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STRUCTURAL REFORMS

Reforms and boost export-led growth: Pakistan committed to leveraging private sector: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb said that the government is committed...

Updated 20 May, 2025 08:51am

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Tariffs, geopolitical tensions: IMF warns Pakistan of rising external risks

ISLAMABAD: International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that external risks are increasing, notably from the...

Updated 19 May, 2025 09:57am

Editorials

Structural reforms: Still waiting for political will

EDITORIAL: The State Bank of Pakistan’s latest Financial Stability Review once again makes a point that should by...

Updated 02 May, 2025 07:26am

Economic growth hinges on structural reforms: SBP

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) emphasized on Thursday that a continued perceptible progress on structural...

Updated 25 Apr, 2025 09:22am

Fitch upgrades Pakistan’s forex IDR to ‘B-’

ISLAMABAD: Fitch Ratings has upgraded Pakistan’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to “B-” from...

Updated 16 Apr, 2025 09:23am

Opinion

Home-grown problems, solutions

The nation is stuck in the dilemma of a perpetual struggle to borrow money to sustain the fragile fiscal structure...

Published 22 Feb, 2025 06:31am

Markets

Finance minister apprises WB delegation of govt’s reform agenda

Govt committed to ensuring business-friendly environment where private sector takes lead in driving economic growth, says Aurangzeb

Updated 19 Feb, 2025 10:59pm

Markets

Pakistan eyes more G2G investment from Saudi Arabia, says Aurangzeb

Finance minister says structural reforms to pave way for sustainable growth

Updated 19 Feb, 2025 10:52pm

Pakistan

Pakistan seeks sustainable growth as Aurangzeb highlights structural reforms: report

Finance minister emphasises prudent fiscal management

Updated 18 Feb, 2025 10:31pm

Business & Finance

Aurangzeb, IFC team discuss reforms

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, held a meeting with International...

Published 15 Feb, 2025 05:54am

Pakistan

Aurangzeb discusses Pakistan’s structural reforms with IFC chief

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb discussed key structural reforms undertaken by the government with Makhtar Diop,...

Updated 14 Feb, 2025 09:22pm

Business & Finance

IMF funding rests on reforms progress: Fitch

ISLAMABAD: Progress on difficult structural reforms will be the key to upcoming International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Published 08 Feb, 2025 06:30am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s economic stability improves, but IMF & structural reforms crucial: Fitch

Securing sufficient external financing remains a challenge, rating agency says

Updated 07 Feb, 2025 09:55pm

Macroeconomy: Structural challenges persist: SBP

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has said that a host of structural impediments continue to pose challenges...

Updated 18 Oct, 2024 09:24am

Editorials

Focus on structural reforms

EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, while talking to a group of investors led by Barclays, ...

Published 13 Oct, 2024 06:46am

Fund sets 22 structural benchmarks and conditionalities

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has set 22 structural benchmarks (SBs) and conditionalities for the...

Updated 12 Oct, 2024 09:38pm

Aurangzeb tells foreign investors: ‘Govt focused on ensuring structural reforms’

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb has said the government is focused on...

Updated 09 Oct, 2024 08:50am

Aurangzeb satisfied with Pakistan’s falling inflation

Stresses the need for structural reforms to ensure sustainable stability

Updated 03 Oct, 2024 02:05pm

Markets

Aurangzeb calls for ‘leveraging’ economic gains to ensure permanent stability

Finance Minister Mohammed Aurangzeb called for “leveraging” Pakistan’s improving economic position to achieve...

Updated 02 Oct, 2024 10:15pm

Minister stresses urgency of reform to reshape ‘DNA’

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Mohammad Aurangzeb on Sunday underscored the urgency of implementing structural reforms...

Updated 30 Sep, 2024 08:54am

Pakistan

Aurangzeb says ‘DNA’ of Pakistan’s economy needs fundamental reform for IMF deal to be last one

Finance Minister says govt will keep going back to the same sectors for taxes unless it reforms system

Updated 29 Sep, 2024 09:55pm

Pakistan

IMF urges Pakistan to ‘move away’ from state-led growth model, calls for structural reforms

Officials note that given ambitious growth projections, there is no room for policy slippages without undermining debt sustainability

Updated 28 Sep, 2024 07:32pm

Editorials

Superficial austerity

EDITORIAL: These are not the old days; especially when it comes to the economy and the government cannot hope to get...

