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Sindh always neglected in federal development programme: minister

KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that Sindh is always neglected in the federal...

Updated 16 Apr, 2021 09:57am

POL products’ prices slashed

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has announced, on Thursday, a reduction in ex-depot prices of petroleum products...

Published 16 Apr, 2021 03:40am

Private sector: Govt plan for handing over Discos finalised

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has finalised its plan to hand over 10 power Distribution Companies (Discos) to ...

Published 16 Apr, 2021 03:40am

Census 2017 results: SHC seeks report

KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday sought the report about the final results of national census 2017 and...

Published 15 Apr, 2021 03:22am

Pakistan

PM to announce uplift package for Sindh on Friday: Haleem

The package would begin an era of progress and prosperity for the people of province, he said while adressing a news conference here at the Circuit House.

Published 14 Apr, 2021 11:09pm

Govt decides to withdraw Kapco from PC’s portfolio

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government has decided to amend Facilitation Agreement and guarantee of Kot Addu Power ...

Updated 14 Apr, 2021 10:11am

Pakistan

MQM-P holds Sindh govt responsible for price hike

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan (MQM-P) on Monday accused Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) led Sindh...

Updated 13 Apr, 2021 09:33am

CCI decides to go ahead with census; Sindh opposes move

ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interest (CCI) has approved the official release of the Census-2017 results, and...

Updated 13 Apr, 2021 09:27am

Business & Finance

Cigarette industry for uniform implementation of policies

KARACHI: Cigarette industry, one of the largest tax payer sector, has urged the federal government for uniform...

Updated 13 Apr, 2021 09:29am

Pakistan

Government fixes Nisab for Zakat at Rs80,933

People having a minimum of Rs 80,933 balance in savings, profit and loss sharing, or similar bank accounts on the first day of Ramazan will be liable to pay 2.5 percent Zakat on the total balance
Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry predicted that the Ramazan moon will be sighted on April 13

Published 11 Apr, 2021 12:12pm

Pakistan

Sindh govt ready to run PSM, says minister

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Information Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said the provincial government is ready to run...

Published 11 Apr, 2021 05:27am

PSDP 2020-21: Rs500.94bn released against budgeted Rs650bn

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has released Rs500.94 billion (77.1 percent) including Rs82 billion foreign aid ...

Published 11 Apr, 2021 05:27am

Additional power to KE: NTDC gives its consent

ISLAMABAD: National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) is said to have given its consent for provision of...

Published 10 Apr, 2021 04:34am

Pakistan

Ordinance approved: Autonomy of HEC curtailed

ISLAMABAD: April 8, 2021: President Dr Arif Alvi has approved the Higher Education Commission Amendment Ordinance...

Updated 09 Apr, 2021 09:24am

Pakistan

Office timings for Ramazan notified

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday notified new timings for public offices during the holy month of...

Updated 09 Apr, 2021 09:23am

Power base tariff to be further raised, IMF told

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has assured the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that it will further increase...

Updated 10 Apr, 2021 06:08am

Sindh govt gives air to its ‘grievances’

ISLAMABAD: Sindh government spokesperson Murtaza Wahab has claimed that the populations of Sindh and Balochistan are...

Published 08 Apr, 2021 04:10am

Motor gasoline transportation: ECC asks Ogra to revise MFM, KMK tariffs

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has directed Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority...

Updated 08 Apr, 2021 09:52am

World

India posts record COVID-19 cases, 13-fold jump over two months

Compelled by its domestic needs, India has now delayed exports of large quantities of vaccines, though 64.5 million does have been shipped so far.

Published 07 Apr, 2021 12:28pm

Pakistan

MQM-P urges federal govt to reduce inflation

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) demanded of the federal government on Tuesday to reduce ...

Updated 07 Apr, 2021 09:54am

Controversial census results: CCI to take decision on notification today

ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI), which is scheduled to meet on Wednesday (today) with Prime ...

Published 07 Apr, 2021 03:48am

Import of palm oil, palm olein: ECC delays decision on duty exemption proposal

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has reportedly delayed its decision on a ...

Published 07 Apr, 2021 03:48am

Public debt hits all-time high in Feb

KARACHI: The government debt stocks (domestic and external) continued to surge, reaching historic level of Rs 36.6...

Updated 06 Apr, 2021 09:56am

Proposed SOEs (Governance and Operation) Bill 2021: Centre seeks indemnity for directors, CEO

ISLAMABAD: The federal government, in the proposed State Owned Enterprises (Governance and Operation) Bill 2021, has...

Published 05 Apr, 2021 03:56am

Punjab govt notifies Rs80/kg ex-mill sugar price

LAHORE: In an unprecedented move, the Punjab government on Friday notified the ex-mill price of sugar at Rs 80 per...

Published 03 Apr, 2021 03:41am

Pakistan

SHC orders govt to remove Khuhro's name from no-fly list

The PPP leader stated that he wanted to travel abroad to meet his family
NAB prosecutor says the bureau is conducting inquiries against Khuhro and it is feared that he might not fly back home after traveling abroad

Published 01 Apr, 2021 10:42am

World

Americans want the government to buy US-made goods, even if they cost more

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: A year of pandemic-driven shortages of vital safety goods and medicines - not to mention...

Updated 01 Apr, 2021 09:09am

Pakistan

BISP holds first e-Kachehri on PM’s instructions

ISLAMABAD: On the instruction of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) organised its...

Updated 01 Apr, 2021 09:08am

Pakistan

SHC directs govt to fix price of COVID-19 vaccine

On March 18, the court had suspended the drug regulatory authority’s notification concerning the withdrawal of exemption in Covid-19 vaccines import to a private pharma company
DRAP counsel requested the court to not allow the sale of the vaccine until its price is fixed

Published 31 Mar, 2021 11:33am

Pakistan

Govt tells IHC: Eight-storey judicial complex to be constructed without delay

ISLAMABAD: The federal government Tuesday informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that it would immediately ...

Published 31 Mar, 2021 05:42am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.70 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jan 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	377 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jan 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jan 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jan 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	65 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jan 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	348.44 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jan 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jan 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.72 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jan 29 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	55.56 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.70 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jan 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	377 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jan 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jan 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jan 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	65 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jan 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	348.44 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jan 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jan 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.72 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jan 29 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	55.56 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Refinery / Jan 29 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	14,225,354 ▼ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jan 29 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	13,167,971 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 29 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	12,526,831 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 29 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	9,891,019 ▼ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 29 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	9,686,092 ▼ 0.00
Hub Power Co. / Jan 29 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	8,819,700 ▼ 0.00
Habib Bank / Jan 29 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	8,556,359 ▼ 0.00
Engro Polymer / Jan 29 Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited(EPCL)	6,713,796 ▼ 0.00
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 29 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	5,509,833 ▼ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Jan 29 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	5,393,473 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 27	265
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 27	263
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 27	129.88
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 27	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 27	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 27	1.09
UK LIBOR % / Jan 27	4.31

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 27	4070.56
India Sensex / Jan 27	59330.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 27	27382.56
Nasdaq / Jan 27	11621.71
Hang Seng / Jan 27	22688.90
FTSE 100 / Jan 27	7765.15
Dow Jones / Jan 27	33978.08
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 27	15150.03
France CAC40 / Jan 27	7097.21

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 27	79.68
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 27	20235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 27	173610
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 27	1928.04
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 27	86.89

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