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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

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FY2025-26: Budget estimates

The federal and provincial budgets for 2025-26 are likely to be announced in early June. Already, the first review...

Updated 27 May, 2025 03:26am

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IMF macroeconomic projections

The press release of the 9th of May by the IMF highlights that the IMF Executive Board has completed the first ...

Published 20 May, 2025 05:58am

Opinion

The burden of govt debt

The government debt outstanding is the debt that is to be serviced out of the Federal Consolidated Fund plus the ...

Updated 13 May, 2025 07:37am

Opinion

Tax revenue target for 2025-26

The process of preparation of the federal and provincial budgets is underway now and the respective budgets will be...

Published 06 May, 2025 03:19am

Opinion

State of the economy

The previous week’s article had focused on the growth performance of the economy from July 2024 to March 2025. An...

Published 29 Apr, 2025 03:07am

Opinion

State of the economy

The first three quarters of 2024-25 have come to an end. This is the appropriate time for reviewing the state of the...

Published 22 Apr, 2025 06:21am

Opinion

Evolution of public debt

Pakistan today is one of the Asian countries with a relatively high level of public debt in relation to the GDP. As...

Published 15 Apr, 2025 05:54am

Opinion

The global trade war

The USA, under the new Trump Administration, has unilaterally imposed tariffs on all imports into the country. The...

Published 08 Apr, 2025 06:14am

Opinion

Development gap of Balochistan

The province of Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan in terms of area. It has an area of 347,190 sq.kms,...

Published 03 Apr, 2025 05:39am

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Vulnerable balance of payments

The figures of the external balance of payments of Pakistan have been released recently by the SBP for February 2025...

Published 25 Mar, 2025 06:33am

Opinion

Provincial revenue mobilisation

The previous article had focused on the overall fiscal performance of Provincial governments in the first six months...

Published 18 Mar, 2025 07:03am

Opinion

Fiscal performance of provincial govts

The information on fiscal operations by the four provincial governments in the first half of 2024-25 has been...

Updated 11 Mar, 2025 06:02am

Opinion

Extremely high unemployment rate

The digital Population and Housing Census of 2023 conducted by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has come up...

Updated 04 Mar, 2025 07:04am

Opinion

Ebbing of external inflows

The release of information recently by multiple sources has highlighted some worrying trends in external financing...

Published 25 Feb, 2025 06:53am

Opinion

Fiscal outcomes in H1FY25

The statistics on fiscal operations by the Federal and the Provincial governments have been released by the Ministry...

Published 18 Feb, 2025 03:01am

Opinion

IMF programme targets: performance

This is an appropriate time to evaluate the initial performance of Pakistan’s economy in the first half of ...

Updated 11 Feb, 2025 06:59am

Opinion

Higher unemployment and lower real wages

There has been a great deal of euphoria about the stabilisation of the economy of Pakistan. This is amply...

Updated 04 Feb, 2025 07:13am

Opinion

Stabilisation versus growth

The first six months of 2024-25 have revealed a mixed picture of the economy with some positive developments along...

Published 28 Jan, 2025 06:45am

Opinion

Value of the rupee

The SBP has released the estimate of the Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) Index of the rupee in December 2024. It...

Updated 21 Jan, 2025 06:47am

Opinion

Growth in exports

Pakistan’s merchandize exports have shown double-digit growth rate of 10.5 percent in the first half of 2024-25....

Published 14 Jan, 2025 03:12am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 30	282.08
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 30	281.83
USD to Japanese Yen / May 30	143.88
USD to Swiss Franc / May 30	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / May 30	1.35
Euro to USD / May 30	1.13
UK LIBOR % / May 29	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 29	5,912.17
Nasdaq / May 29	19,175.87
FTSE 100 / May 29	8,716.45
Dow Jones / May 29	42,215.73
Germany DAX 30 / May 29	23,933.23
France CAC40 / May 29	7,779.72
India Sensex / May 30	81,387.37
Tokyo Nikkei / May 30	37,992.57
Hang Seng / May 30	23,208.11

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 29	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 29	299,468
Petrol/Litre / May 30	252.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 30	60.74
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 30	3,295.33
Diesel/Litre / May 30	254.64
Cotton US¢/pound / May 30	64.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / May 30 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	6.80 ▲ 1 (17.24%)
First Fid. Leasing / May 30 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	2.45 ▲ 0.36 (17.22%)
Parmount Sp. / May 30 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	3.99 ▲ 0.37 (10.22%)
Century Paper / May 30 Century Paper & Board Mills Limited(CEPB)	30.97 ▲ 2.82 (10.02%)
Nets Internat.Comm. / May 30 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	14.62 ▲ 1.33 (10.01%)
Supernet Ltd. / May 30 Supernet Limited(GEMSPNL)	39.56 ▲ 3.6 (10.01%)
EMCO Industries / May 30 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	53.52 ▲ 4.87 (10.01%)
National Silk / May 30 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	49.91 ▲ 4.54 (10.01%)
Tata Textile / May 30 Tata Textile Mills Limited(TATM)	53.98 ▲ 4.91 (10.01%)
I.C.C. Ind. / May 30 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	14.95 ▲ 1.36 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / May 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.50 ▼ -1 (-10.53%)
Noon Sugar / May 30 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	80.08 ▼ -8.9 (-10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / May 30 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	55.60 ▼ -5.41 (-8.87%)
Sanghar Sugar / May 30 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	48 ▼ -4.61 (-8.76%)
Bawany Air Products / May 30 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	54.50 ▼ -4.84 (-8.16%)
TPL REIT Fund I / May 30 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	12 ▼ -0.97 (-7.48%)
Reliance Weaving / May 30 Reliance Weaving Mills Limited(REWM)	105 ▼ -8.05 (-7.12%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / May 30 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	18.61 ▼ -1.07 (-5.44%)
IGI Life Ins / May 30 IGI Life Insurance Limited(IGIL)	24.60 ▼ -1.2 (-4.65%)
Gulistan Sp. / May 30 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	7.65 ▼ -0.36 (-4.49%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / May 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	53,497,717 ▼ -0.01
K-Electric Ltd. / May 30 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	20,845,573 ▼ -0.13
P.T.C.L. / May 30 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	16,228,531 ▲ 0.37
Pak Int.Bulk / May 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	14,567,356 ▼ -0.12
Sui South Gas / May 30 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	7,510,173 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / May 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	5,934,198 ▲ 0.05
Pak Refinery / May 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	5,682,790 ▲ 0.42
Fauji Foods Ltd / May 30 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	5,536,984 ▲ 0.26
B.O.Punjab / May 30 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	5,222,273 ▲ 0.07
IBL HealthCare / May 30 IBL HealthCare Limited(IBLHL)	4,673,560 ▲ 1.53

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