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Finance ministry terms report on Dar being 'handed' budget-making process 'misleading, incorrect'

Ministry says a media report "incorrectly portrays the constitution of a high-level review committee by the prime minister as a ‘handover’ of the budget-making process from the Finance Division".

Updated 14 May, 2026 03:08pm

PSX Highlights of the Day

Company	Price	Change	Change %	Volume
HIRATNC	9.19	1	12.21 ▲	9,125,178
GEMNETS	19.09	1.74	10.03 ▲	1,499
SPAC1	19.97	1.82	10.03 ▲	609,787
SEL	37.35	3.4	10.02 ▲	202,934
GADT	324.82	29.53	10.00 ▲	104,824

Company	Price	Change	Change %	Volume
ITANZXD	33.89	-3.77	-10.01 ▼	3,909,484
TCORPCPS	13.76	-1.53	-10.01 ▼	94,252
JVDCPS	71.44	-7.94	-10.00 ▼	3,797
SGPL	67.97	-7.55	-10.00 ▼	2,244,593
MACFL	56.65	-6.29	-9.99 ▼	7,031,257

Source: PSX | Updated May 14, 2026

India bars sugar exports until September

The move comes amid concerns that the country's next sugar harvest, could be affected by a lower-than-average monsoon because of the El Nino weather pattern.

Published 14 May, 2026 11:34am

Finance minister heads to China for Panda bond launch

According to the finance ministry, the overall Panda bond programme has been set at $1bn, while the inaugural issuance will amount to the equivalent of $250m.

Published 14 May, 2026 07:56am

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