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innovation

China to support ‘little giants’ and other emerging companies in plan to boost jobs, innovation

Published 06 Sep, 2026 02:30am

BEIJING: China made public a five-year plan for “little giants” and other emerging companies on Thursday, promising...

Minister for strengthening business environment

Published 16 Jun, 2026 04:12am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Investment Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh on Monday called for strengthening Pakistan’s...

Innovation is not a policy but a system

Published 27 Mar, 2026 06:40am

Mehran Gul’s The New Geography of Innovation makes a compelling and timely argument: innovation is no longer the...

Governor for focussing on innovation

Published 30 Nov, 2025 06:58am

LAHORE: Governor Punjab Sardar Saleem Haider Khan said that embracing innovation is key to competing globally, and...

Innovation, collaboration in rehabilitation sciences highlighted

Updated 16 Sep, 2025 07:38am

LAHORE: Speakers at a seminar titled “INSPIRE: strengthening rehabilitation sciences through innovation,...

Exporting for innovation and profitability

Updated 25 Mar, 2024 06:11am

Pakistan’s innovation landscape presents a grim picture. Pakistan ranked 88th globally and 7th regionally in the...

10 urgent policy priorities for Pakistan towards AI-readiness

Published 11 Jul, 2023 08:30am

Whether it will evolve into our greatest creation or existential threat, there is no doubt that the future is...

Lagging in innovation

Published 07 Jan, 2022 08:00am

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

Pakistan’s Trivzia raises $400,000 in seed round

Published 22 Jun, 2021 06:39pm

Startup hopes to expand user base, grow its team and strengthen its platform using funds from 47 Ventures

Pakistan's Jugnu raises $3.2m from Systems Limited

Published 15 Jun, 2021 05:49pm

B2B ecommerce marketplace aims to use funds to expand in a highly competitive market

Innovation, scientific advancements remain at core of NHPC’s evolution

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

LAHORE: The National High Performance Centre (NHPC) continues its transformation in order to provide the country’s...

Pakistan’s Dawaai raises $8.5 million amid expansion plans

Updated 10 Jun, 2021 01:15pm

Hopes to use recent investment to grow its infrastructure expansion and technology

Pakistan's Abhi raises $2m in seed investment

Published 07 Jun, 2021 06:19pm

Karachi-based fintech raises sum for its salary advance platform in a seed round led by Vostok Emerging Finance
Abhi will be the second Pakistani fintech to join Y Combinator’s next batch after TAG

Japan growth strategy draft calls for digitalisation, greener society

Published 03 Jun, 2021 04:13am

TOKYO: Japan’s government called for raising the country’s economic growth through innovation, which it hopes...

Spotify to launch auto-transcribe feature for podcasts soon

Published 18 May, 2021 08:04pm

Spotify has announced today that it will be introducing a beta version of a podcast auto-transcription feature for its podcasts over the coming weeks

Apple announces lossless Apple Music for Free

Updated 17 May, 2021 08:13pm

Apple announced that its Apple Music will be receiving two major updates in the coming June: support for high-quality, lossless audio and new Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos feature.
This new feature will be available for free to all subscribers.

Milestone achieved: Pakistani startup wins young innovators award for developing sign language app

Published 29 Mar, 2021 11:34am

In 2017, Azima Dhanjee and Arhum Ishtiaq created ConnectHear and developed an application to help deaf persons remotely connect with an interpreter
So far, ConnectHear has provided 100,000+ minutes of sign language interpretation and trained over 700 people in sign language

Google tests dark mode for desktop search

Updated 11 Feb, 2021 05:56pm

Google is testing a dark mode for its desktop search on Windows 10 and macOS.

Development, prosperity: 'Innovation, emerging technologies can open up new vistas'

Published 06 Feb, 2021 04:06am

KARACHI: President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi said that the fastest way for Pakistan to emerge as a strong knowledge...

