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Soap makers demand govt relocate protestors, remove obstructions

KARACHI: The Chairman of the Pakistan Soap Manufacturers Association (PSMA), Asif Iqbal Paracha, has called on both...

Published 29 Apr, 2025 03:07am

BR Research

GTI 2025: Pakistan’s security and economic crisis

Pakistan ranked as the second most impacted country by terrorism in the GTI 2025, with terrorism-related deaths...

Published 19 Mar, 2025 06:59am

Business & Finance

IFC plans $2 billion annual investment in Pakistan’s infrastructure, key sectors

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced plans to boost equity investments and target large-scale...

Updated 15 Feb, 2025 08:51pm

Pakistan

Punjab PA Speaker accuses PTI of pushing country to default

LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan on Friday alleged that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...

Published 15 Feb, 2025 05:54am

Opinion

Existential threats, and need for 10-year economic, environmental, and epidemiological plan

The federal minister for planning and development, Ahsan Iqbal, reportedly indicated that the Prime Minister will...

Updated 21 Nov, 2024 04:13pm

Business & Finance

Sri Lanka records first deflation in 29 years

COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka’s economy recorded falling consumer prices for the first time in 29 years,...

Published 01 Oct, 2024 06:49am

Opinion

A requiem for manufacturing?

Amidst a deepening economic crisis, the government seems intent on pushing the economy’s most vital sector—the...

Updated 02 Sep, 2024 07:25am

Editorials

Divorced from reality

EDITORIAL: It beggars belief that the government thought this was a good time to approve 15 development projects...

Published 25 Aug, 2024 03:05am

Opinion

Confronting the crisis: corruption, mismanagement, and the path forward

Corruption stems from the absence or inadequacy of constitutional rule and leads to a breakdown in governance, which...

Published 16 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Pakistan

MAJU hosts 11th convocation

KARACHI: Mohammad Ali Jinnah University (MAJU) hosted its 11th conference recently at the Expo Centre. Governor of...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 07:42am

Opinion

Beyond the billionaires bash: Pakistan’s real crisis

In a recent op-ed published in a national daily, a noted author has made several claims to misrepresent fundamental...

Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:10am

BR Research

FDI in FY24

Troubles in attracting foreign direct investment continue for Pakistan as the country grapples with economic and...

Published 26 Jul, 2024 08:25am

Perspectives

Fault lies within: to fix the economy, look inward

There weren’t much high hopes when Finance Minister Mohammed Aurangzeb started delivering his budget speech on June...

Published 17 Jul, 2024 10:43pm

Editorials

Reckless government spending

EDITORIAL: It is becoming increasingly clear that our rulers are either still oblivious to the extent of the...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 03:14am

Pakistan

Pharma, healthcare sectors also reeling amid economic crisis

KARACHI: Pakistan’s economy and its people are facing a health crisis. With an economy burdened by high debt and...

Published 04 Jul, 2024 06:09am

Business & Finance

Belgium’s Ontex completes divestment of business in Pakistan

Ontex Group NV, a Belgian developer and producer of care products and solutions, on Monday announced that it has...

Updated 03 Jun, 2024 07:57pm

FBR reforms top priority, says minister

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday reaffirmed its priority towards the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

World

If Trump wins, he plans to free Wall Street from ‘burdensome regulations’

WASHINGTON: A second Trump White House would seek to sharply reduce the power of US financial regulators, according...

Published 13 Apr, 2024 03:49am

Opinion

Beyond colonial legacies—I

The economic crisis in Pakistan primarily stems from two critical issues: the absence of constitutional governance...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am

PML-N, PPP wrangle over premiership

ISLAMABAD: Country’s two largest political parties were on Monday wrangling over who will be prime minister after an...

Updated 13 Feb, 2024 08:55am

Editorials

‘Worst economic crisis’

EDITORIAL: Human Rights Watch’s (HRW’s) World Report 2024 only confirms what most Pakistanis have been...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 06:08am

Pakistan

Economic crisis: Bilawal says political parties will have to join hands

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said all political parties will have...

Published 30 Jan, 2024 04:52am

Bilawal urges PTI workers to support his party

LAHORE: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing a public gathering of the party in Lahore...

Updated 22 Jan, 2024 08:54am

Pakistan

In 2023, Pakistan faced the ‘worst economic crisis’ in history: Human Rights Watch

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) in latest World Report 2024 has said that Pakistan faced the worst economic crisis last...