Updated 14 Sep, 2024 07:55am

New IMF programme going to be the last one if reforms put in place: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme would be...

Updated 10 Sep, 2024 08:50am

Power minister promises tariff relief

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Energy Awais Leghari acknowledged on Thursday the current high electricity prices in...

Updated 05 Jul, 2024 08:55am

Opinion

The govt has to pull its socks up

I do not know whether or not the development that State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has confirmed the receipt of $1.1...

Published 02 May, 2024 04:58am

Markets

Energy sector: Pakistan should implement broad-based structural reforms

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has to bring and strictly implement broad-based structural reforms in the energy sector to get...

Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am

Business & Finance

MCB Bank gets SBP’s green signal to commence Exchange Company operations

MCB Bank Limited, one of the largest commercial banks in the country, has received approval of the State Bank of...

Updated 27 Mar, 2024 08:43pm

Opinion

It’s IMF way or the highway?

Announcing the staff-level agreement on the successful completion of the 23rd short-term facility, the IMF...

Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am

Markets

Bank AL Habib, Allied Bank receive central bank’s nod to commence Exchange Company operations

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has given its green signal to Bank AL Habib Limited (BAHL) and Allied Bank Limited...

Updated 22 Mar, 2024 10:29pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 21	282
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 21	281.75
USD to Japanese Yen / May 21	143.89
USD to Swiss Franc / May 21	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / May 21	1.34
Euro to USD / May 21	1.13
UK LIBOR % / May 20	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 20	5,940.46
Nasdaq / May 20	19,142.71
Dow Jones / May 20	42,677.24
India Sensex / May 21	81,537.89
Tokyo Nikkei / May 21	37,298.98
Hang Seng / May 21	23,796.63
FTSE 100 / May 21	8,781.18
Germany DAX 30 / May 21	24,049.38
France CAC40 / May 21	7,915.98

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 20	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 20	293,895
Petrol/Litre / May 21	252.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 21	62.76
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 21	3,313.39
Diesel/Litre / May 21	254.64
Cotton US¢/pound / May 21	65.93

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / May 21 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	1.27 ▲ 0.2 (18.69%)
Khalid Siraj / May 21 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	8.50 ▲ 1 (13.33%)
Apna Microfin. / May 21 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	8.79 ▲ 1 (12.84%)
Parmount Sp. / May 21 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	3.70 ▲ 0.4 (12.12%)
Sally Textile / May 21 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	9.10 ▲ 0.95 (11.66%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / May 21 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	11.28 ▲ 1.03 (10.05%)
AKD Securities / May 21 AKD Securities Limited(AKDSL)	21.51 ▲ 1.96 (10.03%)
Saritow Spinning / May 21 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	15.49 ▲ 1.41 (10.01%)
Kohat Textile / May 21 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	41.10 ▲ 3.74 (10.01%)
SPEL Ltd / May 21 SPEL Limited(SPEL)	43.43 ▲ 3.95 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp.Pref. / May 21 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7.12 ▼ -0.99 (-12.21%)
Maqbool Tex. / May 21 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	35.53 ▼ -3.95 (-10.01%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / May 21 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	40.05 ▼ -4.45 (-10%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / May 21 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	16.12 ▼ -1.66 (-9.34%)
Sanghar Sugar / May 21 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	51.10 ▼ -5.15 (-9.16%)
Shadman Cotton / May 21 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	29.55 ▼ -2.35 (-7.37%)
Sardar Chemical / May 21 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	30.12 ▼ -2.18 (-6.75%)
Noon Sugar / May 21 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	80.51 ▼ -5.05 (-5.9%)
B. F. Modaraba / May 21 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	7.85 ▼ -0.44 (-5.31%)
Faisal Sp. / May 21 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	298.30 ▼ -16.7 (-5.3%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / May 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	84,904,555 ▲ 0.28
WorldCall Telecom / May 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	25,635,300 ▲ 0.05
Cnergyico PK / May 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,557,614 ▲ 0.2
Pak Refinery / May 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	22,489,601 ▲ 1.97
Kohinoor Spining / May 21 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	21,855,381 ▲ 0.23
Gul Ahmed / May 21 Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited(GATM)	13,329,133 ▲ 1.03
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 21 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	11,362,989 ▼ -1.54
Waves Home Appliances / May 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	11,157,758 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / May 21 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	11,070,429 ▲ 0.47
Bunnys Limited / May 21 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	9,592,437 ▼ -1.91

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