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RYK: Sugarcane devours cotton

Published 22 May, 2026 06:05am

Rahim Yar Khan, once a key agricultural district of the country in terms of cotton production, is now witnessing...

Sugar output crosses 1.7MMT mark in Punjab

Updated 13 Jan, 2026 07:32am

LAHORE: Punjab has produced more than 1.712 million metric tonnes of sugar so far during the ongoing crushing...

Sugar: higher export value but inconsistent trade performance

Updated 10 Jan, 2026 07:52am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s sugar industry has exported USD1.6 billion while imported USD314 million commodity during past...

Pakistan decides to fully deregulate sugar sector

Updated 08 Jan, 2026 07:15am

Move will hand control of the sugar industry over to market forces, ending decades of state intervention

Sugarcane crushing in Brazil’s northern regions down

Published 28 Dec, 2025 03:08am

SAO PAULO: Sugarcane crushing in Brazil’s North and Northeast regions reached 32.5 million metric tons through Nov....

Pakistan’s farm economy: missing viability

Published 05 Dec, 2025 06:23am

Agriculture is the back of Pakistan’s economy. The claim sounds confident, yet does not live up to. Across major...

CCP targets sugar cartel: 10 Punjab mills hit with show cause notices

Updated 29 Nov, 2025 11:32pm

Notices relate to colluding in relation to start of crushing season and fixing the sugarcane procurement price at Rs. 400 per maund

Punjab launches crackdown on illegal sugarcane middlemen

Published 25 Nov, 2025 05:54am

LAHORE: The Punjab Cane Commissioner has launched a province-wide crackdown against illegal middlemen and...

Sugarcane’s long shadow

Published 19 Nov, 2025 06:14am

EDITORIAL: The past three decades have seen Pakistan’s farming system profoundly reordered, with strategically...

Punjab: sugar mills to begin crushing on 15th

Updated 13 Nov, 2025 08:51am

LAHORE: The Punjab government has officially issued the notification for the commencement of the sugarcane crushing...

Sugarcane crushing season to begin on 15th

Published 06 Nov, 2025 06:14am

ISLAMABAD: The Sugar Advisory Board (SAB) on Wednesday decided to commence the sugarcane crushing season from...

Sugar import to harm industry, farmers: PSMA

Updated 04 Oct, 2025 09:27am

LAHORE: Reacting to the government’s decision of capping sugar imports at 0.3 million metric tons (MMT), the...

The impact of recent floods on Pakistan’s agricultural sector

Published 03 Oct, 2025 06:27am

The recent floods in Pakistan have had serious and extraordinary repercussions on the agricultural sector, severely...

Climate emergency: choose policy rethink, not theatrics

Published 12 Sep, 2025 05:54am

According to the Punjab Agriculture Department, kharif crops cover about 18 million acres of farmland in the ...

Flood and rain-tolerant crops—a critical need of the hour

Published 02 Sep, 2025 06:54am

Pakistan’s agriculture sector is currently under severe pressure from climate change. In recent decades,...

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...

It’s time cotton got some serious policy attention

Updated 01 Sep, 2025 06:48am

For generations cotton has been the backbone of Pakistan’s agriculture and economy. Known as “white gold,”...

Brazil’s sugar production up

Published 31 Aug, 2025 02:44am

SAO PAULO: Sugar production in Brazil’s key centre-south region rose 15.96 percent year-on-year in the first half...

AGI to export sugarcane by-products to China

Updated 09 Aug, 2025 09:26am

LAHORE: The Ashraf Group of Industries (AGI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China’s Shandong...

Over five-year period: NA body concerned at data of increase in sugarcane yields

Published 28 May, 2025 06:38am

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research on Tuesday raised serious...

Sufficient sugar stock available, NA told

Published 15 Apr, 2025 07:24am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain said that total sugar...

Pakistan’s water crisis: the cost of sugarcane and rice

Published 15 Apr, 2025 05:54am

Pakistan is on the brink of a worsening water crisis, one that threatens its inter provincial relationship,...

Sweet chaos: will the government blink?

Published 14 Feb, 2025 09:04am

The sugar industry in Pakistan has long been a textbook case of market distortion. For decades, it has operated...

Shakarganj Limited

Published 13 Feb, 2025 08:24am

Shakarganj Limited (PSX: SML) was incorporated in Pakistan as a publicly listed company in 1967. The company is in...

'KBP to protest if sugarcane support price not announced'

Published 21 Dec, 2024 06:24am

LAHORE: The Kissan Board Pakistan (KBP) on Friday warned the provincial government to stage a protest if the support...

De-regulating the sugar industry: do not drop the ball again

Updated 30 Sep, 2024 01:24pm

The sugar industry is in trouble, but it need not morph into a crisis. Last week, the industry association wrote a...

Two high-yielding GM sugarcane varieties approved

Published 15 Jun, 2024 06:57am

FAISALABAD: The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of Pakistan under Environment Protection Agency (EPA), Islamabad...

Sugar industry: political affiliation isn’t helping

Published 04 Jun, 2024 08:58am

The sugar industry is in the news again. The industry wants a license to export surplus stocks; the government wants...

PSMA clarification

Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am

LAHORE: Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (Punjab Zone) has categorically denied a news report carried Business...

PSMA seeks permission to export ‘expensively produced’ sugar

Updated 03 Apr, 2024 08:50am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has approached the Commerce Ministry to seek permission for...

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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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