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Prices of essential commodities

PMC meeting reviews prices: Transport fares decline by 30pc in some cities; prices of essential commodities show mixed trend

Updated 12 Apr, 2026 06:02am

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to closely monitor inflationary trends and ensure relief for consumers, the National Price...

Price hike: Lahore admin inspects 169,000 retail outlets

Published 18 Mar, 2026 04:35am

LAHORE: During the month of Ramadan, the Lahore district administration conducted over 169,000 inspections of retail...

Weekly SPI slightly up

Published 07 Feb, 2026 05:45am

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ending February 4 registered a slight increase of 0.09...

Peshawar: prices of essential food commodities remain steady

Published 02 Feb, 2026 07:20am

PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities including vegetables, cooking oil/ghee, sugar, flour, live...

Dar reviews essential commodities’ situation

Published 28 Jan, 2026 05:34am

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Tuesday chaired a meeting to...

Sept inward remittances up, FDI down YoY

Updated 28 Oct, 2025 02:29pm

Inflation expected to remain in the range of 5-6 percent in October

Prices of food items show mixed trend

Published 09 Dec, 2024 06:43am

PESHAWAR: Mixed trend in prices of essential commodities including live chicken / meat, vegetable, flour, sugar and...

Cut in petrol prices

Published 05 Oct, 2024 06:43am

EDITORIAL: The cut in petrol and diesel prices for the fifth consecutive fortnight – amounting to total reduction...

Maryam vows to strengthen supply chain mechanism to keep food prices in check

Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:10am

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has directed the authorities concerned to make supply chain...

Minister orders strict monitoring of prices of essential commodities

Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am

HYDERABAD: The Sindh minister for Irrigation and food Jam Khan Shoro said that all the officers of concerned...

Cabinet takes stock of situation

Updated 12 Mar, 2024 09:42am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed that a committee should be established immediately to control...

Waiting for Ramazan

Published 17 Feb, 2024 05:51am

The holy month of Ramazan is just around the corner. It is a month of piety and sharing and gives the well-to-do a...

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 ...

Action continues against profiteers in Karachi

Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am

KARACHI: The campaign against profiteers initiated by the city administration remained continued here. The price...

Prices of essential commodities remain high

Published 20 Nov, 2023 06:28am

PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities, like vegetables, pulses, fruits, live chicken/meat, sugar and flour...

Kakar asks CMs to cut rates of essential items

Updated 17 Oct, 2023 08:39am

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Monday asked the chief ministers to cut the prices of...

Sensitive Price Index: data firm yet sensitive

Published 28 Feb, 2023 06:15am

EDITORIAL: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) computed on weekly basis to assess the price movement of 51 essential...

Govt asks officials to ensure adequate supply of commodities during Ramazan

Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:58am

LAHORE: The Industries, Commerce, Investment and Skills Development (ICI&SD) Department of Punjab has issued...

Business community calls for economic stability

Published 21 Oct, 2022 05:57am

KARACHI: Electronics and Motorcycle Dealers Alliance Karachi, and Sindh Trade Union chairman Sheikh Habib held a...

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...

The people have spoken but…

Published 20 Jul, 2022 05:48am

EDITORIAL: The outcome of by-elections on 20 seats of the Punjab Assembly is a moment of truth which may well set a...

Punjab to request federal govt not to allow sugar export

Published 09 Jun, 2022 06:18am

LAHORE: Inaugurating the Chief Minister’s price dashboard for online monitoring of prices of essential commodities...

Punjab upgrades Qeemat App

Published 08 Jun, 2022 06:19am

LAHORE: Secretary Industries and Commerce Punjab Dr Ahmad Javed Qazi has said availability, quality and prices of...

Flour, sugar prices reduced in Punjab

Updated 20 Apr, 2022 01:54pm

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced relief package for the month of Ramzan to reduce the price of...

Wheat imports: Tarin asks ministry to come up with ‘accurate need’

Updated 29 Mar, 2022 10:06am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has asked the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to come up...

Minister says there’s decline in prices of essential commodities

Updated 13 Feb, 2022 10:40am

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Saturday said that due to the...

‘Mini-budget’: Where are provinces?

Published 01 Jan, 2022 04:07am

In one of his articles for this newspaper noted economist Dr Hafiz Pasha had argued, among other things, that...

PML-N vows to resist govt’s ‘mini-budget’ move

Published 28 Dec, 2021 03:54am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), while rejecting the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...

Prices of essential commodities showing declining trend: Fawad

Published 28 Nov, 2021 05:38am

LAHORE: Expressing optimism that Pakistan will soon recover from the economic crisis, Minister for Information and...

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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 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	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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