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SAU to assist PBS in Digital Agricultural Census

HYDERABAD: Sindh Agriculture University will assist the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) in conducting the ...

Published 15 May, 2024 05:47am

H1FY24 agri sector output rebounds

KARACHI: The output of agriculture sector rebounded, with 6.8 percent growth in the first half of FY24 compared to...

Updated 15 May, 2024 09:19am

Business & Finance

Budget proposals: PBF underscores need for strengthening agri sector

KARACHI: Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) have sent the detailed proposals for the budget 2024-25 to the Ministry of...

Published 12 May, 2024 03:09am

Markets

HBL and Agrilift join forces to accelerate digitisation of agri sector

KARACHI: HBL, Pakistan’s leading financial institution, has entered into a strategic partnership with Agrilift, to...

Published 09 May, 2024 03:11am

Markets

‘Agriculture holds key to prosperity, food security’

LAHORE: Agriculture, as a sector, holds the key to prosperity, food security, and the socio-economic upliftment of...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

Business & Finance

Ambassador of Netherlands visits LCCI

LAHORE: Pakistan is a country with all the possibilities, it is a land of opportunities and this country can become...

Published 27 Apr, 2024 05:03am

BR Research

HBL profits: Strong and steady

Pakistan’s largest commercial bank, HBL started 2024 from where it left off in 2023. Another record quarterly profit...

Published 25 Apr, 2024 09:05am

Business & Finance

Pakistan seeks transfer of agriculture technology from Netherlands

Development shared by Finance Division after Aurangzeb's meeting with the Netherlands envoy

Published 03 Apr, 2024 04:24pm

No reduction in poverty in sight: World Bank projects 1.8pc growth

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has projected Pakistan’s GDP growth at 1.8 percent against the budgetary estimates of 3.5...

Updated 03 Apr, 2024 09:46am

Cooperation and investment: World Bank, IFC bigwigs discuss potential areas with Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank country director and International Finance Corporation (IFC) country manager on Monday met...

Updated 02 Apr, 2024 08:46am

Business & Finance

Q2 GDP stands at 1pc despite improvement in agri sector

ISLAMABAD: The GDP growth stood at one percent in the second quarter of the ongoing fiscal year against the revised...

Updated 30 Mar, 2024 08:47am

Opinion

‘Protecting women farmers’

This is apropos a Business Recorder editorial “Protecting women farmers” carried by the newspaper recently. It ...

Published 07 Mar, 2024 04:59am

Business & Finance

ZTBL announces highly impressive financial results

ISLAMABAD: ZTBL is country’s g premier specialized financial institution, playing a pivotal role in the economy...

Published 05 Mar, 2024 03:09am

Editorials

Protecting women farmers

EDITORIAL: If there was any doubt about the lack of recognition and reward for women’s labour in the country’s...

Published 02 Mar, 2024 04:16am

Markets

Stakeholders urged to prevent post-harvest losses in agriculture

HYDERABAD: National and international experts, committed to addressing the food and nutrition shortages in the...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am

Markets

PDP for introducing energy-saving technologies in rural areas

KARACHI: Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf Shakoor has said that introducing energy saving technologies ...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 04:58am

PIDE webinar: Economist talks of GDP decline during BJP rule

ISLAMABAD: GDP growth in India in Manmohan Singh government during 2004 to 2013 was as high as 7.8 percent but it...

Updated 19 Jan, 2024 09:39am

Pakistan

Punjab Agri Strategic Plan (2024-34): recommendations submitted

LAHORE: Punjab Agriculture Strategic Plan (2024-34) recommendations were submitted in the third meeting of the plan...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:02am

BR Research

An interview with Rabel Sadozai, Director Marketing and Sales, Fatima Fertilizer

"Pakistan needs 5 percent consistent annual growth in the agriculture sector" Rabel Sadozai is the first female...

Published 15 Jan, 2024 07:42am

Business & Finance

Machinery import rises 6.36pc in five months

ISLAMABAD: The imports of the overall machinery group witnessed an increase of 6.36 per cent during the first five...

Published 15 Jan, 2024 05:03am

Business & Finance

Vital role of agriculture in economy highlighted

LAHORE: Iftikhar Ali Sahoo, Chairman Planning and Development (P&D) Board, highlighted that agriculture...

Published 09 Jan, 2024 04:18am

Pakistan

Climate change impacting weather conditions

PESHAWAR: Climate change is a global phenomenon impacting the weather conditions of Pakistan and the whole world....

Published 08 Jan, 2024 05:23am

Socioeconomic development: Agriculture holds immense importance: PM

Caretaker premier hails work of ministries and departments for achieving milestones under umbrella of Special Investment Facilitation Council

Updated 30 Dec, 2023 08:17pm

Business & Finance

New industrial units: SBP should introduce low-cost financing scheme: FBATI

KARACHI: Syed Raza Hussain, President of the Federal B Area Association of Trade and Industries (FBATI), has urged...

Published 29 Dec, 2023 02:58am

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

Mobilink Bank provides Rs1.7bn for green energy products

ISLAMABAD: Mobilink Bank has financed green energy products worth Rs 1.7 billion under its climate finance portfolio...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

Pakistan

‘Entomologists must step up efforts towards controlling agri diseases’

FAISALABAD: “The issue of agricultural diseases and pests was aggravating due to climate changes and other factors...

Published 25 Dec, 2023 05:42am

Business & Finance

Rice exports likely to touch $3bn mark during financial year: exporters

LAHORE: “Rice exporters are hopeful to touch the USD 3 billion mark during the current financial year and are...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 03:54am

Perspectives

Digital revolution in Pakistan’s agriculture sector: some key principles

The agricultural sector plays a crucial role in the economic landscape of Pakistan, serving as a significant source...

Published 20 Dec, 2023 05:00am

Rs2.25trn agri credit target set by central bank

KARACHI: While setting the agriculture credit disbursement target at Rs 2.250 trillion for this fiscal year (FY24),...

Updated 16 Dec, 2023 09:57am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 14	278.27
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 14	278.07
USD to Japanese Yen / May 14	156.37
USD to Swiss Franc / May 14	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 14	1.26
Euro to USD / May 14	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 14	5246.68
India Sensex / May 14	73104.61
Tokyo Nikkei / May 14	38552.29
Nasdaq / May 14	16511.18
Hang Seng / May 14	19073.71
FTSE 100 / May 14	8428.13
Dow Jones / May 14	39558.11
Germany DAX 30 / May 14	18716.42

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 14	78.51
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 14	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 14	207733
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 14	2357
Cotton US¢/pound / May 14	73.78
Petrol/Litre / May 15	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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