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Plan to borrow Rs11.09trn in 3 months

EDITORIAL: According to the auction calendar issued by the State Bank of Pakistan, the federal government intends to...

Published 11 Aug, 2023 05:17am

Business & Finance

SBP to issue Rs100 coin, marking CPEC anniversary

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that it will issue Rs 100 commemorative coin to mark 10th...

Published 11 Aug, 2023 05:17am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves down $124m

KARACHI: The country’s foreign exchange reserves declined by $ 124 million during last week. The State Bank of...

Published 11 Aug, 2023 05:17am

Business & Finance

Jul remittances down 19.3pc to $2.027bn YoY

KARACHI: Inflow of home remittances fell sharply, ie, over 19.3 percent during the first month of this fiscal year,...

Published 11 Aug, 2023 05:17am

Markets

SBP to issue Rs100 commemorative coin to mark 10th anniversary of CPEC

Says CPEC has contributed greatly to Pakistan’s infrastructure and economic development since its inception in 2013

Published 10 Aug, 2023 08:47pm

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $110mn, now stand at $8.04bn

Reserves held by central bank decrease for third straight week

Updated 10 Aug, 2023 08:31pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s remittances clock in at just over $2bn in July

Inflow 7.3% lower on monthly basis

Updated 10 Aug, 2023 06:48pm

Markets

Rupee weakens marginally, settles at 287.60 against US dollar

Currency depreciates 0.05% in inter-bank market

Updated 10 Aug, 2023 08:58pm

Supplements

SBP Governor vows to ease hardships caused by delays in opening LCs

TEXT: In pursuance of Prime Minister’s directives, Governor State Bank of Pakistan Jameel Ahmed held a meeting ...

Published 10 Aug, 2023 06:35am

Opinion

Path of maximum uncertainty

The market’s given a roaring farewell to the coalition government (up about 20pc since the SBA) but – write this...

Published 10 Aug, 2023 06:35am

Opinion

A commentary about AML Act

AML Authority law, The Parliament legislated on July 3, 2023, the National Anti-Money Laundering and Counter...

Updated 10 Aug, 2023 07:13am

Cabinet approves national aviation policy

ISLAMABAD: In the last Federal Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, the cabinet approved National Aviation Policy...

Updated 10 Aug, 2023 09:19am

Business & Finance

Agri financing hits record Rs1.78trn in FY23

KARACHI: With a 25 percent impressive growth, the financial institutions disbursed all-time high Rs 1.776 trillion...

Published 10 Aug, 2023 06:35am

Pakistan

Discrimination in issuance of LCs: Stakeholders demand a level playing field

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance, Wednesday, held that targeted Letters of Credit (LCs) issuance...

Published 10 Aug, 2023 06:35am

Business & Finance

Agri financing: NBP, BoP, U Bank emerge among top creditors

Agri financing registers growth of over 25% year-on-year

Updated 09 Aug, 2023 09:19pm

Markets

Rupee sees marginal improvement, settles at 287.46 against US dollar

Currency appreciates 0.16% in inter-bank market

Updated 09 Aug, 2023 06:15pm

Opinion

How to galvanise our exports

If we can start from an economic policy perspective, policymakers are asking the wrong question: how to increase...

Updated 09 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Opinion

Underutilisation of remittances in economy

Don’t count your chicken before they hatch is an idiom that goes quite well with our situation. Quite often we see...

Updated 09 Aug, 2023 03:58pm

Record Rs371bn raised through sale of Ijarah Sukuk

KARACHI: The federal government has raised record Rs 371 billion (over $1.29 billion) through the sale of government...

Updated 09 Aug, 2023 08:52am

ECC approves SSA for outsourcing Islamabad airport

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved State Support Agreement (SSA) for...

Updated 09 Aug, 2023 08:52am

Business & Finance

Bank holiday

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will remain closed on Monday, August 14, 2023 on the occasion of...

Published 09 Aug, 2023 05:33am

Markets

Rupee registers back-to-back losses, settles at 287.91 against US dollar

Currency depreciates 0.17% in inter-bank market

Updated 08 Aug, 2023 09:32pm

Opinion

IMF programme targets

A typical IMF (International Monetary Fund) programme, including a Stand-by Facility, has a set of quantitative...

Published 08 Aug, 2023 06:37am

Six incentive schemes of SBP: ECC approves proposal of changes in contours

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)’s...

Updated 08 Aug, 2023 08:43am

Aug-Oct auction calendar: Govt plans to borrow Rs11.09trn from banks

KARACHI: The federal government has planned to borrow Rs 11.09 trillion from the domestic banking system during the...

Updated 08 Aug, 2023 09:41am

Markets

Rupee sees marginal decline, settles at 287.43 against US dollar

Currency depreciates 0.16% in inter-bank market

Updated 07 Aug, 2023 09:15pm

Markets

PKR declines 0.18pc

KARACHI: The rupee depreciated a marginal 0.18% during the previous week to close at 286.97 against the US dollar in...

Published 07 Aug, 2023 06:34am

Opinion

LSM sector travails

Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector, as per data released by the Finance Division, registered negative 8.1 ...

Published 07 Aug, 2023 06:34am

Opinion

There’s need for repeat of TERF

In a two-part series of an article carried by this newspaper under the title of “Cotton crisis’: challenges,...

Published 07 Aug, 2023 06:34am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves fall by $70m

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves fell by $ 70 million during the last week. According...

Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 25	278.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 25	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 25	155.60
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 25	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 25	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 25	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 24	5070.63
Nasdaq / Apr 24	15712.75
Dow Jones / Apr 24	38460.92
India Sensex / Apr 25	73780.80
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	37628.48
Hang Seng / Apr 25	17264.90
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8077.84
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17994.97

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Petrol/Litre / Apr 25	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	83.02
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	2325.45
Diesel/Litre / Apr 25	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 25 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 25 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 25 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 25 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 25 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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