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Inflation expected to lower slightly in Pakistan

After inching up to 3.5% YoY in May, Pakistan’s headline inflation is expected to lower slightly, clocking in at...

Published 21 Jun, 2025 03:22pm

Editorials

Maintaining the policy rate

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 11 percent in spite of ...

Published 19 Jun, 2025 05:53am

Business & Finance

Status quo: MPC keeps policy rate unchanged at 11%

Regional tensions may keep SBP from easing policy further, say analysts

Updated 16 Jun, 2025 10:06pm

Opinion

Fragility not recognized

The history of Pakistan’s economy can be aptly summarised in three words: fragility not recognised. That since...

Updated 14 Jun, 2025 08:02am

Markets

Pakistan set to hold rates as Israel-Iran conflict overshadows growth push

KARACHI: Pakistan’s central bank is expected to hold its policy rate on Monday, a Reuters poll showed, as many...

Updated 13 Jun, 2025 03:11pm

Opinion

Inflation slowdown: relief or a temporary pause?

Inflation in Pakistan has plunged from 28.3 percent in January 2024 to 2.4 percent in January, 2025 year-on-year,...

Updated 13 Jun, 2025 08:12am

Pakistan inflation projected to remain within range of 4.5-5% in FY25

ISLAMABAD: Inflation is projected to remain within the range of 4.5-5 percent during fiscal year 2025, supported by...

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 10:48am

BR Research

FY25 – Signs of stability amid structural strains

In FY25, Pakistan’s economy demonstrated notable resilience, stabilizing amidst challenging global conditions and...

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 08:07am

BR Research

Consumer sentiment: Rising from the rubble

After flirting with economic freefall in recent years, Pakistan’s consumer confidence is showing signs of life. The...

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 08:06am

Business & Finance

May CPI-based inflation increases 3.5pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation increased to 3.5 percent on Year-on-Year basis in May 2025...

Published 03 Jun, 2025 06:14am

Markets

Inflation in Pakistan rises to 3.5% in May 2025

CPI inflation average during 11MFY25 stands at 4.61%

Updated 02 Jun, 2025 08:07pm

Pakistan

Pakistan inflation in May seen at 1.5%-2%

Pakistan’s Finance Ministry expects inflation to ease to between 1.5% and 2% year-on-year in May, before picking up...

Updated 29 May, 2025 10:33pm

Pakistan

After historic lows, inflation expected to tick up in Pakistan

Following a 0.3% YoY reading in April, Pakistan’s headline inflation is expected to inch up to 2.7% in May, as per a...

Updated 27 May, 2025 10:05pm

Opinion

Reflections on recently-released country report by IMF

The recently released International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s, or simply the ‘Fund’s’) country report,...

Updated 23 May, 2025 07:45am

Editorials

100bps cut in policy rate

EDITORIAL: On 5 May the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to reduce the discount rate by 100 basis points —...

Updated 07 May, 2025 07:23am

Markets

SBP reduces key interest rate by 100bps, takes it to 11%

This is the lowest policy rate since March 2022

Updated 05 May, 2025 07:04pm

Business & Finance

Apr CPI inflation clocks in at 0.3pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation clocked in at 0.3 per cent on year-on-year (YoY) basis in...

Published 03 May, 2025 06:07am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio to reach 10.6% by June, Aurangzeb tell S&P Global

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio is expected to reach 10.6% by the end...

Published 02 May, 2025 03:19pm

Markets

Inflation in Pakistan drops to historic low at 0.3% in April 2025

CPI inflation average during 10MFY25 stands at 4.73% as compared to 25.97% in 10MFY24

Updated 02 May, 2025 11:00pm

Pakistan

Pakistan inflation expected to drop further to below 0.5% in April 2025, says brokerage house

Consumer Price Index in country stood at 59-year low of 0.7% in March

Updated 21 Apr, 2025 08:49pm

Opinion

Pakistan’s economic strategy

The overarching economic strategy of the incumbent government is not quite focused on achieving macroeconomic...

Updated 14 Apr, 2025 06:41am

BR Research

CPI - Numbers drop, pressure persists

Headline inflation hits rock bottom — rising only 0.7 percent in March 2025 compared to 20.7 percent in the same...

Published 04 Apr, 2025 07:47am

Business & Finance

March CPI slows to 0.7pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s consumer inflation rate slowed to 0.7% year-on-year in March, the statistics bureau said on...

