Topic

cigarette production

Undocumented procurement of cigarette raw material causing huge losses

Published 25 Apr, 2026 05:54am

LAHORE: The undocumented procurement of acetate tow, a critical raw material used in cigarette manufacturing, has...

Published 30 Sep, 2025 07:28am

ISLAMABAD: The local production of illicit cigarettes during 2024 remained the same despite drastic decrease in...

Published 05 Aug, 2023 06:00am

EDITORIAL: The tobacco manufacturing industry is the single largest contributor to the Federal Board of Revenue’s...

Updated 26 Jul, 2023 09:17am

Amid shrinking manufacturing, the tobacco sector is also facing a decline in cigarette production over the last...

Published 06 Jun, 2023 05:33am

ISLAMABAD: Health experts and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), Monday, admitted that cigarette production in...

Updated 26 May, 2023 08:50am

ISLAMABAD: The tobacco industry is declaring misleading statistics about the decline in the declared production of...

Published 22 Feb, 2023 07:24am

Amid the economic gloom and doom, political chaos and associated uncertainties, Pakistanis appeared to have smoked...

Published 23 Nov, 2022 09:02am

Given the unprecedented crises facing the country this year, one might think Pakistani smokers would have increased...

Published 24 Mar, 2022 09:16am

Cigarette makers have been on fire lately with rising output. As per calculations based on recent production data...

Published 28 Oct, 2021 07:35am

The third quarter of the calendar year wasn’t as impressive for Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited (PSX: PMPK)...

Published 09 Oct, 2021 04:10am

LAHORE: Speakers at a webinar have called for bringing the overall supply chain of tobacco under effective tobacco...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 3	278.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 3	278.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 4	159.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 4	0.79
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 4	1.34
Euro to USD / Jun 4	1.16
SOFR % / Jun 3	3.63

Stock	Price
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jun 4 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	8.40 ▲ 0.97 (13.06%)
Ruby Textile / Jun 4 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	18.67 ▲ 1.7 (10.02%)
Tri-Star Power / Jun 4 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	15.38 ▲ 1.4 (10.01%)
Ideal Spinning / Jun 4 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	79.73 ▲ 7.25 (10%)
Pak Synthetics / Jun 4 Pakistan Synthetics Limited(PSYL)	127.36 ▲ 11.58 (10%)
Zuma Resources / Jun 4 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	72.62 ▲ 6.6 (10%)
Allawasaya Tex / Jun 4 Allawasaya Tex. & Finishing Mills Ltd(AWTX)	1,707.26 ▲ 155.21 (10%)
Nets Internat.Comm. / Jun 4 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	27.95 ▲ 2.54 (10%)
Askari Life Assur. / Jun 4 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	21.16 ▲ 1.92 (9.98%)
First IBL Mod. / Jun 4 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	11.36 ▲ 0.99 (9.55%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Jun 4 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	106 ▼ -9.45 (-8.19%)
Ellcot Spinning / Jun 4 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	105.80 ▼ -9.02 (-7.86%)
Crescent Cotton / Jun 4 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	36.55 ▼ -3.05 (-7.7%)
Blessed Tex. / Jun 4 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	1,110 ▼ -74.3 (-6.27%)
Dewan Textile / Jun 4 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	9.05 ▼ -0.59 (-6.12%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jun 4 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	80 ▼ -5.11 (-6%)
Paramount Mod / Jun 4 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	13.10 ▼ -0.8 (-5.76%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jun 4 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	5.87 ▼ -0.31 (-5.02%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jun 4 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	387 ▼ -18 (-4.44%)
United Brands / Jun 4 United Brands Limited(UBDL)	23.52 ▼ -1.08 (-4.39%)

Stock	Volume
Beco Steel Ltd / Jun 4 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	45,106,497 ▲ 0.25
P.T.C.L. / Jun 4 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	13,407,690 ▲ 2.02
Pak Qatar Family / Jun 4 Pak Qatar Family Takaful Limited(PAKQATAR)	12,752,697 ▲ 2.15
Wasl Mobility Mod. / Jun 4 Wasl Mobility Modaraba(WASL)	12,369,754 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Jun 4 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	9,960,043 ▲ 0.44
Telecard Limited / Jun 4 Telecard Limited(TELE)	9,009,616 ▲ 0.39
Dewan Cement / Jun 4 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	7,885,072 ▲ 0.09
B.O.Punjab / Jun 4 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	7,598,236 ▲ 0.36
Cnergyico PK / Jun 4 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	7,277,170 ▲ 0.01
Pak Int.Bulk / Jun 4 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	6,421,573 ▲ 0.43