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Ministry aims to boost IT exports to $15bn by 2029: Shaza

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja said her ministry was...

Updated 20 Jun, 2025 07:24am

Pakistan

Nawaz Sharif IT City project: CM reviews progress

LAHORE: World’s leading international IT companies have shown interest in investing in Nawaz Sharif IT City...

Published 19 Jun, 2025 08:28am

‘IT exporters, freelancers’: SBP eases reporting formats

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has revised the reporting formats of the electronic Proceed Realization...

Updated 18 Jun, 2025 09:31am

Pakistan

Opposition leader hails 20pc defence budget hike

ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader Omar Ayub tore into the federal budget for 2025-26 on Friday, calling it a...

Published 14 Jun, 2025 06:04am

Budget 2025-26

Budget to spell doom for Pakistan’s IT industry: P@SHA

KARACHI: Outrightly rejecting the budget 2025-26, IT industry said budget has fatally ignored Pakistan’s IT and...

Updated 12 Jun, 2025 12:00pm

Business & Finance

FPCCI offers mixed reaction to budget

ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: The business community of the country has expressed mixed reaction on the presentation of ...

Published 11 Jun, 2025 07:08am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s IT sector surges with 24% export growth, $2.4bn trade surplus

Freelancers contributed $400mn to national exchequer

Updated 09 Jun, 2025 03:49pm

Freelance services: annual foreign exchange inflows may reach $500m in Pakistan

KARACHI: Annual foreign exchange inflows from freelance services are rapidly growing and expected to reach $500...

Updated 24 May, 2025 12:22pm

Editorials

Bridging policy gaps in IT sector

EDITORIAL: The increasingly pivotal role that the country’s IT sector plays in driving national development — by...

Published 23 May, 2025 06:12am

Business & Finance

Ahsan articulates govt’s long-term economic vision

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Prof Ahsan Iqbal, on Thursday,...

Published 17 May, 2025 07:01am

Technology

26th edition of ITCN Asia from 9th at Expo Centre

LAHORE: The 26th edition of ITCN Asia, Pakistan’s IT and telecom expo and conference, will take place on May 9 to...

Published 08 May, 2025 07:13am

IT sector: $700m new foreign investment pledges secured: PM

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan secured around $700 million in fresh foreign investment pledges for its information technology...

Updated 30 Apr, 2025 02:28pm

PM celebrates 23pc surge in IT exports

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday celebrated a 23 per cent surge in the country’s Information...

Updated 19 Apr, 2025 03:30pm

Business & Finance

Fields of technology, digital economy: Pakistan, Japan agree to enhance cooperation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Japan have agreed to enhance cooperation in the fields of technology and the digital...

Published 11 Apr, 2025 06:00am

Business & Finance

Workforce highly competitive: IT cos backed to achieve $25bn export target: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday declared that Pakistan’s information technology workforce is...

Published 18 Mar, 2025 05:33am

Agreements made with Huawei Technologies: PM, others review implementation

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said the government is providing all possible support to equip the...

Updated 10 Mar, 2025 02:44pm

Pakistan

‘Launchpad Pakistan’ FPCCI initiative extremely important for economy: Sindh governor

KARACHI: Governor of Sindh, Kamran Khan Tessori Thursday said the FPCCI’s ‘Launchpad Pakistan’ initiative is...

Published 07 Mar, 2025 05:45am

Business & Finance

BMP for curbing capital flight, brain drain

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) on Monday...

Published 04 Mar, 2025 06:30am

Technology

Country shines at Web Summit Qatar 2025

KARACHI: Representing Pakistan’s IT Industry, Umair Nizam, Senior Vice Chairman of P@SHA has apprised that ...

Published 26 Feb, 2025 08:23am

Business & Finance

Pakistanis residing in KSA keen to invest in IT sector

KARACHI: Pakistani entrepreneurs residing in Saudi Arabia, along with their Saudi partners, have expressed a strong...

Published 15 Feb, 2025 07:24am

Business & Finance

Over 100 Pakistani IT companies participating in ‘LEAP 2025’

KARACHI: Pakistani IT companies are aggressively exploring new and emerging tech markets particularly the Kingdom of...

Published 11 Feb, 2025 08:23am

Business & Finance

LEAP 2025: Minister praises Saudi cos’ investment in IT industry

ISLAMABAD: Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Federal Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecom (MoITT) of...

