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PepsiCo's Access to Safe Water Programme: First phase enables safe water access for 30,000 people in Lahore

LAHORE: The first phase of PepsiCo's "Access to Safe Water Programme" has made safe water accessible to 30,000 ...

Updated 16 Sep, 2020 03:34am

Markets

200,000MT of wheat from Russia: PASSCO exchanges draft documents for import

LAHORE: Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO) on Monday exchanged the draft documents for...

Published 15 Sep, 2020 02:27am

Pakistan

Constitution of NEQS approved

LAHORE: The Environment Commission on Air & Water Pollution has approved constitution of the National...

Updated 12 Sep, 2020 03:43am

Business & Finance

Halal meat exports: Government urged to focus on large markets

LAHORE: The All Pakistan Meat Processors and Exporters Association (APMPEA) has urged the institutions working for...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Pakistan

Hybrid coarse varieties in Sindh, Punjab: Favourable weather, other factors result in high yield

LAHORE: Favourable weather, sufficient timely rains and technical support from different seed companies have ...

Published 10 Sep, 2020 02:29am

Business & Finance

Cement despatches increase 5.04 percent in August

LAHORE: Cement despatches in August 2020 have increased by 5.04 percent from 3.351 million tons in August 2019 to...

Published 05 Sep, 2020 02:50am

Business & Finance

Passco to hold talks with Russian cos for buying wheat

LAHORE: The Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (Passco) is going to start negotiations for ...

Published 03 Sep, 2020 02:42am

Markets

Forthcoming growing season: Growers may face shortage of potato seed

LAHORE: Potato Research and Development Board Punjab Chairman Chaudhry Maqsood Ahmad Jutt expressing apprehension of...

Published 30 Aug, 2020 01:42am

Pakistan

Farmers urge govts to take steps to control spread of pest

LAHORE: The maize farmers in Punjab have urged both the federal and provincial agriculture ministries to take steps...

Updated 28 Aug, 2020 03:59am

Business & Finance

Agri services: stakeholders seek official industry status

LAHORE: The stakeholders of agriculture sector have called upon the government to recognize agri services as an...

Published 27 Aug, 2020 02:44am

Pakistan

PAD plans to set up 9 technology transfer centres

LAHORE: The Punjab Agriculture Department (PAD) has planned to set up nine technology transfer centres in the...

Updated 25 Aug, 2020 03:29am

Markets

Cotton sowing area is continuously decreasing: FBP

LAHORE: Pakistan's cotton sowing area is continuously decreasing for the last three years, which reflects loss of...

Updated 16 Aug, 2020 03:06am

Markets

APMPEA proposes setting up of 'disease-free zone' for animals in Cholistan

LAHORE: All Pakistan Meat Processors and Exporters Association (APMPEA) has proposed the government to set up...

Published 15 Aug, 2020 02:41am

Markets

350,000 farmers of Punjab get subsidy on fertilizers

LAHORE: As many as 350,000 farmers of Punjab got subsidy on fertilizers and 100,000 farmers benefited from subsidy ...

Published 13 Aug, 2020 02:31am

Markets

Rice stakeholders call for state-of-the-art research facility

LAHORE: Rice crop stakeholders have stressed the need for setting up of a state-of-the-art research facility on...

Published 09 Aug, 2020 03:00am

Business & Finance

Cement despatches surge by 37.8 percent in July 2020

LAHORE: The new financial year has started with a positive note for the cement sector as despatches by the industry...

Published 05 Aug, 2020 03:00am

Markets

'Halal meat exporters should be incentivised'

LAHORE: All Pakistan Meat Processors & Exporters Association (APMPEA) has urged the government to incentivize ...

Updated 01 Jul, 2020 03:29am

Markets

Only functional flour mills to get wheat quota: minister

LAHORE: The Punjab government has reiterated its stand of providing wheat to only functional mills across the...

