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LoI to IMF: govt pledges fiscal discipline

ISLAMABAD: The government has committed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that it would contain non-priority...

Published 12 Oct, 2024 06:17am

Opinion

Will Pakistan ever break free from the IMF cycle?

“You can’t solve a problem with the same mindset that created it.” This quotation, attributed to Albert...

Updated 04 Oct, 2024 08:34am

Business & Finance

CG praises role of American businesses in Pakistan

KARACHI: The Consul General of the United States of America in Karachi Scott Urbom has said that American businesses...

Published 04 Oct, 2024 06:46am

Finally, $7bn EFF approved by IMF board

First loan tranche of nearly $1.1 billion is likely to be received by September 30

Updated 26 Sep, 2024 02:21pm

Pakistan

PDP leader says federal budget won’t help improve economy

KARACHI: This budget like the previous ones is also dictated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and it would ...

Published 15 Jun, 2024 06:57am

BR Research

Too far gone!

The stability of the Pakistani economy—and ultimately its frequent collapses—hinges greatly on how subsequent...

Published 13 Jun, 2024 08:12am

Business & Finance

Most of budget targets in line with IMF guidelines: analysts

KARACHI: The federal budget will continue the fiscal consolidation seen last year and most of the targets are in ...

Published 13 Jun, 2024 06:22am

Opinion

Need for a balanced revenue-sharing framework

One of the key demands of the IMF is to increase the tax-to-GDP ratio to 13-14 percent by the end of the upcoming...

Updated 20 May, 2024 06:21am

Opinion

Tax reforms: Aurangzeb has a difficult road ahead

Reportedly, the IMF expects FBR tax revenues to grow by over 30 percent in the upcoming fiscal year (FY25). However,...

Published 13 May, 2024 06:08am

9MFY24 collection: Provinces given 53pc of total revenue under NFC Award

ISLAMABAD: The provinces were transferred 53 percent of the total tax revenue collected during the first nine months...

Updated 03 May, 2024 09:31am

Editorials

Fiscal house needs repairs

EDITORIAL: The fiscal summary is a mixed bag in 1HFY24 (first six months of fiscal year 2023-24) as the government...

Published 02 Feb, 2024 05:20am

‘Innovative’ plan set to reduce circular debt

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Power and Petroleum, Muhammad Ali, has set an extremely ambitious circular debt...

Updated 31 Jan, 2024 09:32am

BR Research

Circular debt settlement plan

The circular debt settlement plan of Rs1,268 billion developed by the Ministry of Energy (MoE) is making rounds in...

Published 24 Jan, 2024 07:53am

Business & Finance

Rs66bn more than target: Jul-Oct provisional collection stands at Rs2.748trn

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has provisionally collected Rs2,748 billion during the first four...

Updated 01 Nov, 2023 09:05am

ADB revises growth downward to 1.9pc: Inflation revised upward to 25pc from 15pc

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised Pakistan’s GDP growth forecast for the fiscal year 2024 down...

Updated 21 Sep, 2023 09:37am

Opinion

IMF’s SBF

The IMF Stand-By Facility (SBF) of $3 billion has been in operation for two weeks now. Already, there is a big...

Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am

Expectedly, IMF board approves $3bn 9-mth SBA

The Board’s approval allows for immediate disbursement of about US$1.2 billion

Updated 13 Jul, 2023 10:05am

Productivity, export and debt: SBP asks govt to exercise greater prudence

Assessment of macroeconomic dynamics reveals a number of challenges for the banking sector and the repayment capacity of borrowers may come under stress

Updated 08 Jul, 2023 05:14pm

Govt’s LoI to IMF contains 9 major assurances

Pakistan assures that no new tax amnesty would be granted during the next nine months

Updated 04 Jul, 2023 09:52am

Risks undermining MTDS targets identified

ISLAMABAD: The estimates of key economic indicators are prone to certain risks and vulnerabilities that could cause...

Updated 04 Jul, 2023 09:08am

Opinion

Trend in key fiscal ratios

The consistent series of the GDP with one year, 2015-16, has been estimated and released by the PBS from 1999-2000...

Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am

BR Research

Higher tobacco taxes injurious to health?

Smoking is injurious to health, and its higher consumption increases the health expenditure on a macro scale. That ...

Published 24 May, 2023 09:06am

Cigarette factories: PM orders installation of track-and-trace system

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed installation of the track and trace system in all cigarette...

Updated 05 Apr, 2023 08:50am

Business & Finance

More tax on luxury goods lauded

KARACHI: Imposing of 25% sales tax on the import and local supply Of luxury items is a wonderful step to discourage...

Updated 13 Mar, 2023 06:44pm

Business & Finance

Minister stresses need for consensus on economic revival

LAHORE: Emphasising the need for stability, unity and focus for an economic turnaround, Federal Minister for...

Published 12 Mar, 2023 05:55am

Opinion

Monetary-fiscal history of Latin America: lessons for Pakistan

Pakistan today suffers from significant macroeconomic instability, high inflation, a currency crisis and a risk of a...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:43am

Opinion

A reality-check desperately required

The damning indictment of Pakistan’s economic policies continues with the latest attack by Managing Director...

Published 27 Feb, 2023 06:17am

Opinion

The Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023: a comment

General: The Finance Minister has laid Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023 on the floor of the Parliament. (National...

Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am

First six months: Fiscal deficit swells to 2pc of GDP

ISLAMABAD: Fiscal deficit has been recorded at two per cent of the GDP or Rs1,683 billion during the first six ...

Updated 09 Feb, 2023 08:41am

Opinion

Strategy for resource mobilisation

The technical discussions in Islamabad on the ninth review of the IMF programme between the IMF staff and the...

Published 07 Feb, 2023 06:39am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 8	277.83
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 8	277.63
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 8	152.64
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 8	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 8	1.29
Euro to USD / Nov 8	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 8	5,995.54
India Sensex / Nov 8	79,486.32
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 8	39,500.37
Nasdaq / Nov 8	19,286.78
Hang Seng / Nov 8	20,728.19
FTSE 100 / Nov 8	8,072.39
Dow Jones / Nov 8	43,988.99
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 8	19,215.48

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 8	70.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 8	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 8	244,002.80
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 8	2,684.77
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 8	70.98
Petrol/Litre / Nov 11	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 11 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 11 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 11 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 11 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 11 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 11 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 11 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 11 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 11 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 11 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 11 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 11 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 11 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 11 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 11 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 11 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 11 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 11 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Nov 11 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 11 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Nov 11 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Nov 11 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Nov 11 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Nov 11 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 11 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 11 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 11 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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