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Is deregulation the best way forward?

Updated 28 Sep, 2026 05:54am

The mantra that deregulation is the best way to deal with public sector inefficiency and corruption has been...

Aurangzeb outlines five key economic priorities

Published 18 Sep, 2026 05:15am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb on Thursday outlined five key priorities for...

SOEs performance, fiscal flows: FD sets record straight

Published 17 Sep, 2026 02:47am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Division would like to note that the interpretation by some sections of the media of the decline...

Finance Division rejects claims of SOE financial deterioration, cites Rs35.8bn net fiscal inflow

Published 16 Sep, 2026 05:47pm

Finance ministry says fiscal flows capture transactions between the government and SOEs

Aurangzeb reviews progress on closure of PASSCO, USC

Published 08 Sep, 2026 06:01am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb Monday stressed the importance of close coordination with the...

One month to prove it

Updated 08 Aug, 2026 06:01am

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has given the Right-Sizing Committee one month to complete its remaining...

Abolished under govt’s right-sizing drive: PM directs third-party audit of posts, institutions

Published 29 Jul, 2026 06:42am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday ordered an independent third-party audit of posts and...

PM Shehbaz orders fast-tracking of govt rightsizing, calls for third-party audit

Published 28 Jul, 2026 02:59pm

Steps underway to privatise several other State-Owned Enterprises, forum told

PDP calls for revival of ration card system

Published 22 Jun, 2026 05:36am

KARACHI: Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf Shakoor said that in order to provide food assistance to the...

Blatant capitulation

Published 13 Jun, 2026 06:17am

Post-2019 Pakistani budgets exhibit a blatant capitulation to Inter-national Mo-netary Fund (IMF) conditions —...

PPP Punjab presents five-point economic reform package

Published 30 May, 2026 05:48am

LAHORE: A senior Pakistan People’s Party official in Punjab on Thursday called on the federal government to place...

Pakistan to roll out first Panda bond in coming weeks, says Aurangzeb

Updated 14 Jan, 2026 12:59pm

Finance Minister acknowledged that some firms have exited Pakistan

Costly TCP loans: MoF withdraws demand for third-party audit

Published 23 Dec, 2025 06:09am

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has reportedly withdrawn its earlier demand for a third-party audit of...

Govt moves to privatise Pakistan Minerals Development Corporation

Published 01 Dec, 2025 09:16pm

PMDC among three SOEs approved for inclusion in privatisation programme

PVMA seeks payment of Rs6.5bn owed by USC

Published 31 Oct, 2025 07:36am

KARACHI: Chairman of the Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (PVMA), Sheikh Umer Rehan, has urged the...

Pakistan’s auto industry in peril: Used car imports jump to 20pc from 7.5pc in 2020-23: EDB

Updated 15 Oct, 2025 07:42am

ISLAMABAD: The share of used car imports in the country has jumped from 7.5 percent in 2020-23 to 20 percent in ...

8,000 USC employees: Rs25.3bn severance package readied

Updated 12 Sep, 2025 09:27am

ISLAMABAD: The government has prepared a severance package of Rs 25.3 billion for over 8,000 employees of the...

Utility Stores finally closed

Updated 01 Sep, 2025 09:14am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has announced to have launched a severance package of over 28 billion rupees for...

‘Smooth’ USC closure: Rs30.216bn TSG approved by ECC

Published 29 Aug, 2025 05:52am

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet approved a technical supplementary grant of Rs....

Cabinet approves USC dissolution

Updated 23 Aug, 2025 09:21am

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Friday unanimously approved the dissolution of the state-run Utility Stores...

Pakistan govt closes all state-owned utility stores

Updated 31 Jul, 2025 10:56pm

All sales, purchases at utility stores closed with effect from July 31, 2025 except shifting of stock from stores to warehouses and returned to vendors and handing-taking of stores inventories, notification reads

Govt set to shut utility stores by July 31

Published 16 Jul, 2025 03:59pm

The federal government is all set to shut down its public retail sector, the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) by...

Agriculture reforms and sugar prices

Updated 12 Jul, 2025 07:27am

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed relevant authorities to formulate a comprehensive action plan to...

Privatisation of USC: NA body decides to take up issue at appropriate forum

Published 02 Jul, 2025 08:43am

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Industries and Production, Tuesday, decided to take up the...

Panel suggests review of USC sell-off decision

Updated 31 May, 2025 09:00am

ISLAMABAD: The 9th meeting of the Standing Committee on Privatisation held Friday under the chairmanship of Muhammad...

PVMA seeks govt’s help to recover dues against USC

Published 17 May, 2025 06:39am

KARACHI: Sheikh Umer Rehan, Chairman of Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (PVMA), has urged Prime ...

Govt says to run USC under PPP

Updated 27 Feb, 2025 09:20am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Industries and Production Rana Tanveer Hussain once again has made it clear that the...

Rs20bn Ramazan relief: payments to be made in cash

Updated 22 Feb, 2025 09:47am

Provincial governments to follow the same cash transfer model for Ramazan package

Minister for price stability, forestalling hoarding

Updated 22 Feb, 2025 02:40pm

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal directed that the price difference between wholesale and retail...

Govt to unveil Ramazan relief package sans USC: PM

Updated 05 Feb, 2025 05:48pm

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Tuesday that the government would unveil a Ramazan Relief...

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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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