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Cut in world edible oil prices: Ministry told to pass on benefit to consumers

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Monday directed the Ministry of Industries and...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:05am

Editorials

Food inflation

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) sensitive price index (SPI) for the week ending 14 January 2021,...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:05am

Markets

Prices of essential kitchen items continue witnessing upward trend

ISLAMABAD: Prices of essential kitchen items have continued witnessing an upward trend, revealed a survey conducted...

Published 24 Jan, 2021 03:32am

SPI up 0.32pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended on January 21, 2021 recorded an increase of 0.32...

Published 23 Jan, 2021 03:56am

Pakistan

All federal ministries: NEC panel directs setting up of technical bodies/working groups

ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of the National Economic Council (NEC) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) directed ...

Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:23am

Editorials

Fate of daily wagers

EDITORIAL: The recent survey of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) that measured the socioeconomic impact of ...

Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:23am

Cabinet briefed about Covid-19 impacts

The federal cabinet which met here yesterday, was briefed by the Minister for Planning, Asad Umar, about a survey...

Published 20 Jan, 2021 04:29am

Business & Finance

Pakistan oil imports decline over 22pc in first half of current fiscal

The imports during December 2020 increased by 6.03 percent in December 2020 when compared to the imports of $777.977mn in November 2020.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 04:10pm

Opinion

Recovery in industrial production

The recent release of the estimates of the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM), for the period of July to November,...

Updated 19 Jan, 2021 04:43am

Pakistan

Hafeez directs provinces to streamline daily release of wheat

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh Monday directed the provincial governments to follow a...

Published 19 Jan, 2021 04:22am

Pakistan

Hafeez directs for smooth wheat, sugar supply at reasonable prices

He also urged the provincial governments to continue taking necessary steps to ensure provision of basic items at affordable prices across the country.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 11:38pm

Business & Finance

SBP Partners with FBR and PBS to Harmonize Trade Data

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to harmonize exports and imports data in collaboration with the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).

Published 18 Jan, 2021 03:11pm

Business & Finance

COVID-19 slowdown bites Pakistan’s cement exports

In the first six months of FY20-21 (July-December 2020) cement exports were down 1.6pc YoY to $142.927mn from $145.26mn.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 03:08pm

Pakistan

Exports increase 9.7pc to Rs1.97 trillion in H1

The exports during July-December (2020-21) were recorded at Rs1,978,764 million, showing an increase of 9.7 percent.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 06:19pm

Markets

Prices of essential kitchen items continue witnessing upward trend

ISLAMABAD: Prices of essential kitchen items have continued witnessing an upward trend, revealed a survey conducted...

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:13am

Markets

KCA cuts cotton spot rate by Rs100 to Rs10600

KARACHI: The Spot Rate Committee of the Karachi Cotton Association on Saturday has decreased the spot rate by Rs 100...

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:13am

Business & Finance

July-Dec 2020-2021: Mobile phones’ import increases by 52.37pc

ISLAMABAD: Mobile phones’ import witnessed an increase of 52.37 percent in the first half (July-Dec) of fiscal ...

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:13am

Editorials

Covid-19 impact

EDITORIAL: A special report by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), which gives a data driven evaluation of the...

Updated 17 Jan, 2021 04:59am

Pakistan

Footwear exports decrease by 8.66pc in 5 months

Exports of leather footwear decreased by 9.13 percent as it went down from $43.750 million last year to $48.147 million during the current year.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 07:25pm

Pakistan

Weekly inflation witnesses nominal increase of 0.06pc

The weekly SPI with base year 2015-16=100 is covering 17 urban centers and 51 essential items for all expenditure groups.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 07:23pm

‘Digital’ step to help contain inflation: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said the digital system launched by the government to monitor...

Published 09 Jan, 2021 02:47am

Business & Finance

PBS Survey validates sharp V-Shaped recovery in COVID: Umar

“The positive things validated by the PBS report on COVID are: very large number of households confirming that they got support from government through Ehsaas programme, secondly the sharp V shaped recovery which resulted in almost all job losses being recovered in a few months,” he said in a tweet post.

Published 08 Jan, 2021 01:00pm

Trade deficit widens by 32.04pc to $2.683bn in Dec

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit widened by 32.04 percent to $2.683 billion in December 2020 compared to $2.032...

Updated 08 Jan, 2021 03:20am

Well-being of people: PBS shares results of survey on Covid-19 impact

ISLAMABAD: A survey of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) revealed that in Pakistan 35 percent of population which...

Updated 08 Jan, 2021 03:24am

Pakistan

Sports goods exports fall 14.03pc in 5 months

Pakistan exported sport goods worth $108.300 million during July-November (2020-21).

Published 06 Jan, 2021 06:56pm

Pakistan

Pakistan earns $121.890 million from export of travel services in four months

The personal travel services decreased by 27.54 percent, from US $ 167.264 million last year to US $ 121.200 million during July-October (2020-21).

