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Basmati

Basmati battle: Australian court rejects India’s plea as Pakistan secures major legal win

Updated 12 Aug, 2026 08:46pm

Outcome protects commercial, intellectual-property interests of Pakistan’s Basmati growers

Lahore Grain Market Rates

Published 11 Dec, 2025 03:26am

LAHORE: Grain and other commodity rates in rupees on Akbari Mandi on Wednesday (December 10, 2025)...

Guard introduces two new OP Basmati varieties

Published 08 Dec, 2025 02:51am

LAHORE: Pakistan’s rice sector is poised for a major uplift as Guard Agricultural Research & Services Ltd...

GSP+ talks: Islamabad raises ethanol, Basmati issues in push for fairer EU market access

Updated 22 Nov, 2025 10:55pm

Pakistan committed to fulfilling all obligations, assures Commerce ministry officials in meeting with Ambassador of the Netherlands

Rice exports: quarterly roundup

Published 27 Apr, 2023 07:01am

Pakistan’s basmati rice exports surged strongly in March 2023, if reports from PBS are to be believed. Dollar...

Basmati: losing traditional markets?

Published 25 Nov, 2022 09:01am

That Pakistan’s rice exports are all set to decline massively in the ongoing fiscal now appears to be a foregone...

Reap chairman asks peers to go for value addition

Published 02 Oct, 2022 05:48am

LAHORE: Rice exporters must go for value addition instead of exporting just rice if they want to materialize the US$...

Sindh rice crop: separating fact from speculation

Published 30 Sep, 2022 08:45am

Last week, rumor mills went in overdrive in farmer Whatsapp groups, claiming that government of Pakistan was...

REAP to hold two ‘Biryani festivals’ in Tehran on 27th

Published 24 Jul, 2022 05:04am

LAHORE: The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) is going to hold two “Biryani Festivals” in Tehran on...

Rice exports: new heights

Published 21 Jun, 2022 09:49am

Pakistan’s rice exports have made a fresh record this fiscal, reaching 4.5 million metric tons (MMT) during...

Food prices: is basmati next?

Published 13 Dec, 2021 08:17am

According to weekly SPI, basmati (broken, average quality) national average price has closed in on Rs 100 per kg in...

Punjab registers record rice production of 5.766m tons

Published 26 Nov, 2021 05:15am

LAHORE: Punjab produced record rice production of 5.766 million tons, both basmati and non-basmati, for the year...

Rice exports: cautious optimism?

Published 01 Nov, 2021 07:35am

Pakistan’s rice exports staged a comeback during Q1-FY22, rising against low base from Covid quarter during same...

Basmati: damn thy luck!

Published 01 Oct, 2021 07:35am

According to PBS, quantum of basmati exports increased by 40 percent during 2MFY22, highest volumetric increase...

An interview with Shahid Hussain Tarer, Managing Director Galaxy Rice Mill (Pvt.) Limited

Published 20 Sep, 2021 07:40am

“Agri-exporters cannot demand price premium without attracting foreign delegations” Shahid Husein Tarer is the...

India seeks to harm Pakistan’s position in basmati markets

Published 08 Jun, 2021 04:09am

LAHORE: From biryani to pilau, Pakistan and India's shared culinary landscape is defined by basmati, a distinctive...

GI of Basmati: EU accepts ‘reasoned statement’ against India

Published 09 Mar, 2021 05:45am

LAHORE: The European Commission (EU) has accepted the ‘reasoned statement’ submitted by the Rice Exporters...

REAP files reasoned statement in opposition to India’s claim on GI tag for Basmati

Updated 09 Feb, 2021 10:12am

KARACHI: Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has successfully filed the Reasoned Statement in opposition ...

PSC approves 47 new seed varieties of different crops

Published 29 Jan, 2021 04:55am

LAHORE: Punjab Seed Council (PSC) on Thursday approved 47 new seed varieties of different crops which include 7 BT...

Basmati rice registered as GI

Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am

LAHORE: Pakistan has registered Basmati Rice as Geographical Indication (GI) under Geographical Indications Act ...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 29	277.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 29	277.12
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 28	3.90

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
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 29	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 29	374,945
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18
Petrol/Litre / Oct 1	387.54
Diesel/Litre / Oct 1	402.24

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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