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Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme: Rs 65.249 billion disbursements made to 5.437m beneficiaries, PM told

Prime Minister Imran Khan has been informed that overall disbursements of Rs65.249 billion have been made to 5.437 million beneficiaries across the country in categories 1 and 2 under the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme.

Published 23 Apr, 2020 02:53am

Pakistan

Food items: Centre, provinces collaborating to ensure availability

The government said on Tuesday that the federal government and the provinces are working in collaboration to ensure availability of food items in the country after parliamentarians stated prices of essential commodities have increased considerably.

Published 22 Apr, 2020 02:52am

Power sector: Decision on inquiry report to be taken by cabinet

A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) has decided that a decision on making the inquiry report on power sector public would be taken by the federal cabinet.

Published 21 Apr, 2020 03:03am

Covid-19 shock to cause big impact on BoP

Pakistan's primary deficit is now expected to deteriorate to 2.9 percent of GDP in fiscal year 2020 (from 0.8 percent expected earlier) due to a 1.8 percentage point decline in tax revenue relative to the pre-virus baseline and the needed higher spending

Published 18 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Smuggling causing great harm to economy: PM

Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that intelligence agencies would be asked to identify people involved in hoarding and smuggling.

Published 18 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Ehsaas emergency cash transfer programme: Centre disburses Rs 44.194 billion in 7 days

The federal government has disbursed till to date Rs44.194 billion during the last seven days to 3.692 million deserving families under Ehsaas emergency cash transfer programme and started payment to male beneficiaries in category 2 from Thursday with mos

Published 17 Apr, 2020 12:00am

MoF-FBR body to resolve liquidity issues: Refunds held up since 2014 to be paid next week: Hafeez

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Thursday assured the industry and businesses of the government's resolve to provide liquidity, cash flow and other allied issues to ease their difficulties in the prevailing situation and wo

Published 17 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Cut-off date for release of PSDP funds extended

The Finance Division has extended the cut-off date for the release of Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) funds as well as surrender of anticipated savings by the ministries and divisions for the current fiscal year in an effort to ensure maximum s

Published 16 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Curbs eased for certain industries

Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday announced that the construction industry had been allowed to operate with immediate opening of basic things for the industry in the first phase however, lockdown of public places would remain for the next two weeks.

Published 15 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Additional wheat allocated to USC

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Monday approved allocation of additional 200,000 metric tons of wheat for the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) from the Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO) with total

Published 14 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Overseas Pakistanis: PM sends out SOS for donations

Prime Minister Imran Khan has appealed to the overseas Pakistanis to contribute towards the "Prime Minister's COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Fund" as the country's poor people need their support in this hour of crisis.

Published 14 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Purchasing power parity: Package amount less than the money doled out previously: ex-FinMin

The government relief package of Rs 144 billion in the form of emergency cash assistance to 12 million families is less in real terms as opposed to Rs 120 billion disbursed by the previous administration in 2018-19, if rupee depreciation is taken into acc

Published 12 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Government releases Rs 49.2 billion for Kifalat Programme

The government has released Rs49.2 billion funds for the Kifalat Programme, however, disbursement to those yet to be identified through SMS and the district government is yet to begin.

Published 11 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Overseas Pakistani Savings Bills rules issued

The Finance Division has issued Overseas Pakistani Savings Bills rules, and the bills will be issued in both Pak rupees and USD or any other currency as may be notified by the division from time to time.

Published 10 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Fuel adjustments in electricity bills: Deferment approved under govt relief package

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved the deferment of monthly and quarterly fuel adjustments in the electricity bills for power consumers for the next three months (till June 2020) under the government relief package.

Published 10 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Rs 50 billion grant for USC approved by ECC

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has decided to approve Rs50 billion for the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) as part of the government relief package announced subsequent to coronavirus pandemic in the country. An official said th

Published 09 Apr, 2020 12:00am

12m families to receive Rs12,000 each: Disbursement to begin at 17,000 points today

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the biggest challenge for the government after the lockdown has been how to provide relief to the vulnerable. He said that disbursement of financial assistance of Rs12,000 each to 12 million families would start from tod

Published 09 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Relief package: MoF asks SBP, FBR to provide SMEs' data

The Finance Ministry is in the process of gathering data of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from different sources to provide relief as part of the government's economic relief package, according to a senior official of the ministry.

Published 08 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Wheat, sugar crises: Inquiry reports trigger cabinet reshuffle

Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced major reshuffle in his cabinet and replaced portfolios of some ministers following an inquiry committee reports on wheat and sugar crises, leading to a string of clarifications and justification by some of them.

Published 07 Apr, 2020 12:00am

PM's relief package: Emergency cash transfer to start on 8th: BISP chief

The government would start one off Rs 12000 emergency cash transfer to 12 million poor families facing economic hardship following lockdown of the country subsequent to coronavirus under Prime Minister's relief package from Wednesday.

Published 06 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 25	278.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 25	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 25	155.60
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 25	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 25	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 25	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 24	5070.63
Nasdaq / Apr 24	15712.75
Dow Jones / Apr 24	38460.92
India Sensex / Apr 25	73780.80
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	37628.48
Hang Seng / Apr 25	17264.90
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8077.84
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17994.97

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	83.02
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	2325.45
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 25	80.89
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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