Google adds heart & respiratory rate monitors to Pixel Phones

Published 05 Feb, 2021 03:35pm

Pixel phones will now be able to read your heart and respiratory rates with their cameras.

Google Chrome gets a new Tab Grouping Interface

Published 01 Feb, 2021 04:00pm

Google Chrome has started rolling out a tab grouping interface for Android.

Netflix upgrade to improve the sound experience on Andriods

Published 25 Jan, 2021 07:26pm

New Netflix Android upgrade reduces buffering time and improves audio quality.

Microsoft reverses its controversial Xbox Live price hike

Published 23 Jan, 2021 05:41pm

Microsoft has announced that it will be reversing the controversial increase in the price for Xbox Live.

Apple to bring a thinner MacBook Air with Magnetic Charger

Updated 22 Jan, 2021 05:00pm

Apple Inc. plans on launching a thinner and lighter MacBook Air with a magnetic charger during the second half of this year or in 2022.

Netflix to launch Shuffle Play Feature this year

Published 21 Jan, 2021 02:58pm

The shuffle feature will allow users to skip browsing entirely and just click on a button to instantly play a title that Netflix has chosen for them.

Pakistani Twins become Youngest Microsoft Power Platform Certified professionals

Published 12 Jan, 2021 03:02pm

Twin sisters from Pakistan received Microsoft certification for the youngest Power Platform Professionals at the age 10.

LG Display to Launch its Smallest OLED TV Panel

Published 11 Jan, 2021 02:58pm

TV manufacturers can expect LG's smallest 42-inch panel to be available this year.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 29	277.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 29	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 28	3.90

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 29	7,670.84
Nasdaq / Sep 29	26,797.54
Dow Jones / Sep 29	51,349.92
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,729.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,728.56
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,534.37
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,714.17
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,546.29
France CAC40 / Sep 30	8,055.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 29	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 29	374,945
Petrol/Litre / Sep 30	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Diesel/Litre / Sep 30	402.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Sep 30 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.73 ▲ 0.77 (15.52%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Sep 30 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	20.41 ▲ 1.86 (10.03%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Sep 30 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.57 ▲ 1.51 (10.03%)
Sindh Modaraba / Sep 30 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	33.28 ▲ 3.03 (10.02%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Sep 30 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	26.38 ▲ 2.4 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Sep 30 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	113.96 ▲ 10.36 (10%)
Dadex Eternit / Sep 30 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	150.32 ▲ 13.67 (10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Sep 30 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	29.04 ▲ 2.64 (10%)
Oilboy Energy / Sep 30 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	18.59 ▲ 1.69 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ashfaq Textile / Sep 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	50.57 ▼ -5.62 (-10%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Sep 30 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	118.83 ▼ -13.16 (-9.97%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Sep 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.25 ▼ -1.15 (-9.27%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Sep 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	918.13 ▼ -92.07 (-9.11%)
Pakistan Services / Sep 30 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,019.63 ▼ -99.15 (-8.86%)
Mandviwala / Sep 30 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	77.07 ▼ -7.14 (-8.48%)
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	23.41 ▼ -1.84 (-7.29%)
D.M. Corporation / Sep 30 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	165.33 ▼ -11.63 (-6.57%)
Cordoba Logistics / Sep 30 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	28.32 ▼ -1.94 (-6.41%)
EMCO Industries / Sep 30 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	32.10 ▼ -1.93 (-5.67%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Sep 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,446,994 ▲ 0.11
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	58,387,095 ▲ 0.77
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Sep 30 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	50,882,891 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Sep 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,308,841 ▲ 0.03
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Sep 30 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	21,823,804 ▲ 1.27
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 30 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	17,873,579 ▲ 0.1
Pak Refinery / Sep 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,817,038 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,431,935 ▼ -0.01
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	16,575,953 ▼ -1.84
F. Nat.Equities / Sep 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	14,238,200 ▲ 0

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