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Economic census: PBS set to launch report on findings

Updated 21 Aug, 2025 09:18am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) is all set to launch the country’s economic census main findings...

Low-cost housing: need for prudence

Updated 02 Jun, 2025 07:42am

There is an ongoing housing crisis in several European countries attributed to locals renting out to tourists,...

PBS conducts first digital census: Around 7.8pc of total population unemployed

Updated 04 Mar, 2025 09:29am

ISLAMABAD: Around 7.8 percent (187,359,79 population) of the total population (241,499,431) of the country is...

Population growth: A growing crisis

Published 23 Jul, 2024 07:10am

EDITORIAL: The findings of the 2023 population census, released on July 18, have been of little surprise, as they...

Pakistan 5th most populous country with population of 241.49m: report

Published 19 Jul, 2024 06:58am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is the 5th most populous country in the world with a total population of 241.49 million with an...

ECP issues lists of delimited constituencies

Updated 28 Sep, 2023 09:57am

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s 266 general seats cover a total population of Pakistan’s 241,499,431 persons and...

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...

ECP invites politicians to discuss ‘election roadmap’

Updated 24 Aug, 2023 09:33am

ISLAMABAD: Faced with strong public and political backlash over a likely delay in holding the general elections in...

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...

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...

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

The mystery deepens

Published 05 Aug, 2023 06:00am

EDITORIAL: If there weren’t already enough confusion about the possible composition and tenure of the caretaker...

Stop incentivising population growth

Updated 24 May, 2023 06:40am

EDITORIAL: Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal while briefing the media emphasised...

Pakistan’s population attains new mark amid economic slump

Updated 23 May, 2023 11:31am

Reaches 249,566,743 (249.566 million), as per the initial results of the seventh national and first digital census 2023

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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 18	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 18	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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