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ECP issues lists of delimited constituencies

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

Updated 28 Sep, 2023 09:57am

Bilawal decries ‘absence of a level playing field’

KARACHI: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday decried the “absence of a level-playing field” in the...

Updated 13 Sep, 2023 08:56am

Opinion

A questionable digital census

On 5th August, the Council of Common Interests unanimously approved the results of the 7th Population Census of...

Updated 08 Sep, 2023 06:36am

Opinion

The population bulge

The results of the seventh Population and Housing Census of Pakistan in 2023 have been announced recently by the...

Updated 05 Sep, 2023 07:08am

Pakistan

ECP invites politicians to discuss ‘election roadmap’

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

Updated 24 Aug, 2023 09:33am

Pakistan

Digital census: PPP, MQM-P say concerned about ‘under-reporting’ of Sindh population

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) have expressed serious...

Updated 23 Aug, 2023 09:42am

Existing pacts, ongoing projects: Caretaker setup allowed to take actions, decisions

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has allowed the caretaker governments to take “actions or...

Updated 22 Aug, 2023 09:51am

Editorials

Clock’s ticking

EDITORIAL: What could possibly be the reason for the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP’s) initial silence...

Updated 21 Aug, 2023 07:52am

ECP announces launch of fresh delimitation of constituencies: General election delay seemingly inevitable

ISLAMABAD: What appears to be a vivid indication that the general elections would not be held in the country before...

Updated 18 Aug, 2023 09:42am

Delimitation: CJP asks ECP to carry out process in transparent manner

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial noted delimitation of constituencies is a matter of public interest and...

Updated 16 Aug, 2023 09:17am

Opinion

A questionable census

On 5th August, the Council of Common Interests unanimously approved the results of the 7th Population Census of...

Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:55am

Digital census data: Govt says error probability can be quite low

Ishaq Dar says that the census had received approval from eight members of the CCI

Updated 07 Aug, 2023 09:56am

Editorials

The mystery deepens

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

Published 05 Aug, 2023 06:00am

Editorials

Stop incentivising population growth

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

Updated 24 May, 2023 06:40am

Pakistan’s population attains new mark amid economic slump

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

Updated 23 May, 2023 11:31am

Pakistan

PBS extends census deadline again

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has once again extended the deadline for the ongoing 7th...

Updated 20 May, 2023 08:55am

No extension of census operation deadline: govt

ISLAMABAD: The government has announced that the ongoing process of conducting the 7th population and housing census...

Updated 15 May, 2023 08:57am

Pakistan

JI holds rally to demand ‘fair’ digital census in Karachi

KARACHI: A large number of citizens marched on Shahrah-e-Faisal, under the aegis of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi...

Published 01 May, 2023 03:28am

Digital census deadline extended to 15th

ISLAMABAD: The government has extended the field operation of 7th population and Housing-2023, the first ever...

Updated 01 May, 2023 08:58am

Pakistan

‘Fraudulent census’: JI to hold protest march today

KARACHI: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has announced to stage a protest march against the “fraud census” on Sunday...

Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am

Pakistan

Digital census extended till 30th

KARACHI: The digital census has been extended until April 30 for Karachi, Hyderabad, Quetta, Lahore, Rawalpindi, and...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:15am

Pakistan

MQM-P raises its voice against ‘unfair’ digital census

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), insisting that Karachi’s population is around 35 million,...

Published 22 Apr, 2023 03:38am

Pakistan

Digital census: Karachiites won’t accept ‘any more deception’: JI leader

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Ameer Engr Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has warned that results of the ongoing census...

Published 22 Apr, 2023 03:38am

Pakistan

JI again casts doubts over fairness of digital census

KARACHI: The Karachi chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has again cast doubts over fairness of seventh digital census,...

Published 07 Apr, 2023 06:06am

Housing and population census: around 40m households counted so far

ISLAMABAD: Around 40 million households have been counted and geo-tagged and 92 per cent of the 7th housing and...

Updated 06 Apr, 2023 08:46am

Pakistan

PBS extends digital census 2023 deadline

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Tuesday extended the closing date of 7th Population and ...

Published 05 Apr, 2023 06:16am

Pakistan

JI for fairness in census process

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi on Wednesday warned the government of ‘public anger’ if the megacity’s...

Published 30 Mar, 2023 06:35am

Pakistan

PBS tells provinces to stop census staff from using social media

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has taken serious note of social media usage by officials during...

Published 21 Mar, 2023 07:14am

Govt releases Rs10bn more for digital census

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has released around Rs 10 billion for digital census in the country, bringing the...

Updated 20 Mar, 2023 08:59am

Editorials

Uncertainty about polls

EDITORIAL: With the benefit or wisdom of hindsight, the PTI (Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf) leadership must have realized...

Published 19 Mar, 2023 03:33am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 15	278.43
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 15	278.23
USD to Japanese Yen / May 15	156.28
USD to Swiss Franc / May 15	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 15	1.26
Euro to USD / May 15	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 14	5246.68
Nasdaq / May 14	16511.18
Hang Seng / May 14	19073.71
Dow Jones / May 14	39558.11
India Sensex / May 15	73025.23
Tokyo Nikkei / May 15	38385.73
FTSE 100 / May 15	8467.99
Germany DAX 30 / May 15	18796.11

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 15	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 15	78.55
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 15	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 15	209191
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 15	2361.55
Diesel/Litre / May 15	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 15 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 15 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 15 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 15 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 15 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 15 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 15 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 15 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 15 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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