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Govt decides to expand RDA framework

Published 17 Mar, 2026 05:57am

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to expand the Roshan Digital Account (RDA) framework to allow foreign...

Foreign investment: Country witnesses steady inflow: SECP

Updated 25 Feb, 2026 08:57am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has witnessed a steady inflow of foreign investment across multiple sectors over the past three...

SECP clarifies ‘misreported’ data on dissolution of foreign companies

Updated 23 Feb, 2026 09:42pm

Commission says only 19 foreign companies ceased operations in Pakistan during 2022–2025

Foreign companies repatriate $1.6bn in seven months

Updated 21 Feb, 2026 04:27pm

KARACHI: Foreign companies operating in Pakistan repatriated more than USD 1.6 billion in profits and dividends...

SECP issues list of 125 dissolved companies

Updated 18 Feb, 2026 07:18am

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has released a list of 125 foreign companies -...

Nasdaq submits new plan to step up action on suspected manipulation

Updated 15 Dec, 2025 07:14am

NEW YORK: Nasdaq filed a new rule on Friday that would allow the exchange to block IPOs even when companies meet all...

Trading manufacturing for middlemen

Updated 06 Oct, 2025 06:38am

Pakistan needs foreign investment and debt flows to escape its low-growth equilibrium. The rapidly shifting global...

PM’s Digital Youth Hub: over 0.5m youth registered so far

Published 13 Aug, 2025 07:53am

LAHORE: Over 0.5 million young individuals have so far registered at Prime Minister’s Digital Youth Hub within...

Progress and peril

Updated 07 Aug, 2025 07:45am

Security in Pakistan’s major urban centres – Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad – has shown measurable improvement...

FDI repatriation

Published 26 Jul, 2025 06:06am

EDITORIAL: State Bank of Pakistan has reported that foreign companies operating in Pakistan repatriated 2.220 ...

Foreign investors: FY25 profit repatriation totals $2.22bn

Updated 22 Jul, 2025 09:50am

KARACHI: Foreign companies operating in Pakistan repatriated over $2 billion on account of profits and dividends...

Highnoon Laboratories Limited

Published 29 Apr, 2025 03:07am

Highnoon Laboratories Limited (PSX: HINOON) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 1984 and ...

EU firms’ concerns: MoC takes other ministries on board

Updated 19 Nov, 2024 09:21am

ISLAMABAD: The Commerce Ministry is reportedly taking other ministries on board to respond to the concerns of...

CG praises role of American businesses in Pakistan

Published 04 Oct, 2024 06:46am

KARACHI: The Consul General of the United States of America in Karachi Scott Urbom has said that American businesses...

‘Slow internet damages IT industry, online businesses badly’

Published 21 Aug, 2024 06:42am

KARACHI: Chairman of the FPCCI Advisory Board and National Business Group Pakistan, the President of Pakistan...

SECP registers 27,542 new cos in FY24

Updated 28 Jul, 2024 09:49am

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 27,542 new companies during FY...

Regulatory environment major issue as foreign pharma cos exit Pakistan

Updated 22 Jul, 2024 12:09pm

KARACHI: The pharmaceutical sector in Pakistan is facing significant challenges, with only four foreign companies...

Foreign companies: BoI seeks details of special deployment policy from SBP

Updated 13 May, 2024 09:21am

ISLAMABAD: Board of Investment (BoI) is said to have sought details of Local Deployment Policy from the State Bank...

SECP registers 2,651 new companies in Jan

Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 2,651 new companies in January 2024,...

Foreign cos have to keep record of their UBOs

Updated 17 Feb, 2024 08:45am

ISLAMABAD: The foreign companies operating in Pakistan would be required to maintain records of their ultimate...

SECP issues consolidated ‘Companies Regulations, 2024’

Published 16 Feb, 2024 06:02am

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Thursday issued consolidated “Companies...

ATIR Lahore explains how foreign companies should approach

Published 31 Dec, 2023 03:04am

ISLAMABAD: The Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR) Lahore has unanimously held that the foreign companies have...

SECP registers 2,234 new companies in Nov

Updated 10 Dec, 2023 09:34am

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 2,234 new companies in November ...

SECP restructures RSB, allowing applicants to apply throughout the year

Published 15 Sep, 2023 06:31am

ISLAMABAD: In order to broaden outreach, the SECP has restructured its Regulatory Sandbox (RSB) from a cohort-based...

Non-resident companies: Income tax dept levying super tax in negation of double taxation treaties

Updated 31 Aug, 2023 06:36am

LAHORE: The income tax department is allegedly levying supper tax in negation of the treaties for the avoidance of...

Tax authorities accused of misinterpreting global tax conventions

Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:30am

LAHORE: Tax authorities are accused of misinterpreting international tax conventions instead of implementing them...

2,220 new companies registered by SECP in July

Published 12 Aug, 2023 06:26am

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has registered 2,220 new companies in July ...

Swiss voters approve global minimum corporate tax, climate goals

Published 19 Jun, 2023 06:55am

ZURICH: Swiss voters voted on Sunday to introduce a global minimum tax on businesses and a climate law that aims to...

Insurance industry at the crossroads

Published 05 Jun, 2023 03:27am

Our insurance industry is in a dismal state both in terms of providing any proper protection and securing a sizable...

Foreign companies: expert explains SECP’s steps

Published 11 May, 2023 05:54am

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has taken major measures to facilitate foreign...

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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 20	162.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 20	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 20	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 20	77,672.21
Hang Seng / Jul 20	25,069.85
FTSE 100 / Jul 20	10,562.80
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 20	24,913.94
France CAC40 / Jul 20	8,361.60

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Petrol/Litre / Jul 20	316.15
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 20	84.29
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 20	4,011.10
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	354.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 20	79.24

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Asia Ins. / Jul 20 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	37.90 ▲ 3.45 (10.01%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 20 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	64.08 ▲ 5.83 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 20 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	100.21 ▲ 9.11 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	460.42 ▲ 41.86 (10%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 20 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	59.05 ▲ 5.37 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 20 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	299.43 ▲ 27.22 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	118.34 ▲ 10.76 (10%)
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49.05 ▲ 4.46 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	55 ▲ 5 (10%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	45.98 ▲ 4.18 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 20 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,684.32 ▼ -187.15 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	56.04 ▼ -6.23 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	87.83 ▼ -9.76 (-10%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	33.43 ▼ -3.71 (-9.99%)
Ideal Dynamics / Jul 20 Ideal Dynamics Limited(IDEAL)	49.50 ▼ -5.25 (-9.59%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 20 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	136.39 ▼ -13.9 (-9.25%)
Buxly Paints / Jul 20 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	173.04 ▼ -16.9 (-8.9%)
ARM Green Industries / Jul 20 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	64.63 ▼ -6.07 (-8.59%)
Elahi Cotton / Jul 20 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	216.01 ▼ -20.08 (-8.51%)
Metro Steel / Jul 20 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	22.03 ▼ -2.02 (-8.4%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	166,059,814 ▲ 0.8
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49,159,104 ▲ 4.46
TPL Properties / Jul 20 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	38,436,785 ▲ 0.41
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 20 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	36,283,729 ▲ 0.15
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	27,615,297 ▼ -0.07
Lotte Chemical / Jul 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,575,908 ▲ 0.54
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	15,089,114 ▲ 0
B.O.Punjab / Jul 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,202,726 ▲ 0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,521,739 ▲ 0.86
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 20 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	13,125,536 ▲ 0.01

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