Published 05 Jan, 2021 06:56pm

Pakistan

Pakistan earns $80 million from export of engineering goods

Among the engineering goods, the exports of electric fans increased by 15.54 percent by growing from $8.690 million to $10.040 million.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 07:15pm

Pakistan

Electric fan exports increases 15.54% in 5 months

The exports of fan from the country during November 2020, were recorded at $1.463 million against the exports of $1.032 million in November 2019.

Published 02 Jan, 2021 12:37am

Business & Finance

Gold imports fall 44pc in 5 months

The exports during July-November (2020-21) were recorded at $9.747 billion against the exports of $9.536 billion in July-November (2019-20), showing growth of 2.21 percent according to PBS data.

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 01:56pm

Pakistan

Gold imports fall 44 percent in 5 months

On year-on-year basis, the gold imports into the country witnessed a decrease of 1.39 percent during the month of November 2020.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 06:56pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pervez Ahmed Co / Aug 19 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	1.15 ▲ 0.16 (16.16%)
Hascol Petrol / Aug 19 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	6.80 ▲ 0.48 (7.59%)
Crescent Cotton / Aug 19 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	37.62 ▲ 2.62 (7.49%)
GOC (Pak) / Aug 19 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	40.31 ▲ 2.81 (7.49%)
Shahtaj Textile / Aug 19 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	93.15 ▲ 6.48 (7.48%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Aug 19 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	1.05 ▲ 0.07 (7.14%)
B.O.Punjab / Aug 19 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	6.24 ▲ 0.40 (6.85%)
MithchellsFruit / Aug 19 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	106.10 ▲ 5.08 (5.03%)
Janana D Mal / Aug 19 Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited(JDMT)	54.00 ▲ 2.50 (4.85%)
Faran Sugar / Aug 19 Faran Sugar Mills Limited(FRSM)	48.00 ▲ 2.00 (4.35%)

Stock	Price
Unicap Modaraba / Aug 19 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	2.50 ▲ -0.62 (-19.87%)
Premier Insurance / Aug 19 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	6.26 ▲ -0.65 (-9.41%)
Land Mark Spinning / Aug 19 Landmark Spinning Industries Limited(LMSM)	11.98 ▲ -1.00 (-7.70%)
Javedan Corp. / Aug 19 Javedan Corporation Limited(JVDC)	47.20 ▲ -3.80 (-7.45%)
Bal. Wheel / Aug 19 Baluchistan Wheels Limited(BWHL)	69.06 ▲ -4.73 (-6.41%)
JS Investments / Aug 19 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	11.51 ▲ -0.78 (-6.35%)
Habib Metropol. / Aug 19 Habib Metropolitan Bank Limited(HMB)	39.00 ▲ -2.25 (-5.45%)
Kohinoor Textile / Aug 19 Kohinoor Textile Mills Limited(KTML)	53.30 ▲ -3.04 (-5.40%)
Reliance Weaving / Aug 19 Reliance Weaving Mills Limited(REWM)	67.25 ▲ -3.74 (-5.27%)
Chakwal Spinning / Aug 19 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	1.93 ▲ -0.10 (-4.93%)

Stock	Volume
Hascol Petrol / Aug 19 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	31,562,000 ▼ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Aug 19 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,836,000 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Aug 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	9,098,500 ▼ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Aug 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	8,232,384 ▼ 0.00
National Bank / Aug 19 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	7,638,000 ▼ 0.00
Nishat ChunPow / Aug 19 Nishat Chunian Power Limited(NCPL)	6,915,000 ▼ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Aug 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	5,174,000 ▼ 0.00
G3 Technologies / Aug 19 G3 Technologies Limited(GTECH)	5,095,000 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods Ltd / Aug 19 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	4,608,858 ▼ 0.00
Pervez Ahmed Co / Aug 19 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	4,523,500 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Aug 18	216.00
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Aug 18	215.00
USD to Japanese Yen / Aug 18	136.09
USD to Swiss Franc / Aug 18	0.96
Pound Sterling to USD / Aug 18	1.19
Euro to USD / Aug 18	1.01
UK LIBOR % / Aug 18	2.31

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Aug 18	4283.74
India Sensex / Aug 18	60298.00
Tokyo Nikkei / Aug 18	28967.84
Nasdaq / Aug 18	12965.34
Hang Seng / Aug 18	19829.61
FTSE 100 / Aug 18	7541.85
Dow Jones / Aug 18	33999.04
Germany DAX 30 / Aug 18	13697.41
France CAC40 / Aug 18	6557.40

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Aug 18	90.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Aug 18	20735.00
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Aug 18	121000.00
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Aug 18	1756.50
Cotton US¢/pound / Aug 18	112.70

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