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No change to POL products’ prices

EDITORIAL: The Caretaker government has not passed on the benefit of a decline in the international price of oil and...

Published 02 Nov, 2023 03:15am

Opinion

USD to PKR forecast for 2024 — II

However, in this circle, there is one loose end, which is the availability of $ in Dubai with the importer as the...

Updated 01 Nov, 2023 06:33am

Govt appears confident ahead of SBA talks

Pakistan and IMF will begin crucial discussions on first review of US$3 billion Stand-by-Arrangement from Thursday

Updated 01 Nov, 2023 09:59am

PM optimistic about SBA tranche prospects

LAHORE: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said on Tuesday that negotiations with the International...

Updated 01 Nov, 2023 09:01am

Opinion

Reliance on foreign loans

Economic Affairs Division in its foreign economic assistance (FEA) data disclosed a 58 percent rise in foreign loan...

Updated 30 Oct, 2023 05:51am

Markets

PKR declines

KARACHI: The rupee declined against the US dollar for another week as it closed 0.63% or Rs1.77 lower in the...

Published 30 Oct, 2023 05:24am

Markets

Open-market: rupee inches upward against US dollar

The Pakistani rupee registered marginal improvement against the US dollar in the open market on Friday, while the...

Updated 27 Oct, 2023 07:42pm

Editorials

SBP report is perhaps a little wanting in charm

EDITORIAL: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP’s) annual report 2022-23 uploaded on its website on Monday, ...

Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:19am

IMF team to visit country on Nov 2

KARACHI: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will visit Pakistan on Nov. 2 to discuss the first review of...

Updated 25 Oct, 2023 08:41am

Govt braces itself for first review of SBA

All ministries/ divisions and entities share required data with the Finance Division for onward submission to the IMF, before the first review formally starts

Updated 24 Oct, 2023 10:03am

Opinion

Economy: performance of the caretakers

Continued deterioration of key macroeconomic statistics pertaining to the general state of the economy as well as to...

Published 23 Oct, 2023 05:58am

Editorials

The deteriorating economic indicators

EDITORIAL: The deterioration in key macroeconomic indicators in less than three months reflected by the differential...

Published 18 Oct, 2023 06:09am

Editorials

Reverse migration

EDITORIAL: One by one the social spillovers of the financial meltdown are beginning to show. Now there’s a very...

Published 18 Oct, 2023 06:09am

Opinion

Loss-making SOEs must be privatized

The SOEs are required to be privatised. This compulsion is driven by no other reason than that going forward, no...

Updated 14 Oct, 2023 06:09am

Q1FY24: $3.527bn borrowed from multiple financing sources

Economic Affairs Division data shows the country received $320.92 million in September 2023

Updated 14 Oct, 2023 05:16pm

Editorials

Sheer blackmail

EDITORIAL: With revenue-specific conditions of the IMF programme necessitating a progressive revision of the tax...

Published 14 Oct, 2023 05:32am

IMF’s Fiscal Monitor report: Macroeconomic indicators show deterioration

Fund projects government primary balance at 0.4 percent for 2024

Updated 13 Oct, 2023 09:51am

Editorials

Growth rate downgrade

EDITORIAL: In a report titled “World Economic Outlook 2023 Navigating Global Divergences,” the International...

Published 13 Oct, 2023 05:50am

Editorials

Reconciliation not confrontation

EDITORIAL: If chatter coming out of PML-N’s recent huddle is anything to go by, the party leadership has wisely...

Published 11 Oct, 2023 03:10am

Opinion

Privatising Discos: tread with caution

On 13th July 2023, IMF’s Executive Board while approving US$3 billion Stand-by Arrangement (SBA) for Pakistan...

Updated 10 Oct, 2023 06:49am

Opinion

Poverty on the rise

Poverty levels have risen from 34.2 percent in 2022 to 39.4 percent in 2023, pushing 12.5 million people below the...

Updated 09 Oct, 2023 07:03am

First review under SBA becomes due: Ministries spurred into action

Ministry of Finance asks all ministries to implement all the commitments made with the International Monetary Fund

Updated 05 Oct, 2023 09:47am

Editorials

Milking the system for what it is worth

EDITORIAL: During a press briefing in Washington DC, Julie Kozack, Director of Communications International Monetary...

Published 04 Oct, 2023 06:20am

Business & Finance

World Bank revises growth downward to 1.7pc

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has revised downward Pakistan’s GDP growth projection for the current fiscal year 2023-24...

Published 04 Oct, 2023 06:20am

Editorials

Pledged flood relief

EDITORIAL: Pakistan is concerned, and rightly so, that donors that pledged $10 billion in aid after last year’s...

Published 26 Sep, 2023 06:33am

Fiscal consolidation: Ministries, divisions asked to strictly adhere to funds release strategy

ISLAMABAD: Secretary Finance, Imdad Ullah Bosal has asked ministries and divisions to strictly adhere to the funds...

Updated 24 Sep, 2023 09:15am

Editorials

Financial account versus current account

EDITORIAL: The expectation during negotiations between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the government of...

Published 20 Sep, 2023 06:28am

Opinion

Private savings, govt dissaving: debt

Savings by an individual/householder or a government have different objectives and constraints and while a healthy...

Updated 18 Sep, 2023 07:33am

PM likely to meet IMF MD on UNGA sidelines

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is looking for a meeting between caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar and Managing...

Updated 16 Sep, 2023 09:08am

Editorials

Adding insult to injury

EDITORIAL: The proposal of the senate standing committee on cabinet secretariat, that the government withdraw all...

Published 06 Sep, 2023 03:37am

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 18	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 18 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 18 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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