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PKR continues winning streak against dollar

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  • Rupee gains 1.16 against greenback in interbank market.
  • Local currency closes at Rs227.29 against greenback.
  • Economists agree rupee will extend its rise in days to come.

KARACHI: The Pakistan rupee continued to strengthen on Monday in the interbank market, pushing the US dollar’s slide for the seventh consecutive session.

The local currency gained Rs1.16, or 0.51%, against the greenback in the interbank market and settled at Rs227.29.

Last week, the unit closed at Rs228.45, according to the data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s return and his subsequent comments on the rupee’s undervaluation, as well as the likelihood that economic policy will remain stable going forward after he was appointed the finance minister, changed market sentiment from bearish to bullish on the currency.

When Dar stated that strengthening the rupee was his main objective, traders who had been long [on the dollar] started to sell. 

In a similar vein, exporters began selling forwards in considerable sums. The finance minister’s warning to speculators to discontinue their activities and the exporters’ healthy supplies of dollars helped support the rupee.

The local unit gained 11.2 rupees or 4.9% against the dollar in the interbank market last week, its second-biggest weekly rise since August 5, 2022, when the currency appreciated by 15.3 rupees.

The majority of economists agree the rupee will extend its rise in the days to come as various developments support this forecast.

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The inaugural flight of Azerbaijan Airlines is between Baku and Karachi.

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The national airline of Azerbaijan launched direct flights from Baku to Karachi today. There will be two weekly flights on this route, on Thursdays and Sundays.

The first flight will land in Karachi, and Azerbaijan’s ambassador, Khazar Farhadov, will be there to greet it.

This evening also marks the departure of the inaugural flight from Karachi to Baku, in addition to the arrival of the flight from Baku.

Azerbaijan Airlines said last month that it would be growing its network and flight operations in Pakistan.

Aviation insiders have verified that Azerbaijan Airlines is preparing to launch service to Karachi in the coming month of April.

In addition to its current services in Islamabad and Lahore, the airline plans to launch its Karachi route on April 18, with the inaugural flight anticipated to depart on that date.

Azerbaijan Airlines has been given permission to operate flights on the Karachi route, according to sources within the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

Following a bilateral agreement between the two nations, Azerbaijan Airlines has been given permission to extend its operations in Pakistan.

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Fly Jinnah opens a new route internationally.

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Two weekly flights will be the starting frequency of the new route, which will connect the two cities.

According to a representative for Fly Jinnah, the company is pleased to announce the opening of a third international route from Islamabad to Muscat, the capital city of Oman, marking another significant milestone after the successful debut of flights from Islamabad and Lahore to Sharjah.

According to him, this development is in line with our goal of giving our clients more options for reasonably priced, value-driven local and international air travel.

The airline serves five main cities in Pakistan: Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, and Quetta. Its fleet consists of five Airbus A320 aircraft, all of which are contemporary.

In addition to the current flight path to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, this new route expands Fly Jinnah’s network of foreign destinations.

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Tajir Dost app: traders don’t seem interested in registering

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To tax retailers in Pakistan, the Tajir Dost app was released. The sources stated that the government hopes to tax 3.5 million merchants through the app.

Ajmal Baloch, the president of All-Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajran, stated that he made reservations with FBR on the SRO within a week.

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), according to him, cannot be a “Tajir Dost” because of its unethical actions.

Baloch believed that since electricity bills allow traders to pay a predetermined advance income tax, further taxes are unnecessary.

The trader, according to him, is already paying thirteen different kinds of taxes on the commercial meter. “A trader already pays between Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 20,000 in taxes annually, but you are requesting Rs. 1,200 per month in taxes.”

Mr. Ajmal summoned representatives of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to a meeting with the trade associations to talk about the indirect taxes that the merchants are paying.

Additionally, he claimed that FBR officers are charging the traders, the majority of whom are less educated, “monthly charges.”

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