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Pakistan govt.’s announcement of agricultural emergency is symbolic: KP’s Finance Advisor

Updated 13 Sep, 2025 10:05am

PRSHAWAR: Advisor to the KP Chief Minister on Finance and Inter-Provincial Coordination Muzzammil Aslam has said ...

Floods likely to pull Pakistan’s GDP growth down

Updated 01 Sep, 2025 09:09am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s GDP growth for fiscal year 2025-26 may plunge to between zero and one percent against the...

Stakeholders urged to prevent post-harvest losses in agriculture

Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am

HYDERABAD: National and international experts, committed to addressing the food and nutrition shortages in the...

Thought for food

Published 24 Aug, 2023 06:22am

I am writing to highlight the important issue of food waste that affects not only Pakistan but the entire world. The...

President HCSTSI warns of food shortages globally

Published 27 Apr, 2023 06:24am

HYDERABAD: President of Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industry Muhammad Farooq Shaikhani said that ...

Sri Lanka expects up to $8bn more in loans, asset restructuring

Published 19 Dec, 2022 07:10am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is expecting as much as $5 billion in loans next year from multilateral agencies besides an IMF...

Flood relief work: PTCL Group, Akhuwat deliver food packages

Published 05 Oct, 2022 05:49am

KARACHI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) Group in collaboration with Akhuwat Foundation has...

Amid fears of food shortages caused by floods: Zinc-enriched wheat may help avert nutrition crisis: experts

Published 03 Oct, 2022 05:52am

KARACHI: Fearing an unprecedented increase in malnutrition and widespread ‘hidden hunger’ due to food shortages...

IMF eyes expanded access to emergency aid for food shocks

Updated 14 Sep, 2022 09:28am

LONDON/WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund’s executive board, under pressure to provide emergency funding...

‘Bread and circuses’

Published 17 Feb, 2022 06:37am

Roman poet Juvenal coined the famous phrase ‘bread and circuses’ to describe how the republic’s elite used ...

Rural areas to cities: Experts concerned at increasing migration

Published 24 Nov, 2021 05:18am

HYDERABAD: Experts and social activists have expressed concern over Increasing migration from rural areas to cities...

World needs trillions to face climate threat

Published 13 Nov, 2021 04:08am

Helping vulnerable nations cope with the multiplier effect of climate change on droughts, flooding, heatwaves and...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 4	278.62
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 4	278.42
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 4	160
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 4	0.79
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 4	1.34
Euro to USD / Jun 4	1.16
SOFR % / Jun 4	3.63

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 4	7,584.31
India Sensex / Jun 4	74,360.01
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 4	67,470.69
Nasdaq / Jun 4	26,830.96
Hang Seng / Jun 4	25,253.40
FTSE 100 / Jun 4	10,332.30
Dow Jones / Jun 4	51,561.93
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 4	24,944.95
France CAC40 / Jun 4	8,244.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 4	92.89
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 4	402,335
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 4	4,470.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 4	78.49
Petrol/Litre / Jun 5	381.78
Diesel/Litre / Jun 5	380.78

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Dawood Prop. / Jun 4 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	5.19 ▲ 0.62 (13.57%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jun 4 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	8.40 ▲ 0.97 (13.06%)
Escorts Bank / Jun 4 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	13.59 ▲ 1.24 (10.04%)
First IBL Mod. / Jun 4 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	11.41 ▲ 1.04 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jun 4 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	18.67 ▲ 1.7 (10.02%)
Tri-Star Power / Jun 4 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	15.38 ▲ 1.4 (10.01%)
Ansari Sug. / Jun 4 Ansari Sugar Mills Limited(ANSM)	15.72 ▲ 1.43 (10.01%)
Grays Leasing / Jun 4 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	22.98 ▲ 2.09 (10%)
Ideal Spinning / Jun 4 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	79.73 ▲ 7.25 (10%)
Kohat Textile / Jun 4 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	90.73 ▲ 8.25 (10%)

Stock	Price
Crescent Cotton / Jun 4 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	36.91 ▼ -2.69 (-6.79%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Jun 4 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	32 ▼ -2.25 (-6.57%)
Shams Textile / Jun 4 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	39.03 ▼ -2.58 (-6.2%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jun 4 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	28.06 ▼ -1.72 (-5.78%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jun 4 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	33.25 ▼ -1.89 (-5.38%)
Mughal Energy / Jun 4 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	21.30 ▼ -1.18 (-5.25%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 4 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	47.43 ▼ -2.45 (-4.91%)
Premier Sugar / Jun 4 The Premier Sugar Mills(PMRS)	423.01 ▼ -20.78 (-4.68%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jun 4 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	7.06 ▼ -0.32 (-4.34%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Jun 4 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	6.60 ▼ -0.28 (-4.07%)

Stock	Volume
Beco Steel Ltd / Jun 4 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	112,742,147 ▲ 0.26
Pak Int.Bulk / Jun 4 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	32,085,063 ▲ 0.65
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 4 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	30,602,865 ▼ -0.01
Hascol Petrol / Jun 4 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	29,547,446 ▲ 0.88
TPL Properties / Jun 4 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	22,915,829 ▲ 0.56
P.T.C.L. / Jun 4 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	21,952,752 ▲ 2.38
Dewan Cement / Jun 4 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	21,604,812 ▲ 0.03
Kohinoor Spinning / Jun 4 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	20,173,269 ▼ -0.13
Maple Leaf Cement / Jun 4 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	18,998,070 ▲ 1.39
B.O.Punjab / Jun 4 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	18,802,886 ▲ 0.24

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