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World Bank defers additional $70m IDA credit to Pakistan Raises Revenue

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has deferred the approval of additional International Development Association (IDA)...

Updated 21 May, 2025 10:02am

Business & Finance

Improving tax-to-GDP ratio crucial to ease Pakistan debt burden: FBR official

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) chief commissioner Aftab Alam said on Tuesday improving tax-to-GDP ratio was...

Published 20 May, 2025 09:18pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan FM Aurangzeb holds virtual meetings with UAE banks

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday underscored commitment to...

Updated 20 May, 2025 08:57am

Business & Finance

Call for taking action against illicit trade

LAHORE: Without expanding the tax base and strict implementing a comprehensive track and trace system, the ...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 06:37am

BR Research

‘Eat the rich’

“Banker’s budget”, remarked the top financial journalist in the country, as news broke over the weekend that the...

Published 01 Jul, 2024 08:37am

‘Parallel’ ministries/ deptts to be shut down: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb on Tuesday reiterated the government’s commitment...

Updated 20 Jun, 2024 05:31pm

Aurangzeb vows to raise tax-to-GDP ratio to 13pc

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, Thursday, defended taxation measures taken in the budget for the...

Updated 14 Jun, 2024 09:14am

Editorials

Hurting growth of formal economy

EDITORIAL: At a time when the federal government and finance minister are all talking about documenting the economy...

Published 06 May, 2024 05:30am

SIFC helps FBR collect Rs6.71trn in Jul-Mar FY24

The government is likely to achieve its Rs 9.415 trillion revenue collection target for 2023-24

Updated 09 Apr, 2024 09:50am

Pakistan

UN expects Pakistan’s GDP growth to clock in at 2% in 2024, improve further in 2025

Pakistan’s real GDP growth rate is expected to clock in at 2% in 2024 and inch up marginally to 2.3% in 2025, a...

Updated 05 Apr, 2024 10:10pm

Business & Finance

Enhancement of tax-to-GDP ratio: ‘Govt should curtail tax evasion, illicit trade in major sectors’

LAHORE: “The government could enhance the tax-to-GDP ratio, increase tax collection and reduce the budget deficit...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 08:03am

Navigating IMF’s flawed mindset: lessons from 2008 financial crisis

Opinion

Starts a countrywide survey of business and commercial units for registration of non-filers

Updated 25 Dec, 2023 05:56pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 4	282.25
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 4	282
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 4	144.05
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 4	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 4	1.35
Euro to USD / Jun 4	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Jun 2	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 3	5,970.37
Nasdaq / Jun 3	19,398.96
Dow Jones / Jun 3	42,519.64
India Sensex / Jun 4	80,899.27
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 4	37,816.48
Hang Seng / Jun 4	23,624.10
FTSE 100 / Jun 4	8,809.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 4	24,250.79
France CAC40 / Jun 4	7,817.37

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 3	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 3	303,583
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 4	63.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 4	3,354.57
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 4	65.95
Petrol/Litre / Jun 5	253.63
Diesel/Litre / Jun 5	254.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Invest Bank / Jun 4 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	3.35 ▲ 1 (42.55%)
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 4 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	2.47 ▲ 0.32 (14.88%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jun 4 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	8.31 ▲ 1 (13.68%)
Grays Leasing / Jun 4 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	4.98 ▲ 0.48 (10.67%)
Ideal Spinning / Jun 4 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	14.05 ▲ 1.28 (10.02%)
Nets Internat.Comm. / Jun 4 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	19.46 ▲ 1.77 (10.01%)
Shadab Textile / Jun 4 Shadab Textile Mills Limited(SHDT)	56.28 ▲ 5.12 (10.01%)
Dewan Automotive Eng. / Jun 4 Dewan Automotive Engineering Limited(DWAE)	31.31 ▲ 2.85 (10.01%)
Faysal Bank / Jun 4 Faysal Bank Limited(FABL)	59.15 ▲ 5.38 (10.01%)
Sardar Chemical / Jun 4 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	48.35 ▲ 4.4 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
I.C.C. Ind. / Jun 4 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	16.29 ▼ -1.81 (-10%)
Khyber Textile / Jun 4 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	3,039.08 ▼ -337.68 (-10%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jun 4 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	29.34 ▼ -3.26 (-10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 4 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	31,988.90 ▼ -3554.29 (-10%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jun 4 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.50 ▼ -0.9 (-9.57%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Jun 4 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	165.02 ▼ -16.15 (-8.91%)
Bawany Air Products / Jun 4 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	39.99 ▼ -3.28 (-7.58%)
Diamond Ind. / Jun 4 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	22.11 ▼ -1.69 (-7.1%)
Olympia Mills / Jun 4 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	42 ▼ -3.12 (-6.91%)
Habib Rice Products / Jun 4 Habib Rice Product Limited(HRPL)	31.98 ▼ -2.22 (-6.49%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Jun 4 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	51,320,121 ▲ 1.95
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jun 4 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	51,057,844 ▲ 0.56
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 4 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	40,362,306 ▲ 0.07
Invest Bank / Jun 4 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	38,259,704 ▲ 1
Faysal Bank / Jun 4 Faysal Bank Limited(FABL)	33,297,850 ▲ 5.38
B.O.Punjab / Jun 4 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	29,159,652 ▲ 0.27
National Bank / Jun 4 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	23,454,308 ▲ 9.69
Treet Corp / Jun 4 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	19,875,454 ▲ 1.98
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 4 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,673,406 ▲ 0
Big Bird Foods / Jun 4 Big Bird Foods Limited(BBFL)	15,192,751 ▲ 1.32

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