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‘Budget-making, resource allocation system rely on outdated census figures’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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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 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	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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