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Investment in corporate farming areas: FPCCI highlights criticality of creation of proper infrastructure

KARACHI: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Central Standing Committee on Agriculture...

Published 21 Mar, 2024 06:08am

Business & Finance

Railways infrastructure, terminal development, other areas: Pakistan, Dubai start discussions on investments

ISLAMABAD: Following the signing of two separate government-to-government (G2G) agreements in Davos at the World...

Published 02 Feb, 2024 05:20am

Getting power from Cat–III wind projects: KE links setting up of infrastructure to Nepra’s nod

ISLAMABAD: K-Electric (KE) has reportedly linked establishment of infrastructure of power evacuation from...

Updated 25 Jan, 2024 09:11am

Pakistan

Reconstruction of flood-hit areas: Country to get $4bn from $9bn pledged at Geneva moot: officials

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is to receive $4 billion out of over $9 billion pledged during the Geneva conference in January...

Published 17 Jun, 2023 06:13am

World

India opens first stage of Delhi-Mumbai expressway

NEW DELHI: India on Sunday inaugurated the first stage of its longest expressway, a route linking New Delhi and...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:57am

Business & Finance

Telecom, data infrastructure: World Bank advocates regulatory reforms, investments to improve climate resilience

ISLAMABAD: Regulatory reforms and investments are needed to improve the climate resilience of telecom and data...

Published 26 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Pakistan

MoITT readies draft of first Infrastructure Sharing Framework

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) has finalised the draft of ...

Published 06 Jan, 2023 05:58am

BR Research

Cement exports: Small wins?

The decline in construction activity is very evident. Caused not just by the massive cross-country floods but also...

Published 22 Nov, 2022 09:13am

Pakistan

Chamber head calls for implementation of Hyderabad master plan

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

Published 15 Nov, 2022 07:45am

Take flood havoc into account, Dar pleads with IMF

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue briefs IMF Mission Chief Nathan Porter on the economic situation caused by devastating floods

Updated 30 Sep, 2022 09:47am

Flood havoc: World Bank says envisaging $2bn financing

Funding to help with emergency operations to quickly start the reconstruction and rehabilitation to rebuild or repair infrastructure, housing and restore livelihoods

Updated 25 Sep, 2022 10:13am

Pakistan

Torrential rains lash Karachi, disrupt daily activities

System will remain in effect till August 20

Published 16 Aug, 2022 01:58pm

Business & Finance

Industrial area in shambles: Kati chief calls for early repair of infrastructure

KARACHI: Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (Kati) President Salman Aslam Monday said that the infrastructure...

Published 02 Aug, 2022 07:24am

Pakistan

Sindh asks PM for funds needed to revamp battered infrastructure

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in his meeting with Prime Minister Mian Shehbaz Sharif through...

Published 29 Jul, 2022 06:14am

BR Research

Livability nose-diving in Karachi

Every year, the monsoon season is a reminder of the debilitating infrastructure that especially for Karachi among...

Published 21 Jul, 2022 08:43am

Pakistan

Monsoon exposes fragile infrastructure of megacity

KARACHI: Ruthless monsoon rain spells wreaked havoc with already fragile civic infrastructure of Karachi, marring ...

Published 13 Jul, 2022 05:48am

World

China’s Xi urges ‘all-out’ infrastructure push to boost growth

BEIJING: China’s Xi Jinping has called for an “all-out” campaign to build infrastructure, according to state media,...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 02:19pm

Business & Finance

Chinese companies want to undertake several projects in Pakistan: SAPM on CPEC Affairs

Khalid Mansoor briefs media on meetings held between Pakistan prime minister and reps from different companies

Updated 07 Feb, 2022 06:24pm

BR Research

Lagging in innovation

Pakistan saw a spike not seen before in startups in 2021, which should mean that creativity and innovation surged ...

Published 07 Jan, 2022 08:00am

Markets

NTDC decides to expand its infrastructure

LAHORE: In order to meet the growing demand of electricity across the country, the National Transmission and ...

Published 20 Dec, 2021 06:29am

Pakistan

Sindh govt hands over buildings, infrastructure to SAU sub-campus

HYDERABAD: Sindh government has handed over various buildings, faculties and agricultural land to the authorities of...

Published 22 Nov, 2021 06:50am

BR Research

Biden’s window

At long last, Joe Biden’s young-but-hobbled presidency has a win it can cherish and market to the American people....

Published 08 Nov, 2021 07:35am

China gifts new $150m stadium to Cambodia

PHNOM PENH: China handed over to Cambodia a $150 million stadium in Phnom Penh, with officials saying Sunday it is...

Published 13 Sep, 2021 03:13am

Business & Finance

Engro to inject Rs21.5 billion in its telecom subsidiary

Engro Connect is wholly-owned by Engro Corp

Published 25 Aug, 2021 01:47pm

Markets

Early Trade: Wall St inches higher ahead of $1 trn infrastructure bill vote

NEW YORK: Wall Street's main indexes edged higher on Tuesday, helped by a rebound in oil stocks, while investors...

Published 11 Aug, 2021 04:27am

Pakistan

Over half of Chinese companies listed on Fortune 500 have operations in Pakistan

More than half of Chinese enterprises listed on the Fortune Global 500 for 2021 have invested or conducted business...

Published 03 Aug, 2021 10:59pm

Pakistan

Pakistan leads South Asia in BRI infrastructure development: report

BEIJING: Despite the unexpected shock from the Covid-19 pandemic, Pakistan has elevated one place to the 5th in...

Published 01 Aug, 2021 04:46am

World

US House approves $715bn infrastructure bill

The bill, which includes provisions from President Joe Biden's initial $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal, authorizes additional spending for roads, bridges, highway safety, electric vehicle charging stations, rail, transit, drinking and wastewater infrastructure.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 09:41pm

Business & Finance

Rs360bn earmarked for DDP

LAHORE: In the budget 2021-22, the Punjab government has proposed over Rs360 billion for the District Development...

Published 15 Jun, 2021 03:30am

Business & Finance

Egypt signs 1.7bn euros of financing deals with France

CAIRO: Egypt has signed 1.7 billion euros ($2.06 billion) worth of deals with France to finance projects in the...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 19	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 19	278.15
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 19	154.37
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 19	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 19	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 19	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 18	5011.12
Nasdaq / Apr 18	15601.50
Dow Jones / Apr 18	37775.38
India Sensex / Apr 19	72222.48
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 19	37068.35
Hang Seng / Apr 19	16205.02
FTSE 100 / Apr 19	7834.89
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 19	17717.67

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	214077
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 19	84.27
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 19	2382.04
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 19	80.67
Petrol/Litre / Apr 20	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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