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PAFST launched to strengthen food security, climate resilience

PESHAWAR: Senior government officials, development partners, researchers, and representatives from the private...

Published 01 May, 2025 06:03am

Pakistan

Experts acknowledge country’s progress in gender equity

ISLAMABAD: Health experts have acknowledged that Pakistan has made significant progress in meeting gender equity and...

Published 11 Mar, 2025 07:36am

Markets

ASRE 2025: Economic and energy policies must be aligned: experts

ISLAMABAD: Experts on Friday at the high-level dialogue marking the inception of the Annual State of Renewable...

Published 08 Mar, 2025 02:48am

Pakistan

SDPI holds roundtable discussion: Experts express views on need for creating more provinces

ISLAMABAD: The experts on federalism, democracy, and devolution, Thursday, expressed diverse views on creating more...

Published 28 Feb, 2025 07:53am

Business & Finance

EV sector: experts demand developing needed infrastructure

ISLAMABAD: Automobile sector experts at a seminar have underlined the urgent need to develop electric vehicles...

Updated 28 Jan, 2025 08:13am

Pakistan

Adoption of orbital satellites proposed

ISLAMABAD: Jahanzeb Rahim, Member Telecom, Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication proposed the...

Published 09 Jan, 2025 06:19am

Business & Finance

3pc GDP growth, reduction in inflation & policy rates projected

ISLAMABAD: The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), while appreciating the country’s economic progress...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 06:32am

Pakistan

Climate change and pandemics: Minister calls for facilitating cross-border data sharing

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has called for facilitating cross-border data...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 06:29am

Business & Finance

SDPI holds seminar: Speakers highlight need for robust tobacco tax policy

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar on Monday expressed serious concern that the absence of taxation on smokeless...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:34am

Pakistan

Overlooked in decision making: Musadik takes aim at top bureaucrats

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Senator Dr. Musadik Masood Malik is reportedly annoyed with...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:34am

Opinion

Tobacco taxes – treaties, tensions, and trends

Pakistan faces a pressing need for a sustainable tobacco taxation policy, particularly as tobacco use imposes severe...

Published 13 Nov, 2024 07:15am

‘Economic resurgence’: govt spells out its achievements

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Petroleum Musadik Masood Malik on Thursday said Pakistan was heading towards the right...

Updated 08 Nov, 2024 09:38am

Business & Finance

Economic growth: Experts recommend measures to policymakers

ISLAMABAD: Amid sluggish growth and increasing poverty ratio in the country, experts on Wednesday recommended ...

Published 07 Nov, 2024 06:40am

Govt to auction or send back polluted cargo: minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh revealed on Wednesday that thousands of tonnes...

Updated 07 Nov, 2024 08:35am

Pakistan

Govt committed to embracing digital transformation in all sectors: Minister

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja has said that the present government...

Published 06 Nov, 2024 06:24am

Business & Finance

Need stressed for promoting regional connectivity

ISLAMABAD: Speakers on Tuesday stressed the need to translate Pakistan’s regional connectivity and infrastructure...

Published 06 Nov, 2024 06:08am

Pakistan

Comprehensive policy framework on HRs issues on the cards

ISLAMABAD: Chairperson Senate Committee on Human Rights, Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri on Tuesday announced plans to...

Published 06 Nov, 2024 05:50am

Business & Finance

Coordinator to PM speaks about criticality of current IMF programme

ISLAMABAD: Coordinator to Prime Minister on Implementation and Monitoring Rana Ihsaan Afzal on Tuesday said the...

Published 06 Nov, 2024 05:50am

Pakistan

Climate change: Challenges main obstacle to achieving sustainable development: Gilani

ISLAMABAD: Acting President and Senate Chairman Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, on Monday, said Pakistan faced significant...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 03:30am

Business & Finance

New Extended Fund Facility: Reforms may push country away from ‘boom and bust’ cycles: IMF

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Pakistan, Esther Perez Ruiz, said latest...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 03:30am

Pakistan

2022 floods: SDPI says country has received only one-fourth of pledges

ISLAMABAD: “Pakistan has only received one-fourth of the total pledges made in the post-2022 floods’ Geneva...

Published 02 Nov, 2024 06:15am

IMF official supports reforms in public sector

Says Pakistan has managed to revive economic and financial stability over the past fiscal year

Updated 11 Oct, 2024 02:27pm

Correcting data constraints linked to improved policy direction

ISLAMABAD: Chief Statistician Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) Dr Naeem Uz Zafar on Saturday said there was an...

