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Islamabad LG elections: ECP to approach PM office for notification

Published 02 Jul, 2026 07:08am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to approach the office of Prime Minister Shehbaz...

The local govt void

Published 01 Jul, 2026 05:57am

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s democratic evolution is in many ways the story of its failure to truly devolve power, which...

ECP to summon DCs if instructions not followed

Updated 14 Mar, 2026 09:36am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decided to summon from Friday onwards the Deputy Commissioners...

PPP calls for early local govt polls in Punjab

Published 03 Feb, 2026 08:00am

LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Lahore President Faisal Mir has said that, unlike Punjab, people in other...

Punjab elections case: ECP forms committee to work in coordination with Punjab govt

Published 23 Jan, 2026 05:48am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has constituted a committee to work in coordination with Punjab...

Delays in LG polls: ECP proposes amendments to electoral laws

Updated 20 Jan, 2026 08:27am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has proposed amendments to the electoral laws to hold new local...

LG polls in KP: ECP announces new delimitation schedule

Published 19 Jan, 2026 05:52am

PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced a new delimitation schedule for Village Councils...

Promulgation of Presidential Ordinance: ECP postpones ICT LG polls, withdraws schedule

Published 17 Jan, 2026 07:31am

ISLAMABAD: The long-delayed local government elections in the federal Capital finally stand postponed yet again, as...

President promulgates ordinance amending ICT LG Act

Published 13 Jan, 2026 05:37am

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday promulgated an ordinance amending the Islamabad Capital Territory...

LG polls on Feb 15: ECP adheres to its scheduled programme

Published 08 Jan, 2026 06:20am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has adhered to its scheduled programme to hold Local Government...

LG polls in ICT on Feb 15: ECP extends deadline for filing nomination papers

Updated 27 Dec, 2025 08:13am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan extended the deadline for submission of nomination papers for local...

ICT LG polls may face delay

Published 24 Dec, 2025 08:02am

ISLAMABAD: The local government (LG) elections in Islamabad are likely to face yet another delay despite the ...

LG polls in Punjab: LHC seeks replies from respondents by 19th

Published 17 Dec, 2025 07:43am

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought replies from the respondents by December 19 in a petition of...

Governor gets briefing on Punjab LB Act 2025

Published 21 Oct, 2025 07:27am

LAHORE: Under the Local Government Act 2025, each union council will have 13 members representing a population of...

LGs—devolution on hold

Updated 13 Oct, 2025 06:40am

EDITORIAL: The idea of government at the grassroots — a defining feature of functional democracies — has...

ECP to hold local govt elections in Punjab in December

Published 08 Oct, 2025 05:40pm

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Wednesday that the local government elections in Punjab will...

Delay in LG elections: LHC seeks reply from secretary LG

Published 09 Jul, 2025 07:24am

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought a detailed reply from the secretary local government by July 14 on a...

ECP may summon PM, Punjab CM over LG polls delay

Published 03 Jun, 2025 06:14am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) can summon Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief Minister...

ECP reschedules hearing of Punjab LG polls delay case

Published 28 May, 2025 06:02am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rescheduled till Monday the hearing of a case involving the...

ECP summons Punjab CS, LG Secretary on 29th

Published 23 May, 2025 06:57am

ISLAMABAD: The country’s top election enforcer on Thursday finally had it with provincial government of Punjab’s...

LHC seeks reply on JI’s plea

Published 11 Mar, 2025 07:27am

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday sought a reply from the secretary local government within fortnight on a...

Delay in Punjab LG polls: Finalised draft of law sent to PA for legislation, ECP informed

Published 27 Feb, 2025 08:56am

ISLAMABAD: In the wake of lingering delay in holding local government elections in Punjab, the provincial government...

ECP forms body on ICT LG polls matter

Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:13am

ISLAMABAD: With uncertainty surrounding the fate of the local government elections in the federal capital once ...

ECP holds Islamabad LG poll schedule ‘in abeyance’

Updated 05 Sep, 2024 08:51am

ISLAMABAD: What implies, yet again, the postponement of the long-delayed local government polls in the federal...

Local governments and the ruling elite

Published 30 Aug, 2024 06:50am

EDITORIAL: Uncertainty hangs over the overdue local governments (LGs) elections in Islamabad. This past Tuesday the...

ICT LG delimitation to begin today

Updated 01 Jun, 2024 04:18pm

The preparation of the preliminary list of the UCs in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) will start from June 1

LGs barred from announcing, executing uplift schemes till elections

Published 24 Jan, 2024 05:07am

ISLAMABAD: Failing to hold local government elections in Punjab, the country’s largest province, and Islamabad, ...

Punjab elections to take place on April 30: ECP

Updated 08 Mar, 2023 08:24pm

ECP releases election schedule for Punjab

PPP, JI won equal number of seats in Karachi LG polls: ECP

Updated 06 Mar, 2023 07:11am

KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Sunday officially released the results of the local government...

Ali Zaidi, other PTI leaders booked in DC office protest case

Published 20 Jan, 2023 07:40am

KARACHI: Police on Thursday booked Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders Ali Zaidi, Bilal Ghaffar, Saeed Afridi, and...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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