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OGDCL reports Rs171b profit for Jul-Mar FY24

Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has announced that it earned an after-tax profit of Rs171.10 billion with earnings per share of Rs39.78 in the first nine months of the current financial year. The board of directors of the company, in its meeting held on April 29, 2024, unveiled the financial results for the nine-month period ended March 31, 2024. Net sales of the oil and gas

Indus Motor reports 38% profit surge

The Indus Motor Company (IMC) reported a profit of Rs4.45 billion for the third quarter ended March 31, 2024, marking a significant increase of 38% compared to the earnings of Rs3.22 billion recorded during the same period in the previous year. According to the company’s financial statement, the board of directors declared an interim cash dividend of Rs34 per share, supplementing the interim cash

PM defers decision to export sugar on contradictory claims

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has deferred a decision on allowing the export of sugar due to contradictory claims of surplus stocks, which according to the government reported only 114,000 metric tonnes compared to the sugar industry’s estimates of 1.5 million tonnes. The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA)’s claim about surplus sugar stocks was over 1200% higher than the estimates of the M

Govt implements sweeping fiscal reforms to cut debt

The federal government, on Monday, notified new fiscal rules to reduce its debt servicing cost by gradually tapping into trillions of rupees of public money that ministries and departments have parked in commercial banks. The Ministry of Finance issued new Cash Management and Treasury Single Account Rules in order to capture the details and money parked in the non-interest private bank accounts

Stocks down 1,048 points on rate uncertainty

After briefly hitting a new all-time high above the 73,000 level in early trading on Monday, the stock market failed to extend an overnight bull run and closed in the red amid uncertainty about a rate cut ahead of the monetary policy announcement. Ahsan Mehanti of Arif Habib Corporation said the market witnessed an across-the-board selling spree on expectations for prudent SBP monetary policy w