Published 11 Feb, 2025 08:19am

Opinion

Management hierarchy: new expectations likely

The last four decades have witnessed a significant change in organizational approach towards performance evaluation...

Published 03 Feb, 2025 06:41am

Business & Finance

IT cos urge govt to introduce satellite internet services

KARACHI: IT exporting companies have urged the government to expedite the launch of satellite internet services by...

Published 01 Feb, 2025 06:30am

Technology

$25bn in 5 years: PM Shehbaz expresses satisfaction at measures for IT exports target

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed satisfaction over the measures being taken to increase Pakistan’s IT exports...

Updated 14 Jan, 2025 11:50pm

Editorials

Financial fallout of internet shutdowns

EDITORIAL: Amidst all the high-sounding goals of the government’s much-touted Uraan Pakistan initiative, the one...

Updated 07 Jan, 2025 07:21am

Pakistan

JI praises youth’s interest in IT sector

KARACHI: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi, Munim Zafar Khan, has expressed optimism about Pakistan’s future, ...

Published 29 Dec, 2024 02:48am

Technology

Experts advocate PPP mode for promotion of IT sector

LAHORE: The Experts have called for steps under public private partnership for the promotion of Information...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 05:57am

Business & Finance

Internet shutdown: Govt considering exempting STZs, incubation centres

ISLAMABAD: Amid fear of losing huge orders booking as well as shifting companies outside the country, the government...

Updated 19 Dec, 2024 09:50am

Talks on ‘Digital Nation Bill’ inconclusive

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication meeting’s...

Updated 18 Dec, 2024 09:36am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 20	283.77
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 20	283.52
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 20	146.09
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 20	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jun 20	1.15
UK LIBOR % / Jun 20	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 20	5,967.84
India Sensex / Jun 20	82,408.17
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 20	38,403.23
Nasdaq / Jun 20	19,447.41
Hang Seng / Jun 20	23,530.48
FTSE 100 / Jun 20	8,774.65
Dow Jones / Jun 20	42,206.82
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 20	23,350.55
France CAC40 / Jun 20	7,589.66

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 20	74.93
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 20	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 20	306,069
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 20	3,368.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 20	66.70
Petrol/Litre / Jun 22	258.43
Diesel/Litre / Jun 22	262.59

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Jun 20 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	356 ▲ 40.99 (13.01%)
Faisal Sp. / Jun 20 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	313.91 ▲ 33.82 (12.07%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Jun 20 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	33.53 ▲ 3.42 (11.36%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jun 20 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.90 ▲ 1 (11.24%)
Crescent Fib. / Jun 20 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	50.25 ▲ 5 (11.05%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 20 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	25.43 ▲ 2.33 (10.09%)
Shams Textile / Jun 20 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	31.52 ▲ 2.87 (10.02%)
Rupali polyester / Jun 20 Rupali Polyester Limited(RUPL)	24.61 ▲ 2.24 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jun 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	39 ▲ 3.55 (10.01%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Jun 20 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	621.82 ▲ 56.53 (10%)

Stock	Price
Mahanna Islamic Index / Jun 20 Mahanna Islamic Index Traded Fund(MIIETF)	12.92 ▼ -2.14 (-14.21%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jun 20 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	61.07 ▼ -7.82 (-11.35%)
Nets Internat.Comm. / Jun 20 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	41 ▼ -4.9 (-10.68%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 20 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.28 ▼ -5.59 (-10.01%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jun 20 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	11,153.83 ▼ -1239.27 (-10%)
Pakgen Power / Jun 20 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	173.06 ▼ -19.23 (-10%)
Sardar Chemical / Jun 20 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	56.21 ▼ -6.24 (-9.99%)
Int. Knit. / Jun 20 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	20.18 ▼ -2.23 (-9.95%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.49 ▼ -0.27 (-9.78%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jun 20 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	40.61 ▼ -4.39 (-9.76%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	42,791,268 ▼ -0.04
TRG Pak Ltd / Jun 20 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	26,664,589 ▼ -4.92
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 20 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	25,526,681 ▼ -0.26
Yousuf Weaving / Jun 20 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,497,580 ▲ 0.29
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,445,689 ▲ 0.08
Sui South Gas / Jun 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	13,554,568 ▼ -0.06
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	9,805,036 ▼ -0.27
Dewan Cement / Jun 20 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	9,257,161 ▼ -0.86
Invest Bank / Jun 20 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	8,867,595 ▼ -0.26
Pak Refinery / Jun 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	8,518,206 ▲ 0.01

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