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Pakistan

WWF for urgent action against conditions rife for next pandemic

LAHORE: While the world continues to grapple with the devastating consequences of Covid-19, the WWF is calling for...

Published 19 Jun, 2020 03:27am

Epaper

Rs 337 billion earmarked for ADP

LAHORE: The Punjab government has allocated a sum of Rs 337 billion for the annual development programme (ADP) for...

Published 16 Jun, 2020 03:37am

Business & Finance

Punjab estimates revenue collection at Rs 220.89 billion

LAHORE: The Punjab government has estimated the revenue collection of Rs220.89 billion during the financial year...

Published 16 Jun, 2020 03:37am

Markets

Agriculture and food security: Farmers' bodies term allocation insufficient

LAHORE: Farmers' organisations representatives have termed the allocation made for agriculture and food security in...

Published 13 Jun, 2020 03:31am

Markets

Locust attacks: Government urged to take immediate steps to save rice, cotton crops

LAHORE: Expressing grave concerns over the warning issued by the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the...

Published 12 Jun, 2020 03:07am

Business & Finance

Stability in flour prices: PFMA, Food Dept agree to work together

LAHORE: The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) and the Punjab Food Department representatives discussed the...

Published 11 Jun, 2020 03:00am

Business & Finance

Brick Kiln association demands soft loans

LAHORE: The Brick Kiln Association has urged the Punjab government to extend soft loans to the kiln manufacturing...

Published 10 Jun, 2020 03:05am

Pakistan

Punjab cabinet committee reviews Covid-19 situation

LAHORE: The Punjab government, in the first phase, has decided to procure 1,000 injections approved by the Drug...

Published 07 Jun, 2020 03:13am

Business & Finance

Domestic cement despatches decline by 37.63pc in May

LAHORE: The impact of the construction package announced by the government is yet to be seen as the domestic cement...

Updated 13 Jun, 2020 11:46pm

Pakistan

PFMA, PFD agree to bring stability in flour prices

Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) and the Punjab Food Department (PFD) high officials held negotiations on Saturday to bring stability to flour prices in the market especially in the province.

Published 31 May, 2020 12:04am

Markets

Supply to KP being finalised today: Punjab food department asked to stop wheat procurement immediately

Senior & Food Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan has directed the Punjab food department to immediately stop wheat procurement after total stocks of wheat reached 4.3 million metric tons.

Published 30 May, 2020 12:06am

Pakistan

PKI, APKF want money 'extorted by sugar mafia' given back to farmers

The Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) and the All Pakistan Kissan Foundation welcomed the commission's report on sugar industry and urged the government to take stern action against the culprits who were taking benefit from both sides in the name of farmers.

Published 29 May, 2020 12:05am

Pakistan

UN report: Urgent action needed to safeguard biodiversity of world's forests

Urgent action is needed to safeguard the biodiversity of the world's forests amid alarming rates of deforestation and degradation, according to the latest edition of The State of the World's Forests released on Friday.

Published 23 May, 2020 12:06am

Flour millers end strike

On the assurance of addressing their concerns by Punjab Food Minister Abdul Aleem Khan, the Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) announced on Tuesday to end their strike continued for the last two days.

Published 20 May, 2020 12:05am

Pakistan

PFMA, food secy talks end with no result

Dialogues between the flour millers and the Punjab food secretary remained inconclusive on Monday to convince the millers to call off their strike after which the Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) announced to continue its strike till acceptance of

Published 19 May, 2020 12:02am

Flour millers say shutting down mills in three provinces

Rejecting the offer of talks by Punjab government, Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has announced that it is shutting down is operations from today for an "indefinite" period.

Published 18 May, 2020 12:06am

Flour millers decide to shut down operations in 3 provinces

Flour millers of Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have announced to shut down their operations from Monday as a protest against the Punjab food department and district administrations raiding the mills' godowns under the pretext of anti-hoarding

Published 17 May, 2020 12:03am

Government forms 'working group' to make Punjab self-sufficient in food sector

Pakistan

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
Petrol/Litre / Apr 18	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 18	82.77
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 18	2374.98
Diesel/Litre / Apr 18	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 18 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 18 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00