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Farmers propose ‘fixed tax regime’ for agri sector

Demand government to ensure a dedicated track and trace system to bring the retailers, and businesses from the informal sectors with progressive taxes into the tax net

Updated 28 May, 2024 09:26am

Editorials

Reducing public sector footprint in cash crops

EDITORIAL: Wheat procurement, or the lack thereof, has recently become a significant political and economic issue,...

Published 24 May, 2024 05:48am

Pakistan

Farmers: Mechanism decided for uninterrupted supply of fertilizer

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Food Security and Industries and Production Rana Tanveer Hussain has said that a...

Published 23 May, 2024 05:16am

Opinion

Cotton production: India moves forward, Pakistan falls behind

Currently, Pakistan is facing economic challenges. Although the present government is implementing positive measures...

Updated 22 May, 2024 06:19am

Pakistan

Agri, industries perform: Pakistan posts 2.09% growth in Q3FY24, says NAC

Revises Q1 and Q2 estimates upwards to 2.71% and 1.79%, respectively
Targets GDP growth of 2.4% in FY24

Updated 21 May, 2024 10:07pm

BR Research

Sky-High FED: Pulping Punjab’s Rural Economy

Developing agriculture value chains is the low-hanging fruit in Pakistan’s economy – especially the Punjab economy....

Published 21 May, 2024 09:07am

Business & Finance

FBL inaugurates regional head office & flagship branch in Multan

MULTAN: Faysal Bank Limited (FBL) Pakistan’s fastest growing Islamic bank, inaugurated its Multan Regional Head...

Published 16 May, 2024 06:28am

H1FY24: Driven by agri sector, real GDP grew 1.7pc: SBP

Macroeconomic conditions improve during first half of fiscal year 2024

Updated 15 May, 2024 09:24am

Markets

‘2.76m acres of land brought under cotton cultivation’

LAHORE: Farmers in Punjab have so far brought 2.76 million acres of land under cotton cultivation in the province...

Published 12 May, 2024 03:09am

Business & Finance

Govt urged to seek Chinese help in uplifting agri sector

ISLAMABAD: Experts at a seminar have urged the government to seek China's cooperation in uplifting the agricultural...

Published 11 May, 2024 06:22am

Pakistan

Food security: Minister seeks academia, industry’s help

FAISALABAD: Provincial Agriculture Minister Syed Muhammad Ashiq Hussain Shah on Thursday said that academia,...

Published 10 May, 2024 04:17am

Markets

HBL and Agrilift join forces to accelerate digitisation of agri sector

KARACHI: HBL, Pakistan’s leading financial institution, has entered into a strategic partnership with Agrilift, to...

Published 09 May, 2024 03:11am

Markets

Punjab will use modern agricultural machinery: Minister

LAHORE: The utilization of modern agricultural machinery stands as an imperative for augmenting agricultural...

Published 09 May, 2024 03:11am

Markets

IT Minister launches ‘CropWise Grower’ App for farmers

LAHORE: Federal Minister of State for IT and Telecommunications Shaza Fatima Khawaja said on Saturday that agri-tech...

Published 05 May, 2024 02:54am

Markets

‘Agriculture holds key to prosperity, food security’

LAHORE: Agriculture, as a sector, holds the key to prosperity, food security, and the socio-economic upliftment of...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

Markets

Russian wheat export prices rise on weather risks to new crop

MOSCOW: Russian wheat export prices rose amid difficult weather conditions for the new crop in the south of the...

Published 28 Apr, 2024 02:56am

Pakistan

CM for adoption of ‘new cropping pattern’ to offset water shortage effects

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah expressing concern over the impact of climate change on water...

Published 17 Apr, 2024 05:28am

Opinion

Climate change’s impact on cotton production

Climate change poses a serious threat to modern agriculture. Without adopting sustainable farming practices, our...

Published 09 Apr, 2024 05:06am

Business & Finance

‘Corporate agriculture, livestock farming yielding positive results’

ISLAMABAD: The Green Corporate Initiatives (GCI) and Green Corporate Livestock Initiatives (GCLI) are aimed at...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 08:05am

Pakistan

Experts underscore importance of saline land, water management

HYDERABAD: The agriculture and water experts and scholars have highlighted that more than 6 million acres of land...

Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am

Pakistan

SAU, FAO to install new flux tower at Latif Farm

HYDERABAD: A new Flux Tower is set to be installed at the Latif Farm of Sindh Agriculture University (SAU) Tandojam,...

Published 21 Mar, 2024 06:16am

Pakistan

Plan aimed at providing agri machinery to farmers being implemented

LAHORE: Only 35 per cent of the farmers in Pakistan are using modern agricultural equipment to carry out their...

Updated 21 Mar, 2024 06:10am

Business & Finance

PHHSA applauds PM’s agri measures

LAHORE: Welcoming the measures announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to strengthen the ailing agricultural...

Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am

Pakistan

SCF sets up 10 ‘Literacy Centres’ for women agriculture workers

HYDERABAD: Women’s literacy plays a role in a healthy and prosperous society; this was discussed at the ceremony...

Published 18 Mar, 2024 04:56am

Pakistan

Plight of women farmers in Sindh highlighted

HYDERABAD: Peasants and rural women and Civil society representative urged federal and provincial governments to...

Published 11 Mar, 2024 04:45am

Supplements

Fatima Fertilizer striving towards gender inclusivity in agriculture

Throughout the world, women are playing vital roles across various sectors, including agriculture. Particularly in...

Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am

ECC extends validity of ‘MSRSSFM’

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved an extension in validity of...

Updated 09 Mar, 2024 01:27pm

Editorials

Protecting women farmers

EDITORIAL: If there was any doubt about the lack of recognition and reward for women’s labour in the country’s...

Published 02 Mar, 2024 04:16am

Opinion

IMF programme will test SIFC

Two is a trend, they say, and twice in two weeks now the market has shrugged off concerns of international rating...

Published 29 Feb, 2024 04:41am

Markets

Stakeholders urged to prevent post-harvest losses in agriculture

HYDERABAD: National and international experts, committed to addressing the food and nutrition shortages in the...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 27	278.43
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 27	278.23
USD to Japanese Yen / May 28	157.24
USD to Swiss Franc / May 28	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 28	1.28
Euro to USD / May 28	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 28	5306.04
India Sensex / May 28	75170.45
Tokyo Nikkei / May 28	38790.40
Nasdaq / May 28	17019.88
Hang Seng / May 28	18612.70
FTSE 100 / May 28	8254.18
Dow Jones / May 28	38852.86
Germany DAX 30 / May 28	18677.87

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 27	19935
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 28	80.12
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 28	206018
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 28	2358.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 28	78.80
Petrol/Litre / May 29	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 29 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 29 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 29 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 29 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 29 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 29 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 29 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 29 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 29 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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