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2024-25 and 2025-26: NA set to approve Rs17.378trn supplementary grants

Updated 24 Jun, 2026 09:12am

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly is set to approve Rs 17.378 trillion in regular and technical supplementary grants...

Code of conduct violation in by-poll: CM Afridi urges ECP to decide on maintainability of case against him

Published 14 Jan, 2026 05:56am

ISLAMABAD: KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has urged the electoral body to decide on the maintainability of the case...

Bangladesh to hold referendum on democratic reforms on election day

Published 13 Nov, 2025 07:55pm

DHAKA: Bangladesh will hold a referendum on a landmark democratic reform charter on the same day as its...

PP-73 by-polls: Resumption of remaining phases announced

Published 14 Oct, 2025 08:19am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday announced resumption of the remaining phases of...

NA-213 Umerkot by-polls: PPPP invites applications for party tickets

Published 01 Mar, 2025 06:28am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Secretary General Nayyer Hussain Bukhari has invited...

‘Election fraud’: Once again, IK writes to COAS

Published 13 Feb, 2025 06:52am

KARACHI: Incarce-rated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has penned a third open letter to Chief of...

ECP: Why the delay?

Updated 12 Feb, 2025 09:12am

EDITORIAL: Why is it that more than a year has passed since the 2023 general elections, yet the resolution of...

ETs take decisions on 11 more petitions in Jan: FAFEN

Published 10 Feb, 2025 05:35am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Tribunals (ETs) decided 11 election petitions in January 2025, raising the total number of...

Election promises

Published 01 Feb, 2025 06:30am

The world is changing at a dizzying pace. This change has now got fresh stimulus with the election of Donald Trump ...

3 Islamabad NA seats: ET postpones proceedings for indefinite period

Published 25 Dec, 2024 08:27am

ISLAMABAD: The election tribunal headed by a retired Lahore High Court (LHC) judge has postponed the proceedings...

Alleged rigging in NA-46: IHC stays proceedings of newly-formed ET

Published 24 Dec, 2024 08:34am

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday stayed the proceedings of the newly-formed election tribunal,...

Election tribunal upholds JUI-F MPA’s win

Published 24 Dec, 2024 08:32am

QUETTA: The Election Tribunal on Monday dismissed a plea filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) candidate...

Crisis-hit Germany headed for February 23 snap election

Published 13 Nov, 2024 06:33am

BERLIN: Germany, mired in political crisis, is headed for February 23 elections, the main parties agreed Tuesday,...

Japan ruling party projected to miss majority in election

Published 28 Oct, 2024 06:21am

TOKYO: Japan’s scandal-hit ruling party fell short of a majority for the first time since 2009 in snap elections ...

US dockworkers launch mass strike month before election

Published 02 Oct, 2024 06:19am

NEW YORK: Tens of thousands of workers at major ports on the US East and Gulf Coasts went on strike Tuesday in ...

Trump pleads not guilty to revised US 2020 election indictment

Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:04am

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges in a revised federal indictment accusing...

Selected or elected PMs?

Published 04 Sep, 2024 07:16am

Despite being a constitutional democracy since August 14, 1973, mass confusion prevails in the mechanism of...

Local governments and the ruling elite

Published 30 Aug, 2024 06:50am

EDITORIAL: Uncertainty hangs over the overdue local governments (LGs) elections in Islamabad. This past Tuesday the...

SC delists election tribunal case

Updated 19 Aug, 2024 08:43am

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Sunday delisted the election tribunal case. A five-member bench, headed...

New PM Starmer pledges to rebuild Britain after years of chaos

Published 06 Jul, 2024 05:18am

LONDON: Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged on Friday to use his massive electoral majority to...

Election to be held in 2029: Tarar

Published 01 Jul, 2024 07:01am

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information, Broadcasting, Culture and National Heritage Attaullah Tarar on Sunday said that...

120 business leaders back UK’s Labour in election

Published 29 May, 2024 06:05am

LONDON: The UK’s Labour party won the backing on Tuesday of 120 business leaders, in a timely boost as it bids to...

South African election could spell the end of ANC dominance

Published 27 May, 2024 05:52am

JOHANNESBURG: South Africans will vote on Wednesday with widespread anger over power cuts, joblessness and ...

LHC issues notices on PTI-backed candidate’s plea

Published 22 May, 2024 05:54am

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday issued notices on a petition of a PTI backed independent candidate Rao Omar...

Controversial electoral exercise

Updated 29 Apr, 2024 05:23am

EDITORIAL: While the April 21 by-elections in 22 national and provincial assemblies constituencies once again are a...

Solomon Islands readies for election in shadow of China’s influence

Published 15 Apr, 2024 03:56am

HONIARA: Solomon Islanders will head to the polls this week, voting in an election that promises to bolster or blunt...

S Africa’s ex-president Zuma barred from May election

Published 30 Mar, 2024 05:24am

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s electoral officials said on Thursday they had excluded former president Jacob Zuma...

‘Economy on a knife-edge after election’

Published 13 Mar, 2024 06:32am

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “Economy on a knife-edge after election” carried by the newspaper...

Democracy in trouble

Published 25 Feb, 2024 04:51am

EDITORIAL: As global headlines continue to be dominated by news of wars, immigration crises, flawed electoral...

CEC commends successful conduct of election

Published 09 Feb, 2024 03:29am

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja expressed his gratitude and congratulations to the...

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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 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	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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