News by Nilam Bano

Tax shift hits VPS, aids equity funds

By Nilam Bano | Category Fixed Income

June 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM GMT+05:00

Pakistan’s FY26 budget proposed a sweeping overhaul of savings-market taxation, ditching long-standing income-exemption benefits on Voluntary Pension Schemes (VPS) and reshaping the way mutual-fund dividends are taxed...

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Budget FY26: From Podiums to Pantries

By Nilam Bano | Category Economy

June 10, 2025 at 03:41 PM GMT+05:00

Behind the extravagant figures and talk of growth, the mood in power corridors is oddly confident. This will allow our Finance Minister, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, to stand tall today, armed with improving numbers, higher growth forecasts, a narrowing current account deficit, and finally cooling inflation.

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Asia markets climb as investors watch U.S. trade moves

By Nilam Bano | Category Global Business

March 26, 2025 at 09:14 AM GMT+05:00

Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday and the U.S. dollar meandered as markets awaited clarity on President Donald...

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Name Price/Vol %Chg/NChg
KSE100 124,093.12
371.98M
-0.21%
-259.56
ALLSHR 77,106.29
1,018.23M
-0.29%
-221.51
KSE30 37,536.69
203.91M
-0.25%
-95.15
KMI30 184,370.68
229.97M
-0.57%
-1061.53
KMIALLSHR 53,011.14
643.75M
-0.31%
-164.22
BKTi 30,369.22
19.62M
0.19%
57.60
OGTi 27,659.36
18.97M
-1.06%
-295.77
Symbol Bid/Ask High/Low
Name Last High/Low Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES 107,390.00 109,240.00
106,830.00
-1770.00
-1.62%
BRENT CRUDE 69.51 70.25
68.36
-0.26
-0.37%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY 88.00 0.00
0.00
-1.50
-1.68%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY 102.75 102.75
102.30
0.55
0.54%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN 998.50 998.50
998.50
0.00
0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI 68.07 69.29
66.72
-0.08
-0.12%
SUGAR #11 WORLD 16.40 16.47
16.18
-0.02
-0.12%

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