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Utility Stores Corporation

ECC clears Rs11.329bn for USC closure

Published 09 Oct, 2026 05:27am

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Thursday approved over Rs41 billion in...

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

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

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 15	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 15	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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