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‘Upcoming budget should be people-friendly’

KARACHI: There is a need to make the budget 2024-25 people-friendly, said economic expert and Pasban Democratic ...

Published 29 May, 2024 06:05am

Business & Finance

Business leaders seek relief package for cottage sector, SMEs

KARACHI: Leaders of United Business Group (UBG) Chief Petron SM Tanveer, President Zubair Tufail, Secretary General...

Published 28 May, 2024 05:30am

Editorials

Informal economy

EDITORIAL: The size of Pakistan’s informal sector has been a cause for much consternation for our policymakers as...

Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am

PBA planning to establish ‘SME, agriculture index’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Banks’ Association (PBA) is planning to establish “SME and Agriculture Index” to target the...

Updated 20 May, 2024 08:40am

Business & Finance

Alibaba.com, TDAP announce series of training programmes

LAHORE: Alibaba.com, a leading platform for global Business-to-Business (B2B) e-commerce, and the Trade Development...

Published 09 May, 2024 03:11am

Editorials

Export promotion

EDITORIAL: It seems the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) is doing the government’s, especially the commerce...

Published 05 May, 2024 02:54am

Opinion

Ending hopium-V

• Next is for MoI&P (Ministry of Industries and Production), MoITT (Ministry of Information Technology and...

Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am

Business & Finance

100 SMEs across country: inDrive Rozgar initiative launched

KARACHI: inDrive, a leading ride-hailing company, has launched the inDrive Rozgar initiative; a groundbreaking...

Published 27 Apr, 2024 05:03am

Opinion

Ending hopium — III

The energy sector needs significant investment in refinery, petrochemical, oil and gas storages and transmission...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

BR Research

Loan defaults looming?

Finally, small, and mid-size firms in Pakistan are feeling the heat of high interest rates and slowing down economy,...

Updated 12 Mar, 2024 12:28pm

Business & Finance

BMG, KCCI urge Shehbaz to restart negotiations

KARACHI: Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) Zubair Motiwala and President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry...

Published 06 Mar, 2024 04:18am

Business & Finance

Business community rejects hike in electricity bills: KCCI

KARACHI: Business and industrial community rejects another hike of Rs 7.5 per unit in electricity bills. President...

Published 28 Feb, 2024 06:10am

Business & Finance

Three-day ‘SAARC Bazaar’ from March 7 in Lahore

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) & the SCWEC, jointly organizing a...

Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am

Business & Finance

BVMW-Germany’s official due next week

ISLAMABAD: The BVMW-Germany’s official Country Representative to Pakistan, Matthew D Shaw, will be visiting...

Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am

Opinion

Family-owned enterprises: a perspective

Behind the success of every small business is a family. This is largely true. “Behind the failure of most large...

Published 13 Feb, 2024 05:59am

Jul-Jan exports to China up 46pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: Pakis-tan’s export of goods and services to China witnessed an increase of 46 per cent during the first...

Updated 05 Feb, 2024 03:07pm

Business & Finance

SMEDA holds policy dialogue to strengthen SMEs

LAHORE: In a significant move to strengthen the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector, the Small and Medium...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 04:58am

Opinion

Federal budget and business leadership

The federal budget is anxiously awaited every year and, as per tradition, the trade organizations get their act...

Published 25 Jan, 2024 04:23am

Pakistan

Economic challenges: Ateeq underlines broad-based reforms

KARACHI: Our Economic Frame Work faces serious challenges which need to be redressed by broad based reforms. There...

Published 22 Jan, 2024 05:38am

Business & Finance

ACCA research reveals three main challenges in SMEs sector

KARACHI: A new research from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) titled SMEs: Business...

Published 20 Jan, 2024 05:18am

Pakistan

Navy conducts maiden Exercise Sea Guard

KARACHI: Conduct phase of Pakistan Navy's maiden Exercise Sea Guard is being undertaken from 10-13 January 2024. EX...

Published 13 Jan, 2024 05:38am

First credit guarantee co launched for SMEs

ISLAMABAD: The government, Friday, launched the first National Credit Guarantee Company Limited (NCGCL) for small...

Updated 13 Jan, 2024 05:04pm

Markets

IMF’s first review: proud moment, says Dr Shamshad Akhtar

Caretaker Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs, Dr Shamshad Akhtar on Friday termed the successful...

Updated 12 Jan, 2024 05:02pm

Pakistan

Senate body to decide PSM’s fate within 3 months

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Industries and Production directed Ministry of Industries and Production to...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:06am

Business & Finance

GSP Plus status: EU envoy urges businessmen to avail maximum advantage

KARACHI: The Ambassador of European Union (EU) Raina Kionka has said that rather than staying confined to export...

Published 11 Jan, 2024 06:15am

Opinion

Going Islamic beyond banking

In just one year, poverty in Pakistan surged from 34.2% to 39.4%, with 12.5 million more people slipping below the...

Published 09 Jan, 2024 04:18am

Business & Finance

272 Pak firms participating in Heimtextil 2024: Exporters playing vital role towards economic revival goal: TMA

KARACHI: A total 272 Pakistani firms is participating in Heimtextil 2024, of them 74 companies belong to the towel...

Published 06 Jan, 2024 05:17am

Business & Finance

BoK, Millat Tractors sign agreement

PESHAWAR: Bank of Khyber (BoK) and Millat Tractors Limited signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 05:41am

Opinion

Strategic integration for value addition: The path to compete, win, and grow in textile exports

In the evolving Textile Value Chain (TVC) of Pakistan, the key to sustained exports lies in the traceability of the...

Updated 01 Jan, 2024 06:53am

Opinion

Economy: rent-seeking through revolving doors

In Pakistan, the risk reward mechanism on investment is lopsided, and that is one of the reasons for the low...

Updated 03 Jan, 2024 02:58pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 6	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 6	278.33
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 6	155.75
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 6	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 6	1.28
Euro to USD / Jun 6	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 5	5354.03
Nasdaq / Jun 5	17187.05
FTSE 100 / Jun 5	8246.95
Dow Jones / Jun 5	38807.33
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 5	18575.94
France CAC40 / Jun 5	8006.57
India Sensex / Jun 6	75088.60
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 6	38768.13

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 4	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 5	206276
Petrol/Litre / Jun 6	268.36
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 6	74.53
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 6	2369.35
Diesel/Litre / Jun 6	270.22

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 6 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 6 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 6 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 6 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 6 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 6 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 6 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 6 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 6 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 6 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 6 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 6 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 6 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 6 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 6 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 6 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 6 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 6 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jun 6 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jun 6 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jun 6 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jun 6 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jun 6 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jun 6 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 6 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 6 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jun 6 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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