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Garments: paucity of skilled workforce (ii)

Being the highest value-added sector in the textile value-chain, ready-made garments bring in substantial amount of fore

Published 13 Dec, 2017 07:05am

Textile

Garments: paucity of skilled workforce

After almost thirty years of being governed by the Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA), garment trade was opened up to free comp

Published 12 Dec, 2017 07:40am

Textile

Separating garments from textile

There has been strong contention between the value-added segment of ready-made garments and their suppliers lower down t

Published 08 Dec, 2017 07:44am

Textile

The credit goes to textile sector!

Bank credit to private sector businesses has surely galloped in the first four months of current fiscal year. The net cr

Published 06 Dec, 2017 08:35am

Textile

Eroding textile cost competitiveness

The nails just don’t stop being driven in the coffin when it comes to the textile sector. As if the already high cost of

Updated 30 Nov, 2017 10:03am

Textile

Revised textile package fans optimism

The textile sector’s response to the original incentive package announced last year by the government was lukewarm at be

Updated 06 Nov, 2017 09:25am

Textile

Textile: uptick in value added exports

The textiles number released earlier in the week by the PBS indicate broad based growth in textile exports for Sep-17. R

Updated 27 Oct, 2017 09:51am

Textile

Changing trends in textiles

Lack of innovation and not keeping abreast with global trends are just some the reasons emphasized time and again for f

Updated 26 Oct, 2017 10:39am

Textile

Textile: Evolving consumer preferences

The textile sector’s performance for FY17 was described as marginally better in the central bank’s recently released ann

Updated 24 Oct, 2017 07:49am

Textile

Nishat Mills Limited

Pakistan’s largest textile composite, Nishat Mills Limited (PSX: NML) released its result for FY17 recently which saw th

Published 27 Sep, 2017 05:35am

Textile

Value-added textiles fueling export growth

The recently released textile export numbers provide room for some cautious optimism regarding the future trajectory of

Updated 26 Sep, 2017 06:15am

Textile

Revising the textile policy

Policymaking is one of the most important tools the state has to shape a particular sector and provide a roadmap of wher

Published 08 Sep, 2017 06:23am

Textile

Illogical protectionist measures

When it comes to manufacturing and exports, the aim for any country should be to eventually focus on those industries an

Updated 29 Aug, 2017 03:16pm

Textile

Textile exports: stagnancy prevails

Textile export numbers for July-17 are out with the sector once again showing lacklustre performance. While many have pi

Updated 25 Aug, 2017 07:05am

Textile

On aiding value-added textile exports

Even though many of the issues affecting the textile sector affect the entire value chain such as currency devaluation a

Published 21 Aug, 2017 06:15am

Textile

What we have not learnt

Adverse global economic conditions, overvalued rupee, political instability, and unfavourable international trade ag

Updated 28 Jul, 2017 11:37am

Textile

Textile exports disappoint yet again

The recently released textile export numbers paint a bleak picture of the sector. Even though there was an increase

Updated 25 Jul, 2017 05:48am

Textile

APTTA: walking in the dark

On June 3 this year, Pakistan Customs announced that the Goods-in-Transit-to-Afghanistan (GITA) train service was re-lau

Published 13 Jul, 2017 03:51am

Textile

On textile and market linkages

The garments sector of Pakistan holds great promise when it comes to increasing export-led growth primarily because

Updated 10 Jul, 2017 11:46am

Textile

Textile, load-shedding & Ramazan

In addition to people feeling the heat, our industry is feeling the heat of load shedding too. Last week, the Pakist

Published 14 Jun, 2017 03:53am

Textile

GSP Plus and creating linkages

This year’s Economic Survey has a brief section on GSP Plus, which highlights some positives on Pakistan’s market ac

Published 01 Jun, 2017 06:42am

Textile

Textile exports 10MFY17

The latest PBS trade data is here and the numbers are not very convincing; for the month of April 2017, total textil

Published 24 May, 2017 03:24am

Textile

Textile refunds

One of the core issues in the textile industry – or really, any export-oriented industry – that keeps grabbing headl

Published 22 May, 2017 02:42am

Textile

Nishat (Chunian) spins success

In spite of the ongoing malaise of the textile industry, Nishat (Chunian) Limited (PSX: NCL) has been performing excepti

Published 02 May, 2017 04:27am

Textile

Nishat Millsâ€™ troublesome 3Q

The textile powerhouse, Nishat Mills Limited (PSX: NML) is losing profitability; for the nine months ended FY17, despite

Published 25 Apr, 2017 06:24am

Textile

Textile exports 8MFY17

For all the fanfare and attention it received, the PMâ€™s export package doesnâ€™t seem to have worked so far; for the m

Published 03 Apr, 2017 05:11am

Textile

Pakistan Textile City: another story of failed SEZs

Last month, the ECC approved the winding up of Pakistan Textile City â€“ a 1,250 acre project in Karachi that never took

Updated 30 Mar, 2017 12:05pm

Textile

No roses in Gul Ahmed's bottomline

In September 2016, the directors of Gul Ahmed Textile Mills (GATM) said they were optimistic for a positive bottomline growth in the remaining nine months of FY17.

Published 02 Mar, 2017 05:54am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	156.17
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5048.42
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
India Sensex / Apr 26	74171.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.72
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17626.75
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8123.98
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18016.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2336.33
Diesel/Litre / Apr 26	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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