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Constitution embodies right to dignity, fair pay: CJP Afridi

ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan Thursday said the constitution embodies the right to dignity, fair...

Updated 02 May, 2025 03:48pm

Editorials

Missing facilities

EDITORIAL: Our Constitution places responsibility on the state to provide free and compulsory education to all...

Published 31 Mar, 2025 04:08am

Opinion

‘Unconstitutional’ windfall tax—II

Discriminatory without intelligible differentia [Points 7 & 8] The Supreme Court of Pakistan in Federation of...

Published 30 Mar, 2025 06:17am

Constitution bars double taxation implicitly, lawyer tells apex court

ISLAMABAD: Makhdoom Ali Khan submitted that various judgments of the Supreme Court have restricted the word “fee”...

Updated 15 Mar, 2025 09:44am

Opinion

Periodic table of elements versus Constitution

The subject of Chemistry revolves around the Periodic Table in which 118 known elements are arranged in rows and...

Published 24 Feb, 2025 07:27am

Editorials

Judicial transfers

EDITORIAL: The transfer of Lahore High Court’s Justice Sarfraz Dogar, Sindh High Court’s Justice Khadim Hussain...

Published 05 Feb, 2025 06:48am

Pakistan

CJP stresses importance of Constitution

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Yahya Afridi has emphasised the significance of the Constitution as the fundamental ...

Published 08 Jan, 2025 07:20am

Pakistan

CJP underscores need for unity, respect for all faiths

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi on Monday underscored the need for unity and respect for all...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 07:29am

26th Amendment challenged in SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has been asked to declare 26th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2024 ab initio void and...

Updated 21 Dec, 2024 03:37pm

Editorials

The madressah bill controversy

EDITORIAL: Apparently, the ruling alliance did not realise the implications of what it bargained for when it sought...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 06:24am

Pakistan

ZAB didn’t get a fair trial, says CJP

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Yahya Afridi has said that the late prime minister, Zulfikar Ali...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 05:57am

Pakistan

SC cannot reappraise evidence and undo decision of case: CJP

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Yahya Afridi stated that the Supreme Court in its advisory jurisdiction under Article 186 ...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 08:54am

Opinion

Judicial independence after 26th Amendment

26th Constitutional Amendment after a hyped political drama now stands part of the constitution. It has been acted...

Published 03 Dec, 2024 06:41am

Mengal, Dawar, others challenge 26th Amendment

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was asked to declare that 26th Constitutional Amendment was passed contrary to the...

Updated 09 Nov, 2024 02:21pm

Opinion

Bridging the gap: PSC’s role in a changing Pakistan

Constitutional foundations of the Public Service Commission, Articles 240, 241, and 242 of Pakistan’s Constitution...

Updated 06 Nov, 2024 07:40am

Opinion

The 26th Constitutional Amendment

The 26th Constitutional Amendment in the Constitution of Pakistan, however controversial, has the potential to bring...

Published 03 Nov, 2024 07:28am

Pakistan

Need stressed to uphold constitution

KARACHI: Speakers at a seminar emphasized the urgent need to uphold the Constitution of Pakistan in its letter and...

Published 03 Nov, 2024 06:34am

Opinion

26th Amendment, new CJP and reforms

The Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amend-ment) Act, 2024 [26th Amendment], passed in utmost haste by the Parliament on...

Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:51am

Pakistan

Sindh Assembly hails passage of 26th Constitutional Amendment

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday voted on a resolution backing the 26th Amendment to the Constitution but...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 07:56am

Opinion

‘A hollow victory’

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “A hollow victory” carried by the newspaper yesterday. The write-up,...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am

Pakistan

26th Amendment challenged

ISLAMABAD: The recently-passed 26th Constitutional Amendment has been challenged in the Supreme Court, urging the...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am

Opinion

A hollow victory

After much huffing and puffing during the last few days if not weeks, the government has finally managed to get the...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

Cabinet approves proposed draft

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Sunday approved proposed draft of the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2024...

