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Sardar Sikander Shaheen

Legislation related to privatisation of loss-making SOEs: Minister says govt will need support of Parliament

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb says loss-making state-owned enterprises causing one trillion rupees of 'drag' to the exchequer

Updated 11 Sep, 2024 09:34am

New IMF programme going to be the last one if reforms put in place: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme would be...

Updated 10 Sep, 2024 08:50am

Over 3.27m Pakistanis sent abroad in 5 years

ISLAMABAD: More than 3.27 million Pakistanis, which roughly make 1.3 percent of the country’s total population, have...

Updated 07 Sep, 2024 03:14pm

Pakistan

Senate passes ‘Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Bill’ amid uproar

ISLAMABAD: The Senate, Thursday, passed four bills including the Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Bill 2024, a law...

Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:04am

Pakistan

Contempt case: ECP mulling allowing IK virtual appearance

ISLAMABAD: Yet again, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), for the second time in less than two months, is...

Published 05 Sep, 2024 06:19am

ECP holds Islamabad LG poll schedule ‘in abeyance’

ISLAMABAD: What implies, yet again, the postponement of the long-delayed local government polls in the federal...

Updated 05 Sep, 2024 08:51am

Pakistan

Fawad urges ECP for leniency like PML-N leaders

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry has urged the electoral body to be lenient...

Published 04 Sep, 2024 06:38am

Pakistan

Bill seeking increase in number of SC judges tabled in Senate

ISLAMABAD: In an unusual development, an opposition legislator moved a bill in the upper house of the parliament on...

Published 03 Sep, 2024 07:55am

ECP to consider Islamabad LG polls matter next week

ISLAMABAD: The electoral entity is expected to review next week the scenario involving the local government...

Updated 01 Sep, 2024 09:36am

Pakistan

Senate told: No military operation in Balochistan

ISLAMABAD: Denying the possibility of a military operation in Balochistan, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi reiterated...

Updated 31 Aug, 2024 09:02am

Pakistan

JUI-F seeks time from ECP to carry out intra-party elections

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) has sought time from the electoral entity for completing its ...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 06:08am

Pakistan

ECP to hear case about JUI-F intra-party elections today

ISLAMABAD: The electoral body has issued notice to Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JU-F) Chief Moulana Fazl-ur-Rahman ...

Published 29 Aug, 2024 06:53am

Pakistan

Senate also adopts ICT LG (Amendment) Bill

ISLAMABAD: A day after the National Assembly passed the Islamabad Capital Territory Local Government (Amendment) ...

Published 28 Aug, 2024 06:22am

Pakistan

Rs33.5bn incurred on Feb 8 elections: ECP

ISLAMABAD: As much as 33.5 billion rupees were incurred on the controversial February 8 general elections that saw...

Updated 27 Aug, 2024 09:10am

Pakistan

ECP declares Aimal as ANP president

ISLAMABAD: A day after Awami National Party (ANP) announced to move court against the electoral entity over not...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 03:24am

Pakistan

$441m approved for National Adaptation Plan

ISLAMABAD: A sum of $441 million has been approved for the National Adaptation Plan, the complete cost analysis of...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 06:58am

Pakistan

ECP extends date of Islamabad LG polls

ISLAMABAD: Less than two weeks after having announced holding local government elections in the federal capital on...

Published 21 Aug, 2024 06:43am

Pakistan

Environment-related projects: NA panel concerned over non-implementation at provincial level

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s climate change panel has expressed concern over the “passive” role of the...

Published 21 Aug, 2024 06:43am

Pakistan

ETs dispose of 7pc poll-related pleas: FAFEN

ISLAMABAD: Only seven percent or 25 petitions of the total 377 petitions filed with 17 of 23 election tribunals...

Updated 20 Aug, 2024 06:30pm

Pakistan

Oxford chancellor polls: Imran’s nomination submitted

ISLAMABAD: Incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s nomination for Oxford University’s chancellor...

Published 19 Aug, 2024 03:20am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 24	278.80
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 24	278.60
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 24	155.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 24	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 24	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 23	6,118.71
Nasdaq / Jan 23	20,053.68
Dow Jones / Jan 23	44,565.07
India Sensex / Jan 24	76,784.63
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 24	39,931.98
Hang Seng / Jan 24	20,060.52
FTSE 100 / Jan 24	8,559.56
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 24	21,482.67

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 23	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 23	245,799
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 24	74.61
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 24	2,774.04
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 24	67.94
Petrol/Litre / Jan 25	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Escorts Bank / Jan 24 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	6.79 ▲ 1.00 (17.27%)
Khalid Siraj / Jan 24 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.05 ▲ 0.95 (11.73%)
Agritech Limited / Jan 24 Agritech Limited(AGL)	52.46 ▲ 4.77 (10.00%)
Loads Limited / Jan 24 Loads Limited(LOADS)	18.92 ▲ 1.72 (10.00%)
Sardar Chemical / Jan 24 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	35.75 ▲ 3.25 (10.00%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 24 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	33.36 ▲ 3.03 (9.99%)
Shezan Inter. / Jan 24 Shezan International Limited(SHEZ)	148.17 ▲ 13.46 (9.99%)
Saritow Spinning / Jan 24 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	11.13 ▲ 1.01 (9.98%)
Ellcot Spinning / Jan 24 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	113.60 ▲ 10.30 (9.97%)

Stock	Price
Mandviwala / Jan 24 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	19.13 ▼ -2.12 (-9.98%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 24 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	9.84 ▼ -1.09 (-9.97%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 24 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.24 ▼ -2.97 (-9.83%)
Crescent Cotton / Jan 24 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	48.50 ▼ -5.02 (-9.38%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jan 24 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	14.15 ▼ -1.35 (-8.71%)
Dawood Lawrencepur / Jan 24 Dawood Lawrencepur Limited(DLL)	302.50 ▼ -19.20 (-5.97%)
Elahi Cot. / Jan 24 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	105 ▼ -6.00 (-5.41%)
Hussain Industries / Jan 24 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	28.01 ▼ -1.41 (-4.79%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Jan 24 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	295.01 ▼ -13.99 (-4.53%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	143,693,542 ▼ -0.10
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	78,194,783 ▼ -0.01
Sui South Gas / Jan 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	57,202,439 ▲ 3.90
Fauji Cement / Jan 24 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	47,170,217 ▼ -0.65
Lotte Chemical / Jan 24 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	35,630,848 ▼ -0.46
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 24 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	32,528,835 ▼ -2.50
The Searle Co. / Jan 24 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	26,563,258 ▲ 5.41
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 24 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	26,433,374 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	22,111,604 ▼ -0.06

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