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textile exports

Hemp denim and high-value apparel: the window for Pakistan is now

Updated 23 Jun, 2026 06:42am

The establishment of the Cannabis Control and Regulatory Authority (CCRA), together with the notification and...

Current Account: Relief masks widening trade imbalances

Published 18 Jun, 2026 05:37am

As expected, the current account posted a surplus of USD459 million in May, a significant improvement of USD735...

11M textile exports rise 1.83pc to USD16.665bn YoY

Updated 17 Jun, 2026 09:36am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s textile sector exports increased by 1.83 percent, reaching USD 16.665 billion during the first...

Policymakers must stop treating textile as yesterday’s industry

Updated 01 Jun, 2026 05:52am

Pakistan’s textile industry has changed dramatically over the last decade. Yet much of the policy discourse remains...

Rebound in textile exports

Updated 23 May, 2026 06:26am

EDITORIAL: Federal Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released provisional data that showed textile exports rebounding in...

Jul-Mar textile exports dip 0.5pc to USD13.545bn YoY

Published 17 Apr, 2026 06:49am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s textile sector exports registered a negative growth of 0.50 percent, reaching USD13.545...

ME unrest: Textile industry seeks protective measures

Updated 06 Mar, 2026 09:27am

ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile industry has proposed to the government to implement protective measures that will...

Textiles: Jul-Feb exports rise 0.3pc YoY

Updated 04 Mar, 2026 08:58am

On a month-on-month basis, textile exports in February 2026 declined by USD 102 million compared to January

Textile exports rise 1.25% to $10.9bn in July–January FY26

Updated 18 Feb, 2026 09:05am

ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile sector exports have experienced a growth of 1.25 percent during the first seven...

Dar says committed to meeting GSP Plus obligations

Published 10 Feb, 2026 05:50am

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment...

Businessmen need govt support to win economic war: Magoon

Published 29 Jan, 2026 07:29am

KARACHI: Businessmen Panel Progressive (BMPP) Chairman and Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce &...

EU market: India becomes significantly more competitive: APTMA

Published 29 Jan, 2026 05:59am

ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has warned that India has become significantly more...

Historic highest cost of manufacturing hurting textile exports: PHMA

Published 09 Jan, 2026 07:26am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s textile and apparel exports are facing a severe downturn due to the historic highest cost of...

Textile exports show dismal performance in 5MFY2025-26

Published 19 Dec, 2025 06:07am

ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile exports have shown dismal performance during the first five months ...

Major sectors challenge govt’s claims of LSM output ‘recovery’

Updated 19 Dec, 2025 09:27am

Industry leaders say more than 150 industrial units have shut down in the past 18 months

Bill discounting: waiting for the currency to break?

Updated 07 Nov, 2025 08:36am

For nearly two years now, currency has been kept on a short leash:nominally stable, yet effectively managed....

Oct textile exports surge 2.5pc MoM

Updated 06 Nov, 2025 09:36am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s textile exports registered an increase of 2.5 percent in October on a month-on-month (MoM)...

TPB set to rationalise tariffs on non-cotton materials

Updated 01 Nov, 2025 09:27am

ISLAMABAD: The Tariff Policy Board (TPB) — an inter-ministerial body headed by the Minister for Commerce — is set to...

Fragile balance of payments

Updated 28 Oct, 2025 06:36am

The figures on the balance of payments for Pakistan for the first quarter of 2025-26 have been released recently by...

Sustainable cotton policy

Published 17 Oct, 2025 07:21am

When a farmer plants cotton seeds in his field, it is not merely the cultivation of a crop; it is the sowing of...

Sluggish textile sector, rice exports plunge: Q1 trade deficit balloons to USD9.4bn

Updated 16 Oct, 2025 09:43am

ISLAMABAD: Sluggish performance of the textile sector and a sharp decline in the rice exports are seen as factors...

Pakistan’s Q1 exports down, imports up YoY

Updated 03 Oct, 2025 02:24pm

Exports declined 3.83 percent to USD 7.60 billion in the first quarter of FY26

Bangladesh and Pakistan: A lesson from the cotton economy

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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 9	162.43
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 9	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 9	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 9	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 8	3.64

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 8	7,482.71
Nasdaq / Jul 8	25,870.65
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
India Sensex / Jul 9	76,957.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 9	67,910.01
Hang Seng / Jul 9	24,037.16

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 8	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 8	368,858
Petrol/Litre / Jul 9	297.53
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 9	74.37
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 9	4,065.81
Diesel/Litre / Jul 9	309.50
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 9	79.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 9 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	9.55 ▲ 1 (11.7%)
S.G.Power / Jul 9 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	104.56 ▲ 9.51 (10.01%)
AN Textile Mills / Jul 9 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	66.13 ▲ 6.01 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 9 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	431.37 ▲ 39.22 (10%)
Fateh Ind. / Jul 9 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	429.14 ▲ 39.01 (10%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 9 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	262.42 ▲ 23.86 (10%)
GOC (Pak) / Jul 9 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	139.14 ▲ 12.65 (10%)
Service Textile / Jul 9 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	52.46 ▲ 4.77 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 9 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	64.61 ▲ 5.87 (9.99%)
Next Capital / Jul 9 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	19.07 ▲ 1.73 (9.98%)

Stock	Price
Crescent Fib. / Jul 9 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	56.61 ▼ -5.84 (-9.35%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 9 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	820.15 ▼ -78.12 (-8.7%)
National Silk / Jul 9 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	170.50 ▼ -14.76 (-7.97%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Jul 9 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	49.01 ▼ -4.07 (-7.67%)
JS Investments / Jul 9 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	44.10 ▼ -3.3 (-6.96%)
Frontier Ceramics / Jul 9 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	105 ▼ -7.71 (-6.84%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 9 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,606 ▼ -114.29 (-6.64%)
First IBL Mod. / Jul 9 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	12 ▼ -0.84 (-6.54%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 9 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	24.93 ▼ -1.69 (-6.35%)
Aisha Steel (CPS) / Jul 9 Aisha Steel Mills Limited (CPS)(ASLCPS)	67 ▼ -4.44 (-6.22%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 9 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	44,266,711 ▲ 0.27
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jul 9 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	19,608,541 ▲ 0.13
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 9 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,348,785 ▼ -0.02
B.O.Punjab / Jul 9 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,387,198 ▼ -0.21
LSE Capital / Jul 9 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	9,161,649 ▼ -0.04
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 9 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	8,650,286 ▲ 0
Pak Refinery / Jul 9 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	7,506,712 ▲ 0.71
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 9 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	6,519,515 ▼ -1.69
Pak Elektron / Jul 9 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	4,930,253 ▼ -0.65
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 9 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	3,808,195 ▼ -0.18

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