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Business & Finance

PAJCCI urges MoC to nominate barter trade mechanism committee on priority basis

KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI), Zubair Motiwala has...

Published 17 Apr, 2022 06:37am

Pakistan

Bank employees protest PM’s 6-day working week order

KARACHI: Bank employees on Friday staged a protest demonstration in front of the State Bank of Pakistan head office,...

Published 16 Apr, 2022 04:10am

Markets

PSX announces revised timings

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has announced revised Designated Time Schedule (DTS) of the exchange due to...

Published 16 Apr, 2022 04:10am

Business & Finance

SBP’s reserves slip below $11bn

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves further fell by $449 million during last week due to...

Published 15 Apr, 2022 05:29am

Print

Industrial package: Investment opportunity is conditional concession, not amnesty scheme: FBR

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Friday tried to give an impression that the investment opportunity...

Updated 09 Apr, 2022 10:31am

Technology

Careem Pay gets SBP’s In-Principle Approval for EMI licence

Careem says fintech affiliate plans to invest $50mn to leapfrog the fintech ecosystem in Pakistan

Published 30 Mar, 2022 03:55pm

BR Research

Handset imports: cooling down?

The hitherto-surging cellphone imports are catching their breath this fiscal. As per the latest data from the State...

Published 30 Mar, 2022 08:37am

BR Research

FDI in ICTs

To power the country’s digital economy, significant and sustained amounts of investment are required. When the...

Published 21 Mar, 2022 06:07am

Markets

Rupee stays at record low against US dollar as pressure remains

Hits 179.2 intra-day before settling unchanged in inter-bank market on Thursday

Updated 10 Mar, 2022 07:51pm

Business & Finance

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $344 mn, stand at $16.46bn

Central bank does not give reason for week-on-week decrease

Updated 03 Mar, 2022 09:57pm

Business & Finance

Market divided over upcoming monetary policy decision

Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan is scheduled to meet on March 8

Updated 03 Mar, 2022 05:47pm

BR Research

Financing against EWR: a great ‘first’ step

Earlier this week, SBP launched the Electronic Warehouse Receipt Financing (EWR), again. Chundrigar Who’s who were...

Published 24 Feb, 2022 08:27am

Opinion

First leverage then renegotiation

The Khan administration maintains that a change in government will not reverse the rise in price of any single item...

Published 21 Feb, 2022 07:25am

Business & Finance

DLTL claim: Notification to be issued soon: Tarin

FAISALABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin has assured All Pakistan Bedsheets and Upholstery...

Published 21 Feb, 2022 07:25am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves down $231m

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves fell by $231 million during the last week. ...

Published 18 Feb, 2022 04:31am

Business & Finance

SBP increases indicative credit limits for agri financing

Says will directly benefit agriculture borrowers

Updated 16 Feb, 2022 06:42pm

Editorials

Meeting expenses

EDITORIAL: It’s no surprise that the Pulse Consultants Survey, which interviewed 2,000 people from all social and...

Published 13 Feb, 2022 05:48am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves jump by $1.61bn, now stand at $17.34bn

Increase comes on back of IMF loan and Sukuk issuance

Published 10 Feb, 2022 08:26pm

Perspectives

Digital Banks: optimising focus on financial inclusion and innovation

The Licensing and Regulatory Framework for Digital Banks unveiled by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in January ...

Published 07 Feb, 2022 03:31pm

Pakistan

Bank holiday

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan will remain closed on Saturday, February 5, 2022, on the occasion of “Kashmir...

Published 04 Feb, 2022 04:43am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $463mn, stand at $15.73bn

Decrease due to external debt and other payments, says central bank

Published 03 Feb, 2022 09:33pm

Opinion

SBP bill: Much ado about nothing

The airwaves are inundated by discussion on the passage of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) amendment bill in the...

Published 31 Jan, 2022 05:28am

BR Research

CPI slowdown: don’t look too closely!

At least that’s what the central bank would have you do! Monday’s monetary policy statement claimed that “the...

Published 26 Jan, 2022 08:08am

BR Research

Monetary Policy – Bold decision

No change as expected. The markets took forward guidance with a surprise. SBP has shown clear indications of not...

Published 25 Jan, 2022 08:07am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves fall by $562m

KARACHI: Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) fell sharply $562 million in a week due...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 05:27am

Markets

SBP-held forex reserves fall a massive $562mn, now stand at $17.04bn

Reserves decrease due to external debt and other payments, says central bank

Published 20 Jan, 2022 06:51pm

Pakistan

Concession on SBP board appointment result of negotiations with IMF: Hammad Azhar

Energy minister says central bank's autonomy is important to achieve consistent economic growth

Published 18 Jan, 2022 06:34pm

Opinion

SBP governor’s growing optimism

That State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) governor Dr Reza Baqir is optimistic about country’s economic prospects is a...

Published 14 Jan, 2022 06:50am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $88mn, stand at $17.6bn

Central bank does not give reason for week-on-week decrease

Published 13 Jan, 2022 08:24pm

Pakistan

SBP governor believes Pakistan can ride out rising external account pressures

Dr Reza Baqir says country just has to get through it until this commodity supercycle ceases

Updated 11 Jan, 2022 09:37pm