Published 20 Jan, 2024 07:58pm

Vulnerability of economy: Shamshad highlights five critical areas

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar said on Thursday, that Pakistan’s vulnerability has...

Updated 19 Jan, 2024 09:11am

Business & Finance

Key sectors: PIDE seeks to initiate debate on reforms

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) launched its latest issue of Discourse Magazine ...

Published 15 Jan, 2024 05:03am

Opinion

No justification for such fiscal profligacy

This is apropos a Business Recorder news item “Budgetary support during Jul 1-Dec 16, 2023 period: Govt borrowing...

Published 28 Dec, 2023 04:52am

Pakistan

Bilawal wants to use 18th Amendment as a slogan to create ‘mistrust’: PML-N

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Quaid Nawaz Sharif is determined to steer the country out of the...

Published 08 Dec, 2023 05:20am

GSP review: EU identifies major challenges facing Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The European Union (EU) has said that political turmoil, constitutional challenges, economic crisis, high...

Updated 23 Nov, 2023 08:46am

Opinion

Rising again

Confucius said, “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” We find ...

Updated 01 Nov, 2023 06:32am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 5	282.22
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 5	282.02
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 6	143.81
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 6	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 6	1.36
Euro to USD / Jun 6	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Jun 5	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 5	5,939.30
Nasdaq / Jun 5	19,298.45
FTSE 100 / Jun 5	8,811.04
Dow Jones / Jun 5	42,319.74
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 5	24,323.58
France CAC40 / Jun 5	7,790.27
India Sensex / Jun 6	81,539.73
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 6	37,645.68
Hang Seng / Jun 6	23,857.09

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 5	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 5	307,270
Petrol/Litre / Jun 6	253.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 6	63.20
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 6	3,372.52
Diesel/Litre / Jun 6	254.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 6	68.01

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First IBL Mod. / Jun 5 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	4.20 ▲ 1 (31.25%)
First Fid. Leasing / Jun 5 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	2.97 ▲ 0.59 (24.79%)
Invest Bank / Jun 5 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	3.92 ▲ 0.57 (17.01%)
Abdullah Shah / Jun 5 Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills Limited(AGSML)	7 ▲ 1 (16.67%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jun 5 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	9.31 ▲ 1 (12.03%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jun 5 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	17.55 ▲ 1.6 (10.03%)
Nets Internat.Comm. / Jun 5 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	21.41 ▲ 1.95 (10.02%)
Sardar Chemical / Jun 5 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	53.19 ▲ 4.84 (10.01%)
Kohinoor Mills / Jun 5 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	49.96 ▲ 4.54 (10%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 5 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	26.61 ▲ 2.42 (10%)

Stock	Price
Supernet Ltd. / Jun 5 Supernet Limited(GEMSPNL)	41.55 ▼ -4.62 (-10.01%)
ICC Industries / Jun 5 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	14.66 ▼ -1.63 (-10.01%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 5 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	28,789.98 ▼ -3198.89 (-10%)
Khyber Textile / Jun 5 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	2,735.17 ▼ -303.91 (-10%)
Apna Microfin. / Jun 5 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	9.71 ▼ -1.07 (-9.93%)
K.S.B.Pumps / Jun 5 KSB Pumps Company Limited(KSBP)	234.17 ▼ -23.62 (-9.16%)
Arpak Int. / Jun 5 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	56.01 ▼ -5.59 (-9.07%)
Diamond Ind. / Jun 5 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	21.89 ▼ -1.91 (-8.03%)
Paramount Mod / Jun 5 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	7.82 ▼ -0.68 (-8%)
JS Global Banking / Jun 5 JS Global Banking Sector (ETF)(JSGBETF)	23 ▼ -1.9 (-7.63%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 5 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	179,677,072 ▲ 0.42
Unity Foods Ltd / Jun 5 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	62,902,228 ▲ 0.75
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	52,373,487 ▲ 0.05
Invest Bank / Jun 5 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	40,420,682 ▲ 0.57
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jun 5 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	37,050,317 ▲ 0.3
Treet Corp / Jun 5 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	34,993,918 ▲ 0.73
Dewan Cement / Jun 5 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	33,992,276 ▲ 1.24
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jun 5 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	31,842,116 ▲ 1.77
B.O.Punjab / Jun 5 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	24,182,352 ▲ 0.02
Sui South Gas / Jun 5 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	14,969,512 ▼ -0.66

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