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Finance Bill: FPCCI demands withdrawal of anti-business measures

KARACHI: On behalf of the entire business, industry and trade community of Pakistan Atif Ikram Sheikh, President...

Published 13 Jun, 2025 06:57am

Tax relief costs kitty Rs5.84trn

ISLAMABAD: Total tax exemptions, concessions/reduced rates, zero-rating and special tax treatments to various...

Updated 10 Jun, 2025 09:27am

Tax ordinance will be reviewed, SAPM tells FPCCI

KARACHI: Haroon Akhtar Khan, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) for Industries & Production, has assured...

Updated 24 May, 2025 10:57am

Business trust improves significantly: OICCI’s survey

ISLAMABAD: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) on Thursday unveiled the results of its...

Updated 23 May, 2025 09:23am

FBR endorses viewpoint of Senate panel: Undue taxation relocating businesses to Dubai

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Wednesday endorsed the viewpoint of Senate Standing Committee on...

Updated 22 May, 2025 09:00am

Business & Finance

Punjab Budget to boost business, digital finance: Minister

LAHORE: Punjab Finance Minister Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman has said the upcoming provincial budget will feature...

Updated 21 May, 2025 07:25am

Business & Finance

Tax system termed barrier to economic growth

KARACHI: The Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, the President of the Pakistan Businessmen and...

Published 21 May, 2025 06:28am

Editorials

Cracking down on collusion — finally

EDITORIAL: It’s a wonder that it took authorities this long to acknowledge what had been obvious to the market for...

Published 18 May, 2025 06:03am

Business & Finance

POS invoicing: SRB conducts first computerised prize ballot draw

KARACHI: The Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) on Tuesday conducted its first computerised prize ballot draw for customers...

Published 14 May, 2025 06:51am

Business & Finance

Trump trade war spreads more gloom across businesses

LONDON/SEOUL/NEW YORK: Businesses across multiple industries are hiking prices, backing away from previous financial...

Published 25 Apr, 2025 06:05am

Move aims at facilitating businesses: KE agrees to share FCAs projections with regulator

ISLAMABAD: K-Electric has agreed to share provisional projections of Fuel Charges Adjustments (FCAs) for future...

Updated 17 Apr, 2025 09:37am

Business & Finance

Report titled ‘LCCI’s 200 Days’ launched at consultative session

LAHORE: While taking a giant leap towards promoting participation on economic policymaking and addressing the issues...

Published 16 Apr, 2025 05:55am

Business & Finance

Businesses underscore need for further cut in power tariffs

KARACHI: The Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, the President of the Pakistan Businessmen and...

Published 06 Apr, 2025 05:44am

Pakistan

Businesses protest killing of trader’s grandson in Sukkur

KARACHI: Businesses remained closed in protest over killing of a trade leader’s grandson in Sukkur on Saturday, as...

Published 06 Apr, 2025 05:44am

Business & Finance

Unreliable internet, digital payment barriers slow down growth of SMEs: FPCCI BMP

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry Businessmen Panel (BMP) has said that...

Published 06 Apr, 2025 05:44am

Business & Finance

Retailers, other businesses: FBR to grant two more licences to private cos for integration of e-invoicing

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to grant two more licences to private companies for the...

Published 04 Apr, 2025 05:22am

Leading sectors, businesses: CCP’s MIU detects around 150 violations

ISLAMABAD: Market Intelligence Unit (MIU) of the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has detected 150 major...

Updated 03 Apr, 2025 09:30am

Business & Finance

‘Economic stability not possible due to anti-business steps’

KARACHI: The business community says that economic stability is not possible due to the government’s anti-business...

Published 03 Apr, 2025 05:23am

Editorials

PBC makes some valid points

EDITORIAL: That Pakistan’s manufacturing sector stands at a crossroads, grappling with challenges that threaten its...

Published 03 Apr, 2025 05:23am

Traders say economic stability not possible with ‘anti-business’ actions

PESHAWAR: Members of the business community asserted economic stability cannot come amid government’ ‘anti-business’...

Updated 31 Mar, 2025 10:19am

Editorials

A tax framework designed to fail

EDITORIAL: The country’s fundamentally flawed tax system has long undermined the business environment, slowed...

Published 28 Mar, 2025 06:24am

Business & Finance

Clearance of goods: KCAA voices its concerns over ‘delays’

KARACHI: The Karachi Customs Agents Association (KCAA) has expressed concerns over delays in the goods clearance...

Published 27 Mar, 2025 05:23am

Business & Finance

Businesses sound alarm as Trump tariff chaos hits consumers

LONDON/NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON: With each day, evidence is mounting across the corporate world that the chaotic...