Published 30 Jun, 2020 03:10am

Pakistan

Government working to develop strategy to overcome issues: Aleem

LAHORE: Senior & Food Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan said on Saturday that PTI Government has inherited a...

Published 28 Jun, 2020 02:59am

Markets

KP food department allocates wheat quotas to various districts

LAHORE: The Food Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday allocated quotas to different districts of the ...

Published 26 Jun, 2020 03:34am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
MetaTech. / Feb 9 MetaTech Health Limited(META)	8.27 ▲ 1.00 (13.76%)
Abdullah Shah / Feb 9 Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills Limited(AGSML)	7.33 ▲ 0.88 (13.64%)
Pervez Ahmed Co / Feb 9 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	0.80 ▲ 0.09 (12.68%)
Popular Islamic / Feb 9 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	9.35 ▲ 0.95 (11.31%)
IGI Life Ins / Feb 9 IGI Life Insurance Limited(IGIL)	9.75 ▲ 0.75 (8.33%)
Dewan Cement / Feb 9 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	5.10 ▲ 0.37 (7.82%)
Bilal Fibres / Feb 9 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	2.50 ▲ 0.18 (7.76%)
United Insurance / Feb 9 The United Insurance Company(UNIC)	8.25 ▲ 0.58 (7.56%)
Haleon Pakistan / Feb 9 Haleon Pakistan Limited(HALEON)	151.38 ▲ 10.56 (7.50%)
Janana D Mal / Feb 9 Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited(JDMT)	49.02 ▲ 3.42 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
Ellcot Spinning / Feb 9 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	118.94 ▲ -9.64 (-7.50%)
Suraj Cotton / Feb 9 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	141.39 ▲ -11.46 (-7.50%)
Rupali / Feb 9 Rupali Polyester Limited(RUPL)	27.65 ▲ -2.23 (-7.46%)
Fazal Cloth / Feb 9 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	172.02 ▲ -11.91 (-6.48%)
JS Global Cap. / Feb 9 JS Global Capital Limited(JSGCL)	323.19 ▲ -21.43 (-6.22%)
AL-Noor Sugar / Feb 9 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	50.75 ▲ -3.05 (-5.67%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Feb 9 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.50 ▲ -1.20 (-4.18%)
Premium Textile / Feb 9 Premium Textile Mills Limited(PRET)	501 ▲ -20.01 (-3.84%)
Engro Powergen / Feb 9 Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited(EPQL)	24.60 ▲ -0.87 (-3.42%)
Sapphire Textile / Feb 9 Sapphire Textile Mills Limited(SAPT)	955 ▲ -31.73 (-3.22%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 9 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,461,125 ▼ 0.05
Oil & Gas Dev. / Feb 9 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	22,259,031 ▼ 1.82
Pak Petroleum / Feb 9 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,889,192 ▼ 1.28
Lotte Chemical / Feb 9 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	13,157,316 ▼ 0.54
K-Electric Ltd. / Feb 9 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	11,849,779 ▼ 0.03
Ghani Glo Hol / Feb 9 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	10,987,823 ▼ 0.05
Maple Leaf Cement / Feb 9 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	9,631,424 ▼ 1.23
Habib Bank / Feb 9 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	8,611,564 ▼ 2.52
The Searle Co. / Feb 9 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	8,431,550 ▼ 1.19
Sui North Gas / Feb 9 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	8,311,046 ▼ 0.35

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 8	275.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 8	273.30
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 9	131.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 9	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 9	1.21
Euro to USD / Feb 9	1.07
UK LIBOR % / Feb 8	4.55

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 8	4117.86
Nasdaq / Feb 8	11910.52
FTSE 100 / Feb 8	7885.17
Dow Jones / Feb 8	33949.01
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 8	15412.05
France CAC40 / Feb 8	7119.83
India Sensex / Feb 9	60483.88
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 9	27515.30
Hang Seng / Feb 9	21356.79

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 8	22235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 8	169753
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 9	78.43
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 9	1879.32
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 9	85.40

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