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Maintaining the policy rate

Published 17 Jun, 2026 05:36am

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee met on the previously scheduled date – 15 June – and decided to keep the...

Prices of food items plummet in Peshawar

Published 18 May, 2026 05:40am

PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities, including live chicken/meat, vegetables, cooking oil/ghee, flour and...

Prices of important food items in Peshawar remain firm

Published 27 Apr, 2026 04:21am

PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities remained steady in the retail market due to the recent extraordinary...

Prices of essential food items show mixed trend

Published 16 Mar, 2026 04:51am

PESHAWAR: Mixed trend in Prices of essential food commodities, like cooking oil/ghee, flour, sugar, vegetable,...

Food items being made available at subsidised rates

Published 14 Mar, 2026 04:55am

LAHORE: Under the vision of Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif, food items are being sold at subsidised rates...

Perishable food items: Dar takes stock of situation for timely export of surplus

Published 10 Mar, 2026 06:09am

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting of the PM’s...

Commissioner orders checking quality, price of food items

Published 24 Feb, 2026 03:50am

KARACHI: Commissioner Karachi Syed Hassan Naqvi has directed Deputy Commissioners to ensure that the Commissioner...

Ramadan: Key decisions made to control prices of food items

Updated 10 Feb, 2026 07:13am

KARACHI: The city administration has made key decisions to control the prices of food items during the month of...

PCCMD intensifies crackdown across Punjab to ensure availability of food items

Published 04 Nov, 2025 06:24am

****LAHORE: The Price Control and Commodities Management Department (PCCMD) has intensified its crackdown across...

Floods in Sindh: Supply of food items, agri produce badly affected: HCSTSI

Published 15 Sep, 2025 06:17am

HYDERABAD: President Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders & Small Industry (HCSTSI) Saleem Memon has expressed ...

Dar directs to ensure food items at affordable prices

Updated 29 Aug, 2025 07:57am

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, chaired a meeting Thursday on the...

Punjab Ombudsman takes action against overpriced, unsafe food items

Published 24 Jun, 2025 06:53am

LAHORE: The Punjab Ombudsman’s Office has taken swift action on public complaints and initiated effective measures...

Bun, rusk sales: FTO tells FBR to offer GST relief in budget

Updated 27 Feb, 2025 09:24am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has strongly recommended the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to consider...

NPMC reviews price stabilisation strategies

Updated 06 Nov, 2024 09:07am

ISLAMABAD: In the month of October 2024, non-perishable food items experienced a controlled rise of 1.01 per cent as...

Food items: Additional tax to increase pressure on masses: Mian Zahid

Published 26 Jun, 2024 03:15am

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, Mian...

Prices of essential food items remain unchanged

Published 15 Apr, 2024 03:56am

PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities, including live chicken/meat, vegetables, fruits, cooking oil/ghee,...

CDA to supply high-quality food items to consumers in Ramazan

Published 13 Mar, 2024 06:32am

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has taken intensive measures to ensure the supply of high-quality...

Rates of food items soar, reveals BR survey

Published 13 Mar, 2024 06:32am

ISLAMABAD: The prices of vegetables, fruit, and Ramadan-specific food items have witnessed a significant increase on...

Action taken against adulterers of food items

Published 17 Dec, 2023 03:01am

KARACHI: On the instructions of Chief Minister Sindh, Sindh Food Authority (SFA) has stepped up action against those...

PFA raids godown; confiscates 30,000kg of expired food items

Published 08 Dec, 2023 05:20am

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Thursday raided a godown on Multan Road and confiscated 30,000kg of...

Prices of essential food items show upward trend

Updated 27 Nov, 2023 09:05am

PESHAWAR: Upward trend in prices of essential food commodities, like live chicken/meat, vegetables, pulses, sugar,...

Goods under brand name, trademark: Bulk supplies chargeable to GST: FBR

Updated 25 Jul, 2023 10:03am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will charge sales tax on bulk supplies of goods made under brand names...

Israel-Pakistan ties: any chance of normalisation?

Updated 07 Apr, 2023 06:36am

The food items allegedly sent to Israel from Pakistan must have been by now fully digested, and Israelis must have...

