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General Election 2024

Spotlight on ECP

EDITORIAL: It’s shocking that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has not done anything beyond issuing...

Published 16 Feb, 2024 06:02am

World

Election impact on Reko Diq project: Barrick CEO says civil servants leading discussions are the same

Bristow says company 'doesn't get involved' in politics

Published 15 Feb, 2024 07:34pm

Pakistan

US calls formation of coalition govt Pakistan's 'internal matter'

Spokesman for the State Department says in parliamentary systems, when no party secures a majority, it is common to witness the formation of coalitions

Updated 15 Feb, 2024 10:31pm

Pakistan

PTI calls for countrywide protests on Saturday against ‘poll rigging’

Party nominates Mian Aslam Iqbal for Punjab CM's slot

Updated 15 Feb, 2024 10:31pm

Pakistan

Imran Khan names Omar Ayub as PTI’s PM nominee

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced on Thursday that party’s secretary general Omar Ayub will be its...

Updated 15 Feb, 2024 09:35pm

Pakistan

Shujaat for greater unity amongst political parties

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Wednesday said concerted...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am

Pakistan

Vote recount in Hub claims two lives

QUETTA: Two political workers were killed and 12 others injured when firing was opened on a crowd gathered for...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am

Pakistan

CS felicitates Maryam Nawaz for being nominated as CM

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Secretary Zahid Akhtar Zaman called on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chief Organizer...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am

Pakistan

LHC grants post-arrest bail to Elahi

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday granted post-arrest bail to PTI president and former Punjab Chief...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am

Pakistan

Formation of govt: First PPP-PML(N) meeting held

ISLAMABAD: The first meeting of the committees comprising the leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am

Pakistan

New coalition echoes same old problems

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s newly declared coalition government echoes the 2022 alliance that ousted Imran Khan, ...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am

Pakistan

JUI-F chief, too, rejects election results

ISLAMABAD: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F), Wednesday, while rejecting the election results has announced...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am

Pakistan

Balochistan PA: ECP’s response to bill aimed at increasing number of general seats sought

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body on Wednesday sought the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)’s response on a bill...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am

Pakistan

Petitions against ECP: IHC reserves its verdict

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC), Wednesday, reserved its verdict in three separate petitions challenging...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am

Pakistan

NA-214 Tharparkar: highest voter turnout of almost 80pc recorded

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly’s seat in Sindh — NA-214 Tharparkar — recorded highest voter turnout of almost 80...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am

Opinion

Mr Market’s periscope

Mr Market knows best, goes the old saying, so perhaps its best to look at the wild swings at the stock exchange to...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am

Opinion

‘Latest IMF projections’

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “Latest IMF projections” carried by the newspaper on Tuesday. The...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am

Editorials

Another weak govt!

EDITORIAL: After days of ambiguity regarding what shape the government at the centre takes, and with rigging...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am

Moody’s speaks of elevated political uncertainty

Prolonged delays in formation of govt will increase policy and political uncertainty at a time when it faces very challenging macroeconomic conditions

Updated 15 Feb, 2024 11:56am

Editorials

Timely intervention

EDITORIAL: Whatever possessed the caretaker government to promulgate an ordinance seeking to “neutralise the ...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am

Textile exporters blame govt for ‘economic disaster’

KARACHI: The interim rule has again drawn severe criticism for “intruding” into the economic matters that left the...

Updated 15 Feb, 2024 08:42am

Pakistan

Elections 2024: voter turnout at 47.6%, 60.6mn people exercised right to vote on Feb 8, says FAFEN

Unlike 2018 elections, none of the National or Provincial Assemblies’ constituencies recorded female turnout less than 10% of total polled votes

Published 14 Feb, 2024 09:51pm

Pakistan

Maulana Fazlur Rehman rejects election results, refuses to join govt

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday rejected the results of the February 8...

Updated 14 Feb, 2024 09:00pm

Pakistan

Nawaz Sharif has not quit politics, will lead his govts in Centre, Punjab: Maryam

Says in the next five years Nawaz will actively participate in politics

Updated 14 Feb, 2024 10:30pm

Pakistan

JI demands suspension of polls results

KARACHI: Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, the Karachi Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Tuesday demanded Election Commission of...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am

Pakistan

Expert explains how and when President can summon NA session

ISLAMABAD: The President of Pakistan is constitutionally mandated to summon the national assembly on the advice of...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am

Pakistan

Punjab cabinet decides to give away e-bikes to students

LAHORE: The 40th session of the provincial cabinet, convened under the chair of Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am

Pakistan

LHC dismisses pleas against win of Nawaz, others

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday dismissed the petitions against the victory of former prime minister...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am

Pakistan

PML-N challenges ‘independents’ to ‘show majority and form govt’

LAHORE: Announcing that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will happily accept the independents, either...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am

Opinion

It’s about time all parties buried the hatchet

Following his meeting with the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan yesterday, a beaming PTI ...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 17	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 17	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 17	155.67
USD to Swiss Franc / May 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 17	1.27
Euro to USD / May 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 17	5303.27
India Sensex / May 17	73917.03
Tokyo Nikkei / May 17	38787.38
Nasdaq / May 17	16685.97
Hang Seng / May 17	19535.61
FTSE 100 / May 17	8420.26
Dow Jones / May 17	40003.59
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18704.42

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 17	79.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 17	210562
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 17	2386.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 17	76.29
Petrol/Litre / May 20	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 20 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 20 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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