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wheat cultivation

Sindh exceeds federal wheat cultivation target for 2025-26

Updated 29 Jan, 2026 06:38am

HYDERABAD: The Director General of Agriculture Extension Department Sindh has clarified facts regarding a news item...

Minister for increase in wheat cultivation

Published 16 Dec, 2025 06:04am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain on Monday urged an increase...

Wheat cultivation target: Minister for utilisation of all resources

Published 15 Nov, 2025 05:53am

LAHORE: The Punjab Agriculture Minister Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani, while reviewing the progress on wheat ...

Punjab sets 16.5m acres wheat cultivation target

Published 04 Nov, 2025 05:55am

LAHORE: The Punjab government has set the wheat cultivation target in the province at 16.5 million acres, while the...

Sindh to procure 1.2MT of wheat at Rs3,500/maund

Updated 23 Oct, 2025 09:32am

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah announced wheat at a support price of Rs3,500 per maund and...

Wheat cultivation: Rs55.9bn to be spent on farmers: Sharjeel

Published 18 Oct, 2025 06:00am

KARACHI: Sindh Senior Minister and Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon has said...

No wheat shortage in Punjab

Published 09 Oct, 2025 08:14am

LAHORE: There is no shortage of wheat in Punjab as ample reserves of wheat are available in the province. This was...

Rethinking wheat policy

Updated 08 Oct, 2025 08:29am

Wheat in Pakistan is not just a crop; it is politics, survival, and the government’s most stubborn obsession. It...

Farmers start receiving tractors under wheat support programme

Published 15 Jun, 2025 03:30am

LAHORE: The Punjab government has started distributing green tractors among farmers under its wheat support ...

Zinc wheat variety covers 42pc of cropping area

Published 19 May, 2025 06:15am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s widespread cultivation of the drought-tolerant, bio-fortified zinc wheat variety, Akbar-2019,...

Sargodha division achieves 86pc of wheat sowing target

Published 29 Nov, 2024 07:18am

LAHORE: The Sargodha division has achieved 86 percent of its wheat sowing target for the current season as 1.5...

Faisalabad wheat cultivation target set at 1.8m acres

Published 12 Nov, 2024 07:50am

LAHORE: The Punjab government has set the target for wheat cultivation in Faisalabad at 1.8 million acres and all...

JI, KBP to protest against delay in wheat procurement

Published 16 May, 2024 06:29am

LAHORE: Workers of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and the Kissan Board Pakistan (KBP) will stage a protest in front of the...

Punjab surpasses 2023-24 wheat cultivation target

Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am

LAHORE: The Punjab province has surpassed the wheat cultivation target of 16 million acres set for the year 2023-24...

Govt urged to announce wheat support price

Published 04 Nov, 2023 06:00am

ISLAMABAD: Agriculture experts and farmers have urged the federal government to fix the minimum support price for...

Wheat cultivation in Punjab: Faisalabad Division secures the top position

Published 22 Oct, 2023 03:20am

LAHORE: “Faisalabad Division secured highest position last year in the Punjab province by achieving average per...

Wheat import: doors not closed yet

Published 28 Jun, 2023 06:31am

Pakistan is the 7th largest wheat producer in the world but, with respect to yield the country stands at 37th rank....

Farmers urged to take preventive steps during wheat cultivation

Published 08 May, 2023 06:40am

RAWALPINDI: Rescue 1122 Rawalpindi has advised the farmers to take all possible necessary preventive steps to avoid...

Bumper wheat harvest expected

Updated 29 Dec, 2022 08:50am

ISLAMABAD: Despite post-flood challenges 91.74 per cent of wheat crop sowing has been completed across the country...

Growers urged to bring maximum area under wheat cultivation

Published 10 Nov, 2022 07:49am

LAHORE: Secretary Agriculture Punjab Ahmad Aziz Tarar has called upon the growers to bring maximum area under wheat...

Punjab sets production target of wheat at 21MMT

Published 21 Oct, 2022 05:57am

LAHORE: The Punjab province has set wheat cultivation target for the current season at 16.5 million acres of land...

Incentives for wheat growers on the cards

Published 28 Sep, 2022 07:40am

ISLAMABAD: The government is preparing a special incentives package for wheat growers in flood-hit areas aiming at...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

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Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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