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E-Paper | December 03, 2024

Expectations rise for big policy rate cut

Expectations rise for big policy rate cut

Adviser to the finance minister says slowing inflation rate “should result in more monetary easing”.

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:24am

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PSX Highlights of the Day

Company	Price	Change	Change %	Volume
FPJM	3.7400	0.6600	21.43 ▲	2,528,331
CNERGY	5.7200	1.0000	21.19 ▲	196,907,321
ESBL	7.0000	1.0000	16.67 ▲	697,535
ASCDEF	8.1000	1.0000	14.09 ▲	6,478,617
MDTL	2.5300	0.3000	13.45 ▲	11,098,964

Company	Price	Change	Change %	Volume

Source: PSX | Updated Dec 02, 2024

Exports jump 13pc in first five months

Exports jump 13pc in first five months

Trade gap narrows 18pc in Nov; exports reach $2.80bn in the month against $2.57bn in the corresponding period last year.

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:31am

Omar Ayub unhappy with NA briefing on IMF programme

Omar Ayub unhappy with NA briefing on IMF programme

Aurangzeb announces 10-year framework with World Bank to address population growth, stunting, climate change.

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 10:41am

Govt to sue consultants over NJHP tunnel fault

Govt to sue consultants over NJHP tunnel fault

Rs500bn project has been out of operation since May 2.

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:36am

Govt urged to check dwindling citrus exports

Govt urged to check dwindling citrus exports

Price expected to be higher by 10pc compared to the last season.

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:47am

Khunjerab Pass to remain open round the year

Khunjerab Pass to remain open round the year

Traders says not confident that arrangements, facilities adequate on Pakistan side for trade operations during winter.

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 10:04am

Bank advances, deposits jump

Bank advances, deposits jump

Data reveals that bank advances increased by 12pc from Rs12.3tr in September.

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 10:33am

SC urged to declare govt is bound to ensure cheap power supply

SC urged to declare govt is bound to ensure cheap power supply

Petitions on agreements with IPPs and related contracts admitted for hearing.

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 08:28am

CPI inflation clocks in at 4.9pc for November — lowest in 6.5 years

CPI inflation clocks in at 4.9pc for November — lowest in 6.5 years

Brokerage firm notes inflation reading is the lowest in 78 months; PM Shehbaz lauds economic team.

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 09:15pm

Latest US strike on China’s chips hits semiconductor toolmakers

Latest US strike on China’s chips hits semiconductor toolmakers

Move is one of Biden administration’s last large-scale efforts to stymie China’s ability to access and produce chips for AI.

Published 02 Dec, 2024 03:32pm

A tangled mess of transmission & distribution losses

A tangled mess of transmission & distribution losses

Unless investors witness consensus among country’s power centres, business sentiments will remain clouded

Unless investors witness consensus among country’s power centres, business sentiments will remain clouded

Trump’s oil tariffs and their global impact

Trump’s oil tariffs and their global impact

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COMPANY NEWS

Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) and Wateen have entered into a strategic partnership by establishing a security operations

Published 02 Dec, 2024 09:10am

CORPORATE WINDOW: Enhancing financial investment

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As financial losses escalate due to climate change, businesses must increasingly identify and manage associated risks to survive.

Published 02 Dec, 2024 09:10am

A tangled mess of transmission & distribution losses

A tangled mess of transmission & distribution losses

T&D losses have added many billions of rupees to the circular debt which in turn pushes electricity tariffs up.

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 10:22am

Documenting the informal economy

Documenting the informal economy

Formalisation challenges remain deeply intertwined with the state’s capacity to balance rights and responsibilities.

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 10:48am

Newspaper

Bank advances, deposits jump

Exports jump 13pc in first five months

Stocks rally 1,917 points on robust data

Inflation hits 78-month low at 4.9pc in November

Khunjerab Pass to remain open round the year

Govt urged to check dwindling citrus exports

Govt to sue consultants over NJHP tunnel fault

Expectations rise for big policy rate cut

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Documenting the informal economy

Extinction of trees

Working women in India

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Navigating the cost of instability

Trump’s oil tariffs and their global impact

The rise and rise of the KSE-100

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