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World Bank and Pakistan

Agenda being finalised for World Bank president’s visit

Updated 20 Jan, 2026 09:28am

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank and the government are reportedly finalising the agenda to be tabled before the World Bank...

World Bank urges Pakistan to fast-track private investment

Updated 16 Jan, 2026 08:26am

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has urged Pakistan to fast-track private investment, warning that current levels remain...

Sindh govt initiates probe into World Bank-funded solar energy project

Updated 31 Dec, 2025 08:06am

ISLAMABAD: The Sindh Government admitted a huge amount of misappropriations and irregularities in the USD100 million...

Govt committed to adopting new Public Financial Management practices

Updated 23 Dec, 2025 07:13am

ISLAMABAD: To enhance Pakistan’s public financial management through robust public sector accounting standards, the...

Sri Lanka cyclone caused $4.1bn damage: World Bank

Published 23 Dec, 2025 12:00am

The total damage estimated by the World Bank is equivalent to about 4 percent of Sri Lanka's GDP

$200m World Bank-funded programme: concerns raised over procurement process

Updated 21 Dec, 2025 07:09am

ISLAMABAD: Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) has raised questions over transparency and alleged procurement...

Macroeconomic stability: World Bank Board approves USD700m for ‘PRID-MPA’

Published 21 Dec, 2025 06:07am

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved USD 700 million in financing for the ...

$970m CRSP programme set for restructuring

Updated 01 Dec, 2025 08:44am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s major social protection operation, the USD970 million Crisis-Resilient Social Protection...

Education services: Balochistan govt, World Bank’s IDA sign $100m agreement

Updated 12 Nov, 2025 09:33am

ISLAMABAD: The government of Balochistan and the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) have...

Pakistan’s hidden urban boom

Published 10 Nov, 2025 05:47am

EDITORIAL: A startling new World Bank study, published on November 4, has upended long-held assumptions about...

The missing model for growth

Published 30 Oct, 2025 05:38am

Pakistan’s economy is in search of growth. However, policymakers lack a coherent economic model to climb the ...

Pakistan’s exports as share of GDP shrinking: World Bank

Updated 29 Oct, 2025 03:53pm

Says export performance below the low- and middle-income country and upper middle-income country averages

HEC wraps up USD400m HEDP project with World Bank help

Published 24 Oct, 2025 07:23am

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC), in collaboration with the World Bank, has successfully concluded...

BISP to forge strong partnership with World Bank

Published 23 Oct, 2025 06:06am

ISLAMABAD: Secretary of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Amer Ali Ahmad has expressed his commitment to...

Reform momentum can lead to ‘immense growth’: Aurangzeb

Published 16 Oct, 2025 06:21am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb said Wednesday that Pakistan’s...

EDEIP and more financing: World Bank sends mission for mid-term review

Updated 16 Oct, 2025 09:42am

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has dispatched a mission to Pakistan to carry out a mid-term review mission of the...

Pakistan’s reforms, export push could spark ‘East Asia moment’, Aurangzeb tells CNBC

Published 15 Oct, 2025 04:18pm

Pakistan is entering a pivotal phase of economic transformation driven by structural reforms and an export-led...

Aurangzeb sees staff deal on $1.2bn IMF payout this week

Updated 14 Oct, 2025 10:36pm

IMF mission left Pakistan last week without signing staff level agreement on 2nd review of Washington-based lender's $7bn Extended Fund Facility and first one on its $1.4bn Resilience and Sustainability Facility agreed in 2024

Tarbela 4th extension: Govt seeks another fund restructuring, reallocation

Updated 14 Oct, 2025 09:25am

ISLAMABAD: Amid rising fears of cost overruns and a looming financing crunch, the government has sought the 10th...

Aurangzeb arrives in Washington

Updated 13 Oct, 2025 09:16am

WASHINGTON: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb has arrived in the United States on...

FinMin Aurangzeb arrives in Washington on six-day visit to attend IMF, WB meetings

Published 12 Oct, 2025 10:24pm

Finance minister will also hold meetings with senior officials of IFC, MIGA

Aurangzeb heads to US amid hopes of staff-level agreement with IMF

Updated 11 Oct, 2025 08:19pm

Finance minister to represent Pakistan in plenary meetings of World Bank, IMF

Human capital investment: USD200m KP project fairly satisfactory: World Bank

Updated 11 Oct, 2025 09:10am

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank on Friday rated the overall implementation of ‘Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Human Capital Investment...

World Bank downgrades Pakistan’s growth projection to 2.6pc

Updated 08 Oct, 2025 11:26am

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has revised the GDP growth rate projection downward for Pakistan by 0.5 per cent to 2.6...

