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Rs8.2trn will be spent on debt servicing

ISLAMABAD: The country will spend around Rs 8.206 trillion on debt servicing including interest payments and ...

Published 11 Jun, 2025 06:04am

Business & Finance

Zahid terms foreign debt ‘biggest’ challenge

KARACHI: The Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, the President of the Pakistan Businessmen and...

Published 26 Feb, 2025 07:35am

Pakistan

Bulk of Pakistan’s foreign debt repayment for FY25 already repaid: SBP chief

Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Jameel Ahmad on Monday said “bulk of” the country’s foreign debt for the...

Updated 27 Jan, 2025 09:51pm

Business & Finance

‘Foreign debt burden has increased to above $130bn’

LAHORE: “Pakistan has been pushed into a Debt Trap; new loans are being acquired to pay the old ones. The foreign...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:10am

Opinion

IMF is here to stay

The IMF and Pakistani authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on a 37-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF)...

Updated 20 Jul, 2024 06:00am

Pakistan

Rs9.775trn to be spent on debt servicing

ISLAMABAD: The country will spend around Rs 9.775 trillion on debt servicing including interest payments and...

Published 13 Jun, 2024 03:32am

Opinion

I’m not voting

None of the top politicians and political parties making promises about free houses and hundreds of electricity...

Updated 08 Feb, 2024 08:42pm

World

Sri Lanka raises taxes ahead of foreign debt deal

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka slapped a new 18 percent value added tax (VAT) on fuel, mobile phones and computers from Monday...

Published 01 Jan, 2024 10:49am

Shamshad says not in position to entertain any expenditure request

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Finance Minister, Dr Shamshad Akhtar, has said that lack of fiscal discipline, increasingly...

Updated 04 Sep, 2023 09:41am

Markets

Sri Lanka to unveil domestic debt restructuring strategy this week

COLOMBO: Debt-laden Sri Lanka will unveil its domestic debt restructuring strategy this week, central bank chief P....

Published 25 Jun, 2023 10:49pm

Opinion

A catch-22 situation

Pakistan has got itself fully trapped in a catch-22 situation, which is an impossible predicament where you are...

Published 03 Jun, 2023 03:52am

Business & Finance

Business community worried over policy rate hike

KARACHI: Leaders and members of the United Business Group (UBG) have expressed their serious concern over the policy...

Published 29 Nov, 2022 07:00am

Around $17bn foreign debt incurred in FY22

Around $4.9 billion was taken from foreign commercial banks

Updated 26 Jul, 2022 10:00am

Opinion

Stop ‘subsidising’ banks and others

There are several indices that are used across the free world that rank individual countries on measures of economic...

Published 21 Jul, 2022 05:40am

Business & Finance

Foreign debt of $13.539bn incurred in 11 months

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan incurred foreign debt of $13.539 billion from multiple financing sources in the first 11 months...

Updated 29 Jun, 2022 10:30am

Pakistan

NA approves charged expenditure worth Rs27.886trn

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday approved charged expenditure worth Rs27.886 trillion included in Demands...

Published 28 Jun, 2022 06:10am

World

India rushes food, medicine to bankrupt Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka accepted a rice and pharmaceuticals shipment from neighbouring India Friday as the island nation...

Published 25 Jun, 2022 01:01am

Pakistan

Increased petrol prices to save economy: PM Shehbaz

Says people are facing inflation and unemployment due to flawed policies of PTI government

Published 29 May, 2022 07:51pm

Over $13bn debt incurred in 10 months: EAD

External inflows during the corresponding period (July-April) of fiscal year 2020-21 were $10.195 billion

Updated 24 May, 2022 09:55am

PTI govt procured $52bn loans; $36.05bn was repaid

In contrast, PML-N retired $27.07b in five years with borrowings clocking in at $49.76 billion

Updated 16 May, 2022 11:17am

Business & Finance

July-March 2021-22: Country incurs foreign debt of $12.767bn

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan incurred foreign debt of US 12.767 billion dollars from multiple financing sources in the first...

Published 21 Apr, 2022 05:26am

World

Bankrupt Sri Lanka begs diaspora to send cash

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Wednesday urged its citizens overseas to send home money to help pay for desperately needed...

Published 14 Apr, 2022 04:55am

World

Bankrupt Sri Lanka asks citizens abroad to send home cash

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka urged its citizens overseas to send home money to help pay for desperately needed food and fuel...

Updated 13 Apr, 2022 01:28pm

Opinion

Rising economic difficulties

At present Pakistan is facing grim crises. Regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision, the real question is ...

