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Pakistan-Canada trade: Private sector will be encouraged: Zaheer

ISLAMABAD: The High Commissioner of Pakistan to Canada Zaheer Aslam Janjua has said that bilateral trade between...

Published 03 Jun, 2022 07:18am

Editorials

Private sector’s prospects

EDITORIAL: It’s undoubtedly good news that private sector credit off-take has jumped to a record Rs911bn in...

Updated 31 Mar, 2022 10:24pm

Pakistan

Private sector being mobilised to promote tourism: SACM

LAHORE: Expressing resolve to promote tourism, Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab on Information and...

Published 27 Jan, 2022 04:05am

PM to interact with private sector during China visit

ISLAMABAD: As Prime Minister Imran Khan is bracing for a three-day official visit to China during the first week of...

Updated 15 Jan, 2022 09:45am

Editorials

Privatisation debate all over again

EDITORIAL: Raising the privatisation debate from the dead just to meet an IMF (International Monetary Fund) deadline...

Published 07 Nov, 2021 05:39am

Railways notifies hike in fares

LAHORE: Pakistan Railways on Monday notified a hike in fares of passenger and freight trains. According to a...

Published 02 Nov, 2021 03:51am

Business & Finance

Extreme poverty: Small loans could play major role: FCCI president

FAISALABAD: Small loans could play a major role in weeding out extreme poverty within a shortest possible time from...

Published 13 Oct, 2021 04:47am

World Bank discontinues its business climate report

Islamabad: The World Bank Group has discontinued the publication of Doing Business Report. The World Bank Group...

Updated 17 Sep, 2021 11:35am

Taxmen deputed at big retail outlets to monitor sales

Presence of IR officers force the retailers to get themselves registered with the POS system of the FBR
Underlying rationale is to give incentives to the taxpayers in order to broaden the tax base

Updated 30 Jul, 2021 09:22am

Business & Finance

UK business activity slows on supply crunch: survey

LONDON: Britain's private sector business activity is slowing sharply on the back of shortages of staff and raw...

Published 26 Jul, 2021 05:21am

FY 2020-21: Credit to private sector stood at 33pc of lending

ISLAMABAD: Credit to private sector by the banking system was 33 percent of total lending during 2020-21....

Published 25 Jul, 2021 04:34am

Power sector: Chinese investors irked by non-payment of returns?

ISLAMABAD: Chinese companies are reportedly not interested in making further investment in Pakistan, citing...

Updated 16 Jul, 2021 09:54am

Opinion

Economic direction and role of government — I

When the Great Depression hit the world in the first half of 20th century, John Maynard Keynes correctly highlighted...

Published 25 Jun, 2021 04:20am

Chinese industrial relocation: PM’s office working on strategy

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Office is “closely working on framing an effective strategy for Chinese industrial...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Pakistan

Govt committed to 100pc literacy rate with private sector partnership: minister

ISLAMABAD: Raja Rashid Hafeez, Minister of Punjab Literacy and Non-Formal Basic Education department has said that...

Published 13 Jun, 2021 03:56am

Pakistan

Pakistan, Canada: Private sector playing role in promoting trade: HC-designate

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s High Commissioner-designate to Canada Ameer Khurram Rathore on Monday said promotion of ...

Published 08 Jun, 2021 04:09am

Opinion

Let private sector run the show

It’s not a myth that in Pakistan the government is poor while people are cash rich. The public debt is five times...

Published 06 Jun, 2021 02:56am

Opinion

Private sector savings

The discount rate set by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) chaired by Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Dr ...

Published 17 May, 2021 06:14am

Business & Finance

SBP to clear businessmen’s cheques today

ISLAMABAD: On the direction of President Dr Arif Alvi, SBP has assured clearing of the cheques of business...

Updated 07 May, 2021 10:01am

Pakistan

Govt’s health insurance to encourage private sector expand medical network: PM

He said the government was making efforts to replicate the health card system in other provinces including Gilgit Baltistan.

Published 21 Apr, 2021 05:27pm

Pakistan

KCR project: Umar directs ministry, P3A to start work on market project

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar directed the Ministry of...

Published 15 Apr, 2021 03:22am

Opinion

Need for a ‘new normal’ economic recovery

The pre-Covid world was a neoliberal world, which exacerbated income inequality between the rich and poor within...

Published 02 Apr, 2021 04:58am

Ban on cotton, sugar imports from India lifted

• Import of wheat thru TCP, G2G, private sector allowed • Wheat MSP fixed at Rs 1,800 per 40kg ISLAMABAD:...

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am

Pakistan

SHC directs govt to fix price of COVID-19 vaccine

On March 18, the court had suspended the drug regulatory authority’s notification concerning the withdrawal of exemption in Covid-19 vaccines import to a private pharma company
DRAP counsel requested the court to not allow the sale of the vaccine until its price is fixed

Published 31 Mar, 2021 11:33am

Opinion

Urgent need for revisiting economic policy

Prime Minister Imran Khan generally underscores the need for promoting wealth creation since there had been no...

Published 26 Mar, 2021 05:22am

Pakistan

Chairman Senate asks private sector to take lead in promoting the economy

It would help the government to formulate more effective legislation and policies for improving the long-term economic outlook of the country.

Published 23 Mar, 2021 07:25pm

Private sector refuses to sell vaccine on govt-approved rates

ISLAMABAD: The private sector has refused to sell the coronavirus vaccine on the government-approved rates, saying...

Published 23 Mar, 2021 04:37am

Pakistan

Covid-19 mass vaccination: Sindh cabinet decides to engage private sector

KARACHI: The provincial cabinet has passed a resolution reposing confidence and trust in Election Commission of...

Published 17 Mar, 2021 04:45am

Bank deposits jump 16pc YoY

KARACHI: Deposits of the banking industry posted a notable growth of 16 percent. As per the latest data released by...

Published 11 Feb, 2021 04:34am

Editorials

PBS needs to be mindful that statistics are facts

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data integrity is increasingly being challenged by the general public...

Published 09 Feb, 2021 04:43am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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