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PTC ties stability to strong export-led strategy

Published 05 Jun, 2026 05:48am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Textile Council (PTC) has urged the federal government to use Budget 2026-27 as a decisive...

Textile sector urges restoration of Export Facilitation Scheme, final tax regime

Updated 13 May, 2026 07:51am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s textile and apparel sector on Tuesday urged Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb to reinstate...

Reforming Pakistan’s tax policy

Published 09 May, 2026 05:51am

A system at odds with growth Pakistan’s tax system is increasingly at odds with the country’s core economic...

Economy adrift?

Published 09 May, 2026 05:51am

Year after year, prior to annual national budget, many well-founded reform proposals put forward by business...

Reforming Pakistan’s tax policy

Updated 01 May, 2026 07:22am

A system at odds with growth Pakistan’s tax system is increasingly at odds with the country’s core economic...

CCP recommends transparent aviation tax regime

Published 10 Mar, 2026 08:14am

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has recommended a predictable, transparent, and...

KCCI requests FBR chief: Sales tax deferred cases must be processed electronically

Published 13 Jan, 2026 08:00am

ISLAMABAD: The representatives of business community of Karachi have requested Chairman Federal Board of Revenue...

Super tax levy only under single tax regime, FCC told

Published 13 Jan, 2026 06:16am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) was told that Super Tax under Section 4C of the Income Tax...

Migrations by the rich

Updated 13 Oct, 2025 06:35am

The narrowing fiscal space in developed economies has prompted many Western countries to raise taxes on the very...

Salaried class: WHT collection boosted by higher tax rates: AGP

Updated 22 Sep, 2025 09:24am

ISLAMABAD: Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has analysed that the increase in withholding tax collection was mainly...

NTR or FTR: Super tax levy only under single tax regime: SC

Updated 18 Sep, 2025 08:58am

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was told that the super tax under Section 4C of the Income Tax Ordinance could only be...

A comment on Finance Act 2025—II

Published 02 Jul, 2025 07:24am

Disruption and distortion The tax regime introduced is a final tax regime. This means that such transactions which...

A comment on Finance Act 2025—I

Published 01 Jul, 2025 06:42am

Introduction: The Finance Act, 2025 has been passed by the National Assembly. This Act has introduced some major...

FBR chief urges Senate body to abolish 7th Schedule of ITO, bring banks into normal tax regime applicable to companies

Updated 20 Jun, 2025 09:39am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Rashid Mahmood Langrial, Thursday, strongly recommended Senate...

‘Modern technologies being used to make tax regime fully automatic, transparent’

Published 18 Jun, 2025 06:10am

FAISALABAD: Latest and modern technologies are being used to make the tax regime fully automatic, transparent and...

Pakistan’s textile industry deterioration: Govt has failed to address ‘fatal’ anomaly in EFS

Updated 20 May, 2025 09:20am

LAHORE: Pakistan’s textile industry is rapidly deteriorating as, for over 10 months now, the government has failed...

The high cost of punitive taxation

Published 19 Mar, 2025 05:48am

EDITORIAL: The fundamentally flawed nature of the tax regime operational in Pakistan is both well-documented and...

ACT Alliance report: Tax regime inflicts huge losses on economy

Updated 13 Mar, 2025 08:43am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy is losing over a staggering Rs300 billion annually due to an unsustainable tax regime,...

FY26 budget: Govt urged to introduce fixed tax regime for traders

Published 08 Mar, 2025 02:48am

KARACHI: Malik Khuda Bakhsh, Convener of the FPCCI Energy Committee and President of the Pakistan Business Forum...

Federal Budget: PBF urges govt to implement fixed tax regime for traders

Published 28 Feb, 2025 07:57am

KARACHI: Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) has demanded the government to implement a fixed tax regime for traders in ...

Govt may collect Rs300bn from agri tax

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 03:17pm

FBR asks provinces to adopt federal schedule of income tax for collection of agricultural income tax

Reforms in agri income tax regimes: IMF urges provinces to implement commitment

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 8	278.60
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 8	278.40
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 8	160.18
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 8	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 8	1.33
Euro to USD / Jun 8	1.15
SOFR % / Jun 8	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 8	7,405.73
India Sensex / Jun 8	73,524.26
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 8	64,024.60
Nasdaq / Jun 8	25,929.66
Hang Seng / Jun 8	24,657.06
FTSE 100 / Jun 8	10,373.20
Dow Jones / Jun 8	50,786.01
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 8	24,616.22
France CAC40 / Jun 8	8,199.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 8	91.34
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 8	386,987
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 8	4,326.41
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 8	77.61
Petrol/Litre / Jun 9	377.78
Diesel/Litre / Jun 9	380.78

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Fid. Leasing / Jun 8 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	8.76 ▲ 1 (12.89%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jun 8 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	9.03 ▲ 1 (12.45%)
TPL Properties / Jun 8 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	10.33 ▲ 1 (10.72%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Jun 8 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	19.53 ▲ 1.78 (10.03%)
Cresent Jute / Jun 8 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	14.73 ▲ 1.34 (10.01%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Jun 8 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	12.31 ▲ 1.12 (10.01%)
Oilboy Energy / Jun 8 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	16.82 ▲ 1.53 (10.01%)
Quantum Data Tech. / Jun 8 Quantum Data Technologies Limited(QTECH)	33.95 ▲ 3.09 (10.01%)
Nagina Cot. / Jun 8 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	77.94 ▲ 7.09 (10.01%)
Shams Textile / Jun 8 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	41.99 ▲ 3.82 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Dawood Lawrencepur / Jun 8 Dawood Lawrencepur Limited(DLL)	60.49 ▼ -564.34 (-90.32%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jun 8 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	7.42 ▼ -0.98 (-11.67%)
Ruby Textile / Jun 8 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	18.49 ▼ -2.05 (-9.98%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jun 8 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	28.85 ▼ -3.15 (-9.84%)
Elahi Cotton / Jun 8 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	176.66 ▼ -19.18 (-9.79%)
Javedan Corp.(Pref) / Jun 8 Javedan Corp.(Pref)(JVDCPS)	68.40 ▼ -7.27 (-9.61%)
Ideal Spinning / Jun 8 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	77.65 ▼ -8.17 (-9.52%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jun 8 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	25.57 ▼ -2.46 (-8.78%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jun 8 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	37 ▼ -3.49 (-8.62%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Jun 8 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	17.48 ▼ -1.64 (-8.58%)

Stock	Volume
TPL Properties / Jun 8 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	60,567,709 ▲ 1
TPL Corp Ltd / Jun 8 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	42,410,725 ▲ 0.74
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jun 8 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	26,156,618 ▼ -0.07
Waves Home Appliances / Jun 8 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	24,010,462 ▲ 0.06
Thatta Cement / Jun 8 Thatta Cement Company Limited(THCCL)	22,234,491 ▲ 3.04
Beco Steel Ltd / Jun 8 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	20,895,260 ▼ -0.26
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 8 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	20,707,751 ▼ -0.01
Pak Qatar Family / Jun 8 Pak Qatar Family Takaful Limited(PAKQATAR)	20,529,844 ▲ 0.58
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Jun 8 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	20,239,775 ▲ 1.12
Pak Qatar Gen.Takaful / Jun 8 Pak Qatar General Takaful Limited(PQGTL)	19,782,746 ▲ 1.67

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