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Pakistan’s central bank held the key interest rate at a record high for a sixth straight meeting, as a newly-elected government holds loan talks with the International Monetary Fund that wants a tight monetary policy to curb inflation. The State Bank of Pakistan kept the target rate at 22%, according to a statement on Monday.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan faces a whopping tax-evasion (tax compliance gap) of around Rs5.8 trillion annually, making 6.9 percent of GDP. The evasion on account of POL products is estimated to be Rs996 billion caused by smuggling and other means. According to a presentation given to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC), the

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan received foreign loans of less than $9.5 billion during the first eight months of the current fiscal year and also faced problems in securing fresh loans from its two largest multilateral lenders. Overall disbursements from foreign creditors slowed down during the July-February period of the current fiscal year despite Pakistan having the umbrella

ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced on Friday that Pakistan will introduce Panda bonds worth $300 million into the Chinese market this year. According to details, the finance minister stated that Pakistan will enter the Chinese markets for bond sales for the first time. Initially, bonds worth between $250 to $300 million will be

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government has been facing a tough situation in arranging dollar loans for the import of petroleum products, as $3.3 billion syndicate financing from Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) might be available at over 10 percent interest rate. All this has been happening amid increasing POL prices in the international market. Amid scarcity of

Pak Suzuki Motor Company (PSMC) announced on Thursday that it will extend the shutdown of its motorcycle plant till September 15. In its notice to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday, PSMC said: “Due to shortage of inventory level, the management of the company has decided to extend the shut-down of motorcycle plant till

The Pakistani rupee continued to appreciate against the US dollar, gaining another 0.5% during the opening hours of trading in the inter-bank market on Thursday. At 10:10am, the rupee was hovering at 297.33, an increase of Rs1.49, in the inter-bank market. On Wednesday, the rupee had appreciated 0.36% to settle at 298.82. The currency has been on

Despite higher inflows due to the Ramazan factor, there was no positive impact on the local currency.

Buying was witnessed across the board in blue-chip stocks, which supported the overall market sentiment.