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HCSTSI for ensuring availability of wheat flour at affordable prices

Published 18 Oct, 2026 04:53am

HYDERABAD: President Nadeem Ahmed Siddiqui, Senior Vice President Muhammad Fahad Mian, and Vice President Irfan...

Sindh Cabinet orders wheat releases from 20th, endorses judicial appointments

Published 02 Oct, 2026 05:28am

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday presided over a meeting of the Provincial Cabinet and...

Wheat release brings down flour prices in KP

Published 22 Sep, 2026 05:15am

PESHAWAR: Special Assistant to the Chief Minister for Food Dr Muhammad Israr Khan has said that the Khyber...

A welcome change of scenery

Updated 22 Sep, 2026 06:48am

EDITORIAL: Transferring more than 3,000 patwaris across Punjab in a single day is the sort of administrative...

Sindh Cabinet approves enhanced wheat subsidy, digital land transfers

Published 18 Sep, 2026 05:15am

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday presided over a meeting of the provincial cabinet that...

CM asks food department to start releasing wheat from Oct 1

Published 15 Sep, 2026 04:57am

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, on Monday, reviewed the province’s wheat stock position and the...

Rising flour prices put Hyderabad consumers under pressure

Published 03 Sep, 2026 05:39am

HYDERABAD: Ahmed Idrees Chohan, acting president Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders & Small Industry, has...

Sindh CM orders crackdown on wheat hoarders, profiteers

Published 17 Jul, 2026 05:46am

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday ordered an intensified crackdown on hoarders and...

Flour millers urge wheat import permission to avoid shortage

Published 16 Jul, 2026 05:00am

KARACHI: Flour millers have attributed the recent spike in wheat and flour prices to delays in government...

Wheat flour sellers fined Rs1.2m for price violations

Published 11 Jul, 2026 05:06am

KARACHI: In compliance with the directives of the Sindh government, the Karachi administration has intensified its...

Five officials of food dept dismissed

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

KARACHI: The Sindh Food Department has taken strict departmental action against officials found involved in...

KP to achieve food self-sufficiency by 2030: CM

Published 07 Jun, 2026 05:11am

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Sohail Afridi has said that by 2030, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would...

Scope of inspections across govt wheat warehouses expanded

Published 04 May, 2026 05:20am

KARACHI: On the directives of Sindh Minister for Food, Makhdoom Mehboob-uz-Zaman, the scope of inspections across...

Govt supplying subsidised flour at 9,901 outlets: DG Food

Updated 12 Feb, 2026 07:30am

LAHORE: The Punjab government is ensuring uninterrupted supply of subsidised flour across the province ahead of...

Sindh PA passes SHC constitutional benches bill

Published 20 Dec, 2025 05:44am

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Friday passed the Sindh High Court Constitutional Benches (Practice and Procedures)...

You cannot quit cold turkey when there is no market!

Published 09 May, 2024 08:23am

To the federal cabinet secretary in charge of the wheat inquiry committee: Happy hunting, sir. Afterall, if a target...

Wheat: executing a flawed policy poorly

Published 06 May, 2024 08:43am

If you want to make a muck of something, entrust it to the government. Starting in 2019, this will be the fifth...

Wheat quota restriction: LHC rejects flour mill’s plea

Published 11 Nov, 2023 06:30am

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court rejecting the petition of a flour mill observed that the Article 18 protects the ...

Ex-mill price of sugar: Punjab govt moves LHC for withdrawal of stay order

Published 10 Sep, 2023 03:20am

LAHORE: The caretaker government of Punjab has filed an application before the Lahore High Court praying to withdraw...

Punjab bans storing over 200,000 maunds of wheat: PFMA

Published 15 Jul, 2023 06:08am

LAHORE: The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has alleged that the provincial food department has banned...

Wheat procurement drive launched

Published 15 Apr, 2023 06:19am

FAISALABAD: Commissioner Silwat Saeed and Deputy Commissioner Ali Anan Qamar inaugurated the wheat procurement drive...

Food dept, KPITB launch flour supply chain system across KP

Published 27 Mar, 2023 07:56am

PESHAWAR: The Food Department and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB) jointly launched a...

Senior official of food department suspended

Published 16 Feb, 2023 07:14am

LAHORE: Secretary Food Punjab Muhammad Zaman Wattoo has suspended the Deputy Director Food Punjab Anjum Sardar from...

Wheat quota of three flour mills suspended

Updated 05 Dec, 2022 09:54am

MULTAN: Food department has suspended wheat quota of three flour mills for not supply flour in the market as per the...

District admins directed to ensure start of cane crushing before 25th

Published 23 Nov, 2022 05:55am

LAHORE: The Cane Commissioner Punjab on Tuesday directed the district administrations to take necessary measures to...

SCB likely to fix minimum purchase price at Rs300/maund due to expensive agri inputs

Published 04 Oct, 2022 05:55am

LAHORE: The Sugarcane Control Board (SCB) is likely to meet soon to fix the “minimum purchase price” which may ...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 16	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 16	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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