A great social and political upheaval is coming?

Published 20 Feb, 2023 06:26am

There are two extremely discomforting economic phenomena unfolding simultaneously in Pakistan – one is dangerously...

Subsidised essential items: PM takes firm step to firm up Ramazan strategy

Updated 14 Feb, 2023 09:01am

Calls for improving liaison between centre and provinces and directs strict action against hoarders

Survey reveals steep hike in prices of key food items

PBS data shows these two groups constituted close to half of total imports during the previous month

Over 20 trucks dispatched to flood-hit areas of DGK, Rajanpur

Published 03 Sep, 2022 04:25am

FAISALABAD: On the movement of District Administration, as many as 21 trucks cost of 27 million rupees loaded with...

Experts see Pakistan's inflation rate topping 24% in July

Updated 30 Jul, 2022 08:13pm

Rupee depreciation, high energy tariffs, and seasonality in prices of edible items will contribute to high CPI reading

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 3	278.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 3	278.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 6	161.95
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 6	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 6	1.33
Euro to USD / Jul 6	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 5	3.66

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 2	7,483.24
Nasdaq / Jul 2	25,832.67
Dow Jones / Jul 2	52,900.07
India Sensex / Jul 6	78,246.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 6	69,476.37
Hang Seng / Jul 6	23,555.72
FTSE 100 / Jul 6	10,714.13
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 6	25,870.97
France CAC40 / Jul 6	8,560.38

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 2	17,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 3	378,031
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 6	68.68
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 6	4,152.05
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 6	77.12
Petrol/Litre / Jul 7	297.53
Diesel/Litre / Jul 7	309.50

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 6 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	5.42 ▲ 1 (22.62%)
Premier Insurance / Jul 6 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	10.51 ▲ 1 (10.52%)
Habib Insurance / Jul 6 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Tri-Star Power / Jul 6 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	18.12 ▲ 1.65 (10.02%)
Aruj Industries / Jul 6 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	11.54 ▲ 1.05 (10.01%)
Cordoba Logistics / Jul 6 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	22.41 ▲ 2.04 (10.01%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 6 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	32.87 ▲ 2.99 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 6 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	44.83 ▲ 4.08 (10.01%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Jul 6 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	19.68 ▲ 1.79 (10.01%)
Ansari Sug. / Jul 6 Ansari Sugar Mills Limited(ANSM)	34.43 ▲ 3.13 (10%)

Stock	Price
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Jul 6 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	44.02 ▼ -4.89 (-10%)
First Fid. Leasing / Jul 6 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	21.63 ▼ -2.4 (-9.99%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Jul 6 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	18.05 ▼ -1.97 (-9.84%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Jul 6 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	12.02 ▼ -1.23 (-9.28%)
HBL Total Tre. ETF / Jul 6 HBL Total Treasury ETF(HBLTETF)	104.67 ▼ -8.9 (-7.84%)
Asim Textile / Jul 6 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	25.43 ▼ -2.09 (-7.59%)
Paramount Mod / Jul 6 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	14.82 ▼ -1.17 (-7.32%)
Dewan Textile / Jul 6 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	11.23 ▼ -0.87 (-7.19%)
Kohat Textile / Jul 6 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	151.23 ▼ -11.49 (-7.06%)
Redco Textile / Jul 6 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	32.85 ▼ -2.24 (-6.38%)

Stock	Volume
TPL Properties / Jul 6 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	66,770,551 ▲ 0.9
Lotte Chemical / Jul 6 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	42,069,179 ▲ 1.18
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 6 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	36,545,201 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Jul 6 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,865,720 ▲ 0.18
B.O.Punjab / Jul 6 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	28,228,777 ▲ 0.28
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jul 6 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	27,957,329 ▲ 0.84
Sitara Petroleum Service / Jul 6 Sitara Petroleum Service Limited(SPSL)	26,304,562 ▼ -0.01
Pak Elektron / Jul 6 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	22,354,525 ▲ 1.33
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 6 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	19,843,892 ▲ 2.34
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 6 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	18,767,081 ▲ 0.36

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