Published 26 Mar, 2025 07:59am

Business & Finance

CDA approves QR code payment system for businesses, eateries

ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Tuesday approved the introduction of a QR code payment system for...

Published 26 Mar, 2025 07:04am

Budget 2025-26

FY26 Budget proposals: Businesses urge govt to gradually reduce GST rate

Pakistan Business Council recommends reduction in withholding taxes for exporters to minimise impact on cash flow of their business

Updated 25 Mar, 2025 09:30am

Digital financial services: Govt, regulators must develop frameworks: ADB

ISLAMABAD: The government and regulatory authorities must move quickly to establish frameworks for digital financial...

Updated 25 Mar, 2025 09:27am

KP govt decides to launch universal digital payment system

PESHAWAR: The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has taken a big step towards digital transformation by deciding to...

Updated 24 Mar, 2025 08:44am

Pakistan

Crackdown on substandard ketchup-making businesses conducted

LAHORE: The food safety teams of Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Tuesday conducted a grand operation across Lahore,...

Published 20 Mar, 2025 07:57am

Editorials

The high cost of punitive taxation

EDITORIAL: The fundamentally flawed nature of the tax regime operational in Pakistan is both well-documented and...

Published 19 Mar, 2025 05:48am

Business premises: FBR to monitor production of goods

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has directed manufacturers not to remove goods from their business...

Updated 15 Mar, 2025 02:56pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 16	283.37
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 16	283.17
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 17	144.76
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 17	1.36
Euro to USD / Jun 17	1.16
UK LIBOR % / Jun 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 14	5,976.97
Nasdaq / Jun 14	19,406.83
Dow Jones / Jun 14	42,197.79
India Sensex / Jun 17	81,649.49
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 17	38,502.10
Hang Seng / Jun 17	23,945.81
FTSE 100 / Jun 17	8,845.59
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 17	23,441.60
France CAC40 / Jun 17	7,694.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 16	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 16	310,613
Petrol/Litre / Jun 17	258.43
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 17	72.01
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 17	3,388.42
Diesel/Litre / Jun 17	262.59
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 17	67.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Cresent Jute / Jun 17 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	5.57 ▲ 1 (21.88%)
First Dawood Prop. / Jun 17 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	4.55 ▲ 0.67 (17.27%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jun 17 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	9.28 ▲ 1 (12.08%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jun 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	18.98 ▲ 1.73 (10.03%)
Merit Packaging / Jun 17 Merit Packaging Limited(MERIT)	14.92 ▲ 1.36 (10.03%)
Service Textile / Jun 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	17.88 ▲ 1.63 (10.03%)
MACPAC Films / Jun 17 MACPAC Films Limited(MACFL)	26.81 ▲ 2.44 (10.01%)
Bannu Woollen / Jun 17 Bannu Woollen Mills Limited(BNWM)	57.71 ▲ 5.25 (10.01%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	57.33 ▲ 5.21 (10%)
Pak Datacom / Jun 17 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	378.26 ▲ 34.39 (10%)

Stock	Price
Unicap Modaraba / Jun 17 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	3.86 ▼ -0.74 (-16.09%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 17 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	3.31 ▼ -0.54 (-14.03%)
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 17 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	3.87 ▼ -0.52 (-11.85%)
Sardar Chemical / Jun 17 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	77.10 ▼ -8.57 (-10%)
Pakgen Power / Jun 17 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	237.39 ▼ -26.38 (-10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 17 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	15,300.17 ▼ -1700.02 (-10%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 17 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	24.86 ▼ -2.76 (-9.99%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jun 17 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	43.34 ▼ -4.8 (-9.97%)
Khyber Textile / Jun 17 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	1,457.04 ▼ -158.06 (-9.79%)
First Fid. Leasing / Jun 17 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	2.95 ▼ -0.32 (-9.79%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	239,756,205 ▼ -0.01
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 17 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	97,496,465 ▼ -0.05
Sui South Gas / Jun 17 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	49,860,990 ▲ 1.54
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 17 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	49,081,749 ▼ -0.54
B.O.Punjab / Jun 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	43,532,329 ▲ 0.17
Bank Makramah / Jun 17 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	41,528,036 ▲ 0.2
Kohinoor Spining / Jun 17 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	37,900,841 ▼ -0.11
First Prudential Mod. / Jun 17 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	37,499,448 ▼ -0.52
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jun 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	25,538,700 ▼ -0.21
First Dawood Prop. / Jun 17 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	23,790,756 ▲ 0.67

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