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Pakistan population

NFC Award formula: Aurangzeb hints at reviewing population-based distribution

Updated 16 Jul, 2026 09:34am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday hinted at reviewing the National Finance Commission...

PM for comprehensive housing reforms, digitalisation of sector

Updated 15 May, 2026 09:05am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday called for urgent reforms in the country’s housing sector,...

Pakistan’s population projected to rise to 389.9m by 2050

Published 13 May, 2026 06:01am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s population is projected to rise from 241.5 million in 2023 to between 371.9 million and 389.9...

Debt crisis: how exports, population control and policy reform can save Pakistan

Published 07 May, 2026 10:00am

Pakistan is walking a fiscal tightrope. By FY25, public debt had climbed to roughly $289.1 billion (Rs80.6 trillion)...

Tarar terms population growth a national challenge

Published 03 Dec, 2025 07:32am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar on Tuesday termed Pakistan’s rapid...

Pakistan must address pressures of population and climate change: Aurangzeb

Updated 18 Nov, 2025 08:28am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday said that Pakistan’s long-term economic prospects depend...

‘Population projected to reach 385m by 2050’

Published 16 Aug, 2025 07:59am

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Prof Ahsan Iqbal revealed that Pakistan’s...

No high population growth blackmail, please

Updated 03 Jun, 2025 06:38am

EDITORIAL: Ahsan Iqbal, the Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives, on the occasion of the launch...

Missing facilities

Published 31 Mar, 2025 04:08am

EDITORIAL: Our Constitution places responsibility on the state to provide free and compulsory education to all...

Weightage of population in NFC

Published 25 Mar, 2025 06:04am

EDITORIAL: Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb while presiding over a meeting on National Health and Population...

Job market concerns

Updated 07 Mar, 2025 06:36am

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s latest employment statistics ought to give policymakers a little to think about. With the...

40pc Pak population will become urban by 2030: ADB

Updated 22 Oct, 2024 08:49am

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director for Pakistan Emma Fan has said that Pakistan’s rapid...

Pakistan’s population boom: shaping a future powerhouse

Published 09 Oct, 2024 07:04am

The world is on the cusp of experiencing momentous demographic shifts, with Pakistan poised to play a pivotal role ...

Over 3.27m Pakistanis sent abroad in 5 years

Updated 07 Sep, 2024 03:14pm

ISLAMABAD: More than 3.27 million Pakistanis, which roughly make 1.3 percent of the country’s total population, have...

Findings of 2023 population census

Published 20 Aug, 2024 07:01am

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has recently disseminated the detailed results of the 7th Population and...

Planning and managing urbanisation

Published 20 Aug, 2024 06:55am

EDITORIAL: The government didn’t really need the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to remind it that “planning and...

Experts for ‘swift actions’ to deal with burgeoning population challenge

Published 17 Oct, 2023 05:51am

ISLAMABAD: Expressing serious concerns over rapidly growing population of the country, the speakers at an event on...

ECP issues lists of delimited constituencies

Updated 28 Sep, 2023 09:57am

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s 266 general seats cover a total population of Pakistan’s 241,499,431 persons and...

A questionable digital census

Updated 08 Sep, 2023 06:36am

On 5th August, the Council of Common Interests unanimously approved the results of the 7th Population Census of...

The population bulge

Updated 05 Sep, 2023 07:08am

The results of the seventh Population and Housing Census of Pakistan in 2023 have been announced recently by the...

UAF to commercialise multi-grain flour with support of industry

Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am

FAISALABAD: University of Agriculture, Faisalabad has developed multi-grain flour which is being commercialized with...

‘Green jobs for women, youth are need of the hour’

Published 12 Aug, 2023 06:26am

LAHORE: “Currently, 64 percent of Pakistan population is younger than 30 years of age. The country now has more...

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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 20	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	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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