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‘Budget-making, resource allocation system rely on outdated census figures’

Published 20 Feb, 2026 07:05am

HYDERABAD: President Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industry, Muhammad Saleem Memon, has stated that...

Khalid Maqbool demands a ‘transparent’ census

Published 21 Sep, 2025 04:51am

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Education & Professional Training Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has called for a...

Findings of the agricultural census

Updated 09 Sep, 2025 07:28am

The findings of the Agricultural Census of 2024 have been released recently by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics...

India to ask caste status in next census for first time in decades

Published 30 Apr, 2025 07:20pm

NEW DELHI: India will conduct its first official caste census since independence, the government announced on...

Human development index of provinces

Published 10 Dec, 2024 06:43am

The Population and Housing Census of 2023 has generated a lot of useful information on key indicators. The ...

Findings of 2023 population census

Published 20 Aug, 2024 07:01am

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has recently disseminated the detailed results of the 7th Population and...

7th Population & Housing Census-2023: Data collected strategic resource for Data-Driven Policy Making: Ahsan

Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am

ISLAMABAD: The data collected through 7th Population and Housing Census-2023 is a strategic resource for Data-Driven...

7th population, housing census: ECC likely to approve proposal today

Updated 01 Feb, 2024 08:58am

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet is likely to approve the Ministry of Planning...

PKMAP rejects new delimitations in KP

Published 02 Oct, 2023 06:33am

PESHAWAR: Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) has opposed the recent delimitation decision taken by Election...

‘Unfinished agenda of PBS’: Ishrat shares his opinion

Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:34am

ISLAMABAD: Dr Ishrat Husain a renowned economist, former Governor State Bank, Former Advisor to Prime Minister on...

Plea against CCI decision: PTI challenges objections raised by SC registrar

Updated 17 Sep, 2023 07:02pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday challenged the objections raised by Supreme Court registrar on...

Bilawal decries ‘absence of a level playing field’

Updated 13 Sep, 2023 08:56am

KARACHI: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday decried the “absence of a level-playing field” in the...

A questionable digital census

Updated 08 Sep, 2023 06:36am

On 5th August, the Council of Common Interests unanimously approved the results of the 7th Population Census of...

The population bulge

Updated 05 Sep, 2023 07:08am

The results of the seventh Population and Housing Census of Pakistan in 2023 have been announced recently by the...

SC urged to ask Alvi, ECP to give election date and issue schedule, respectively

Published 29 Aug, 2023 06:01am

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has been asked to direct the president to announce the date of elections within 90 days...

MQM-P for polls only after fresh delimitations

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on Sunday demanded ...

PPP decides to demand ‘polls in 90 days’

Updated 26 Aug, 2023 10:00am

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has demanded holding of the general elections in the country within 90 days as...

Rising political ‘clamour’ may force earlier elections

Updated 26 Aug, 2023 08:58am

ISLAMABAD: Rising political clamour accompanied by legal moves to hold the next elections within 90 days of the...

Digital census: PPP, MQM-P say concerned about ‘under-reporting’ of Sindh population

Updated 23 Aug, 2023 09:42am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) have expressed serious...

Existing pacts, ongoing projects: Caretaker setup allowed to take actions, decisions

Updated 22 Aug, 2023 09:51am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has allowed the caretaker governments to take “actions or...

FAFEN underscores need for ‘electoral fairness’ thru delimitation exercise

Published 21 Aug, 2023 06:43am

ISLAMABAD: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Sunday called upon the Election Commission of Pakistan ...

Clock’s ticking

Updated 21 Aug, 2023 07:52am

EDITORIAL: What could possibly be the reason for the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP’s) initial silence...

ECP announces launch of fresh delimitation of constituencies: General election delay seemingly inevitable

Updated 18 Aug, 2023 09:42am

ISLAMABAD: What appears to be a vivid indication that the general elections would not be held in the country before...

Delimitation: CJP asks ECP to carry out process in transparent manner

Updated 16 Aug, 2023 09:17am

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial noted delimitation of constituencies is a matter of public interest and...

A questionable census

Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:55am

On 5th August, the Council of Common Interests unanimously approved the results of the 7th Population Census of...

Cat’s out of the bag

Published 14 Aug, 2023 06:29am

EDITORIAL: Rumours that plans were afoot to delay the general election, due at the end of the year, turned out to be...

JI raises anomaly about CCI’s approved census results

Published 11 Aug, 2023 05:17am

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi on Thursday raised an anomaly about the CCI’s approved census results that...

Digital census data: Govt says error probability can be quite low

Updated 07 Aug, 2023 09:56am

Ishaq Dar says that the census had received approval from eight members of the CCI

Pakistan’s population grows by 35 million: census

Published 05 Aug, 2023 09:51pm

Pakistan’s population has ballooned to 250 million, according to the results of the latest census published Saturday

Council of Common Interests approves digital census 2023

Updated 05 Aug, 2023 08:04pm

Polls could be delayed as ECP needs more time to re-do delimitation exercise

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Commodity

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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