News stories for Zahid Baig - Business Recorder

Zahid Baig

Pakistan

PHDEC to address issue of green potato black-heart disease

LAHORE: Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Company (PHDEC) recently brought together stakeholders and...

Published 28 Apr, 2024 02:56am

Pakistan

Agri Connections 2024 concludes: ‘Face of agriculture’ can be changed: Aurangzeb

LAHORE: Muhammad Aurangzeb, Federal Minister for Finance, has said that Pakistan’s current economic outlook can...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am

Markets

Climate change disruptions threaten Punjab’s wheat harvest

LAHORE: Punjab’s farming community is currently grappling with a complex set of challenges that threaten the wheat...

Published 24 Apr, 2024 03:50am

Markets

Punjab govt urged to maintain wheat procurement target

LAHORE: Wheat growers have voiced significant concerns over the falling market prices of their crop and urged the...

Published 16 Apr, 2024 03:38am

Markets

Wheat procurement drive to commence on April 22: PFD

LAHORE: With the approval of the wheat procurement policy 2024-25 by the provincial cabinet, the Punjab Food...

Published 09 Apr, 2024 05:06am

Pakistan

Olive growers urged to adopt modern techniques

LAHORE: Speakers at a webinar recommended that olive growers of Pakistan to adopt modern techniques for production...

Published 05 Apr, 2024 04:50am

Business & Finance

March cement despatches soar 3.85pc to 3.941 million tonnes YoY

LAHORE: Cement despatches increased by 3.85% in March 2024 as monthly figures released by the industry shows that...

Published 03 Apr, 2024 05:29am

Business & Finance

PSMA urges govt to create ‘permanent’ window of sugar export

LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (Punjab Zone) has urged the government to create a permanent window of...

Published 03 Apr, 2024 05:29am

Business & Finance

PHHSA applauds PM’s agri measures

LAHORE: Welcoming the measures announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to strengthen the ailing agricultural...

Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am

Business & Finance

Feb cement despatches fall 19.22pc to 3.26MT YoY

LAHORE: Cement industry has urged the new government to start pending public sector development projects to provide...

Published 05 Mar, 2024 03:09am

Pakistan

CM Maryam urged to immediately form agri body, economic advisory council

LAHORE: Congratulating newly-elected Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif on her historic achievement, growers...

Published 27 Feb, 2024 03:06am

Pakistan

Hike in fertilizer prices disastrous for farmers, food security: PKI

LAHORE: Expressing concern over reports of hikes in Urea prices after the recent government decision to revise gas...

Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am

Business & Finance

Jan cement despatches decline 14.79pc to 3.414 MTs YoY

LAHORE: Cement despatches declined by 14.79% in January 2024 as the sector registered despatches of 3.414 million...

Published 03 Feb, 2024 05:46am

Markets

Concern at delayed urea distribution

LAHORE: Farmers expressing their grave concern over delayed distribution of 150,000 metric tons of imported urea ...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 04:58am

Business & Finance

Govt may take rice exports to $5bn by 2028: Shahzad Malik

LAHORE: Pakistan has the potential to take its rice exports to US $5 billion by the year 2028 and then double this...

Updated 24 Jan, 2024 04:45pm

Pakistan

HG1 garlic production: Senate body directs NARC to support growers

LAHORE: The Senate Standing Committee on Commerce has directed the National Agriculture Research Centre (NARC), the...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:06am

Pakistan

PKI calls for developing long-term strategy for urea availability

LAHORE: Discussing the current urea shortfall faced by the farmers, Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) President Khalid...

Published 03 Jan, 2024 05:32am

Business & Finance

Dec cement despatches increase 4.63pc YoY

LAHORE: Cement despatches increased by 4.63 percent in last month as the industry recorded total despatches during ...

Published 03 Jan, 2024 05:32am

Business & Finance

A think tank for amending laws to improve agri sector

LAHORE: The Agriculture Republic, a think-tank that brainstorms agricultural issues and suggests remedies, says the...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

Business & Finance

Farmers express mixed reaction over agri sector’s performance

LAHORE: Stakeholders expressed mixed reactions over the performance of the agricultural sector during the year 2023...

Published 24 Dec, 2023 04:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 29	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 29	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 29	156.41
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 29	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 29	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 29	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 26	5099.96
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.76
Nasdaq / Apr 26	15927.90
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8139.83
Dow Jones / Apr 26	38239.66
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18161.01
France CAC40 / Apr 26	8088.24
India Sensex / Apr 29	74257.68

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 26	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 26	210048
Petrol/Litre / Apr 29	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 29	83.16
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 29	2332.70
Diesel/Litre / Apr 29	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

Markets →

Calculate your monthly liability in FY24

Most Popular