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PTI questions PBS figures

ISLAMABAD: The Opposition Leader in National Assembly Omar Ayub on Friday severely criticised the government,...

Published 21 Jun, 2025 06:06am

SPI-based inflation up 0.27pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended June 19, 2025 registered an increase ...

Published 21 Jun, 2025 06:06am

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

Jul-May exports up 5.15pc

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports have witnessed an increase of 5.15 percent during the first 11 months (July–May) of...

Updated 19 Jun, 2025 09:23am

Apr LSMI output grows 2.29pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The large-scale manufacturing Industries (LSMI) of the country has registered an increase of 2.29 percent...

Updated 18 Jun, 2025 09:30am

Budget 2025-26

Analysis: Economic Survey

Economic Survey 2024-25, with most data limited to nine months as all previous surveys, emphasized progress...

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 08:38am

US actions to hurt Pakistan’s trade

ISLAMABAD: The government Tuesday said there is a possibility that Pakistan’s trade will be adversely affected by US...

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 10:42am

Editorials

Economic Survey: an objective survey?

EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb began traditional press conference on the Economic Survey...

Published 10 Jun, 2025 06:07am

Pakistan Economic Survey fails to calculate unemployment rate for current year

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Survey 2024-25 failed to calculate the unemployment rate for the current year and instead...

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 10:44am

Markets

Weekly SPI up by 0.02pc

ISLAMABAD: The SPI for the current week ended on June 04, 2025 increased by 0.02 percent. An increase is observed in...

Published 06 Jun, 2025 05:02am

Business & Finance

Seafood sector: performance highlighted

LAHORE: Pakistan’s seafood sector continues to demonstrate resilience and growth, supported by the country’s...

Published 03 Jun, 2025 07:25am

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

Opinion

Low-cost housing: need for prudence

There is an ongoing housing crisis in several European countries attributed to locals renting out to tourists,...

Updated 02 Jun, 2025 07:42am

Markets

Weekly SPI down 0.81pc

ISLAMABAD: The SPI for the current week ended on May 29, 2025 decreased by 0.81 percent. Decrease is observed in the...

Updated 31 May, 2025 09:34am

Editorials

Exports falling again!

EDITORIAL: April’s export figures are a red flag, not a blip. And yet, there is no sense of urgency at the top....

Published 28 May, 2025 06:02am

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

Markets

Weekly SPI down 0.29pc

ISLAMABAD: The SPI for the current week ended May 22, decreased by 0.29 percent. Major decrease has been observed in...

Published 24 May, 2025 06:21am

BR Research

GDP numbers so good, they must be made up

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) appears to be counting on a very generous miracle. How else does one justify...

Updated 22 May, 2025 08:13am

Editorials

Q3: 2.4pc growth

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s economy rose by 2.4 percent during the third quarter of the current fiscal year (July-March...

Published 22 May, 2025 06:08am

Q3FY25: Pakistan economy posts 2.4% growth

Industrial sector faces 1.14% contraction in January-March

Updated 21 May, 2025 09:51am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s GDP grows 2.4% in Jan-Mar: NAC

Provisional GDP growth rate for FY25 is 2.68%, below target of 3.6% set by govt

Updated 20 May, 2025 11:34pm

Opinion

The IMF speaks with a forked tongue

Uploading the first review report on the International Mone-tary Fund (IMF) website on the weekend (Saturday), eight...

Published 19 May, 2025 06:15am

BR Research

CA balance: comfortably numb

The comfort of the current account surplus continues, as despite growing imports and a monthly drop in remittances,...

Updated 19 May, 2025 08:08am

BR Research

LSM ticks up – but scars remain

The State Bank’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) surged to a 30-month high in April 2025, signaling a noticeable...

Updated 19 May, 2025 08:08am

Weekly SPI inflation up 1.03pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended on May 15, 2025 increased by 1.03 per cent....

