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Breaking the chains of child labour

Published 29 Jun, 2025 02:36am

EDITORIAL: That Pakistan has had a long-standing, deep-rooted child labour problem is reflected in the continued...

Call to end ‘child labour in supply chains’

Published 13 Jun, 2025 05:59am

HYDERABAD: On the occasion of the Annual World Day against Child Labour, the Society for the Protection of the ...

Health advocates concerned at no hike in cigarette tax rates

Published 06 Jul, 2024 06:48am

ISLAMABAD: Health advocates Friday expressed deep concern over the government’s decision to maintain current...

Upcoming budget: SIFC should advocate 26pc rise in tobacco taxes: SPARC

Updated 05 Jun, 2024 07:13am

ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) has requested the Special Investment...

Activists demand further increase in tobacco taxation

Published 27 May, 2024 05:52am

ISLAMABAD: Speakers Sunday asked the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to implement Health Ministry’s recommendation...

Solangi for increasing taxes on tobacco products

Published 23 May, 2024 05:16am

ISLAMABAD: Former caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi said there is urgent need to...

SPARC urges govt to increase taxes on cigarettes

Published 29 Mar, 2024 04:45am

ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) on Thursday urged the government to...

Health activists support IMF’s tax policy recommendations on revamping tobacco taxation

Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am

ISLAMABAD: Health activists Friday strongly supported International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) tax policy...

Budget FY25: SPARC proposes 26pc hike in FED on cigarettes

Published 08 Mar, 2024 03:14am

ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) Friday proposed a 26 percent increase ...

SPARC asks govt to prioritise increasing taxes on cigarettes

Published 02 Mar, 2024 04:16am

ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) on Friday asked the government to...

World Children’s Day: SPARC for dealing with tobacco consumption challenge

Published 23 Nov, 2023 03:19am

ISLAMABAD: On the occasion of World Children’s Day, the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child...

SPARC for levying health-related charges on tobacco products

Published 23 Oct, 2023 05:58am

LAHORE: Emphasizing the need for strengthening the tobacco control landscape in Pakistan, health professionals ...

Cigarettes: Rs364bn can be generated by maintaining enhanced FED slabs

Published 21 Jun, 2023 05:21am

Islamabad: The government can generate around Rs 364 billion from the tobacco sector in 2023-24 by maintaining the...

Jul-Mar period: Cigarette makers’ turnovers, profits surge despite fall in declared output

Published 08 Jun, 2023 06:30am

ISLAMABAD: Despite a substantial decline in declared production by cigarette manufacturing companies, their turnover...

Cigarette production drastically decreases in May

Published 06 Jun, 2023 05:33am

ISLAMABAD: Health experts and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), Monday, admitted that cigarette production in...

World No-Tobacco Day: Govt urged to insulate kids against tobacco hazards

Published 01 Jun, 2023 03:34am

ISLAMABAD: The government must protect young generation from deadly products of tobacco industry, which are killing...

Govt and people‘Increased tobacco taxation is a win-win situation’: speakers

Published 29 May, 2023 04:27am

ISLAMABAD: Increased tobacco taxation is a win-win situation for the government and people of Pakistan provided that...

Decline in production: Tobacco industry accused of declaring misleading statistics

Updated 26 May, 2023 08:50am

ISLAMABAD: The tobacco industry is declaring misleading statistics about the decline in the declared production of...

FED on cigarettes: health activists for further hike

Published 21 May, 2023 04:00am

ISLAMABAD: Health activists and civil society organisations have demanded of the government to further increase ...

Tobacco firms may show less production after FED hike: PANAH

Published 07 May, 2023 03:21am

ISLAMABAD: Sana Ullah Ghumman, General Secretary and Director Operations of Pakistan National Heart Association...

Govt urged to stick to new FED rate on cigarettes

Published 17 Apr, 2023 06:41am

ISLAMABAD: Health activists have urged the government to remain steadfast on its decision to double the Federal...

Increase in FED on cigarettes: Health activists satisfied with new govt measure

Published 25 Feb, 2023 06:23am

ISLAMABAD: Health activists Friday expressed satisfaction over signing of Finance (Supplementary) Act, 2023 by...

Health levy on tobacco products: Govt urged to take sustainable revenue measures

Published 19 Feb, 2023 03:19am

ISLAMABAD: Health experts and non-governmental organizations on Friday urged upon the government to take sustainable...

Harmful innovative tobacco products: SPARC urges stakeholders to help protect youths

Published 12 Dec, 2022 06:07am

ISLAMABAD: Society for Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) urged all the stakeholders to play their role ...

Activists object to bids by tobacco firms to get products regularised

Published 08 Dec, 2022 07:40am

ISLAMABAD: Society for Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) urged all the stakeholders to play their role ...

SPARC concerned over regularisation of heated tobacco devices

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) raised alarms on the reports of tobacco...

SPARC underlines sustainable tobacco control policies

Published 09 Nov, 2022 03:41am

ISLAMABAD: The Society for Protection of Rights of the Child (SPARC) on Tuesday organised a seminar on “need for...

SPARC lauds govt for raising FED on cigarettes

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

ISLAMABAD: Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) has appreciated the government for raising...

Experts urge govt to impose health levy on tobacco products

Published 21 Jul, 2022 05:40am

ISLAMABAD: Health experts have urged the government to impose health levy on tobacco products to save precious ...

Tobacco industry: SPARC censures marketing tactics

Published 23 Jun, 2022 08:27am

ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) highlighted the deceptively dangerous...

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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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