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1HFY21: Fiscal deficit recorded at 2.5pc of GDP

ISLAMABAD: Fiscal deficit was recorded at 2.5 percent of the GDP - Rs 1137 billion - during July-December 2020, up ...

Published 04 Feb, 2021 04:13am

SGF amended: SBP asks IBIs to have three ‘unique’ members on SB

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has asked the Islamic Banking Institutions (IBIs) to have at least three...

Updated 04 Feb, 2021 10:03am

Business & Finance

Bank Alfalah maintains operating profit at Rs25.5bn

KARACHI: The Board of Directors of Bank Alfalah Limited in its meeting held Wednesday, approved the bank’s audited...

Published 04 Feb, 2021 04:13am

Editorials

Economy: the post-pandemic downside

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Imran Khan while responding to public queries stated that he is fully aware of the price...

Published 04 Feb, 2021 04:13am

Pakistan

Skill-based training to DAPs: President asks NAVTTC, other bodies to initiate steps

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has asked the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) and...

Updated 03 Feb, 2021 09:20am

Editorials

Fragile economy?

EDITORIAL: Fiscal deficit stood at 1.8 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) July-November 2020 against 1.6 ...

Published 03 Feb, 2021 04:35am

Business & Finance

SBP Loan Extension, Restructuring scheme: FIs defer, restructure Rs 883bn loans

Out of 1.696 million applications received, banks, DFIs and MFBs have approved 1.635 million applications (96.41 percent) up to January 22, 2020.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 01:38pm

Opinion

Optimism of MPS

The Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) released by the SBP is refreshingly optimistic. The policy rate has been...

Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:29am

Pakistan

CAP, P@SHA to expand cooperation beyond e-commerce

LAHORE: Chainstore Association of Pakistan (CAP) and Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) have been closely...

Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:29am

Pensioners’ biometric verification to be held twice in a year

KARACHI: The federal government has decided to conduct biometric verification of pensioners through banks twice in a...

Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:29am

Pakistan

China remains top importer among other countries: SBP

The total imports from China during July-December (2020-21) were recorded at $5730.084 million, showing an increase of 17.44 percent during the period.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 10:14pm

Pakistan

President asks SBP for policy against scam callers looting people

According to a survey, around 56 million Americans may have been victimized this way, losing nearly $20 billion.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 09:10pm

Business & Finance

Govt amends SOPs for Pension Payment through DCS

The Finance Division clarified that the pension shall be paid through a bank account either current or PLS maintained in the pensioner’s name.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 04:25pm

Business & Finance

Fitch revises Pakistan’s real growth at 1.1pc amid strong external demand

Fitch states that a very likely rebound in the global economy along with a global vaccine rollout will also bode well for exports which will in turn feed into private consumption through better employment prospects in export related sectors.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 01:47pm

Editorials

Talks with IMF

EDITORIAL: The ongoing negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are, without doubt, stalled due to ...

Published 01 Feb, 2021 03:39am

Pakistan

SBP creates service desk for borrowers of housing finance

The central bank tweeted that people could register complaint by providing minimum details on the online service portal.

Published 30 Jan, 2021 06:30pm

Markets

PSX emerges among the best performing bourse in the world

The report said that the rally during the outgoing month was primarily been led by confidence in the overall investment climate fueled by the ongoing robust economic momentum across the country.

Published 30 Jan, 2021 10:47am

Healthy returns in Jan: PSX 2nd best performing market in the region

KARACHI: Pakistan stock market emerged as the second best performing market in the region and 7th best performing...

Published 30 Jan, 2021 03:55am

Business & Finance

SBP's Baqir says moderately accommodative monetary a ‘right approach’

"In the near term and in the absence of unforeseen developments, we see monetary policy settings remaining unchanged,” says Baqir.

Updated 29 Jan, 2021 03:39pm

Markets

Kibor interbank offered rates

KARACHI: Kibor interbank offered rates on Thursday (January 28, 2021). ========================== KIBOR...

Published 29 Jan, 2021 04:55am

Pakistan

SBP's forex reserves fall

Foreign reserves held by the SBP stood at $12,998.4 million and by commercial banks at $ 7,108.1 million.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 09:24pm

SBP amends AML/CFT/CPF Regulations

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has amended Anti-Money Laundering, Combating the Financing of Terrorism...

Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am

Editorials

Domestic debt servicing

EDITORIAL: Domestic debt servicing has risen to 921 billion rupees in July-November 2020 projected at this rate to...

Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am

Business & Finance

Enforcement Action: State Bank imposes over Rs 59mn penalties on one bank

SBP stated that these actions are based on deficiencies in the compliance of regulatory instructions and do not constitute a comment on the financial soundness of the entity.

Published 27 Jan, 2021 12:29pm

Profit, dividend: Foreign investors repatriate $892m in H1

KARACHI: Foreign investors repatriated some $892 million abroad on account of profit and dividend during the first...

Published 27 Jan, 2021 04:59am

Chairman says NAB went after those lying beyond reach

ISLAMABAD: National Accountabi-lity Bureau (NAB) Chairman former Justice Javed Iqbal while responding to serious...

Published 27 Jan, 2021 04:59am

Editorials

C/A in deficit

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s current account surplus, the continuing focus of Prime Minister Imran Khan as a major...

Published 27 Jan, 2021 04:59am

BR Research

A billion-dollar question

As per the latest SBP data, the mobile handset imports surged to $1.1 billion in Jul-Dec 2020 period. This figure is...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 07:35am

Opinion

Rise in federal govt debt

The SBP has released the number on the stock of Federal Government debt as of the end of November 2020. This debt ...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:05am

MoF refuses to raise salaries of govt employees

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has reportedly refused to increase salaries of federal government employees...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:05am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 10	278.14
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 10	277.97
USD to Japanese Yen / May 10	155.78
USD to Swiss Franc / May 10	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 10	1.25
Euro to USD / May 10	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 10	5222.68
India Sensex / May 10	72664.47
Tokyo Nikkei / May 10	38229.11
Nasdaq / May 10	16340.87
Hang Seng / May 10	18963.68
FTSE 100 / May 10	8433.76
Dow Jones / May 10	39512.84
Germany DAX 30 / May 10	18772.85

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 10	78.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 10	2360.50
Cotton US¢/pound / May 10	77.31
Petrol/Litre / May 11	288.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 11	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 11	208762

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 11 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 11 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 11 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 11 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 11 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 11 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 11 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 11 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 11 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 11 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 11 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 11 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 11 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 11 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 11 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 11 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 11 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 11 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 11 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 11 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 11 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 11 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 11 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 11 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 11 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 11 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 11 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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