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Sugar crisis

An anti-farmer government?

Updated 19 Sep, 2025 09:05am

Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has reportedly floated another tender to import 0.1 million tons of sugar, on...

Wheat: the more things change...

Updated 03 Sep, 2025 12:09pm

Like clockwork, a wheat price surge now follows a sugar crisis. Why? Because policymakers in this country have...

CCP urges govt to lift ban on setting up of new sugar mills

Updated 02 Sep, 2025 08:47am

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has sent a strong recommendation to the federal government...

Pakistan faces grim prospect of wheat flour crisis?

Updated 29 Aug, 2025 04:22pm

National wheat stocks stand at 33.47 million tons

Sugar crisis: Finance minister Aurangzeb, CCP chairman Sidhu discuss ways to stabilise market

Updated 11 Aug, 2025 10:47pm

Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) chairman Kabir Ahmed Sidhu briefed Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb...

Sugar crisis: CJP urged to take suo motu notice

Published 05 Aug, 2025 05:37am

ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) is asked to take suo moto on the sugar crisis and constitute a...

Sugar crisis

Published 02 Aug, 2025 06:09am

EDITORIAL: Public Accounts Committee (PAC) under the chairmanship of Junaid Akbar, a Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf...

Lahore admin supplies sugar, launches crackdown against hoarders

Published 01 Aug, 2025 08:04am

LAHORE: The District Administration of Lahore supplied over 1,000 tonnes of sugar across the city to ensure ...

Sugar export scheme: PTI for formation of high-powered JV

Published 01 Aug, 2025 07:41am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday called for the formation of a high-powered judicial...

Govt decides to deregulate sugar sector: minister

Updated 01 Aug, 2025 09:08am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain on Thursday said the...

Miftah for probe into sugar export ‘crisis’

Published 29 Jul, 2025 07:25am

KARACHI: Former federal finance minister Miftah Ismail on Monday called for a thorough investigation into the...

Tax on windfall profits of sugar millers being mulled

Updated 28 Jul, 2025 08:42am

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel headed by Member National Assembly Atif Khan, is likely to propose a tax on the...

Food minister rebuts reports about sugar price discrepancies

Updated 25 Mar, 2025 10:26pm

Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain on Tuesday refuted concerns regarding...

Sugar: the shock is temporary

Published 21 Mar, 2025 07:05am

Repeat after me: in an industry where producers engage only in opportunistic exports — and where the domestic market...

Dar says there’s no shortage of sugar

Published 20 Mar, 2025 05:30am

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar claimed on Wednesday that there is no...

Artificial sugar shortage: FIA initiates probe on PM’s order

Updated 20 Mar, 2025 01:25pm

ISLAMABAD: Following the direction of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has...

‘No sugar shortage’: Dar caps retail price at Rs164 per kg

Published 19 Mar, 2025 03:04pm

Ex-mills price to be capped under Rs159 per kg

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 8	278.27
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 8	278.07
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 8	162.43
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 8	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 8	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 8	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 8	3.64

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 8	7,482.71
India Sensex / Jul 8	76,503.60
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 8	66,819.05
Nasdaq / Jul 8	25,870.65
Hang Seng / Jul 8	24,199.46
FTSE 100 / Jul 8	10,489.04
Dow Jones / Jul 8	52,348.39
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 8	24,897.45
France CAC40 / Jul 8	8,252.66

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 8	74.23
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 8	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 8	368,858
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 8	4,077.04
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 8	80.67
Petrol/Litre / Jul 9	297.53
Diesel/Litre / Jul 9	309.50

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 8 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	8.55 ▲ 1 (13.25%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jul 8 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	9 ▲ 1 (12.5%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jul 8 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	12.29 ▲ 1.12 (10.03%)
Premier Insurance / Jul 8 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	12.72 ▲ 1.16 (10.03%)
Next Capital / Jul 8 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	17.34 ▲ 1.58 (10.03%)
AN Textile Mills / Jul 8 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	60.12 ▲ 5.47 (10.01%)
Cresent Jute / Jul 8 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	16.82 ▲ 1.53 (10.01%)
Service Textile / Jul 8 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	47.69 ▲ 4.34 (10.01%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 8 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	392.15 ▲ 35.65 (10%)
Burshane LPG / Jul 8 Burshane LPG (Pakistan) Limited(BPL)	57.20 ▲ 5.2 (10%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 8 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	26.62 ▼ -2.96 (-10.01%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 8 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,720.29 ▼ -191.14 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 8 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	95.05 ▼ -10.56 (-10%)
Premier Sugar / Jul 8 The Premier Sugar Mills(PMRS)	709.69 ▼ -78.85 (-10%)
Cordoba Logistics / Jul 8 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	20.73 ▼ -2.3 (-9.99%)
Stylers International / Jul 8 Stylers International Limited(STYLERS)	48.54 ▼ -5.24 (-9.74%)
Mehmood Tex / Jul 8 Mehmood Textile Mills Limited(MEHT)	206.29 ▼ -22.08 (-9.67%)
Jubilee Spinning / Jul 8 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	54.12 ▼ -5.77 (-9.63%)
Saritow Spinning / Jul 8 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	22.48 ▼ -2.12 (-8.62%)
Tri-Star Power / Jul 8 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	18.22 ▼ -1.71 (-8.58%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 8 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	220,440,029 ▲ 0.06
Cnergyico PK / Jul 8 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	111,673,041 ▲ 0.23
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 8 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	90,576,284 ▼ -0.25
LSE Capital / Jul 8 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	63,958,482 ▲ 0.57
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jul 8 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	58,318,246 ▲ 1.12
Pak Refinery / Jul 8 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	48,063,397 ▲ 1.18
B.O.Punjab / Jul 8 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	46,341,604 ▼ -1.44
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 8 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	42,465,659 ▲ 0.03
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 8 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	32,660,508 ▼ -4.89
Hira Textile / Jul 8 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	29,072,538 ▼ -0.43

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