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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 / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 15	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 15	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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