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Pakistan

'Around 10m people are feared to be unemployed due to Covid-19'

ISLAMABAD: Around 10 million people are feared to be unemployed due to coronavirus pandemic as it has impacted the...

Updated 02 Oct, 2020 03:04am

Pakistan

Nawaz wants to 'blackmail', develop rifts among institutions: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday lashed out at former Prime...

Published 02 Oct, 2020 02:30am

BISP, energy sector reforms & western corridor: Govt flags need of USAID economic grant

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday flagged the need of the USAID economic grant for the Benazir Income...

Updated 02 Oct, 2020 02:58am

Business

3rd capital market development programme: Govt, ADB sign $300m loan agreement

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday signed loan agreement of...

Published 01 Oct, 2020 02:58am

Available spectrum: PTA initiates major auctioning process

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has initiated the process of auctioning the available spectrum...

Published 01 Oct, 2020 02:58am

Technology

PTA decides to review WLL regime

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has decided to review the Wireless Local Loop (WLL) regime...

Published 30 Sep, 2020 02:42am

Pakistan

Poor quality of work by NHA: Senate body expresses concerns

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Communications on Tuesday expressed serious concerns over the poor...

Published 30 Sep, 2020 02:42am

Pakistan

Primary schools reopen across country today

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday while expressing satisfaction on the coronavirus situation, allowed all primary...

Published 30 Sep, 2020 02:42am

Survey to be conducted to evaluate impact of Covid-19

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to conduct a special survey for evaluating impact of the COVID-19 on ...

Published 30 Sep, 2020 02:42am

Pakistan

Surge in street crimes in Islamabad: ICT Police disprove US embassy's warning to its citizens

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police on Monday disproved the United States embassy's warning to...

Published 29 Sep, 2020 02:57am

Finance sector: ADB approves $300m policy-based loan

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $300 million policy-based loan to help strengthen Pakistan's...

Published 29 Sep, 2020 02:57am

Pakistan's social spending 'inefficient': IMF

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's social spending is both inefficient and not enough, and should give priority to addressing...

Published 29 Sep, 2020 02:57am

SPI up 0.32pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended September 24, 2020, recorded an increase of 0.32...

Published 27 Sep, 2020 02:33am

Principal on loan obligations: Rs651bn payments deferred by banks for a year: IMF

ISLAMABAD: Under the State Bank of Pakistan's temporary regulatory measures, banks have deferred a total of Rs651...

Updated 27 Sep, 2020 02:53am

WB approves $450 million for transition to renewable energy

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved $450 million financing to support Pakistan's...

Updated 26 Sep, 2020 03:03am

Jul-Aug period: Country received $2.248bn external inflows: EAD

ISLAMABAD: The country received $2.248 billion total external inflows from multiple financing sources in the first...

Published 25 Sep, 2020 02:45am

Pakistan

Middle school classes resume across country sans Sindh today

ISLAMABAD: The government, while terming the pandemic situation in control, has allowed schools across the country ...

Published 23 Sep, 2020 02:48am

Business

Business community stresses need for further rate cut

ISLAMABAD: There is need for a further reduction in policy rate by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in view of the...

Published 23 Sep, 2020 02:48am

Technology

Number of 3G, 4G users reaches 84.81m by end of August

ISLAMABAD: The number of 3G and 4G users in Pakistan reached 84.81 million by end-August, compared to 82.76 million...

Published 22 Sep, 2020 02:39am

Pakistan

NCOC to review reopening of educational institutes today

ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) will review on Tuesday, the reopening of educational...

Published 22 Sep, 2020 02:39am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
KASB Mod. / Oct 2 KASB Modaraba(KASBM)	1.2500 ▲ 0.65 (108.33%)
Colony Textile / Oct 2 Colony Textile Mills Ltd.(CTM)	3.6100 ▲ 0.56 (18.36%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Oct 2 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	3.5000 ▲ 0.50 (16.67%)
Unicap Mod. / Oct 2 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	1.0500 ▲ 0.14 (15.38%)
Mian Textile / Oct 2 Mian Textile Industries Limited(MTIL)	6.4800 ▲ 0.83 (14.69%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Oct 2 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	15.9000 ▲ 1.85 (13.17%)
Ghazi Fab. / Oct 2 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	3.9900 ▲ 0.43 (12.08%)
Frontier Cer. / Oct 2 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	11.8500 ▲ 1.25 (11.79%)
JS Inv. / Oct 2 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	22.7500 ▲ 2.15 (10.44%)
Premier Sugar / Oct 2 The Premier Sugar Mills(PMRS)	473.2500 ▲ 42.81 (9.95%)

Stock	Price
Century Paper / Oct 2 Century Paper & Board Mills Limited(CEPB)	114.0000 ▼ 22.80 (-19.08%)
First Prud Mod. / Oct 2 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	1.2500 ▼ 0.15 (-12.00%)
Orient Rental Mod / Oct 2 Orient Rental Modaraba(ORM)	7.4000 ▼ 0.89 (-11.43%)
First Cap. Sec. / Oct 2 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	1.5967 ▼ 0.19 (-11.32%)
786 Investments / Oct 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	11.8560 ▼ 1.76 (-10.61%)
Hascol Petroleum / Oct 2 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	21.3383 ▼ 2.24 (-8.61%)
Ghandhara Ind / Oct 2 Ghandhara Industries Limited(GHNI)	249.2000 ▼ 26.10 (-8.25%)
Ittefaq Iron Ind. / Oct 2 Ittefaq Iron Industries Limited(ITTEFAQ)	17.0600 ▼ 1.35 (-8.06%)
Bawany Air / Oct 2 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	25.1000 ▼ 2.02 (-8.05%)
Kohat Cement / Oct 2 Kohat Cement Company Limited(KOHC)	181.9700 ▼ 15.58 (-7.38%)

Stock	Volume
Hascol Petroleum / Oct 2 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	50,862,000 ▼ 2.24
Unity Foods / Oct 2 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	23,507,000 ▼ 1.30
K-Electric Ltd / Oct 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	13,523,500 ▼ 0.06
Bank of Punjab / Oct 2 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	9,611,000 ▼ 0.21
Pakistan Refinery / Oct 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	8,434,500 ▼ 1.75
Fauji Foods / Oct 2 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	7,934,500 ▼ 1.34
Avanceon Ltd / Oct 2 Avanceon Limited(AVN)	6,929,000 ▼ 4.40
TRG Pak. / Oct 2 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	6,011,000 ▼ 2.96
Maple Leaf / Oct 2 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	5,329,500 ▼ 1.45
Byco Petr. / Oct 2 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	4,776,000 ▼ 0.74

Markets →

Forex
World
Econ

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 2	165.10
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 2	165.00
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 2	105.55
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 2	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 2	1.29
Euro to USD / Oct 2	1.17

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 2	3380.80
India Sensex / Oct 2	38697.05
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 2	23185.12
Nasdaq / Oct 2	11326.51
Hang Seng / Oct 2	23459.05
FTSE 100 / Oct 2	5879.45
Dow Jones / Oct 2	27816.90
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 2	12730.77
France CAC40 / Oct 2	4824.04

Indicator	Value
Weekly Foreign Reserves / Sep 29	19903.70
GDPGROWTH / Sep 29	5.40
Foreign Debt (PKR billions) / Sep 29	15087.50
Per Capita Income USD (CPI) / Sep 29	1516.00
Average CPI % / Sep 29	11.11
UK LIBOR % / Oct 2	0.08