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President signs ordinance to appoint Ogra chief

Updated 01 Jul, 2026 09:26am

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has signed “the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) Amendment Ordinance...

Promotions, service entitlements: State required to act as model employer: SC

Published 23 Jan, 2026 05:48am

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court declared that the State is required to act as a model employer, particularly in matters...

PM sets stage for dramatic overhaul of civil service

Updated 15 Jan, 2026 09:36am

ISLAMABAD: In a high-stakes manoeuvre set to shake up the country’s entrenched bureaucracy, Prime Minister Shehbaz...

SC rules seniority determined by total length of service

Updated 17 Dec, 2025 08:10am

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court declared that the seniority and/ or inter-se-seniority is, in fact, determined based on...

CSA officers’ delegation visits Poonch House

Published 24 Nov, 2025 04:59am

LAHORE: A delegation of the 53rd Common Probationary Officers of the Civil Service Academy (CSA) visited the ...

Why civil service reforms keep stalling?

Published 04 Aug, 2025 06:34am

Singapore has secured the top spot in the 2024 Blavatnik Index of Public Administration, followed by Norway, while...

Civil service: body formed to propose reforms

Published 25 Jul, 2025 05:59am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday ordered a comprehensive review of the country’s sluggish ...

Bureaucracy misaligned with global standards: PM

Updated 19 Jul, 2025 03:26pm

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday issued a stark warning about the country’s civil service, calling...

Finally, someone said it

Published 18 Jul, 2025 06:21am

EDITORIAL: It’s not often a prime minister calls out the civil service in such stark terms. But when he does —...

Modern government structure

Updated 23 Sep, 2024 07:30am

EDITORIAL: It’s taken its sweet time, but finally the government has realised the need for at least...

Bangladeshi protesters demand end to civil service job quotas

Published 07 Jul, 2024 08:23pm

DHAKA: Thousands of Bangladeshi university students threw roadblocks across key highways on Sunday, demanding the...

Pakistan’s civil service dilemma

Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am

By the time you finish reading this article, the veil shrouding Pakistan’s administrative ineptitude will be...

SIFC, NAB and the civil service

Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am

EDITORIAL: It’s no small endorsement of the SIFC’s (Special Investment Facilitation Council’s) credibility that its...

Sindh govt approves 17.5pc increase in pension

Updated 11 Jul, 2023 09:01am

KARACHI: The Sindh government has sanctioned an increase of 17.5 percent on net pension with effect from July 01,...

Ahsan briefed over improvements in civil service recruitment, training

Published 18 Feb, 2023 03:33am

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal chaired a high-level meeting to...

Governance reforms anchored in civil service reforms–III

Published 10 Feb, 2023 03:56am

a) Realigning of Structure The reform of the civil service is linked with the restructuring of government and the...

AGP admits civil service rules are binding on Centre

Updated 16 Mar, 2022 09:44am

ISLAMABAD: Attorney General for Pakistan admitted that the Rules 7 and 15 of Civil Service of Pakistan (Composition...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 20	278.15
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 20	277.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 20	162.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 20	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 20	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 20	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
India Sensex / Jul 20	77,708.52
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 20	64,141.12
Hang Seng / Jul 20	25,069.85
FTSE 100 / Jul 20	10,562.80
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 20	24,913.94
France CAC40 / Jul 20	8,361.60

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 20	84.29
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 20	18,880
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 20	363,971
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 20	4,011.10
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 20	79.24
Petrol/Litre / Jul 21	315.80
Diesel/Litre / Jul 21	360.06

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Asia Ins. / Jul 20 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	37.90 ▲ 3.45 (10.01%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 20 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	64.08 ▲ 5.83 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 20 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	100.21 ▲ 9.11 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	460.42 ▲ 41.86 (10%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 20 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	59.05 ▲ 5.37 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 20 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	299.43 ▲ 27.22 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	118.34 ▲ 10.76 (10%)
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49.05 ▲ 4.46 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	55 ▲ 5 (10%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	45.98 ▲ 4.18 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 20 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,684.32 ▼ -187.15 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	56.04 ▼ -6.23 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	87.83 ▼ -9.76 (-10%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	33.43 ▼ -3.71 (-9.99%)
Ideal Dynamics / Jul 20 Ideal Dynamics Limited(IDEAL)	49.50 ▼ -5.25 (-9.59%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 20 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	136.39 ▼ -13.9 (-9.25%)
Buxly Paints / Jul 20 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	173.04 ▼ -16.9 (-8.9%)
ARM Green Industries / Jul 20 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	64.63 ▼ -6.07 (-8.59%)
Elahi Cotton / Jul 20 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	216.01 ▼ -20.08 (-8.51%)
Metro Steel / Jul 20 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	22.03 ▼ -2.02 (-8.4%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	166,059,814 ▲ 0.8
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49,159,104 ▲ 4.46
TPL Properties / Jul 20 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	38,436,785 ▲ 0.41
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 20 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	36,283,729 ▲ 0.15
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	27,615,297 ▼ -0.07
Lotte Chemical / Jul 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,575,908 ▲ 0.54
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	15,089,114 ▲ 0
B.O.Punjab / Jul 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,202,726 ▲ 0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,521,739 ▲ 0.86
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 20 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	13,125,536 ▲ 0.01

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