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‘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

Pakistan

74pc of population can’t afford healthy diet owing to increased cost

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar while calling for revisiting the National Food Security Policy of the country have...

Published 31 May, 2024 06:58am

Business & Finance

Viable policy coordination crucial for next phase of CPEC, moot told

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar while spelling out critical steps for the completion of the second phase of the...

Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am

Business & Finance

Levying turnover tax: steel industry demands a non-discriminatory approach

ISLAMABAD: Tax experts and representatives of steel industry have stressed for an end to discrimination in the levy...

Published 22 May, 2024 05:54am

Markets

Govt urged to devise viable solar energy policy

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar, Friday, while urging the government to devise viable solar energy policy have...

Published 18 May, 2024 05:45am

Business & Finance

Govt urged to seek Chinese help in uplifting agri sector

ISLAMABAD: Experts at a seminar have urged the government to seek China's cooperation in uplifting the agricultural...

Published 11 May, 2024 06:22am

Business & Finance

Symposium to discuss energy transition in textiles sector

ISLAMABAD: The Pak-German Climate & Energy Partnership (PCCEP) in collaboration with Sustainable Development...

Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am

Business & Finance

Upcoming budget: Experts support stabilisation reforms

ISLAMABAD: In the context of a forthcoming IMF program and upcoming budget for FY 2024-2035, economic minds on...

Updated 25 Apr, 2024 08:54am

Pakistan

Body formed to review climate change governance, funds

ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister has constituted a high-level committee to review Climate Change Governance and...

Updated 08 Apr, 2024 08:35am

Business & Finance

Budget FY25: academia advocate increase in taxes on tobacco items

ISLAMABAD: The call for raising taxes on tobacco is gaining momentum among academia, who Tuesday endorsed tax policy...

Published 20 Mar, 2024 03:00am

Pakistan

Climate change initiatives: SC directs AGP, provincial AGs to submit report

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court issued notices to the Attorney General of Pakistan and the advocate generals of all the...

Published 15 Mar, 2024 04:14am

Business & Finance

FBR suffered Rs567.3bn revenue loss in last 7 years: SDPI report

ISLAMABAD: A research report of the SDPI (think tank) has revealed that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has...

Published 03 Mar, 2024 02:55am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 8	277.83
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 8	277.63
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 8	152.64
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 8	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 8	1.29
Euro to USD / Nov 8	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 8	5,995.54
India Sensex / Nov 8	79,486.32
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 8	39,500.37
Nasdaq / Nov 8	19,286.78
Hang Seng / Nov 8	20,728.19
FTSE 100 / Nov 8	8,072.39
Dow Jones / Nov 8	43,988.99
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 8	19,215.48

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 8	70.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 8	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 8	244,002.80
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 8	2,684.77
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 8	70.98
Petrol/Litre / Nov 11	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 11 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 11 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 11 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 11 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 11 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 11 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 11 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 11 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 11 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 11 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 11 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 11 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 11 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 11 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 11 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 11 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 11 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 11 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Nov 11 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 11 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Nov 11 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Nov 11 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Nov 11 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Nov 11 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 11 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 11 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 11 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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