Published 08 Apr, 2022 05:28am

Business & Finance

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka seeks further $1bn credit line from India

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has sought an additional credit line of $1 billion from India to import essentials amid its worst...

Published 29 Mar, 2022 05:49am

Business & Finance

$12.178bn foreign debt incurred in first 8 months of FY22

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan incurred foreign debt of $12.178 billion from multiple financing sources in the first eight...

Updated 26 Mar, 2022 10:48am

World

Sri Lanka restricts ‘luxuries’ as forex crisis worsens

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Wednesday tightened restrictions on a wide range of imports from whisky to kitchen appliances...

Published 10 Mar, 2022 06:30am

Business & Finance

Moody’s cuts Russia rating to Ca on rise in default risk

LONDON: Moody’s cut Russia’s credit rating to Ca on Sunday, the second-lowest rung of its ratings ladder, citing...

Published 07 Mar, 2022 06:07am

Business & Finance

IMF urges Sri Lanka to raise taxes, devalue currency

COLOMBO: The International Monetary Fund warned crisis-hit Sri Lanka on Thursday that its foreign debt was...

Published 04 Mar, 2022 04:37am

Business & Finance

Jul-Jan FY22: Foreign debt of $12.02bn incurred

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan incurred foreign debt of $12.02 billion from multiple financing sources in the first seven ...

Published 24 Feb, 2022 06:34am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 25	283.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 25	283.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 25	145.05
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 25	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 25	1.36
Euro to USD / Jun 25	1.16
UK LIBOR % / Jun 24	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 24	6,092.18
Nasdaq / Jun 24	19,912.54
Dow Jones / Jun 24	43,089.02
India Sensex / Jun 25	82,605.86
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 25	38,913.37
Hang Seng / Jun 25	24,381.01
FTSE 100 / Jun 25	8,772.96
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 25	23,587.19
France CAC40 / Jun 25	7,621.48

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 24	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 24	303,810
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 25	65.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 25	3,332.16
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 25	67.94
Petrol/Litre / Jun 26	258.43
Diesel/Litre / Jun 26	262.59

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First AL-Noor Mod. / Jun 25 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	4.39 ▲ 0.91 (26.15%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jun 25 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	6.79 ▲ 1 (17.27%)
Grays Leasing / Jun 25 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	6.83 ▲ 1 (17.15%)
First Treet Manuf / Jun 25 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	6.95 ▲ 1 (16.81%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jun 25 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	5.28 ▲ 0.69 (15.03%)
S.G.Power / Jun 25 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	8.27 ▲ 0.96 (13.13%)
First IBL Mod. / Jun 25 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	4.65 ▲ 0.51 (12.32%)
Aruj Industries / Jun 25 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.59 ▲ 1 (11.64%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jun 25 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	9.75 ▲ 1 (11.43%)
UDL International / Jun 25 UDL International Limited(UDLI)	9.66 ▲ 0.99 (11.42%)

Stock	Price
HBL Total Tre. ETF / Jun 25 HBL Total Treasury ETF(HBLTETF)	94.10 ▼ -25.35 (-21.22%)
Cresent Jute / Jun 25 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	6.60 ▼ -0.89 (-11.88%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jun 25 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	8.02 ▼ -0.9 (-10.09%)
Nets Internat.Comm. / Jun 25 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	29.89 ▼ -3.32 (-10%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jun 25 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	120.29 ▼ -13.11 (-9.83%)
Idrees Tex. / Jun 25 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	20.49 ▼ -2.11 (-9.34%)
Jubilee Spinning / Jun 25 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	12.40 ▼ -1.18 (-8.69%)
Apna Microfin. / Jun 25 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.01 ▼ -0.88 (-8.08%)
Pak Datacom / Jun 25 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	352 ▼ -29.74 (-7.79%)
Shezan Inter. / Jun 25 Shezan International Limited(SHEZ)	174 ▼ -14.45 (-7.67%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	102,324,631 ▲ 0.02
Pak Refinery / Jun 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	46,967,859 ▲ 2.48
Cnergyico PK / Jun 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	39,191,685 ▲ 0.04
Bank Makramah / Jun 25 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	29,698,673 ▲ 0.35
First Dawood Prop. / Jun 25 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	17,709,491 ▲ 0.48
Hum Network / Jun 25 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	17,390,704 ▲ 1.16
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 25 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	15,754,380 ▲ 0.25
B.O.Punjab / Jun 25 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	15,449,425 ▲ 0.11
Sui South Gas / Jun 25 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	12,843,271 ▼ -0.34
Secure Logistics / Jun 25 Secure Logistics Group Limited(SLGL)	12,502,462 ▲ 1.04

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