Published 04 Apr, 2025 05:22am

Markets

Inflation drops to 59-year low at 0.7% in March 2025

CPI inflation lowest since December 1965

Updated 03 Apr, 2025 11:55pm

Business & Finance

Q2 GDP grows 1.73pc

ISLAMABAD: The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) posted a growth of 1.73 percent during the 2nd quarter of...

Published 27 Mar, 2025 05:23am

Business & Finance

Govt expects CPI inflation to lower further in March

Ministry of Finance expects slight uptick in inflation reading in April

Updated 25 Mar, 2025 10:53pm

Markets

National Savings Schemes: CDNS increases profit rates on majority of its instruments

The Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) has increased profit rates on several of its National Savings...

Updated 20 Mar, 2025 10:40pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan inflation expected to fall below 1%, says brokerage house

Pakistan headline inflation is expected to remain between 0.5-1% in March 2025, the lowest monthly year-on-year...

Updated 20 Mar, 2025 09:06pm

Pakistan

SBP pauses rate cuts, but likely not for long

Economists say government should focus on implementing economic reforms

Updated 12 Mar, 2025 02:32pm

Markets

Status quo: SBP keeps interest rate unchanged at 12%

MPC says core inflation remains at an elevated level

Updated 10 Mar, 2025 10:53pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 27	283.78
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 27	283.53
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 27	144.65
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 27	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 27	1.37
Euro to USD / Jun 27	1.17
UK LIBOR % / Jun 27	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 27	6,173.07
India Sensex / Jun 27	84,058.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 27	40,150.79
Nasdaq / Jun 27	20,273.46
Hang Seng / Jun 27	24,284.15
FTSE 100 / Jun 27	8,798.91
Dow Jones / Jun 27	43,819.27
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 27	24,033.22
France CAC40 / Jun 27	7,691.55

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 27	65.52
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 27	16,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 27	300,925
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 27	3,274.33
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 27	69.32
Petrol/Litre / Jun 30	258.43
Diesel/Litre / Jun 30	262.59

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Equity Modaraba / Jun 27 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	5.62 ▲ 1 (21.65%)
Intermarket Securities / Jun 27 Intermarket Securities Limited(IMS)	7.40 ▲ 1 (15.63%)
Tri-Star Power / Jun 27 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	7.89 ▲ 1 (14.51%)
Shaheen Ins. / Jun 27 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	8 ▲ 1 (14.29%)
First Treet Manuf / Jun 27 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	8.95 ▲ 1 (12.58%)
Bank Makramah / Jun 27 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	5.07 ▲ 0.56 (12.42%)
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	9.99 ▲ 1 (11.12%)
Dawood Equities / Jun 27 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	10.55 ▲ 1 (10.47%)
Trust Mod. / Jun 27 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	7.08 ▲ 0.66 (10.28%)
Invest Bank / Jun 27 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	10.81 ▲ 1 (10.19%)

Stock	Price
NBP PGETF / Jun 27 NBP Pakistan Growth Exchange Traded Fund(NBPGETF)	21.70 ▼ -4.02 (-15.63%)
B. F. Modaraba / Jun 27 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	11.26 ▼ -1.24 (-9.92%)
Asim Textile / Jun 27 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	15.78 ▼ -1.53 (-8.84%)
Grays Leasing / Jun 27 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	6.54 ▼ -0.61 (-8.53%)
Shams Textile / Jun 27 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	39.80 ▼ -3.7 (-8.51%)
Pakistan Services / Jun 27 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	778.53 ▼ -70.5 (-8.3%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 27 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	43.83 ▼ -3.91 (-8.19%)
Universal Ins. / Jun 27 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.21 ▼ -0.78 (-7.81%)
NIT PakistanXD / Jun 27 NIT Pakistan Gateway ETF(NITGETF)	26.16 ▼ -1.69 (-6.07%)
GOC (Pak) / Jun 27 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	78.58 ▼ -4.71 (-5.65%)

Stock	Volume
Bank Makramah / Jun 27 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	79,746,776 ▲ 0.56
Ghani Global Holding / Jun 27 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	27,671,502 ▲ 1.6
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 27 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	24,856,117 ▼ -0.02
Kohinoor Spining / Jun 27 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	24,675,989 ▲ 0.16
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	24,669,003 ▲ 0
Bankislami Pak. / Jun 27 BankIslami Pakistan Limited(BIPL)	23,764,630 ▲ 3.05
Sui South Gas / Jun 27 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	19,967,822 ▼ -0.36
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jun 27 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16,232,209 ▲ 1.46
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	15,293,423 ▲ 0.13
Maple Leaf Cement / Jun 27 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	12,886,153 ▲ 2.15

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