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DLTL scheme for rice exporters extended by 3 months

Published 02 Jul, 2026 05:45am

KARACHI: The federal government has extended the Drawback of Local Taxes and Levies (DLTL) scheme for rice exporters...

MoC seeks Rs20bn budget support for rice exporters vs India

Updated 06 Jun, 2026 09:30am

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce has reportedly sought Rs 20 billion budget support already extended to the rice...

Hindering export growth: Rice sector seeks govt intervention

Published 09 Apr, 2026 07:54am

LAHORE: Stakeholders from Pakistan’s rice sector have called for urgent government intervention to resolve policy...

A fading agricultural advantage

Published 18 Mar, 2026 04:35am

EDITORIAL: The disclosure before the Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research that organic...

1H rice exports plunge 49.56% YoY

Updated 27 Jan, 2026 07:51am

ISLAMABAD: The country’s rice exports have plunged by a staggering 49.56 percent in the first half of the 2025-26...

Value-added textile sector: PHMA demands equal access to export facilitation schemes

Published 25 Jan, 2026 06:01am

FAISALABAD: The Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PHMA) has demanded equitable access to...

Rs15bn for REAP: MoC ‘favour’ sparks export sector backlash

Updated 25 Jan, 2026 09:42am

The decision also includes an increase in the overall EDF budget to Rs27.3 billion

Rs15 billion assistance for rice exporters: govt vows to ensure there is no misuse

Updated 24 Jan, 2026 04:46pm

Ministry of Commerce says it is putting stringent mechanism in place

Guard introduces two new OP Basmati varieties

Published 08 Dec, 2025 02:51am

LAHORE: Pakistan’s rice sector is poised for a major uplift as Guard Agricultural Research & Services Ltd...

REAP raises alarm over declining export of rice

Published 03 Dec, 2025 05:59am

KARACHI: Group Chairman, Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) Abdul Rahim Janoo said that things are not...

TCP issues tender to buy 100,000mt of rice

Published 25 Nov, 2025 05:54am

HAMBURG: The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP), Pakistan’s state agency, has issued a tender to purchase...

Habib Rice Products Limited

Updated 17 Nov, 2025 08:12am

Habib Rice Products Limited (PSX: HRPL) was incorporated in Pakistan in 1980. The principal activity of the company...

Ownership, trademark rights of Basmati rice: New Zealand High Court rejects India’s plea

Updated 15 Nov, 2025 09:28am

KARACHI: In a major boost for the rice export sector, Pakistan has secured a significant legal victory over India,...

Regulatory missteps and rice export decline

Updated 03 Nov, 2025 08:00am

Pakistan’s rice export crisis has once again exposed deep-rooted weaknesses in the country’s agricultural...

Rice exporters protest exclusion from NAFSA board despite PM’s order

Updated 20 Oct, 2025 10:37am

KARACHI: The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has voiced strong concern over its exclusion from the...

Sluggish textile sector, rice exports plunge: Q1 trade deficit balloons to USD9.4bn

Updated 16 Oct, 2025 09:43am

ISLAMABAD: Sluggish performance of the textile sector and a sharp decline in the rice exports are seen as factors...

Gilani vows support to rice industry, hails USD4bn exports

Published 30 Sep, 2025 07:10am

LAHORE: Chairman Senate Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani lauded the vital role of rice industry in Pakistan’s economy and...

Management of MRL, Aflatoxin in rice: TDAP organises seminar

Published 30 Sep, 2025 07:05am

GUJRANWALA: The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) held a comprehensive seminar on the “Management of...

Rice growers: Punjab to launch ‘Hi-Tech Bank Financing Programme’

Published 18 Sep, 2025 07:13am

LAHORE: The Punjab government will soon launch a ‘Hi-Tech Bank Financing Programme’ to facilitate the paddy...

‘Floods may damage 12pc rice crop in Punjab’

Updated 08 Sep, 2025 09:13am

KARACHI: The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has projected that recent floods are likely to affect...

Punjab, Wuhan universities develop new hybrid rice seed

Published 02 Aug, 2025 07:47am

LAHORE: Punjab University and Wuhan University China have developed a new hybrid rice seed, which will increase the...

Ban on early sowing of rice: Agriculture Republic highlights loopholes in seed companies’ role

Published 06 Mar, 2025 08:27am

LAHORE: Welcoming the Punjab’s move to ban early sowing of rice nurseries or having two crops a season, the...

Sending ‘unfit’ rice to EU: MoC shifts blame to rice exporters, DPP officials

Updated 30 Jan, 2025 02:51pm

ISLAMABAD: Commerce Ministry on Wednesday accused both rice exporters and officials from the Department of Plant...

Govt to ensure seamless rice sector operations, Reap assured

Published 20 Dec, 2024 02:43am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce, Jam Kamal Khan and Federal Minister for National Food Security and...

Rice exporter honoured at World Rice Conference 2024

Published 08 Nov, 2024 07:54am

MANILA: The Embassy of Pakistan in Manila is pleased to announce that Pakistani rice exporter Fuad Garib has been...

Lower rice exports: are we prepared?

Published 07 Nov, 2024 07:33am

From a record performance of nearly four billion dollars during the last financial year, Pakistan’s rice exports are...

Ministry seeks proposals from REAP with a view to achieving export target

Updated 08 Oct, 2024 09:10am

ISLAMABAD: Commerce Ministry has sought proposals from Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) to achieve...

Rice exports hit historic high of $3.88bn in FY24

Published 04 Jul, 2024 05:47am

KARACHI: For the first time in the history, Pakistan’s rice sector has achieved a historic milestone of $ 3.88...

Rice exports: lost opportunity

Published 26 May, 2023 08:51am

Earlier this month, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released the 10-month goods trade report card, laying...

Jul-Nov rice exports decline 30pc to 210,184 metric tons

Published 06 Jan, 2023 07:10am

LAHORE: Pakistan’s rice export registered collectively (basmati & non-basmati) around a 30 percent decline in...

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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 18	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 18	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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