Updated 17 May, 2025 09:10am

Jul-Mar LSMI output grows 1.47% YoY

ISLAMABAD: The overall Large Scale Manufacturing Industries sector has shown a growth of 1.47 per cent during...

Updated 17 May, 2025 11:39am

Pakistan April exports down 17.66% to $2.178bn MoM

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data shows country's imports increased in April

Updated 17 May, 2025 05:17pm

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI inflation up 0.24pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended May 8, 2025, increased by 0.24percent due to...

Published 10 May, 2025 06:08am

Markets

PKR: more depreciation

KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee depreciated further against the US dollar in the inter-bank market as it lost Re0.09 or...

Published 05 May, 2025 06:14am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 20	283.77
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 20	283.52
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 20	145.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 20	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jun 20	1.15
UK LIBOR % / Jun 19	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 18	5,980.87
Nasdaq / Jun 18	19,546.27
Dow Jones / Jun 18	42,171.66
India Sensex / Jun 20	82,169.24
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 20	38,403.23
Hang Seng / Jun 20	23,530.48
FTSE 100 / Jun 20	8,829.80
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 20	23,264.83
France CAC40 / Jun 20	7,592.12

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 19	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 19	307,437
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 20	75.66
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 20	3,350.80
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 20	66.53
Petrol/Litre / Jun 21	258.43
Diesel/Litre / Jun 21	262.59

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Askari Life Assur. / Jun 20 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	8.40 ▲ 1 (13.51%)
Shaheen Ins. / Jun 20 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	6.10 ▲ 0.6 (10.91%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jun 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	39 ▲ 3.55 (10.01%)
Rupali polyester / Jun 20 Rupali Polyester Limited(RUPL)	24.61 ▲ 2.24 (10.01%)
Bhanero Textile / Jun 20 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	880 ▲ 80 (10%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jun 20 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	43.66 ▲ 3.97 (10%)
J.A.Textile / Jun 20 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	29.18 ▲ 2.65 (9.99%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jun 20 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	46.57 ▲ 4.23 (9.99%)
Service Textile / Jun 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	23.80 ▲ 2.16 (9.98%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Jun 20 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.34 ▲ 0.3 (9.87%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Mushtaq / Jun 20 Dewan Mushtaq Textile Mills Limited(DMTM)	8.88 ▼ -1.54 (-14.78%)
Mahanna Islamic Index / Jun 20 Mahanna Islamic Index Traded Fund(MIIETF)	12.91 ▼ -2.15 (-14.28%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 20 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	11,153.80 ▼ -1239.3 (-10%)
Imperial Limited / Jun 20 Imperial Limited(IML)	14.21 ▼ -1.45 (-9.26%)
Pakistan Services / Jun 20 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	900 ▼ -71.99 (-7.41%)
Orient Rental / Jun 20 Orient Rental Mod(ORM)	9.40 ▼ -0.7 (-6.93%)
Pakgen Power / Jun 20 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	181 ▼ -11.29 (-5.87%)
Kohat Textile / Jun 20 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	92.18 ▼ -4.82 (-4.97%)
Biafo Ind. / Jun 20 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	163.55 ▼ -8.46 (-4.92%)
Sapphire Textile / Jun 20 Sapphire Textile Mills Limited(SAPT)	1,105 ▼ -45 (-3.91%)

Stock	Volume
Yousuf Weaving / Jun 20 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	832,746 ▲ 0.2
MACPAC Films / Jun 20 MACPAC Films Limited(MACFL)	713,026 ▲ 1.56
Pak Refinery / Jun 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	543,401 ▲ 0.2
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	533,325 ▲ 0.02
Invest Bank / Jun 20 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	301,179 ▲ 0.35
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	279,001 ▲ 0.13
Askari Life Assur. / Jun 20 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	232,709 ▲ 1
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jun 20 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	187,358 ▲ 0.5
Bunnys Limited / Jun 20 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	184,782 ▲ 2
Crescent Textile / Jun 20 The Crescent Textile Mills Limited(CRTM)	148,384 ▲ 0.54

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