Updated 29 Sep, 2024 10:45am

‘PBS capacity building, data digitization vital for service delivery’

PESHAWAR: Advisor to KP CM on Finance, Dr Muzammil Aslam has underscored the critical need for enhancing the...

Updated 23 Sep, 2024 08:47am

Opinion

Discos: privatisation can be a solution

Privatisation has long been touted as a catalyst for economic growth, and for good reason. By introducing private...

Published 11 Sep, 2024 06:31am

Markets

Privatization key solution for power sector’s challenges: experts

KARACHI: The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and the Network for Clean Energy Transition (NCET)...

Published 31 Aug, 2024 08:07am

Pakistan

OGDCL hosts seminar on ‘Awareness and Prevention from Corruption’

ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) on Thursday hosted a seminar titled “Awareness and...

Published 31 Aug, 2024 06:55am

Business & Finance

PTA too against pegging spectrum with US dollar

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) supports the idea to not peg spectrum with the US dollar at ...

Published 11 Jul, 2024 07:24am

Markets

Pakistan’s economic crisis is largely due to its power sector: experts propose bypassing govt

Pakistan, the world’s fifth most populous country, has a power sector problem and experts believe this is a core...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 08:23pm

Pakistan

1200 youth start smoking every day in Pakistan: Experts

ISLAMBAD: Anti-tobacco experts said Friday that over 1200 youth opt smoking per day in Pakistan; this needs special...

Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 12	281.63
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 12	281.43
USD to Japanese Yen / May 12	145.91
USD to Swiss Franc / May 12	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / May 12	1.33
Euro to USD / May 12	1.12
UK LIBOR % / May 9	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 9	5,659.91
Nasdaq / May 9	17,928.92
FTSE 100 / May 9	8,554.80
Dow Jones / May 9	41,249.38
Germany DAX 30 / May 9	23,499.32
France CAC40 / May 9	7,743.75
India Sensex / May 12	81,746.51
Tokyo Nikkei / May 12	37,643.20
Hang Seng / May 12	23,174.79

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 9	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 9	300,840
Petrol/Litre / May 12	252.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 12	61.81
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 12	3,279.94
Diesel/Litre / May 12	256.64
Cotton US¢/pound / May 12	67.45

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Cresent Jute / May 12 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	3.30 ▲ 0.7 (26.92%)
Kohinoor Spining / May 12 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	4.99 ▲ 1 (25.06%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / May 12 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	2.95 ▲ 0.58 (24.47%)
Media Times Ltd / May 12 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	1.86 ▲ 0.35 (23.18%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / May 12 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	2.49 ▲ 0.44 (21.46%)
Cres.Star Ins. / May 12 Crescent Star Insurance Limited(CSIL)	2.74 ▲ 0.48 (21.24%)
Al-Shaheer Corp / May 12 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	5.88 ▲ 1 (20.49%)
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / May 12 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	3.58 ▲ 0.58 (19.33%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / May 12 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	5.25 ▲ 0.83 (18.78%)
Chenab Ltd / May 12 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	5.90 ▲ 0.89 (17.76%)

Stock	Price
Suraj Cotton / May 12 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	112 ▼ -11.14 (-9.05%)
F.Credit & Inv / May 12 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	7.02 ▼ -0.69 (-8.95%)
National Silk / May 12 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	38.55 ▼ -3.5 (-8.32%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / May 12 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	17.21 ▼ -1.23 (-6.67%)
Khairpur Sug. / May 12 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	112.01 ▼ -7.99 (-6.66%)
Ali Asghar / May 12 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	42.48 ▼ -2.39 (-5.33%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / May 12 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	305 ▼ -16.01 (-4.99%)
Idrees Tex. / May 12 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	16.50 ▼ -0.56 (-3.28%)
AN Textile Mill / May 12 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	9.02 ▼ -0.25 (-2.7%)
Nazir Cotton Mills / May 12 Nazir Cotton Mills Limited(NCML)	12.20 ▼ -0.3 (-2.4%)

Stock	Volume
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 12 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	59,063,628 ▲ 0.87
K-Electric Ltd. / May 12 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	57,728,859 ▲ 0.46
WorldCall Telecom / May 12 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	52,720,883 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / May 12 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,283,750 ▲ 1
Power Cement / May 12 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	30,492,288 ▲ 1.13
B.O.Punjab / May 12 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	24,211,658 ▲ 0.95
Kohinoor Spining / May 12 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	19,983,970 ▲ 1
Hub Power Co. / May 12 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	16,522,011 ▲ 11.03
Pak Int.Bulk / May 12 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	12,646,241 ▲ 1
Pak Elektron / May 12 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	11,658,747 ▲ 4.02

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