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Financing fuel subsidy: Rich to pay Rs100 more per litre: govt

ISLAMABAD: The government will finance the fuel subsidy (discounted fuel) by charging Rs100 per litre more from the...

Updated 23 Mar, 2023 09:31am

Petrol subsidy to bikers: two options under study

ISLAMABAD: On an average consumption of 17.5 litres per month, the two options under consideration for petrol...

Updated 21 Mar, 2023 08:58am

Business & Finance

Ogra convenes meeting on exchange rate mechanism

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has convened a meeting to brief and align all the ...

Published 18 Mar, 2023 06:14am

Fuel prices increased

ISLAMABAD: The federal government Thursday allowed a substantial raise in the prices of petroleum products, ie, up ...

Updated 16 Mar, 2023 09:59am

Business & Finance

KPT seeks tariff revision

ISLAMABAD: Loss-making state entity, the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has sought revision in its tariff to meet the...

Published 15 Mar, 2023 06:01am

PL on HSD to go up by Rs5/litre

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is most likely to increase the petroleum levy (PL) on high-speed diesel (HSD) by...

Updated 15 Mar, 2023 08:50am

PL: Govt projects Rs175bn revenue shortfall

The government expected to raise rate of PL on high-speed diesel by Rs 5 to Rs 50 per litre

Updated 04 Mar, 2023 09:03am

SSGC seeks 26.9pc raise in gas prices

ISLAMABAD: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has filed a petition for an increase of 26.9 percent or Rs83.16 per...

Updated 03 Mar, 2023 09:00am

IP gas project: Govt has sought relaxation from US, PAC informed

ISLAMABAD: Federal government has sought relaxation from the US administration on Iran-Pakistan (IP) Gas Pipeline...

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 09:13am

Business & Finance

Petrol price reduced by Rs5; diesel’s remains unchanged

ISLAMABAD: Federal government on Tuesday has announced to roll back per litre ex-depot price of petrol by Rs 5 per...

Published 01 Mar, 2023 06:21am

First half of March: Fuel prices may be kept unchanged by adjusting PL

ISLAMABAD: The federal government may keep the prices of fuel unchanged in the first half of March (1-15) by...

Updated 28 Feb, 2023 09:35am

Pakistan

Action sought against accused in Broadsheet LLC case

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel, on Thursday, termed the payment record of $1.5 million (Rs234m) to fake...

Published 24 Feb, 2023 06:00am

Body tasked to achieve budgeted GIDC target

Out of the total outstanding amount on account of GIDC, Rs 16 billion amount is outstanding against state-owned OGDCL, PPL due to circular debt.

Updated 19 Feb, 2023 07:28pm

Business & Finance

Ali J Hamdani removed: SNGPL gives additional charge of MD to Amer Tufail

ISLAMABAD: The Board of Directors of the state-owned gas company, the Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL)...

Published 19 Feb, 2023 03:19am

PSO receivables reach Rs734bn

ISLAMABAD: The receivables of Pakistan State Oil (PSO) have reached Rs 734 billion including Rs 163 billion late...

Updated 18 Feb, 2023 08:53am

Rs9.92/litre on petrol, Rs13.12 on HSD: PSO allowed exchange rate adjustment

ISLAMABAD: The federal government allowed the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) an exchange rate adjustment of Rs9.92 per...

Updated 17 Feb, 2023 08:47am

16.6pc to 124pc hike in gas tariff notified

ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Wednesday notified 16.6 percent to 124 percent hike in the...

Updated 16 Feb, 2023 08:58am

POL products’ prices jacked up

ISLAMABAD: The federal government Wednesday increased the prices of petroleum products up to 8.8 percent with effect...

Updated 16 Feb, 2023 08:57am

Business & Finance

Ogra reduces prices of imported LNG for Feb

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Monday announced a little reduction in imported LNG prices...

Published 14 Feb, 2023 05:58am

Gas tariffs to be raised for consumers of SNGPL, SSGC

ISLAMABAD: Gas tariffs will have to be raised by Rs 98 per mmbtu for SNGPL consumers and Rs 109.91 per mmbtu for ...

Updated 11 Feb, 2023 05:15pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Gen.Ins. / Mar 29 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	4.42 ▲ 0.62 (16.32%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 29 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	8.15 ▲ 1.00 (13.99%)
KASB Modaraba / Mar 29 KASB Modaraba(KASBM)	1.24 ▲ 0.15 (13.76%)
Invest Bank / Mar 29 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	1.19 ▲ 0.10 (9.17%)
J.K.Spinning / Mar 29 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	43.32 ▲ 3.02 (7.49%)
Khairpur / Mar 29 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	67.61 ▲ 4.71 (7.49%)
Quetta Textile / Mar 29 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	15.22 ▲ 1.06 (7.49%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Mar 29 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	26.87 ▲ 1.87 (7.48%)
Shield Corp. / Mar 29 Shield Corporation Limited(SCL)	304 ▲ 20.89 (7.38%)
Shifa Int.Hosp / Mar 29 Shifa International Hospitals Limited(SHFA)	119 ▲ 8.00 (7.21%)

Stock	Price
Pak. P.V.C. / Mar 29 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	3.91 ▼ -0.99 (-20.20%)
First Pak Mod. / Mar 29 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	1.20 ▼ -0.20 (-14.29%)
Bilal Fibres / Mar 29 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	2.15 ▼ -0.29 (-11.89%)
Unicap Modaraba / Mar 29 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	1.61 ▼ -0.19 (-10.56%)
U.D.L.Modaraba / Mar 29 First UDL Modaraba(FUDLM)	4.71 ▼ -0.49 (-9.42%)
Media Times Ltd / Mar 29 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	1.82 ▼ -0.16 (-8.08%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Mar 29 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	4.07 ▼ -0.34 (-7.71%)
Saritow Spinning / Mar 29 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	4.03 ▼ -0.33 (-7.57%)
Metro Steel / Mar 29 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	27.39 ▼ -2.22 (-7.50%)
Nimir Ind.Chem. / Mar 29 Nimir Industrial Chemicals Limited(NICL)	57.77 ▼ -4.68 (-7.49%)

Stock	Volume
Telecard Limited / Mar 29 Telecard Limited(TELE)	23,781,500 ▼ -0.33
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 29 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	9,342,048 ▼ -0.02
Pakistan Alumin / Mar 29 Pakistan Aluminium Beverage Cans Limited(PABC)	7,635,500 ▼ -2.29
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 29 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	5,999,500 ▼ -0.17
Nishat Mills Ltd / Mar 29 Nishat Mills Limited(NML)	4,517,772 ▼ -0.92
Shifa Int.Hosp / Mar 29 Shifa International Hospitals Limited(SHFA)	4,299,000 ▲ 8.00
Pak Elektron / Mar 29 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	4,048,000 ▼ -0.07
K-Electric Ltd. / Mar 29 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	3,769,542 ▼ -0.02
Habib Bank / Mar 29 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	3,527,993 ▼ -1.26
D.G.K.Cement / Mar 29 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	3,430,473 ▼ -0.07

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 29	284
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 29	283.40
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 29	131.67
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 29	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 29	1.23
Euro to USD / Mar 29	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 28	4.81

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 28	3971.27
Nasdaq / Mar 28	11716.08
Dow Jones / Mar 28	32394.25
India Sensex / Mar 29	57772.50
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 29	27883.78
Hang Seng / Mar 29	20191.68
FTSE 100 / Mar 29	7506.30
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 29	15242.54
France CAC40 / Mar 29	7139.99

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 28	18935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 28	175411
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 29	73.63
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 29	1966.74
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 29	82

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