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Rabi season

Rabi season: 29.31m tons of wheat likely to be produced

Updated 15 Apr, 2026 06:58am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is likely to produce 29.31 million tons of wheat during the 2025–26 Rabi season, slightly below...

Rabi season 2025-26: Over 91pc of wheat sowing target achieved

Published 01 Jan, 2026 06:17am

ISLAMABAD: More than 91 percent of the national wheat sowing target for the Rabi season 2025–26 has been achieved,...

Cotton production down 34pc

Updated 25 Oct, 2025 08:54am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s cotton production has fallen sharply to 6.8 million bales in the 2025-26 season—34 percent...

Farmers affected by floods: Relief-rehab plan unveiled by govt

Updated 07 Oct, 2025 03:43pm

Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal chairs first meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Agriculture and Climate/ Flood Emergencies

Pakistan faces grim prospect of wheat flour crisis?

Updated 29 Aug, 2025 04:22pm

National wheat stocks stand at 33.47 million tons

Pakistan’s wheat ‘crisis’: time to formulate new policies

Updated 20 Mar, 2025 06:59am

As Pakistan’s largest reservoirs, Tarbela and Mangla, teeter near dead levels, the nation faces a dual crisis, acute...

Combating water scarcity

Published 13 Mar, 2025 05:28am

EDITORIAL: The Indus River System Authority’s (IRSA’s) recent warning to all provinces regarding water levels in the...

Uptick in inflation, water stress for crops likely

Updated 28 Feb, 2025 04:02pm

Finance Division says inflation is anticipated to remain within range of 2.0-3.0 percent for February 2025

Rabi season: Dar directs smooth gas supply to fertiliser industry

Published 17 Dec, 2024 06:47am

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has directed the authorities concerned to maintain uninterrupted gas...

Wheat procurement: Body formed to prepare plan as per IMF terms

Updated 16 Nov, 2024 03:03pm

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a committee headed by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb...

Rabi: ECC allows import of urea on G2G tender basis

Updated 24 Nov, 2023 08:59am

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has decided to allow import of 200KMT urea on...

Urea: TCP in talks with Russian firm

Updated 21 Nov, 2023 08:47am

ISLAMABAD: The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) is reportedly in talks with Russian company M/s Uralchem for...

Urea talks continue with Russia, China, Azerbaijan

Updated 20 Nov, 2023 09:53am

The government is engaged with Russia, China and Azerbaijan for purchase of 0.2 million tons of urea fertiliser for Rabi season

Urea tender validity extended till Monday: All bidders match the lowest bid price

Updated 18 Nov, 2023 09:07am

KARACHI: All bidders of the urea import tender, conducted by the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP), have matched...

200 KMT fertiliser: ECC decides to explore option of import through G2G arrangement

Updated 16 Nov, 2023 09:51am

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has decided that the option of import of 200...

Import of urea exempted from PPRA Rules

Updated 07 Nov, 2023 09:55am

ISLAMABAD: The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) is said to have exempted procurement of 0.2 million...

Caretakers look forward to good rabi season

Updated 25 Oct, 2023 09:59am

Caretaker PM Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar directs relevant ministries to prepare and submit a comprehensive plan for uninterrupted supply of fertiliser for Rabi crop

Import of 200,000 MT of urea fertiliser allowed: ECC approves increase in gas tariff

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Commodity

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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