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BISP launches interoperable payment system through six banks

Published 13 Nov, 2026 07:26am

KARACHI: The Benazir Income Support Programme has launched an interoperable payment system, enabling women...

Why are Pakistan’s freelancers still treated like outsiders?

Published 13 Nov, 2026 05:14am

Walk through any co-working space in Lahore, Karachi, or Faisalabad and you will meet a new kind of exporter. There...

Sukuk market growing at 22% CAGR, but foreign investment remains underwhelming, says Aurangzeb

Updated 12 Nov, 2026 03:34pm

Despite the progress, Aurangzeb says foreign investment in recent months in Sukuk remained below potential

Baker marks multimillion-dollar Cisco network deployment at SBP

Published 07 Nov, 2026 04:51am

KARACHI: US Chargé d’Affaires (CDA) Natalie Baker joined State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad and...

Govt urged to publish data on wheat stock

Published 06 Nov, 2026 07:16am

KARACHI: President of the Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF) and All Karachi Industrial Alliance,...

Billions in the pipeline, again

Updated 03 Nov, 2026 05:33am

EDITORIAL: Apparently, another USD 10 billion to USD 15 billion in investment is waiting to enter Pakistan’s...

CPI: the squeeze on households continues

Updated 03 Nov, 2026 06:20am

Food and fuel keep monthly price increases elevated. Softer core inflation offers some comfort, but households may...

SMEs: priority on paper

Updated 31 Oct, 2026 06:44am

Pakistan cannot achieve broad-based growth through large businesses, mega-projects, and periodic credit...

Capture charge, statutory fact—I

Published 27 Oct, 2026 04:30am

A response to Dr Nadeem Ul Haque’s “Who built the field?” and “The saver pays” Dr Nadeem Ul Haque has returned to...

Business community rejects hike in interest rate

Published 27 Oct, 2026 04:30am

KARACHI: The business and industrial community has strongly criticised and rejected increases in the State Bank of...

External account stability: Exchange rate defence strategies may prove to be the Achilles’ heel

Published 19 Oct, 2026 02:10am

Remittances and services exports have cushioned the impact of higher oil prices. But a strengthening real exchange...

Crime in the digital age

Updated 17 Oct, 2026 07:36am

There was a time when travellers feared the open road. In eighteenth and nineteenth-century, looters raided...

Removing administrative roadblocks from Pakistan’s tax system—II

Updated 14 Oct, 2026 06:05am

9- Time-Bound Certificates for Share Transfers Involving Non-Residents Problem Transfers of shares involving...

Pakistan and IMF: A universal cure for all diseases

Published 13 Oct, 2026 09:00am

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and Pakistan reached a staff-level agreement on the fourth review of the...

Pro-growth policies

Updated 10 Oct, 2026 05:10am

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for a shift from stabilization to pro-growth policies with a...

A Strategy for Reindustrialization

Published 07 Oct, 2026 05:37am

Riazuddin, Member, Board of Directors, Employers’ Federation of Pakistan Pakistan’s manufacturing decline is often...

Venture capital reform: the real test

Published 04 Oct, 2026 02:23am

Consider a startup in Pakistan making software to help textile exporters keep track of production and meet buyers’...

Cartel charge, fiscal fact—II

Updated 03 Oct, 2026 07:49am

Dr Haque calls this better plumbing for the same pipe, because the rails still carry payments through banks. But...

The sovereign-bank nexus and its pitfalls

Updated 30 Sep, 2026 06:36am

Every few days there is a lament in newspapers and on TV that the cash economy must be killed, and that Pakistanis...

Banks-based economy not a growth economy

Updated 23 Sep, 2026 06:54am

Two pieces recently framed a debate worth settling. Shahid Kardar, in Dawn (“Bank domination”), showed that...

Credibility before privatisation

Updated 19 Aug, 2026 07:11am

EDITORIAL: The proposed privatisation of three power distribution companies (Discos) has reached the point where the...

How ‘digital Pakistan’ can defeat corruption

Published 13 Aug, 2026 02:16am

Corruption in Pakistan is not merely a moral failing; it is a design flaw. Wherever a citizen must stand before an...

SBP plans new strategy to boost SME financing

Published 11 Aug, 2026 04:46am

LAHORE: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Chief Manager Ansar Iftikhar Butt has said that a new strategy is being...

HBL PMI: domestic demand drives strongest manufacturing expansion in 4 months

Updated 04 Aug, 2026 04:09am

KARACHI: The HBL Pakistan Manufacturing PMI rose to 51.7 in July 2026 from 50.8 in June, marking the strongest...

PSX rebounds strongly

Published 03 Aug, 2026 02:22am

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) rebounded strongly during the week, snapping a three-week losing streak...

Pakistan’s refinery upgrade is a bet the world is already unwinding

Published 03 Aug, 2026 02:22am

After two decades of deliberation, Pakistan has finally approved a policy to upgrade its refineries. The timing...

Tokenising Pakistan’s energy crisis

Updated 13 Jul, 2026 06:00pm

Tokenisation is process of representing rights to underlying asset in a digital token on a blockchain

Discos selloff must not repeat the Karachi experience

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 14	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 14	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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