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Pakistan

Senate adopts two government bills amid opposition

The Senate on Wednesday passed two government bills including the Zainab Alert, Response and Recovery Bill, 2020 amid strong opposition from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), which deman

Published 05 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Senate to take up wheat and wheat flour crises

The Upper House of the Parliament Tuesday decided to take up the issue of the recent wheat and flour crises in the Committee of the Whole, while the report of the Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research primarily held the Sindh go

Published 04 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Senators hail signing of US, Taliban peace deal

The senators from the treasury and the opposition benches on Monday appreciated the signing of the United States-Taliban Peace Agreement, while demanding a briefing from Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on the matter. "This is a very welcome developm

Published 03 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

BISP to function under federal government's Ehsaas Kifalat Programme

There is no move in the offing to either rename or abolish Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), which would continue to function under the ambit of Ehsaas Kifalat Programme as part of the federal government's Ehsaas Programme, it has been learnt.

Published 01 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Shibli debunks reports of coronavirus outbreak

Leader of the House in Senate, Shibli Faraz Friday dismissed as false the reports suggesting the possibility of outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Pakistan, saying all preparatory arrangements have been put in place to deal with any situation.

Published 29 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Absence of Islamabad mayor, CDA chief irks NA panel

The National Assembly's Standing Committee on Climate Change on Wednesday expressed strong displeasure over the absence of Islamabad Mayor Anser Aziz and Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed from the committee's meeting, and issued

Published 27 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

LG elections: ECP asks Punjab CS to provide required data

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday expressed concern over non-provision of relevant data for the local government elections in Punjab by the provincial government, and has asked the provincial chief secretary to immediately provide the r

Published 26 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Explosive licences: Senate panel summons Interior minister, secretary

The Senate Standing Committee on Problems of Less Developed Areas on Tuesday expressed concern over "explosive licences being issued to unknown companies" in Balochistan, and summoned Interior Minister Ijaz Shah and Secretary Interior Yousaf Naseem Khokha

Published 26 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

42 cantonment boards: Exercise of delimitation of wards may be completed by end of next month

The ongoing exercise of the delimitation of wards in the 42 cantonment boards (CBs) across the country is expected to be completed by the end of next month, following which the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would be constitutionally empowered to m

Published 25 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Rabbani's bill aims to curtail presidential powers of promulgating ordinances

Former chairman Senate Raza Rabbani's bill seeking certain amendments in the constitution to prevent the President of Pakistan from 'misusing' his authority in promulgating presidential ordinances requires two-third majority in both houses of Parliament i

Published 23 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Capital cleanliness issue: Senate body summons mayor, CDA chairman

Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change on Friday expressed strong concern on the lack of cleanliness, and deteriorating environment standards in the federal capital and summoned Islamabad Mayor Sheikh Ansar Aziz, Capital Development Authority (CDA) C

Published 22 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

'Electoral laws allow foreign funding from individuals but bar from groups'

Though the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) continues to hear foreign funding case involving all three major political parties of the country, on account of apparent complexities in the electoral laws, proving allegations against any look rather diff

Published 21 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

ECP decides to prioritise Third Strategic Plan

With new management in place, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to prioritise the objectives envisioned in the ECP's 3rd Strategic Plan that was launched in November last year but could not be pursued as the commission was left dysfunc

Published 19 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Senate criticises government for wheat, flour shortages

The Upper House of the Parliament on Monday passed a resolution condemning the wheat and flour crises in the country. The house also urged the federal government to make public, a related Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)'s inquiry report on the matter t

Published 18 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan-India relationship: UN chief says wants to defuse hostility

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres on Sunday expressed 'deep concern' over the tension between Pakistan and India and offered his 'good offices' to defuse hostility while urging both sides to 'exercise restraint'.

Published 17 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

PTI announces three-day mourning on demise of Naeemul Haq

The ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday announced three-day mourning over the demise of Naeem-ul-Haq, a PTI founding member and one of the most trusted confidantes of Prime Minister Imran Khan. In this regard, the PTI announced to suspen

Published 17 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Senate adopts six major bills moved by government

In a major development, the Senate Friday passed six government bills, five of which have already been passed by the National Assembly and would soon become the Acts of Parliament following the assent from President Arif Alvi.

Published 15 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Turkish company keen to expand investments

Koç Holding, the largest Turkish enterprise, has expressed its commitment to further expand its investments and operations in Pakistan. This was stated by Can Dincer, chief commercial officer of Arçelik, a subsidiary of Koç Holding in Turkey, while addres

Published 14 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Foreign funding case: PPP accuses PTI leader of using delaying tactics

Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has denied that it is shying away from the proceedings of the foreign funding case and has accused the ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Farrukh Habib of using delaying tactics to keep the case lingering.

Published 14 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Foreign funding case: ECP faces major challenge owing to PTI, PML-N, PPP's lack of interest

The lack of interest of all the three major political parties, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) to pursue the foreign funding case, appears to be a major challenge for the E

Published 13 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 26	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 26	278.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
S&P 500 / Dec 24	6,040.04
Nasdaq / Dec 24	20,031.13
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,136.99
Dow Jones / Dec 24	43,297.03
France CAC40 / Dec 24	7,282.69
India Sensex / Dec 26	78,475.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	70.10
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 24	240,487.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,616.87
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 24	68.78
Petrol/Litre / Dec 26	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 26	17,785

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 26 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.10 ▲ 1.00 (19.61%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	6.99 ▲ 1.00 (16.69%)
Next Capital / Dec 26 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	9.90 ▲ 1.00 (11.24%)
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16.45 ▲ 1.50 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 26 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	15.81 ▲ 1.44 (10.02%)
Dewan Motors / Dec 26 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	42.21 ▲ 3.84 (10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 26 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	44.96 ▲ 4.09 (10.01%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 26 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	99.06 ▲ 9.01 (10.01%)
Altern Energy / Dec 26 Altern Energy Limited(ALTN)	22.65 ▲ 2.06 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Jauharabad Sug / Dec 26 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	23.10 ▼ -2.57 (-10.01%)
Mughal Energy / Dec 26 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	18.45 ▼ -2.05 (-10.00%)
Fateh Ind. / Dec 26 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	120.56 ▼ -13.38 (-9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 26 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36.01 ▼ -3.99 (-9.98%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.54 ▼ -1.50 (-9.97%)
Arctic Textile / Dec 26 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	21.60 ▼ -2.37 (-9.89%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Dec 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.25 ▼ -1.22 (-9.06%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 26 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	24 ▼ -2.33 (-8.85%)
Equity Modaraba / Dec 26 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3 ▼ -0.29 (-8.81%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	127,408,831 ▼ -0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	93,301,142 ▲ 1.50
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,900,564 ▲ 6.41
Sui South Gas / Dec 26 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,559,500 ▼ -1.65
Cnergyico PK / Dec 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	33,367,944 ▼ -0.16
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	30,254,338 ▼ -0.19
B.O.Punjab / Dec 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,003,113 ▼ -0.11
Hascol Petrol / Dec 26 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	27,155,152 ▲ 0.87
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 26 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	26,980,436 ▲ 0.09

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