Pakistan’s GDP growth to remain modest at 2.6% in FY26 amid flood impact: World Bank

Updated 07 Oct, 2025 10:13pm

The multilateral lender estimates a 10% drop in Punjab agri output

Surveys underrepresent top-income brackets: Actual inequality in Pakistan likely higher, says World Bank

Updated 07 Oct, 2025 09:02am

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has warned that actual inequality in Pakistan is likely higher, as surveys typically...

Water, sanitation and hygiene services: World Bank may approve USD400m programme for Punjab in Nov

Updated 28 Sep, 2025 12:30pm

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank is likely to approve “Punjab Inclusive Cities Program” worth USD400 million in November,...

Port Performance Index: PQ recognition by World Bank major milestone: govt

Updated 28 Sep, 2025 10:24pm

Port Qasim is among the top 20 improving ports globally, with a 35.2-point leap in performance between 2020 and 2024

PM vows to implement World Bank’s Country Partnership Framework

Published 25 Sep, 2025 05:59am

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday appreciated the World Bank’s unprecedented commitment of ...

After years of progress, Pakistan sees poverty rise again as World Bank urges people‑centred reforms

Updated 23 Sep, 2025 10:55pm

Pakistan’s decades-long progress in poverty reduction has halted and reversed since 2020, as compounding...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 3	278.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 3	278.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 3	161.34
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 3	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 3	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 3	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 3	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 2	7,483.24
Nasdaq / Jul 2	25,832.67
Dow Jones / Jul 2	52,900.07
India Sensex / Jul 3	77,938.16
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 3	69,243.68
Hang Seng / Jul 3	23,310.80
FTSE 100 / Jul 3	10,679.03
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 3	25,779.31
France CAC40 / Jul 3	8,508.07

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 2	17,780
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 3	68.69
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 3	378,031
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 3	4,176.94
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 3	77.12
Petrol/Litre / Jul 4	299.50
Diesel/Litre / Jul 4	311.47

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dewan Sugar / Jul 3 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	7.98 ▲ 0.96 (13.68%)
Ansari Sug. / Jul 3 Ansari Sugar Mills Limited(ANSM)	31.30 ▲ 2.85 (10.02%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 3 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	29.88 ▲ 2.72 (10.01%)
Quantum Data Tech. / Jul 3 Quantum Data Technologies Limited(QTECH)	51.87 ▲ 4.72 (10.01%)
Mughal Energy / Jul 3 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	24.73 ▲ 2.25 (10.01%)
Fateh Ind. / Jul 3 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	293.11 ▲ 26.65 (10%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 3 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	179.23 ▲ 16.29 (10%)
IbrahimFibres / Jul 3 Ibrahim Fibres Limited(IBFL)	271.37 ▲ 24.67 (10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 3 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	106.67 ▲ 9.7 (10%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jul 3 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	114.95 ▲ 10.45 (10%)

Stock	Price
First Fid. Leasing / Jul 3 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	24.03 ▼ -2.67 (-10%)
Chashma / Jul 3 Chashma Sugar Mills Limited(CHAS)	132.21 ▼ -14.24 (-9.72%)
UBLPakistanETF / Jul 3 UBLPakistan Enterprise ETF(UBLPETF)	30.75 ▼ -2.72 (-8.13%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Jul 3 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	219.97 ▼ -14.2 (-6.06%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jul 3 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	35.31 ▼ -2.06 (-5.51%)
Sitara Chemical / Jul 3 Sitara Chemical Industries Limited(SITC)	811.04 ▼ -46.47 (-5.42%)
Gammon Pak / Jul 3 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	19.76 ▼ -1.13 (-5.41%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Jul 3 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	13.25 ▼ -0.75 (-5.36%)
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 3 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	16.79 ▼ -0.89 (-5.03%)
Next Capital / Jul 3 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	13.11 ▼ -0.69 (-5%)

Stock	Volume
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 3 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	72,948,993 ▼ -0.04
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 3 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	48,406,341 ▼ -0.89
TPL Properties / Jul 3 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	34,286,380 ▲ 0.41
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jul 3 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	27,424,496 ▲ 2.43
Secure Logistics-Trax Group / Jul 3 Secure Logistics-Trax Group Limited(SLGL)	26,707,486 ▲ 0.23
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 3 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	25,865,871 ▲ 0
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 3 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	21,845,437 ▲ 0.11
Lotte Chemical / Jul 3 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	21,059,671 ▲ 0.91
Pak Reinsurance / Jul 3 Pakistan Reinsurance Company Limited(PAKRI)	18,996,584 ▲ 0.39
P.T.C.L. / Jul 3 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	16,650,708 ▲ 1.65

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