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18th Amendment

18th Amendment: Ahsan for greater transfer of resources, powers to districts

Published 10 Sep, 2026 07:39am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal held a meeting with Sam...

LG elections: Aitzaz laments the lack of effort by the parties

Published 21 Aug, 2026 05:34am

LAHORE: Former Interior Minister and PPP senior leader Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan on Thursday lamented the lack of...

Devolution unfinished

Updated 18 Jul, 2026 07:57am

EDITORIAL: More than a decade-and-a-half after the 18th Constitutional Amendment fundamentally altered Pakistan’s...

18th Amendment: Kamal concerned at incomplete implementation

Published 08 Jul, 2026 06:54am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Health Services Mustafa Kamal has said that he does not oppose the 18th...

NFC reform and limits of fiscal devolution

Published 08 Jul, 2026 05:27am

EDITORIAL: The World Bank’s report on fiscal federalism in Pakistan should prompt a more serious debate on the 18th...

The local govt void

Published 01 Jul, 2026 05:57am

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s democratic evolution is in many ways the story of its failure to truly devolve power, which...

NFC Award: Opposition accuses govt of seeking to curtail provincial shares

Published 11 Jun, 2026 06:41am

ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on the federal...

Govt likely to table 27th Amendment in Senate on November 7

Published 05 Nov, 2025 12:08am

The federal government is set to introduce the 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill in the Senate on November 7 as...

Rebalancing the NFC

Published 03 Sep, 2025 06:43am

EDITORIAL: While the inaugural session of the National Finance Commission (NFC) had to be postponed due to the ...

18th Amendment has helped improve healthcare in provinces: Gilani

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 09:17am

ISLAMABD: Chairman Senate Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Sunday that the 18th Constitutional Amendment played a crucial...

Minimum wage revisited

Published 05 Dec, 2024 07:20am

Pakistan has an acceptable concept of minimum wage, just like many countries. The reason for imposing minimum wage ...

Scraping of 19th amendment demanded: Judges’ appointments only on seniority, performance: Fazl

Published 12 Oct, 2024 06:17am

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Friday, while demanding scraping of 19th...

Bilawal wants to use 18th Amendment as a slogan to create ‘mistrust’: PML-N

Published 08 Dec, 2023 05:20am

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Quaid Nawaz Sharif is determined to steer the country out of the...

18th Amendment has weakened federation financially, claims PBF

Published 12 Jun, 2023 06:26am

LAHORE: Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) says eighteenth amendment financially weakened the federation in the name of...

Stop incentivising population growth

Updated 24 May, 2023 06:40am

EDITORIAL: Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal while briefing the media emphasised...

Senate panel recommends scrapping allocation for devolved ministries

Published 23 May, 2023 06:14am

ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel on Monday unanimously recommended not to allocate a budget in the upcoming federal budget...

Embittered Miftah has a point

Updated 23 May, 2023 07:09am

EDITORIAL: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail’s idea of creating more provinces by giving each division the...

Devolved ministries: Federal govt’s spending soars to 0.6pc of GDP

Updated 06 Apr, 2023 08:50am

Increases from 0.4 percent of GDP in fiscal year 2009 to 0.6 percent of GDP in the fiscal year 2022

Cash surplus of provincial govts

Published 20 Dec, 2022 05:58am

The role of the four provincial governments has increased after the 18th Amendment. They have also become entitled ...

Foreign assets declared under amnesty immune from CVT

Published 20 Jun, 2022 07:25am

Capital Value Tax (CVT) was levied by the federal government in 1989 on transactions relating to acquisition of...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 30	277.31
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 30	277.11
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 29	3.88

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 29	7,670.84
Nasdaq / Sep 29	26,797.54
Dow Jones / Sep 29	51,349.92
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,729.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,728.56
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,534.37
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,714.17
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,546.29
France CAC40 / Sep 30	8,055.71

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 30	18,680
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 30	378,631
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18
Petrol/Litre / Oct 1	387.40
Diesel/Litre / Oct 1	400.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Sep 30 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.73 ▲ 0.77 (15.52%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Sep 30 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	20.41 ▲ 1.86 (10.03%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Sep 30 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.57 ▲ 1.51 (10.03%)
Sindh Modaraba / Sep 30 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	33.28 ▲ 3.03 (10.02%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Sep 30 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	26.38 ▲ 2.4 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Sep 30 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	113.96 ▲ 10.36 (10%)
Dadex Eternit / Sep 30 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	150.32 ▲ 13.67 (10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Sep 30 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	29.04 ▲ 2.64 (10%)
Oilboy Energy / Sep 30 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	18.59 ▲ 1.69 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ashfaq Textile / Sep 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	50.57 ▼ -5.62 (-10%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Sep 30 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	118.83 ▼ -13.16 (-9.97%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Sep 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.25 ▼ -1.15 (-9.27%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Sep 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	918.13 ▼ -92.07 (-9.11%)
Pakistan Services / Sep 30 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,019.63 ▼ -99.15 (-8.86%)
Mandviwala / Sep 30 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	77.07 ▼ -7.14 (-8.48%)
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	23.41 ▼ -1.84 (-7.29%)
D.M. Corporation / Sep 30 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	165.33 ▼ -11.63 (-6.57%)
Cordoba Logistics / Sep 30 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	28.32 ▼ -1.94 (-6.41%)
EMCO Industries / Sep 30 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	32.10 ▼ -1.93 (-5.67%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Sep 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,446,994 ▲ 0.11
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	58,387,095 ▲ 0.77
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Sep 30 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	50,882,891 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Sep 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,308,841 ▲ 0.03
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Sep 30 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	21,823,804 ▲ 1.27
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 30 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	17,873,579 ▲ 0.1
Pak Refinery / Sep 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,817,038 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,431,935 ▼ -0.01
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	16,575,953 ▼ -1.84
F. Nat.Equities / Sep 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	14,238,200 ▲ 0

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