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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) core committee has decided to file a case against the statement of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman that the protestors have the capability to arrest prime minister from home.

Published 03 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Prices of petrol, diesel increased

The federal government in a slight readjustment Thursday increased the prices of motor spirit (petrol) and high speed diesel (HSD) for November 2019.

Published 01 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Planned sell-off of two RLNG plants: PC to take up matter with ECC

The Privatisation Commission will take up the sell-off of two newly-established RLNG power plants - Haveli Bahadur Shah and Balloki power projects of 1,320MW each - under National Power Parks Management Company Ltd (NPPMCL) with the Economic Coordination

Updated 28 Oct, 2019 08:16am

Planned sell-off of two RLNG plants: PC to take up matter with ECC

Published 27 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Ease of doing business: Country to further improve ranking: Dawood

Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce, Investment, Industries and Textile, Abdul Razak Dawood said that Pakistan would further improve its ranking in Ease of Doing Business with consistent efforts of federal and provincial governments.

Published 26 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Ease of doing business: Country to further improve ranking: Dawood

Published 26 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan among top 10 improvers in doing business

Pakistan's doing business (DB) ranking improved by 28 points to 108th from 136th out of 190 countries in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Report 2020 released on Thursday. Pakistan's ranking improved in six indicators (starting a business, dealing

Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Pakistan among top 10 improvers in doing business

Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am

JWGs ponder over upgradation of PSM

The Joint Working Groups (JWGs) of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Industrial Cooperation Tuesday considered the federal government's decision of upgrading Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) in a meeting held via videoconference. The federal government ha

Published 23 Oct, 2019 12:00am

JWGs ponder over upgradation of PSM

Published 23 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Report to be released on 24th: Pakistan may achieve high ranking on EODB Index

The federal government is expected to achieve high ranking in the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Report 2020 to be released on October 24, 2019. Officials in the Board of Investment (BoI) expressed hope that Pakistan would improve its ranking on the EODB I

Published 22 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Report to be released on 24th: Pakistan may achieve high ranking on EODB Index

Published 22 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Executive depts, autonomous bodies: PM's task force for retaining 324 OEs

Prime Minister's Task Force on Austerity and Government Restructuring has recommended that the federal government would retain 324 organizational entities (OEs) under two broad categories, ie, executive departments (87) and autonomous bodies (237) out of

Published 19 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Executive depts, autonomous bodies: PM's task force for retaining 324 OEs

Published 19 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Incentives to SEZs under CPEC being revisited

The government is revisiting incentives to Special Economic Zones (SEZs) under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and has initiated a consultative process to identify and resolve all pending issues, sources revealed.

Published 17 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Incentives to SEZs under CPEC being revisited

Published 17 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Employees of NA Secretariat: NA body irked over delay in delivery of plots' possession

The National Assembly Standing Committee on House and Library expressed its concerns over inordinate delay in handing over the possession of plots to the employees of National Assembly Secretariat by the management of Federal Government Employees Cooperat

Published 15 Oct, 2019 12:00am

AGP advised not to carry out audit of Ogra's regulatory functions

Law and Justice Ministry has advised the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) not to carry out an audit of the regulatory functions of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) in future. Law and Justice Ministry wrote to AGP on Wednesday endorsing Ogra's requ

Published 11 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Global Competitiveness Report 2019: Pakistan's ranking drops

Pakistan's ranking on the 'Global Competitiveness Report 2019' dropped to 110th during the tenure of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government from 107th recorded during Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz tenure. The World Economic Forum (WEF) released the Glob

Published 10 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Global Competitiveness Report 2019: Pakistan's ranking drops

Published 10 Oct, 2019 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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