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Salaries of lawmakers: Senate rejects 'controversial' bills

The Senate on Monday finally rejected the three 'controversial' bills which recommended mega increase in the salaries of lawmakers, following heated debate in the Upper House of the Parliament.

Published 04 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Parliamentarians seek unprecedented increase in salaries

Just a few days after Prime Minister Imran Khan strongly refuted the reports of any increase in his salary, the members of the Upper House of the Parliament, including those from the ruling PTI, are seeking unprecedented increase in the salaries of the pa

Published 02 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Coronavirus in Pakistan: Senators ask government to take practical steps to prevent outbreak

Senators on Friday expressed concern over the outbreak of coronavirus in China, demanding the government to take practical steps to prevent the outbreak of this epidemic in Pakistan while Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani said that Pakistan should "stand sho

Published 01 Feb, 2020 12:00am

ECP again takes up petition against Faryal

In an important development, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday again took up a petition moved by two Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPAs from Sindh Assembly seeking disqualification of Faryal Talpur, the sister of PPP CO-Chairman Asif

Published 31 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Foreign funding case: ECP decides to go ahead with proceedings unless barred by SC

In the backdrop of Prime Minister Imran Khan having recently moved the Supreme Court questioning the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) jurisdiction to hear the foreign funding case, the ECP has decided to go ahead with the proceedings of the case un

Published 30 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Opposition in Senate stages walkout twice

The opposition on Tuesday staged a walkout from the Upper House of the Parliament twice; first over the absence of federal ministers during the Senate session and then on the 'hostile' attitude of the treasury benches, which eventually led to the adjournm

Published 29 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Minister praises FBR's performance

Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar claimed on Monday that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) achieved "95 per cent tax collection target of the first half (six months) of the ongoing fiscal year 2019-20 due to the right policies pursued by

Published 28 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Presidential ordinances: Opposition senators slam treasury benches

After days of 'ceasefire' between the government and opposition since the start of the ongoing session of the Upper House of the Parliament on January 1, the opposition senators on Friday slammed the treasury benches for reviving the practice of relying o

Published 25 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Sanjrani for keeping Senate's current numerical strength intact

In a major development, Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani has proposed to "keep the current numerical strength of the Senate intact and distribute eight seats of erstwhile FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) among the four provinces by equally increas

Published 22 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Senate passes Regulation of Generation, Transmission Amendment Bill

The Upper House of the Parliament on Monday unanimously passed 'the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power (Amendment) Bill, 2019,' a private member bill moved by Leader of the House in Senate Shibli Faraz, which seeks t

Published 21 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Enrolling spouses as beneficiaries: Four BISP gazetted officers dismissed

Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has dismissed four of its gazetted officers working in grade 17 for allegedly enrolling their spouses as BISP beneficiaries to unlawfully receive financial assistance that is offered to the poor deserving families.

Published 19 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Government committed to promoting Islamic banking: Senate told

The federal government is committed to promoting Islamic banking and the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has been putting in efforts to "Islamize the financial system of Pakistan," Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, Hammad Azhar informed the Senate on Fr

Published 18 Jan, 2020 12:00am

CEC's appointment: PM sends in two fresh nominations

Prime Minister Imran Khan has sent two fresh nominations for the appointment of chief election commissioner while withdrawing the names of the two candidates he had recommended earlier, in the backdrop of lingering deadlock between the government and the

Published 18 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Senate sessions: Ministry told to meet constitutional requirement

With less than two months remaining for the current parliamentary year to end on 11 March, the Senate is required to be in session for over five weeks or 37 days to meet the constitutional requirement of 110 working days.

Published 17 Jan, 2020 12:00am

ECP suspends membership of Sindh CM, 317 other lawmakers

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday suspended the legislative membership of 318 lawmakers from all the six legislative houses, including Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah, four federal ministers, a state minister, a provincial minister

Published 17 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Business & Finance

Civil Servants Rules, 1973: Withdrawal of 'controversial' amendment not on government's agenda

Withdrawal of the 'controversial' amendment in Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 1973, which made balloting mandatory in inductions in the federal government departments from BPS 1 to 5 is not on the government's agenda, informed

Published 16 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Business & Finance

Senate passes 'The Naya Pakistan Housing, Development Authority Bill, 2019

The Upper House of the Parliament on Tuesday unanimously passed 'The Naya Pakistan Housing and Development Authority Bill, 2019,' for the purposes of planning, development, construction and management of real estate development schemes and projects, inclu

Published 15 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Disparities in wealth details: Bilawal's reply submitted to ECP

Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday submitted reply in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) through his counsel regarding alleged disparities in his wealth details submitted with the electoral body while questionin

Published 15 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Foreign funding case: ECP asks PTI, PML-N, PPP to respond to body's objections

The Scrutiny Committee of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) hearing all important foreign funding case has asked all the three mainstream political parties: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples

Published 14 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Senate passes two private members' bills

In a rare show of unity between the government and the opposition, the Upper House of the Parliament on Monday unanimously passed the Islamabad Community Integration Bill, 2019, a private member bill moved by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ra

Published 14 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 23	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 23	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 23	154.85
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 23	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 23	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 23	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 22	5010.60
Nasdaq / Apr 22	15451.31
Dow Jones / Apr 22	38239.98
India Sensex / Apr 23	73884.02
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 23	37552.16
Hang Seng / Apr 23	16828.93
FTSE 100 / Apr 23	8045.70
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 23	17967.18

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 19	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 22	213220
Petrol/Litre / Apr 23	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 23	82.41
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 23	2301.86
Diesel/Litre / Apr 23	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 23 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 23 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 23 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 23 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 23 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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