Updated 21 Oct, 2024 08:59am

Editorials

‘Holistic reforms’ in governance

EDITORIAL: It’s interesting that two separate civil society organisations have asked the government to hold...

Updated 20 Oct, 2024 06:19am

Pakistan

Constitutional amendment: Fazl acting as bridge, says Sindh CM

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Friday lauded Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur...

Published 19 Oct, 2024 06:48am

Civil servants’ kins: Jobs sans merit, ads violate constitution: SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court declared appointments without open advertisement, competition and merit, of the...

Updated 19 Oct, 2024 09:19am

Opinion

Pakistan

Article 63-A: Allowing petitions, SC strikes down 2022 ruling on defection clause

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court allowing the review petitions of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and others,...

Published 04 Oct, 2024 06:46am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 13	281.73
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 13	281.53
USD to Japanese Yen / May 13	147.90
USD to Swiss Franc / May 13	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / May 13	1.32
Euro to USD / May 13	1.11
UK LIBOR % / May 12	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 12	5,844.19
Nasdaq / May 12	18,708.34
Dow Jones / May 12	42,410.10
India Sensex / May 13	81,726.97
Tokyo Nikkei / May 13	38,305.85
Hang Seng / May 13	23,188.20
FTSE 100 / May 13	8,606.55
Germany DAX 30 / May 13	23,595.02
France CAC40 / May 13	7,859.80

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 12	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 12	291,923
Petrol/Litre / May 13	252.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 13	61.90
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 13	3,253.26
Diesel/Litre / May 13	256.64
Cotton US¢/pound / May 13	66.85

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Grays Leasing / May 13 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	4.51 ▲ 0.72 (19%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / May 13 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	6.59 ▲ 1 (17.89%)
Al-Shaheer Corp / May 13 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	6.88 ▲ 1 (17.01%)
B. F. Mod. / May 13 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	8.34 ▲ 1 (13.62%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / May 13 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.11 ▲ 1 (12.33%)
Mahanna Islamic Index / May 13 Mahanna Islamic Index Traded Fund(MIIETF)	15.47 ▲ 1.65 (11.94%)
Haseeb Waqas / May 13 Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills Limited(HWQS)	9.59 ▲ 1 (11.64%)
Gulshan Sp. / May 13 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	3.40 ▲ 0.35 (11.48%)
Ghazi Fabrics / May 13 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	10.17 ▲ 1 (10.91%)
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / May 13 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	14.80 ▲ 1.35 (10.04%)

Stock	Price
Power Cem(Pref) / May 13 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	15.35 ▼ -1.71 (-10.02%)
Bilal Fibres / May 13 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	19.59 ▼ -2.18 (-10.01%)
TPL Life Insur. / May 13 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	46.80 ▼ -5.2 (-10%)
Din Tex. / May 13 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	45 ▼ -4.99 (-9.98%)
Mughal Energy / May 13 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	19.90 ▼ -2.12 (-9.63%)
Suhail Jute / May 13 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	78.36 ▼ -8.24 (-9.52%)
First Punjab Modaraba / May 13 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	2.77 ▼ -0.28 (-9.18%)
Parmount Sp. / May 13 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	3.36 ▼ -0.31 (-8.45%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / May 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	2.95 ▼ -0.25 (-7.81%)
First IBL Mod. / May 13 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	3 ▼ -0.24 (-7.41%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / May 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	41,734,903 ▼ -0.06
Maple Leaf Cement / May 13 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	41,052,877 ▲ 6.27
Sui South Gas / May 13 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	35,773,773 ▲ 2.33
Oil & Gas Dev. / May 13 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	30,912,153 ▲ 15.65
B.O.Punjab / May 13 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	24,175,098 ▼ -0.16
Cnergyico PK / May 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	24,174,880 ▼ -0.09
K-Electric Ltd. / May 13 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	23,803,446 ▼ -0.22
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 13 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	21,754,749 ▼ -3.25
Fauji Cement / May 13 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	20,681,855 ▲ 1.82
D.G.K.Cement / May 13 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	19,785,523 ▲ 10.35

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