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Import

Pakistan's imports topped from China, trade increases over US $ 3570mn in 4 months

The imports from Kuwait were recorded at US $ 376.881 million where as the imports from South Korea were recorded at US $ 338.495 million.

Published 09 Dec, 2020 01:03am

Business & Finance

Utility Stores Corporation stop purchasing sugar from local sugar mills

Due to the crushing of sugarcane in Sindh, the ex-mill price of sugar has come down from Rs 99 to Rs 82 per kg in a month after the arrival of new sugar.

Published 27 Nov, 2020 02:53pm

Business & Finance

Curbing food inflation: Govt decides to import tomatoes, onions

The government has decided to import tomatoes and onions from Iran due to high prices of tomatoes and onions in the country.

Published 12 Oct, 2020 12:23pm

Pakistan

Spices import increase 60.22pc

On month-on-month basis, the spices imports also increased by 8.79 percent during July 2020.

Published 15 Sep, 2020 07:25pm

Pakistan

Services trade deficit shrinks 13.79pc in July

Month-on-month basis, the exports from the country witnessed increase of 10.95 percent in July 2020.

Published 07 Sep, 2020 07:05pm

Pakistan

Mobile phone imports increase 89.03pc during July 2020

The trade deficit during July 2020 was recorded at $1.686 billion against the deficit of $1.827 million in July 2019, the data revealed.

Published 20 Aug, 2020 07:38pm

Business & Finance

Despite slowdown Pakistan’s external account has been stabilized: Monthly Economic Outlook

During FY2020, current account deficit is reduced by 77.9% to $ 2.9 billion (1.1 % of GDP) against $ 13.4 billion last year (4.8 % of GDP).

Published 28 Jul, 2020 01:40pm

Pakistan could import 300,000 tonnes sugar to ease price rise-trade

"In the July 22 meeting of the sugar advisory board, I recommended to the government to import at least 300,000 tonnes of sugar for open market intervention to control the price hike,"
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday told authorities to plan for sugar imports.

Published 27 Jul, 2020 11:24pm

Business & Finance

Govt issued 288 wheat import permits so far

The first shipment carrying about 66,000 tons of wheat will arrive in the country next month while the second shipment of 70,000 tons is expected to arrive in September.

Published 21 Jul, 2020 12:09pm

Business & Finance

Amid rising demand, DRAP okays import, manufacturing of Remdesivir drug

As per spokesman Ministry of National Health Services, approvals are issued to two importers and 14 local manufacturers.

Published 22 Jun, 2020 02:19pm

Pakistan

Import decreases 16.2 percent to $ 38 billion in 10 months

In April 2020 country’s imports declined by 32 percent and were remained at $ 3.2 billion compared to $ 4.7 billion in April 2019.

Published 12 Jun, 2020 01:52am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 29	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 29	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 29	156.41
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 29	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 29	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 29	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 26	5099.96
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.76
Nasdaq / Apr 26	15927.90
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8139.83
Dow Jones / Apr 26	38239.66
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18161.01
France CAC40 / Apr 26	8088.24
India Sensex / Apr 29	74257.68

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 26	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 26	210048
Petrol/Litre / Apr 29	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 29	83.16
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 29	2332.70
Diesel/Litre / Apr 29	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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