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NPMC reviews price situation of essential commodities

Published 19 Jun, 2026 07:17am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal chaired a meeting of the...

FY26 Economic Survey: Economy remains fragile despite recovery claims

Updated 11 Jun, 2026 09:12am

ISLAMABAD: Despite claims of notable stabilization, Pakistan’s economy in FY2025–26 remains fundamentally fragile,...

Fuel price hike-induced inflation: Provinces asked to take steps to curb pressures

Updated 05 Apr, 2026 10:29am

Minister Ahsan Iqbal issues online meeting of the National Price Monitoring Committee

Ahead of Ramazan: NPMC reviews price trends, other matters

Published 07 Jan, 2026 05:53am

ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee presented a detailed overview of inflation trends, noting that...

Ahsan for plan to ensure price stability

Published 19 Nov, 2025 06:53am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal directed all relevant...

Pricing mechanism across country: DCs directed to analyse wholesale, retail prices regularly

Published 05 Jul, 2025 05:57am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal directed all deputy...

Price disparities and crisis of governance

Published 15 Apr, 2025 05:54am

EDITORIAL: The revelation that the gap between wholesale and retail prices of essential commodities in Pakistan has...

NPMC reviews price stabilisation strategies

Updated 06 Nov, 2024 09:07am

ISLAMABAD: In the month of October 2024, non-perishable food items experienced a controlled rise of 1.01 per cent as...

NPMC notes significant decline in inflation

Updated 09 Oct, 2024 09:33am

ISLAMABAD: National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) meeting revealed significant declining trend in inflation over...

Prices: provinces, ICT asked to curtail wholesale-retail gap

Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:02am

ISLAMABAD: The Caretaker Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Muhammad Sami Saeed has ...

One big reason for food inflation

Published 09 Nov, 2023 05:38am

EDITORIAL: The National Price Monitoring Committee’s (NPMC’s) revelation of a 40 percent differential in...

Essential commodities: NPMC satisfied with current price trend

Updated 03 Nov, 2023 08:59am

ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) reviewed the prices of essential commodities and expressed...

Wholesale, retail prices of essential commodities: NPMC underscores need for reducing gap

Updated 26 Sep, 2023 08:47am

ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) reviewed the prices of essential commodities on Monday and...

ECC struggles to lower prices of essentials

Updated 15 May, 2023 09:05am

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) suggests measures required to be taken to lower inflation in the country

Inter-provincial coordination needed to avoid commodities’ scarcity: NPMC

Published 27 Jan, 2023 07:30am

ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) on Thursday reviewed the prices of essential commodities...

10 essential food commodities: CCP completes draft study aimed at addressing market distortions

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has completed a draft study aimed at addressing market...

Essential commodities: Stakeholders told to avoid speculative trading

Updated 16 Sep, 2022 09:49am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal Thursday directed the...

Reviving NPMC

Published 04 Sep, 2022 05:44am

EDITORIAL: It took the government four months of runaway inflation to realise that disbanding the National Price...

Private sector allowed to import wheat

Updated 02 Sep, 2022 10:00am

Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet allows private sector to import 0.8 Million Metric Tons (MMTs) of wheat without subsidy

Essential commodities: NPMC takes stock of prices

Published 24 Aug, 2022 05:08am

ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) on Tuesday reviewed the prices of essential commodities ...

Tarin urges govt to hold National Price Monitoring Committee meeting

Updated 16 May, 2022 06:46pm

Former finance minister says not a single meeting has been held by the current coalition government

Import of wheat: ECC directs MNFS&R, MoC, TCP to work out modalities

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 20	278.15
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 20	277.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 20	162.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 20	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 20	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 20	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
India Sensex / Jul 20	77,708.52
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 20	64,141.12
Hang Seng / Jul 20	25,069.85
FTSE 100 / Jul 20	10,562.80
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 20	24,913.94
France CAC40 / Jul 20	8,361.60

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 20	84.29
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 20	18,880
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 20	363,971
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 20	4,011.10
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 20	79.24
Petrol/Litre / Jul 21	315.80
Diesel/Litre / Jul 21	360.06

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Asia Ins. / Jul 20 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	37.90 ▲ 3.45 (10.01%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 20 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	64.08 ▲ 5.83 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 20 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	100.21 ▲ 9.11 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	460.42 ▲ 41.86 (10%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 20 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	59.05 ▲ 5.37 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 20 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	299.43 ▲ 27.22 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	118.34 ▲ 10.76 (10%)
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49.05 ▲ 4.46 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	55 ▲ 5 (10%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	45.98 ▲ 4.18 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 20 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,684.32 ▼ -187.15 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	56.04 ▼ -6.23 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	87.83 ▼ -9.76 (-10%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	33.43 ▼ -3.71 (-9.99%)
Ideal Dynamics / Jul 20 Ideal Dynamics Limited(IDEAL)	49.50 ▼ -5.25 (-9.59%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 20 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	136.39 ▼ -13.9 (-9.25%)
Buxly Paints / Jul 20 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	173.04 ▼ -16.9 (-8.9%)
ARM Green Industries / Jul 20 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	64.63 ▼ -6.07 (-8.59%)
Elahi Cotton / Jul 20 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	216.01 ▼ -20.08 (-8.51%)
Metro Steel / Jul 20 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	22.03 ▼ -2.02 (-8.4%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	166,059,814 ▲ 0.8
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49,159,104 ▲ 4.46
TPL Properties / Jul 20 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	38,436,785 ▲ 0.41
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 20 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	36,283,729 ▲ 0.15
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	27,615,297 ▼ -0.07
Lotte Chemical / Jul 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,575,908 ▲ 0.54
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	15,089,114 ▲ 0
B.O.Punjab / Jul 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,202,726 ▲ 0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,521,739 ▲ 0.86
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 20 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	13,125,536 ▲ 0.01

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