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اردو

Jul 12, 2025 اردو ► PRINT EDITION ► BR MARKETS ► Dollar to PKR ►

Engr Tahir Basharat Cheema

Opinion

Discos—a dead weight around our necks?—I

Privatisation of Discos has been on the anvil since the 1994 World Bank spurned reform primarily relating Wapda’s...

Published 17 Oct, 2023 06:14am

Opinion

Circular history of power sector

The presently beleaguered Power Sector is being assailed by its generalist governors. Conveniently forgetting that...

Updated 12 Oct, 2023 06:38am

Opinion

Anatomisation of power tariff

Power Sector as a whole and specifically the electricity tariff is under discussion every day. All and sundry are...

Updated 04 Oct, 2023 06:48am

Opinion

UFG: the elephant in the room

Natural gas is the most important energy source in Pakistan’s energy mix providing 40% of its primary energy...

Published 21 Sep, 2023 06:37am

Opinion

Govt as the biggest power defaulter

The media is replete with news of the Power Sector – mostly negative. Most recently, it is the exorbitant bills...

Updated 17 Sep, 2023 06:37am

Opinion

The anatomy of Discos’ BoDs

The whole nation is seized by the huge bills received by the people. KE – as a vertically integrated utility –...

Updated 08 Sep, 2023 06:40am

Opinion

The circular debt paradox

The power sector has an annual turnover of around Rs 3.3 trillion. Of this, collection stands at around 88 percent,...

Updated 04 Sep, 2023 06:43am

Opinion

Power sector blues!

The electricity users of Pakistan are up in arms. They have received highly inflated bills which, according to them,...

Published 27 Aug, 2023 03:05am

Opinion

The power sector woes

Presently, the power sector has become an existential threat for Pakistan. The situation has been further...

Published 17 Aug, 2023 03:49am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 11	284.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 11	284.46
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 11	147.23
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 11	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 11	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 11	1.17
UK LIBOR % / Jul 11	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 11	6,259.75
India Sensex / Jul 11	82,500.47
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 11	39,569.68
Nasdaq / Jul 11	20,585.53
Hang Seng / Jul 11	24,139.57
FTSE 100 / Jul 11	8,941.12
Dow Jones / Jul 11	44,371.51
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 11	24,255.31
France CAC40 / Jul 11	7,829.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 11	68.45
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 11	16,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 11	306,069
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 11	3,355.59
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 11	67.42
Petrol/Litre / Jul 12	266.79
Diesel/Litre / Jul 12	272.98

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First IBL Mod. / Jul 11 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	6.60 ▲ 1 (17.86%)
Premier Insurance / Jul 11 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	9.30 ▲ 1 (12.05%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Jul 11 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	11.39 ▲ 1.04 (10.05%)
Sally Textile / Jul 11 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	12.73 ▲ 1.16 (10.03%)
Gammon Pak / Jul 11 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
J.A.Textile / Jul 11 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	32.74 ▲ 2.98 (10.01%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jul 11 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	26.51 ▲ 2.41 (10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jul 11 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	26,152.94 ▲ 2377.54 (10%)
Invest Bank / Jul 11 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	13.64 ▲ 1.24 (10%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Jul 11 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	16.28 ▲ 1.48 (10%)

Stock	Price
Trust Mod. / Jul 11 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	7.72 ▼ -1 (-11.47%)
Beco Steel Ltd / Jul 11 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	26 ▼ -2.89 (-10%)
Gatron Ind. / Jul 11 Gatron (Industries) Limited(GATI)	167.13 ▼ -18.57 (-10%)
EMCO Industries / Jul 11 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	40.59 ▼ -4.16 (-9.3%)
J.K.Spinning / Jul 11 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	114.45 ▼ -11.22 (-8.93%)
Kohinoor Mills / Jul 11 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	82.71 ▼ -7.5 (-8.31%)
Bannu Woollen / Jul 11 Bannu Woollen Mills Limited(BNWM)	93.89 ▼ -8.46 (-8.27%)
AL-Noor Sugar / Jul 11 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	89.27 ▼ -7.73 (-7.97%)
Kohat Textile / Jul 11 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	80.73 ▼ -6.8 (-7.77%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Jul 11 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	9.28 ▼ -0.72 (-7.2%)

Stock	Volume
B.O.Punjab / Jul 11 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	94,133,007 ▲ 0.08
Aisha Steel Mill / Jul 11 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	25,050,249 ▲ 0.44
Kohinoor Spining / Jul 11 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	23,604,546 ▼ -0.2
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 11 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	22,915,484 ▼ -0.03
Hascol Petrol / Jul 11 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	19,202,510 ▼ -0.09
Azgard Nine / Jul 11 Azgard Nine Limited(ANL)	18,508,847 ▼ -0.35
Dewan Motors / Jul 11 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	18,372,236 ▲ 0.76
Pak Elektron / Jul 11 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	16,414,076 ▲ 1.28
Image Pakistan / Jul 11 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	15,530,012 ▲ 0.89
Fauji Cement / Jul 11 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	14,410,246 ▲ 0.59