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Cellular Mobile Operators

PTA moves to declare corporate SMS a separate market

Published 04 Jun, 2026 11:02pm

Authority eyes tighter oversight of mobile operators

PTA proposes end to prepaid mobile balance expiry

Published 27 Feb, 2026 08:28pm

Proposal, issued through consultation paper, seeks public and industry feedback by March 16, 2026

CMOs partially meet KPIs amid reports of deteriorating quality

Published 31 Oct, 2025 06:22am

ISLAMABAD: Amid reports of deteriorating quality of telecom services in the country, cellular mobile operators ...

Telecom services gradually normalising: PTA

Updated 18 Aug, 2025 09:03am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Sunday announced significant progress in restoring telecom...

CMOs miss most of KPIs amid deteriorating telecom services

Published 25 Jan, 2025 06:22am

ISLAMABAD: Amid deteriorating telecom services in the country, the cellular mobile operators (CMOs) missed most of...

Voice and latency: CMOs miss some key performance indicators: PTA

Published 09 Dec, 2023 05:46am

ISLAMABAD: The cellular mobile operators (CMOs) have missed some of the key performance indicators (KPIs) set in...

‘SIM Disowning Charge’ to be applicable from Jan 1 2024: PTA

Published 11 Nov, 2023 06:30am

ISLAMABAD: Effective from 1st January 2024, cellular mobile operators in Pakistan and AJK and GB may levy a “SIM...

Mobile operators in Pakistan may levy ‘SIM Disowning Charge’ from January 1

Updated 10 Nov, 2023 10:50pm

Cellular mobile operators in Pakistan may levy a disowning charge on SIMs having less than a six-month retention...

Minister tells CMOs: No tax relief possible due to IMF programme

Published 26 Sep, 2023 06:33am

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication has conveyed to the...

Auction for 5G spectrum may take more time than expected

Updated 18 Sep, 2023 08:48am

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government has little in hand with respect to fiscal and policy interventions to oblige...

CMOs miss most of KPIs, asked to take corrective measures

Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am

ISLAMABAD: The cellular mobile operators (CMOs) have missed most of the key performance indicators (KPIs) set in...

PTA links floor price mechanism for CMOs to CCP’s NoC

Published 24 Mar, 2023 05:55am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommuni-cation Authority (PTA) has linked floor price uplift mechanism for cellular...

Moratorium on QoS: PTA rejects CMOs’ demand

Updated 09 Mar, 2023 08:51am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has rejected the cellular mobile operators’ demand of a...

Telecom licence price pegged with USD: CMOs warn of ‘digital catastrophe’

Published 23 Feb, 2023 05:52am

ISLAMABAD: The Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) Wednesday gave SOS call to the government and warned that the ...

Companies ordered to take corrective measures: Mobile operators don’t meet key performance indicators: survey

Published 20 Feb, 2023 06:58am

ISLAMABAD: The Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) have missed most of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) mentioned...

Spectrum availability not being fully utilised by CMOs

Updated 13 Feb, 2023 09:20am

ISLAMABAD: The government has sufficient spectrum to offer for any future spectrum auction for NGMS in Pakistan;...

Telecom users face service disruptions due to countrywide power outage

Published 24 Jan, 2023 07:33am

ISLAMABAD: Telecom customers faced serious issues on Monday, as telecom services, including mobile and internet...

CMOs fail to reach agreement on ‘SIM disallowing charge’

Updated 21 Jan, 2023 08:47am

ISLAMABAD: Cellular mobile operators (CMOs) have failed to reach an agreement/ consensus on SIM disowning charge and...

LCs issue: CMOs likely to get force majeure for new projects

Updated 17 Jan, 2023 08:55am

ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to grant force majeure to cellular mobile operators (CMOs) for 10 new...

CMOs found to have missed many prescribed KPIs

Updated 01 Dec, 2022 11:35am

ISLAMABAD: Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) have missed most of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) set in their...

PTA informs NA: ‘Total of 4,395,566 SIMs identified and blocked in 3 years to curb illegal grey telephony’

Published 18 Nov, 2022 05:53am

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Thursday, Pakistan Telecommun-ication Authority (PTA) identified a...

SBP allows opening of ‘Asaan Mobile Account’

Updated 14 Aug, 2022 02:49pm

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority will provide technical assistance for the initiative

Poor quality of services: CMOs pay only 16pc of total penalty

Updated 31 Jul, 2022 09:48am

ISLAMABAD: The Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) have paid Rs6.4 million, ie, only 16 percent of the total penalty of...

Punjab, Sindh, KP, Balochistan and AJ&K: PTA carries out QoS survey in 15 cities,8 motorways/highways/inter-city roads

Published 23 Jun, 2022 08:27am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has carried out an independent Quality of Service (QoS)...

Cellular mobile operators for reducing customs duty on fibre-optic cable, taxes

Updated 18 Jun, 2022 12:25pm

Say situation would result in the closure of mobile phone service for hours and ATM services might also face disruption

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 20	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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