

EDITORIAL: The interbank rupee-dollar parity registered at 287.85 on 14 November 2023 – a strengthening from the...

Published 16 Nov, 2023 05:39am

Quarterly targets: IMF team acknowledges govt efforts in its meeting with Kakar

IMF Mission Chief for Pakistan Nathan Porter says efforts have resulted in positive conclusion of the technical-level talks

Updated 16 Nov, 2023 09:52am

IMF, govt reach SLA on first SBA review

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Pakistani authorities have reached a staff-level...

Updated 16 Nov, 2023 09:36am

Editorials

Pakistan’s external financing needs

EDITORIAL: The outgoing Shehbaz Sharif-led government budgeted 24.2 billion dollar external loans for the current...

Published 15 Nov, 2023 06:09am

Editorials

Harnessing DFIs

EDITORIAL: Caretaker Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar is right in stressing that DFIs (Development Finance...

Published 14 Nov, 2023 05:08am

‘Winter package’ not allowed to see the light of day

Govt fails to secure nod for industry package from IMF, sources says

Updated 14 Nov, 2023 02:34pm

IMF-govt policy-level talks begin

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar on Monday began policy-level talks with the visiting staff...

Updated 14 Nov, 2023 08:18am

Opinion

Output: uptick, downtick or…

This is the second of a two-part series focusing on the contribution to dealing with the ongoing economic impasse, ...

Updated 13 Nov, 2023 06:59am

Business & Finance

Pakistan likely to get second SBA tranche of $710m: PBF

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, Mian...

Published 12 Nov, 2023 03:14am

Editorials

First staff review negotiations with IMF

EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund team (IMF) is currently in Pakistan for the first scheduled Stand-By...

Published 08 Nov, 2023 05:42am

Opinion

Next IMF programme is not going to be easy

The IMF review is ongoing, and it’s likely to sail through, as all the quantitative targets have been met. The...

Updated 06 Nov, 2023 06:06am

IMF knows full well SOEs govt’s Achilles heel

Shamshad Akhtar shares progress on the Standby Arrangement and briefs IMF on fiscal measures being taken by the government to improve economic situation

Updated 03 Nov, 2023 10:13am

Pakistan

Dr Shamshad reaffirms Pakistan’s commitment to working closely with IMF

Statement from Finance Division comes as IMF Mission begins talks in Islamabad for review of $3 billion Stand-by-Arrangement

Published 02 Nov, 2023 09:37pm

Editorials

No change to POL products’ prices

EDITORIAL: The Caretaker government has not passed on the benefit of a decline in the international price of oil and...

Published 02 Nov, 2023 03:15am

Opinion

USD to PKR forecast for 2024 — II

However, in this circle, there is one loose end, which is the availability of $ in Dubai with the importer as the...

Updated 01 Nov, 2023 06:33am

Govt appears confident ahead of SBA talks

Pakistan and IMF will begin crucial discussions on first review of US$3 billion Stand-by-Arrangement from Thursday

Updated 01 Nov, 2023 09:59am

PM optimistic about SBA tranche prospects

LAHORE: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said on Tuesday that negotiations with the International...

Updated 01 Nov, 2023 09:01am

Opinion

Reliance on foreign loans

Economic Affairs Division in its foreign economic assistance (FEA) data disclosed a 58 percent rise in foreign loan...

Updated 30 Oct, 2023 05:51am

Markets

PKR declines

KARACHI: The rupee declined against the US dollar for another week as it closed 0.63% or Rs1.77 lower in the...

Published 30 Oct, 2023 05:24am

Markets

Open-market: rupee inches upward against US dollar

The Pakistani rupee registered marginal improvement against the US dollar in the open market on Friday, while the...

Updated 27 Oct, 2023 07:42pm

Editorials

SBP report is perhaps a little wanting in charm

EDITORIAL: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP’s) annual report 2022-23 uploaded on its website on Monday, ...

Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:19am

IMF team to visit country on Nov 2

KARACHI: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will visit Pakistan on Nov. 2 to discuss the first review of...

Updated 25 Oct, 2023 08:41am

Govt braces itself for first review of SBA

All ministries/ divisions and entities share required data with the Finance Division for onward submission to the IMF, before the first review formally starts

Updated 24 Oct, 2023 10:03am

Opinion

Economy: performance of the caretakers

Continued deterioration of key macroeconomic statistics pertaining to the general state of the economy as well as to...

Published 23 Oct, 2023 05:58am

Editorials

The deteriorating economic indicators

EDITORIAL: The deterioration in key macroeconomic indicators in less than three months reflected by the differential...

Published 18 Oct, 2023 06:09am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 3	278.23
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 3	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / May 3	152.98
USD to Swiss Franc / May 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 3	1.26
Euro to USD / May 3	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 1	5018.39
Nasdaq / May 1	15605.48
Dow Jones / May 1	37903.29
Tokyo Nikkei / May 2	38236.07
FTSE 100 / May 2	8149.68
Germany DAX 30 / May 2	17906.01
France CAC40 / May 2	7916.49
India Sensex / May 3	74412.88

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 2	20000
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 2	206619
Petrol/Litre / May 3	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 3	79.12
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 3	2308.69
Diesel/Litre / May 3	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 3 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 3 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 3 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 3 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 3 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 3 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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