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‘Unsafe food, a regulatory failure’

Updated 16 Sep, 2026 07:47am

This is apropos a letter to the Editor titled ‘Unsafe food, a regulatory failure’ carried by the newspaper on Monday...

‘Unsafe food, a regulatory failure’

Published 15 Sep, 2026 04:57am

This is apropos a letter to the Editor titled ‘Unsafe food, a regulatory failure’ carried by the newspaper...

Unsafe food, a regulatory failure

Published 14 Sep, 2026 04:59am

The alarming findings of a Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) report on the quality of...

Nestlé Pakistan, PCSIR and PSFST marks World Food Safety Day

Published 24 Jun, 2026 07:49am

KARACHI: Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (PCSIR), Nestlé Pakistan and the Pakistan Society...

Ministry presents tentative PSDP allocation demand amounting Rs9.34bn

Published 19 Feb, 2026 04:34am

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Science & Technology has presented a tentative PSDP allocation demand amounting to Rs...

Rs135bn petrol scam: Proceedings begin against two serving officers; Senate body told

Updated 23 Dec, 2025 08:37am

ISLAMABAD: Secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shahid Iqbal Baloch, stated that investigations into...

Rs 135bn scam: Legal action taken against 5 PCSIR lab officials

Published 17 Oct, 2025 06:28am

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology was informed that legal proceedings have been...

Key scientific institutions: Senate body concerned at stagnant state

Published 11 Jul, 2025 03:20am

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology chaired by Senator Kamil Ali Agha...

Developing the mineral sector of Pakistan

Published 10 Apr, 2025 03:14am

On August 04, 2021 I was waiting to meet the Federal Secretary Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources to...

PCSIR informs NA Committee: Pakistan develops 36 cannabis-based products

Published 21 Nov, 2024 07:10am

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Science and Technology was informed on Wednesday that ...

Cannabis Control Bill referred to standing committee

Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance referred the government bill, “The Cannabis Control and...

Senate panel told about economic potential of cannabis

Published 20 Aug, 2024 06:55am

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology was told on Monday that cannabis can be used in...

KP-EZDMC, PCSIR ink MoU on innovative use of marble, granite slurry

Published 22 Apr, 2024 04:39am

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Economic Zones Development and Management Company (KP-EZDMC) and Pakistan Council for...

Agri production: Speakers call for adopting modern technologies

Published 29 Dec, 2023 02:58am

PESHAWAR: Eminent agricultural scientists and speakers underlined the need to introduce and adopt modern ...

Hydrogen initiatives

Updated 12 Apr, 2023 06:54am

The good news is that two hydrogen initiatives have been announced in Pakistan recently; one by NEECA and the other...

PFA to ensure supply of quality food to people: minister

Published 25 Oct, 2022 05:51am

LAHORE: The Punjab Minister for Food and Energy, Sardar Hasnain Bahadur Dreeshak said that the purpose of...

NA Committee meeting adjourned

Published 25 Aug, 2022 06:09am

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Science and Technology meeting was adjourned on Wednesday due...

SBP withdraws cash quarantine conditions

Updated 09 Jun, 2022 09:37am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced withdrawal of cash-related conditions imposed in the wake of...

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 30	277.31
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 30	277.11
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 1	158.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 1	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 1	1.32
Euro to USD / Oct 1	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 29	3.88

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 30	7,651.54
Nasdaq / Sep 30	26,861.06
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,613.27
Dow Jones / Sep 30	50,906.05
India Sensex / Oct 1	71,770.30
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 1	68,956.72
FTSE 100 / Oct 1	10,413.82
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 1	24,851.64
France CAC40 / Oct 1	7,827.14

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Oct 1	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 1	92.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 1	18,480
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 1	376,059
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 1	4,162.20
Diesel/Litre / Oct 1	402.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 1	78.41

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	15.70 ▲ 1.43 (10.02%)
Arctic Textile / Oct 1 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	57.33 ▲ 5.21 (10%)
Asim Textile / Oct 1 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	125.36 ▲ 11.4 (10%)
Dewan Motors / Oct 1 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	17.49 ▲ 1.59 (10%)
Ellcot Spinning / Oct 1 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	196.28 ▲ 17.84 (10%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Oct 1 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	286.94 ▲ 26.09 (10%)
Fazal Cloth / Oct 1 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	280.46 ▲ 25.5 (10%)
Mandviwala / Oct 1 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	84.78 ▲ 7.71 (10%)
Popular Islamic / Oct 1 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	65.60 ▲ 5.96 (9.99%)
F. Nat.Equities / Oct 1 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	1.22 ▲ 0.1 (8.93%)

Stock	Price
EFU Life Assr / Oct 1 EFU Life Assurance Limited(EFUL)	125 ▼ -39.01 (-23.79%)
Ashfaq Textile / Oct 1 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	45.51 ▼ -5.06 (-10.01%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Oct 1 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	44.03 ▼ -4.89 (-10%)
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Oct 1 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	43.67 ▼ -4.85 (-10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	26.14 ▼ -2.9 (-9.99%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Oct 1 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	107.10 ▼ -11.73 (-9.87%)
East West Ins. / Oct 1 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	59.60 ▼ -6.02 (-9.17%)
Apna Microfin. / Oct 1 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	18.01 ▼ -1.79 (-9.04%)
Mughal Energy / Oct 1 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	37.30 ▼ -3.7 (-9.02%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Oct 1 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	29.62 ▼ -2.87 (-8.83%)

Stock	Volume
Kohinoor Spinning / Oct 1 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	87,191,642 ▲ 0.21
Pak Int.Bulk / Oct 1 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	22,837,279 ▼ -0.03
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	22,497,674 ▼ -2.9
Cnergyico PK / Oct 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	18,728,914 ▼ -0.22
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Oct 1 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	17,225,440 ▲ 0.03
F. Nat.Equities / Oct 1 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	15,927,022 ▲ 0.1
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	15,197,813 ▲ 1.43
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	14,691,362 ▲ 0.01
Oilboy Energy / Oct 1 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	12,794,384 ▲ 0.19
Pak Refinery / Oct 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	11,461,087 ▼ -2.02

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