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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 / Sep 29	277.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 29	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 28	3.90

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 29	7,670.84
Nasdaq / Sep 29	26,797.54
Dow Jones / Sep 29	51,349.92
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,729.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,728.56
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,534.37
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,714.17
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,546.29
France CAC40 / Sep 30	8,055.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 29	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 29	374,945
Petrol/Litre / Sep 30	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Diesel/Litre / Sep 30	402.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Sep 30 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.73 ▲ 0.77 (15.52%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Sep 30 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	20.41 ▲ 1.86 (10.03%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Sep 30 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.57 ▲ 1.51 (10.03%)
Sindh Modaraba / Sep 30 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	33.28 ▲ 3.03 (10.02%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Sep 30 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	26.38 ▲ 2.4 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Sep 30 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	113.96 ▲ 10.36 (10%)
Dadex Eternit / Sep 30 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	150.32 ▲ 13.67 (10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Sep 30 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	29.04 ▲ 2.64 (10%)
Oilboy Energy / Sep 30 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	18.59 ▲ 1.69 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ashfaq Textile / Sep 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	50.57 ▼ -5.62 (-10%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Sep 30 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	118.83 ▼ -13.16 (-9.97%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Sep 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.25 ▼ -1.15 (-9.27%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Sep 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	918.13 ▼ -92.07 (-9.11%)
Pakistan Services / Sep 30 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,019.63 ▼ -99.15 (-8.86%)
Mandviwala / Sep 30 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	77.07 ▼ -7.14 (-8.48%)
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	23.41 ▼ -1.84 (-7.29%)
D.M. Corporation / Sep 30 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	165.33 ▼ -11.63 (-6.57%)
Cordoba Logistics / Sep 30 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	28.32 ▼ -1.94 (-6.41%)
EMCO Industries / Sep 30 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	32.10 ▼ -1.93 (-5.67%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Sep 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,446,994 ▲ 0.11
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	58,387,095 ▲ 0.77
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Sep 30 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	50,882,891 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Sep 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,308,841 ▲ 0.03
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Sep 30 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	21,823,804 ▲ 1.27
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 30 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	17,873,579 ▲ 0.1
Pak Refinery / Sep 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,817,038 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,431,935 ▼ -0.01
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	16,575,953 ▼ -1.84
F. Nat.Equities / Sep 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	14,238,200 ▲ 0

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