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Subsidies

Fuel price hike

Updated 06 Apr, 2026 05:32am

The government was compelled to raise fuel charges effective 3 April due to the escalating international fuel prices...

KP govt to spend Rs165bn on subsidies

Published 14 Jun, 2025 06:46am

PESHAWAR: No new project for people's relief was included in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) budget 2025-26 as old projects...

Yes, inflation is falling

Published 06 Mar, 2025 06:42am

EDITORIAL: Consumer Price index (CPI) declined to 1.4 percent in February prompting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as...

Govt won’t tolerate acts of profiteering: Tarar

Published 04 Mar, 2025 07:48am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar has warned that profiteering will not ...

Talks on $1.5bn climate resilience funding begin

Updated 25 Feb, 2025 03:16pm

Talks will continue until February 28 and cover carbon levies, electric vehicles, subsidies

SBP deputy governor explains how to target subsidies in Pakistan

Published 13 Feb, 2025 09:14am

KARACHI: Saleem Ullah, Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), on Wednesday emphasised that subsidies...

Targeted subsidies: IMF has no objections over implementation, Aurangzeb claims

Updated 04 Sep, 2024 12:14pm

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb claimed on Tuesday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has no...

Tiered pricing system: Gas tariff hike spared 66pc of consumers: Musadik

Updated 22 Aug, 2024 09:33am

ISLAMABAD: Petroleum Minister Musadik Malik Wednesday clarified that 66 percent of gas consumers remain unaffected...

RLNG tariffs: APTMA opposes Rs50bn cross subsidies to fertiliser sector

Updated 06 Jul, 2024 03:46pm

ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has urged the government to reverse its ‘destructive’...

Govt assailed for further taxing the salaried class

Updated 22 Jun, 2024 02:10pm

Lawmakers say imposition of such heavy taxes may lead to an acceleration of brain drain from the country

Purchase of tractors: Paapam lauds Punjab govt’s planned package for farmers

Published 10 Jun, 2024 06:52am

LAHORE: Paapam has welcomed news in the media regarding subsidies to be offered to the farmers for the purchase of...

It begins…

Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am

Why do you think the only thing to come out of emergency cabinet meetings – to do something about these protests...

Subsidies raised to Rs1.074trn

Published 10 Jun, 2023 04:42am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has budgeted an increase in subsidies by 62 percent, ie, from Rs 664 billion in...

Too tight fiscal space: MoF bans SGs, subsidies

Updated 21 Mar, 2023 09:02am

Cites limited fiscal space and cap on expenditures as reasons

Pension, subsidies & cut in SOEs’ losses: ‘Structural reforms’ being introduced thru budget: Dar

Updated 03 Mar, 2023 11:46am

Proposed austerity measures come under consideration during Federal Cabinet meeting

Pakistan 'held back' by 'very high levels of energy subsidies': ILO

Updated 17 Jan, 2023 06:44pm

The International Labour Organization (ILO), a United Nations (UN) agency, has said that “very high levels of energy...

Fisheries dept to offer subsidies on shrimp farming

Published 07 Dec, 2022 05:54am

LAHORE: The Punjab Fisheries Department (PFD) will extend subsidies to the farmers for promotion of profitable...

IMF says no room for subsidies: end of story

Published 13 Aug, 2022 05:21am

EDITORIAL: Providing regionally competitive energy by providing subsidy to the exporting sectors was always a...

Pelosi backs chips bill, says House could vote on measure next week

Published 21 Jul, 2022 06:33am

WASHINGTON: The US House plans to vote as early as next week on a slimmed-down version of legislation to provide ...

PBIF chief demands elimination of subsidies for elite class

Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan and president of Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum...

Govt announces Rs3 billion subsidy to reduce price of ghee: Marriyum

Updated 13 Jun, 2022 06:32pm

Information minister says commodity being sold at Rs300 per kg in utility stores against market price of Rs550

Subsidies slashed by record 54pc

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:41am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has budgeted a decline in subsidies by 54 percent - from the revised figure for ...

Increasing petroleum prices necessary to stabilise economy: Musadik Malik

Published 03 Jun, 2022 05:39pm

State Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik on Friday said that the government was compelled to take the "tough...

The bitter pill at last

Published 30 May, 2022 05:53am

EDITORIAL: The decision of the government communicated through an unscheduled press conference by Finance Minister...

IMF will link release of funds to increase in income taxes, subsidy removal: Shaukat Tarin

Updated 09 May, 2022 04:48pm

Talks between Pakistan and IMF on stalled Extended Fund Facility likely to be held from May 18

Export-oriented sector: MoF for linking subsidies to higher growth

Lebanon is in the throes of an economic crisis the World Bank has described as likely one of the world's worst in modern times.

Grants, subsidies, loan write-offs: Sindh govt spent Rs146.88bn against release of Rs161bn

Published 26 Jun, 2021 03:24am

KARACHI: Sindh government spent Rs146.88 billion on account of grants, subsidies, write-offs of loans, etc, against...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 18	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 18	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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