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Abdul Rasheed Azad

Business & Finance

AGP recovered over Rs 53 billion in 18 months: PAC told

The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) on the directions of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has recovered over Rs 53 billion during the last 18 months, said AGP Javaid Jehangir.

Published 03 Jan, 2020 12:00am

CPI witnesses increase of 12.63 percent YoY

National Consumer Price Index (CPI) has witnessed an increase of 12.63 percent on year-on-year (YoY) basis in December 2019 against the same period of 2018, revealed Monthly Price Indices released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Wednesday.

Published 02 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Massive cut in HEC budgetary allocation: Senate body summons secretaries with relevant record

Expressing serious reservations over massive cut in Higher Education Commission (HEC) budgetary allocation for year 2019-20, the Senate Functional Committee on Problems of Less Developed Areas Tuesday summoned the federal secretaries of education and fina

Published 01 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Combined income groups: SPI inflation up 0.65 percent WoW

The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) inflation for combined income groups has witnessed an increase of 0.65 percent during last week of 2019 as it jumped up from 130.02 points to 130.87 points. According to SPI inflation related data released Monday by Pakista

Published 31 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

AJK President urges Kashmiri diaspora to highlight Indian atrocities on global forums

President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Sardar Masood Khan has urged Kashmiri Diaspora to increase their activities on highlighting Indian occupation forces' atrocities against the people of Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) on international forums, saying

Published 31 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Government to facilitate global investors in health sector: Bukhari

The government is committed to provide across the board facilitation to global investors in health sector. This was stated by Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari while addressing the 10th International Medical

Published 29 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Opposition rejects amended law

Rejecting the Presidential Ordinance on National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, the opposition's Rahbar Committee on Saturday asked the government to bring all the legislation related matters to the Parli

Published 29 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Prices of essential kitchen items witness upward trend

Prices of the essential kitchen items witnessed an increasing trend during this week as compared to previous week, a survey conducted by Business Recorder revealed here on Saturday.

Published 29 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Panel for probing HOTA's unauthorised expenses

A parliamentary panel Friday directed the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination to conduct an inquiry into the unauthorized expenditures worth Rs 59 million by Human Organ Transplant Authority (HOTA) and share the details with

Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Genuine welfare state: Moot demands government form group to transform idea into reality

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Noor-ul-Haq Qadri has said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government is striving to ensure the constitutional rights of all the citizens in accordance with the Islamic principles, practically implemented by the Pro

Published 27 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Government urged to resolve CNG crisis

:Central Chairman of All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) Ghiyas Paracha while expressing serious concerns over the closure of CNG stations across the country has urged the government to resolve the crisis on immediate basis otherwise the association alo

Published 26 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Firdous asks media to help govt highlight its achievements

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Wednesday while vowing to provide all out assistance of the government to protect the media has urged the media to help the government in highlighting the achievemen

Published 26 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Sanaullah's release on bail: Afridi retracts statement about videos

Shehryar Afridi, Minister of State for Narcotics Control while refuting his earlier statements that the Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) has videos against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Sanaullah who was arrested on July 1, 2019 on charges of

Published 26 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Business & Finance

Parliamentary panel asks banks to lay focus on farmers of backward areas

A parliamentary panel has asked the public sector and private banks, especially Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL), to disburse more agricultural loans to the farmers of the backwards areas in a bid to increase the productivity and bring them at par with

Published 25 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Business & Finance

NHA allowed to increase toll rates: chairman

To meet the maintenance cost of the national highways and motorways, the government has allowed National Highway Authority (NHA) to increase the toll rates, said Chairman NHA Sikander Qayyum.

Published 25 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Business & Finance

Combined income groups: weekly SPI inflation edges down by 0.03 percent

The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) based inflation for combined income groups during the week ended December 19, 2019 witnessed a slight reduction of 0.03 percent against December 12, 2019 as it came down from 130.06 points to 130.02 points, said the data re

Published 24 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Prices of essential items showing increasing trend

Prices of the essential kitchen items have kept on witnessing an upward trend during this week past as compared to previous week, a survey conducted by Business Recorder revealed here on Saturday.

Published 22 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Backward area: Officials asked to focus on infrastructure development

Directing the senior officials of Ministry of Communication and other relevant departments to focus on infrastructure development in backward areas, a parliamentary panel Friday said that development of the backward areas will not only help attract touris

Published 21 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

MoF asked to digitize record of pensioners

A subcommittee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Thursday directed the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to digitize the record of pensioners.

Published 20 Dec, 2019 12:00am

July-October: LSM down 6.48 percent YoY

The country's Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) witnessed a decline of 6.48 percent during the first four months of the current financial year, ie, from 136.51 points in 2018-19 to 127.66 points in 2019-20, Pakistan Bureau of Statistic (PBS) said on Wednesd

Published 19 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 18	278.62
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 18	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 18	154.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 18	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 18	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 18	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5022.21
Nasdaq / Apr 17	15683.37
Dow Jones / Apr 17	37735.31
India Sensex / Apr 18	72965.85
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 18	38103.03
Hang Seng / Apr 18	16452.30
FTSE 100 / Apr 18	7883.62
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 18	17795.41

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 16	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 17	215964
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 18	82.77
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 18	2374.98
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 18	81.50
Petrol/Litre / Apr 19	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00