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C/A surplus

EDITORIAL: The current account registered surplus for March 2024 of 619 million dollars against 537 million dollars...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am

Markets

Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special...

Published 25 Apr, 2024 03:05am

Talks with IMF: Blome expresses optimism

ISLAMABAD: The United States Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome commended the new economic team of Pakistan and...

Updated 25 Apr, 2024 09:00am

World

IMF launches regional office in Saudi capital Riyadh

DUBAI: The International Monetary Fund will open a new regional office in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh, it said in...

Published 24 Apr, 2024 08:56pm

Pakistan

IMF Executive Board to meet April 29 on Pakistan’s SBA

Approval will pave way for inflow of nearly $1.1bn

Updated 24 Apr, 2024 10:30pm

Markets

Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special...

Published 24 Apr, 2024 03:50am

Business & Finance

Jul-Mar borrowing stands at $6.899bn

ISLAMABAD: The country borrowed $6.899 billion from multiple financing sources during the first nine months...

Updated 24 Apr, 2024 09:00am

Industries: There’s need for improving ‘energy equation’: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb on Tuesday maintained there is a dire need for improving...

Updated 24 Apr, 2024 09:04am

Opinion

Foreign investment inflows

The two-day visit of the high-powered Saudi delegation last week focused on identifying possible areas of investment...

Published 22 Apr, 2024 04:39am

Aurangzeb tries to ease concerns of S&P, Fitch

Meets with representatives of S&P Global and Fitch Ratings on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington D.C

Updated 22 Apr, 2024 11:49pm

IMF Executive board meetings scheduled till May 1: Pakistan not yet on the agenda

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has not yet included Pakistan on the agenda of its executive board...

Updated 22 Apr, 2024 09:26am

Concerns of rating agencies on external side addressed

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Muhammad Aurangzeb on Saturday addressed concerns of the rating...

Updated 21 Apr, 2024 09:19am

Govt to revisit NFC Award if IMF loan approved: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Muhammad Aurangzeb on Saturday expressed the expectation of a...

Updated 21 Apr, 2024 04:08pm

Business & Finance

IMF, WB steering committee stresses accountability as reforms advance

WASHINGTON: The steering committee for both International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on Saturday emphasized ...

Published 21 Apr, 2024 04:10am

Markets

Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special...

Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am

Opinion

Pakistan on the IMF doorstep again

With Pakistan embroiled in an acute burden of debt, to the extent that 70 percent of its revenue is diverted to pay...

Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am

Business & Finance

Activists demand debt cancellation amid IMF-WB meetings

LAHORE: Activists from Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee and Labour Education foundation staged a protest outside...

Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am

Pakistan aims to agree outline of new IMF loan in May: Aurangzeb

WASHINGTON: Pakistan hopes to agree the contours of a new International Monetary Fund loan in May, Finance Minister...

Updated 20 Apr, 2024 05:39pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan wants larger, extended loan programme with IMF: Aurangzeb

WASHINGTON: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that Pakistan wants to enter into a...

Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am

Aurangzeb, SFD CEO discuss funding for dam, highway

WASHINGTON: Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb met with Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad, CEO Saudi Fund...

Updated 20 Apr, 2024 02:07pm

World

IMF revises down Mideast growth outlook on war, trade disruptions

DUBAI: The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday Middle East economies would grow at a slower pace this year...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 06:47pm

BR Research

Repatriation picks up!

Repatriation of dividends and profits on net foreign direct investment that had tumbled to negligible level in FY23...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 08:52am

Markets

Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Opinion

The upcoming budget

According to a Business Recorder news item, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted an 11-member ministerial...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Opinion

EFF programme, non-inflationary economic growth, and counter-cyclical policy approach

A recent ‘Transcript of Global Financial Stability Report April 2024 press briefing’, carried a rather very...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Minister rules out PKR devaluation

WASHINGTON: Finance Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Aurangzeb has ruled out any further significant rupee devaluation...

Updated 19 Apr, 2024 09:20am

Business & Finance

IMF tells Asian central banks not to follow Fed too closely

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund urged Asian central banks to focus on domestic inflation and avoid tying...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

IMF says ready to support, stresses need for reform

IMF's Middle East and Central Asia director says it is important to accelerate the reforms, double down on the structure of reforms in order to provide Pakistan with its full potential of growth

Updated 19 Apr, 2024 09:29am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s inflation deceleration broad-based, says central bank chief

Jameel Ahmad says qualitative improvements in external account allowed the State Bank to more than double its foreign exchange reserves since January 2023

Updated 18 Apr, 2024 10:43pm

World

UN says solutions exist to rapidly ease debt burden of poor nations

GENEVA: The heavy debt weighing on developing countries can be alleviated through readily available measures, the...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 01:32pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 17	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 17	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 17	155.67
USD to Swiss Franc / May 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 17	1.27
Euro to USD / May 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 17	5303.27
India Sensex / May 17	73917.03
Tokyo Nikkei / May 17	38787.38
Nasdaq / May 17	16685.97
Hang Seng / May 17	19535.61
FTSE 100 / May 17	8420.26
Dow Jones / May 17	40003.59
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18704.42

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 17	79.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 17	210562
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 17	2386.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 17	76.29
Petrol/Litre / May 19	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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