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Zambia Chamber chief visits FCCI offices, woos potential investors

FAISALABAD: Africa is poised to emerge as a new global economic destination and Pakistan must contemplate ...

Published 03 Mar, 2023 07:19am

World

G20 meeting in India: where debt-ridden countries including Pakistan are in focus

LONDON: Meetings being held in India will see top officials from the Group of 20 leading economies discuss how to...

Published 24 Feb, 2023 10:17pm

World

IMF sees broad outline of deal with China on Zambian debt: Georgieva

LUSAKA: The head of the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that it had reached an understanding in...

Published 24 Jan, 2023 05:00pm

Markets

Kenyan shilling, Nigerian naira, Zambian kwacha seen under pressure

NAIROBI: Kenya’s shilling, Nigeria’s naira and Zambia’s kwacha are expected to remain under pressure against the...

Published 19 Jan, 2023 05:36pm

World

UN experts to contribute in Zambian lead poisoning case

JOHANNESBURG: A top South African court on Friday granted UN experts a role in proceedings against Anglo American,...

Published 25 Nov, 2022 06:26pm

World

Zambia debt relief pledge clears way for $1.4bn program, says IMF

JAKARTA/LONDON: Zambia’s creditors pledged to negotiate a restructuring of the country’s debts on Saturday, a move...

Published 30 Jul, 2022 07:14pm

Markets

Zambia finmin says IMF programme needed for orderly debt restructuring

LUSAKA: An orderly debt restructuring process for Zambia will be extremely difficult to achieve without an...

Published 06 May, 2022 01:48pm

Sports

Liverpool’s Keita pulls out of Guinea squad with knee injury

Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita has pulled out of the Guinea squad for their international friendlies with South...

Published 22 Mar, 2022 12:15pm

World

Swashbuckling adventure novelist Wilbur Smith dies aged 88

JOHANNESBURG: Zambian-born bestselling adventure author Wilbur Smith has died at his home in South Africa after a...

Published 15 Nov, 2021 05:24am

Markets

Zambian president to meet IMF, World Bank in Washington

President Hakainde Hichilema's spokesman, Anthony Bwalya, in a statement issued from New York, did not say when the meetings would take place

Published 23 Sep, 2021 11:29am

World

'Cattle boy' millionaire: Zambia's new president

The veteran opposition politician made six bids for the presidency before finally landing the top job in a landslide

Published 24 Aug, 2021 09:26am

World

Zambia's opposition leader Hichilema wins presidential vote at sixth bid

With 155 of 156 constituencies reporting, official results showed Hichilema had captured a landslide of 2,810,757 votes against 1,814,201 for President Edgar Lungu

Published 16 Aug, 2021 09:59am

World

Zambia gears up for tense economy-dominated vote

LUSAKA: Campaigning was winding up Wednesday on the eve of Zambia’s tightly fought presidential and legislative...

Published 12 Aug, 2021 04:34am

World

Zambia's former president Kaunda hospitalised: official

Kaunda ruled Zambia for 27 years, taking the helm after the country gained independence from Britain in October 1964.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:34pm

Markets

Glencore losses deepen on massive write-offs

The trading arm of the company saw operating profit soar 41 percent to $3.3 billion, reflecting the huge volatility of metal and oil prices.

Published 16 Feb, 2021 02:37pm

World

Zambia allocated 8.7mn COVID-19 vaccines from African Union

Zambia, with a population close to 18 million, has 45,337 COVID-19 cases and 639 people have died from the disease.

Published 24 Jan, 2021 06:27pm

World

Zambia, IMF to hold talks on credit facility from next month

The programme discussions will centre of the government's objectives to attain fiscal and debt sustainability.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 09:06pm

World

IMF to assess plan for indebted Zambia in coming weeks

(We) will be assessing in the coming weeks how the IMF could support the authorities' reform efforts through a possible Fund program.
Although Zambia is a major copper producer, the southern African country's debt-to-GDP ratio is nearly 140%.

Published 10 Dec, 2020 02:10am

World

Zambia requests financing arrangement with the IMF

Zambia became Africa's first pandemic-era sovereign default last month after it failed to pay a $42.5 million coupon on one of its Eurobonds.
"The Fund is currently assessing this request,"

Published 09 Dec, 2020 12:38am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Mar 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.95 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Mar 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	361.20 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Mar 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Mar 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Mar 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Mar 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	62.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Mar 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	398.28 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Mar 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Mar 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.72 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Mar 26 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	56.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Mar 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.95 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Mar 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	361.20 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Mar 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Mar 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Mar 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Mar 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	62.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Mar 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	398.28 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Mar 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Mar 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.72 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Mar 26 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	56.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	4,011,170 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Mar 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	3,877,000 ▲ 0.00
TPL Properties / Mar 26 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	1,839,174 ▲ 0.00
Pak Elektron / Mar 26 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	1,788,500 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Cement / Mar 26 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	1,517,500 ▲ 0.00
Ghani Glo Hol / Mar 26 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	1,464,753 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Mar 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	1,323,297 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Mar 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	1,307,610 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Mar 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	1,204,138 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Mar 26 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	1,161,000 ▲ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 22	285.50
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 22	283.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 24	130.73
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 24	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 24	1.22
Euro to USD / Mar 24	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 22	4.56

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 24	3970.99
India Sensex / Mar 24	57527.10
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 24	27385.25
Nasdaq / Mar 24	11823.96
Hang Seng / Mar 24	19915.68
FTSE 100 / Mar 24	7405.45
Dow Jones / Mar 24	32237.53
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 24	14957.23
France CAC40 / Mar 24	7015.10

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 21	19235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 22	175068
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 24	69.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 24	1978.21
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 24	76.54

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