Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday saw a U-shaped recovery, driven by multiple encouraging factors including the prime minister’s announcement to privatise state-owned enterprises (SOEs), which helped the KSE-100 index to scale new all-time highs. Earlier, the trading session began on an optimistic note, when the market extended the previous day’s bullish momentum. Pakistan would pri
Bulls extended their record-setting spree for a fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, tossing the benchmark KSE 100 index to an intraday record high above 75,000 as foreign investors continued cherry-picking amid an improved economic outlook. Topline Securities Chief Executive Mohammad Sohail said the PSX was experiencing an unprecedented rally, setting new records at a breathtaking pace.
Pakistani currency on Wednesday ticked down Rs0.08 and closed at a two-week low at Rs278.26 against the US dollar in the inter-bank market apparently on the back of speculation that the government would let the rupee depreciate further to win the next International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan programme by July 2024. According to the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) data, the rupee had closed at Rs27
Pakistan has shared a new macroeconomic framework with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), largely aligning with the Fund’s projections but indicating no significant increase in non-debt creating inflows—exports and remittances—during the next fiscal year as well. The external sector-related projections suggest that the country will continue to rely on the global lender in the medium term to
To facilitate documentation of the economy, all services under the Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) will be brought under the tax net, declared the provincial finance minister. Tax rate on all services should be uniform while the inclusion of exempted services in the tax net with a nominal rate would ensure the promotion of a documented economy, said Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman, Finance Minister of Pu