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FY24 cell phone imports soar 233pc to $1.89bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $1.898 billion during the fiscal year 2023-24, registering...

Updated 22 Jul, 2024 07:53am

Pakistan

Mobile phone services suspended in Karachi

KARACHI: The mobile phone services have been partially suspended in Karachi as part of stringent security protocols...

Published 24 Apr, 2024 03:50am

Jul-Feb mobile phone imports grow 156.43pc to $1.148bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $1.148 billion during the first eight months (July-February) of...

Updated 17 Mar, 2024 09:07am

Business & Finance

H1 mobile phone imports soar 138.08pc to $987.539m YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $987.539 million during the first half (July-January) of the...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 03:01am

Pakistan

PPP approaches CJP against mobile phone, internet disruptions

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) approached Chief Justice Qazi Faez against the unannounced disruption of...

Published 09 Feb, 2024 03:29am

Pakistan

Network of mobile phone smugglers, dealers detected

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has detected a nationwide network of mobile phone smugglers and dealers who with...

Published 27 Dec, 2023 05:15am

Pakistan

PTA, FIA raid mobile phone company franchisee in Peshawar

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Zonal office, Peshawar in collaboration with the Federal...

Published 12 Oct, 2023 05:57am

Business & Finance

Aug cell phone imports cross Rs32.7bn mark

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s mobile phone imports crossed Rs32.7 billion in August 2023, according to the latest data...

Published 19 Sep, 2023 06:31am

BR Research

CAD roundup: 11MFY23

The current account posted a surplus for the third consecutive month – last three months (March to May) surplus...

Published 21 Jun, 2023 09:50am

Business & Finance

Mobile Phone Traders team meets PTA chief

ISLAMABAD: A delegation representing the All Pakistan Mobile Phone Traders Association led by General Secretary,...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am

Business & Finance

A negative growth of 73.84pc YoY: Jul-Apr mobile phone imports stand at $473.287m

ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $473.287 million during the first 10 months (July-April) of the...

Published 23 May, 2023 06:14am

Opinion

World of wondrous connectivity

It was in 1953 that Mark R. Sullivan an executive of Pacific Telephone in USA had said “Just what form the future...

Updated 06 May, 2023 07:02am

Pakistan

PTA says local plants have manufactured 19.7m mobile phone handsets in 11 months

ISLAMABAD: Local manufacturing plants have manufactured/assembled 19.7 million phone handsets during the first 11...

Published 25 Dec, 2022 03:29am

BR Research

Imports: Waiting game

Imports (reported by PBS) are down by 37 percent from the previous month to $4.99 billion in July. The detailed...

Published 24 Aug, 2022 09:34am

Mobile phones’ import: New levy of up to Rs16,000 proposed

ISLAMABAD: A new levy of up to Rs16,000 has been proposed on the import of mobile phone handsets and increased...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:41am

Technology

Cellphone manufacturers say layoffs in offing as industry running low on raw material

Association says letters of credit for mobile phone CKD kits not being opened for two weeks

Published 03 Jun, 2022 09:20pm

Pakistan

Police recover clothes, cellphone of slain Nazim Jokhio

Police say investigation team has taken help of mobile data to probe brutal murder case

Updated 14 Nov, 2021 05:58pm

Technology

Xiaomi partners with Air Link to manufacture smartphones in Pakistan

Development comes after Air Link last month announced that it will incorporate a wholly-owned subsidiary 'Select Technologies (Pvt) Limited'

Updated 01 Nov, 2021 08:01pm

Pakistan

Mobile phone, internet services: Ministry faces problems in some districts of Balochistan

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication is facing administrative and security...

Published 30 Oct, 2021 04:37am

Pakistan

Cellular services suspended in parts of Karachi, Lahore

Parts of the country witnessed suspension in cellular services as Pakistan observed the Chehlum of Hazrat Imam...

Published 28 Sep, 2021 02:33pm

Pakistan

FTO asks FBR to carry out departmental probe into 'bribery' case

ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Mushtaq Sukhera has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to conduct a...

Published 20 Sep, 2021 05:48am

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s local mobile phone production surpasses imports: PTA

During Jan-July 2021, the production of mobile phones by local manufacturing plants stood at 12.27 million against imported mobile phones at 8.29 million

Published 26 Aug, 2021 03:53pm

BR Research

Mobile broadband: new milestone

There is another indication of the the digital economy getting a boost during the pandemic. As per latest data from...

Published 06 Aug, 2021 08:47am

BR Research

Handset imports: off the charts

Handset imports continue to remain hot. Latest central bank data show that mobile phone imports had surged by 80...

Published 05 Aug, 2021 08:44am

Business & Finance

Lucky Motor announces agreement for production of Samsung-branded mobile devices in Pakistan

Has also initiated process of seeking necessary regulatory approvals to carry on the said business and filed an application with PTA for securing the licence

Published 16 Jul, 2021 03:42pm

BR Research

Saving the current account

Early signs of current account slippages are becoming visible. The deficit stood at $632 million in May 21, and the...

Updated 28 Jun, 2021 10:23am

Business & Finance

Experts raise concerns over tax on mobile phone calls

KARACHI: The imposition of a new tax of 75 paisa on every 5 minutes on cellular call will be around 38 percent...

Published 28 Jun, 2021 04:38am

BR Research

PSLM on ICTs

Thanks to the good work done by the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurements (PSLM) survey team, we now ...

Published 17 Jun, 2021 07:30am

Technology

EU launches digital identity wallet

BRUSSELS: The European Commission announced plans for a digital identity wallet to allow Europeans to access public...

Published 07 Jun, 2021 03:34am

Pakistan

Mobile phone imports increase 63.98pc to $1684mn

Pakistan imported mobile phones worth US $1684.988 million during July-April (2020-21) as compared to the imports of US $1027.585 million during July-April (2019-20).

Published 23 May, 2021 06:42pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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