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Staff Level Agreement

Pakistan likely to sign staff-level agreement with IMF next week

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is likely to sign the staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next...

Updated 17 Mar, 2024 10:25pm

BR Research

IMF’s funding requirements explained

The IMF programme is still in limbo, as the 9th review was supposed to be completed a long time ago but is still...

Updated 16 May, 2023 11:25am

Markets

3rd successive decline: rupee closes at 282.85 against US dollar

Currency registers a depreciation of 0.20% in inter-bank market

Updated 15 Mar, 2023 08:11pm

BR Research

IMF: agreement in sight?

It has been more than four weeks since the IMF staff concluded its technical talks for the pending 9th review. Yet,...

Published 14 Mar, 2023 09:16am

BR Research

What’s beyond SLA?

The IMF deal is still stuck. The Staff Level Agreement (SLA) is yet to be completed. It’s highly likely that SLA...

Published 09 Mar, 2023 07:25am

Pakistan

Pakistan, IMF to reach staff-level agreement by next week: Ishaq Dar

Says 'anti-Pakistan elements are spreading malicious rumours that Pakistan may default'

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 07:45pm

BR Research

IMF SLA: What’s cooking?

February is nearing the end and the IMF Staff level agreement (SLA) for the 9th review is still pending. The anxiety...

Published 28 Feb, 2023 09:09am

BR Research

Not done till it’s done

IMF review is not done. There are broad agreements on the fiscal and energy side. The IMF is not flexible—the...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 09:32am

Business & Finance

IMF's staff-level agreement a credit positive for Pakistan: Moody’s

Agreement paves way for release of $1.2 billion in IMF financing, says Moody's

Updated 18 Jul, 2022 06:03pm

IMF agrees to resume loan after much delay

$1bn more and 9-month extension of EFF

Updated 15 Jul, 2022 10:43am

Markets

Pakistan's rupee closes with marginal gain against US dollar

Some intra-day gains erased after dollar strengthens

Updated 14 Jul, 2022 07:19pm

Pakistan

IMF announces staff-level agreement with Pakistan

Subject to Board approval, about $1.177bn will become available
IMF says Pakistan plans to undertake comprehensive review of anti-corruption institutions (including the National Accountability Bureau) to enhance effectiveness in investigating and prosecuting corruption cases

Updated 14 Jul, 2022 10:13am

BR Research

Default averted, not out of woods yet

Things are slowly moving towards stabilization.The long pending IMF reviews are inching towards completion. Seeing...

Published 29 Jun, 2022 09:40am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 18	278.62
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 18	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 18	154.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 18	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 18	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 18	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5022.21
Nasdaq / Apr 17	15683.37
Dow Jones / Apr 17	37735.31
India Sensex / Apr 18	72965.85
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 18	38103.03
Hang Seng / Apr 18	16452.30
FTSE 100 / Apr 18	7883.62
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 18	17795.41

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 16	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 17	215964
Petrol/Litre / Apr 18	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 18	82.77
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 18	2374.98
Diesel/Litre / Apr 18	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 18 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 18 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00