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Utility Stores Corporation

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ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has reportedly withdrawn its earlier demand for a third-party audit of...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

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...

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

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...

Curtains for Utility Stores

Published 25 Jan, 2025 07:02am

EDITORIAL: The government’s decision to shutter the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) is a commendable move that...

PM’s package approved: ECC sanctions Rs1.679bn for USC’s expenses

Updated 07 Jan, 2025 09:22am

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet approved continuation of the Prime Minister’s...

No plans to shut down Utility Stores Corporation: Rana Tanveer

Published 02 Sep, 2024 09:46pm

Minister for Industries and Production says various options being considered for restructuring of USC

Employees stage sit-in against proposed closure of USC

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 15	278.20
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 15	278
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 16	162.16
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 16	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 16	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 16	1.15
SOFR % / Jul 15	3.55

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 15	7,572.40
Nasdaq / Jul 15	26,269.23
Dow Jones / Jul 15	52,658.64
India Sensex / Jul 16	77,417.61
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 16	66,796.79
Hang Seng / Jul 16	25,160.73
FTSE 100 / Jul 16	10,456.17
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 16	24,850.49
France CAC40 / Jul 16	8,330.54

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 15	18,480
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 15	364,399
Petrol/Litre / Jul 16	310.71
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 16	79.40
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 16	4,026.75
Diesel/Litre / Jul 16	323.30
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 16	80.72

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 16 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	15.46 ▲ 1.41 (10.04%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 16 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	26.14 ▲ 2.38 (10.02%)
Asim Textile / Jul 16 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	25.83 ▲ 2.35 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 16 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	48.80 ▲ 4.44 (10.01%)
Shams Textile / Jul 16 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	57.38 ▲ 5.22 (10.01%)
GOC (Pak) / Jul 16 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	186.73 ▲ 16.98 (10%)
Ideal Spinning / Jul 16 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	60.72 ▲ 5.52 (10%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 16 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	33.88 ▲ 3.08 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 16 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	247.46 ▲ 22.5 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 16 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	203.60 ▲ 18.51 (10%)

Stock	Price
Nets Internat.Comm. / Jul 16 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	27.16 ▼ -3.02 (-10.01%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 16 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	2,079.41 ▼ -231.05 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 16 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	69.13 ▼ -7.68 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 16 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	108.43 ▼ -12.05 (-10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 16 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	12.27 ▼ -1.36 (-9.98%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jul 16 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.76 ▼ -1.29 (-9.89%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jul 16 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	8.30 ▼ -0.88 (-9.59%)
Fateh Ind. / Jul 16 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	375 ▼ -34.81 (-8.49%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 16 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	18 ▼ -1.47 (-7.55%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 16 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	46.40 ▼ -3.55 (-7.11%)

Stock	Volume
Lotte Chemical / Jul 16 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	64,366,260 ▲ 0.02
Ittefaq Iron Ind / Jul 16 Ittefaq Iron Industries Limited(ITTEFAQ)	32,471,224 ▼ -0.45
TPL Properties / Jul 16 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	28,289,312 ▲ 0.46
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 16 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	15,011,735 ▲ 0.09
Cnergyico PK / Jul 16 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	14,677,214 ▼ -0.01
B.O.Punjab / Jul 16 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	13,999,151 ▲ 0.36
LSE Capital / Jul 16 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	12,538,679 ▲ 0.02
Oilboy Energy / Jul 16 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	12,256,272 ▲ 1.34
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 16 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	12,224,251 ▲ 0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 16 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	11,565,249 ▲ 2.18

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