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From trickle-down to bottom-up

EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin pledged to implement a bottom-up approach as opposed to the...

Published 29 Jun, 2021 03:24am

Business & Finance

BISP board approves Rs250bn budget

ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Board on Monday accorded approval to BISP annual budget of Rs 250...

Published 29 Jun, 2021 03:24am

Pakistan

Ehsaas Programme different from BISP: Dr Sania

LAHORE: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar said on Saturday that 95...

Published 27 Jun, 2021 03:56am

Ehsaas Kafalat: ECC approves indexation policy

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved indexation policy that...

Published 22 Jun, 2021 04:46am

Rs250bn set aside for BISP

ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has seen an increase of 25 percent with the allocation of Rs 250...

Published 12 Jun, 2021 05:04am

BISP disbursements: Survey shows Rs6.5m discrepancy in data

ISLAMABAD: There is a discrepancy of Rs 6.5 million in the data on disbursements for Benazir Income Support ...

Published 11 Jun, 2021 03:41am

Pakistan

‘Embezzlement’ in BISP funds: AC issues arrest warrant for Farzana Raja

ISLAMABAD: The Accountability Court Islamabad, on Monday issued nonbailable arrest warrant against former ...

Updated 08 Jun, 2021 05:44pm

Pakistan

Court issues arrest warrants for ex-BISP chief Farzana Raja in corruption reference

Raja has been declared a proclaimed offender over her continuous absence in court hearings
The accountability court issued orders to block Raja’s NIC and place her name on the no-fly list

Updated 07 Jun, 2021 01:02pm

Opinion

Exploiting comparative advantages

The federal budget for the year 2021-22 is being framed by Shaukat Tarin during whose earlier tenure as the federal...

Published 02 Jun, 2021 04:29am

Editorials

Sehat Sahulat programme

EDITORIAL: The Khan administration’s salutary focus on expanding the Sehat Sahulat Programme (SSP) is not only a...

Published 02 Jun, 2021 04:29am

Yusuf Khan made secretary finance

ISLAMABAD The government has replaced the secretary finance two weeks ahead of the presentation of the budget for ...

Published 28 May, 2021 04:08am

Pakistan

Bilawal slams Imran over changing name of BISP

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Imran Khan...

Published 26 May, 2021 03:45am

Pakistan

Ehsaas Programme: PM considering allocation of Rs250bn

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering allocation of up to 250 billion rupees for Ehsaas Programme in...

Published 22 May, 2021 04:05am

2nd phase of Ehsaas Emergency Cash to be launched

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to launch second phase of Ehsaas Emergency Cash (EEC) under which a...

Updated 19 May, 2021 09:43am

Editorials

PTI and poverty reduction

EDITORIAL: The prime minister has come to the correct conclusion, perhaps a little late in the day, that the success...

Published 24 Apr, 2021 03:21am

Pakistan

Alleged embezzlement in BISP funds: AC orders issuance of ad for summoning Farzana Raja

ISLAMABAD: The Accountability Court, on Wednesday, ordered to issue advertisement for summoning the former...

Updated 22 Apr, 2021 09:51am

Pakistan

Court issues arrest warrants for Farzana Raja in BISP reference

The court also rejected the request of ex-chairman BISP Farzana Raja for exemption from hearing.

Published 21 Apr, 2021 07:56pm

Pakistan

Doubtful BISP beneficiaries: Body to find out facts into no-recovery worth Rs2.5bn

ISLAMABAD: The management of the BISP has constituted an inquiry committee to find out the facts into no-recovery...

Updated 21 Apr, 2021 10:11am

Pakistan

All districts to be covered: Ehsaas, GB to cost-share, open ‘Nashonuma’ program: Dr Sania

ISLAMABAD: Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Muhammad Khalid Khursheed and Dr. Sania Nishtar with her team met here...

Published 18 Apr, 2021 03:09am

Pakistan

Waseela-e-Haq Programme: BISP asked to expedite amount recovery disbursed in 2009-13

ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed the management of the BISP to ...

Published 14 Apr, 2021 03:21am

Business & Finance

IMF hails govt’s determination to enhance BISP spending

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) appreciated the government’s determination to enhance spending on...

Updated 09 Apr, 2021 09:19am

Pakistan

BISP holds first e-Kachehri on PM’s instructions

ISLAMABAD: On the instruction of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) organised its...

Updated 01 Apr, 2021 09:08am

Business & Finance

SBP, CGAP ink MoU on digitizing govt payments via Raast

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Controller General of Accounts Pakistan (CGAP) Monday signed a...

Published 30 Mar, 2021 05:45am

Editorials

Targeted subsidies

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Imran Khan while speaking at the launch of the Ehsaas pilot programme Koi Bhuka Na Soye ...

Published 16 Mar, 2021 04:43am

Pakistan

List of beneficiaries: BISP removes another 29,961 individuals

ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has announced to have removed another 29,961 individuals from its...

Published 04 Feb, 2021 04:13am

Pakistan

BISP conducting nationwide survey to update NSER: Senate told

He said province-wise summary of desk based registration centers/ sites were being established across the country for registration of poor people.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 07:16pm

Pakistan

Senate panel informed: 80m people in Pakistan living in poverty

ISLAMABAD: Forty percent or at least 80 million people of the total population of Pakistan are living in poverty and...

Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:23am

Pakistan

Court declares two accused absconder in BISP reference

The hearing was then adjourned till February 15.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 06:38pm

Pakistan

Ehsaas to invite hackers to identify digital security vulnerabilities; Dr Nishtar

The Director General IT gave presentation on the progress underway to set up Cyber Control Wing.

Published 31 Dec, 2020 12:23am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 30	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 30	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / May 1	155.98
USD to Swiss Franc / May 1	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / May 1	1.25
Euro to USD / May 1	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 1	5018.39
India Sensex / May 1	74482.78
Tokyo Nikkei / May 1	38093.34
Nasdaq / May 1	15605.48
Hang Seng / May 1	17763.03
FTSE 100 / May 1	8121.24
Dow Jones / May 1	37903.29
Germany DAX 30 / May 1	17932.17

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 30	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 30	207390
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 1	79.18
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 1	2324.96
Cotton US¢/pound / May 1	76.51
Petrol/Litre / May 2	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 2 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 2 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 2 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 2 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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