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Sardar Sikander Shaheen

Pakistan

Senate passes Elections (Amendment) Bill amid protest

ISLAMABAD: Amidst strong protest by the opposition, the Senate, Thursday passed the Elections (Amendment) Bill 2024...

Published 05 Jul, 2024 03:17am

Pakistan

ECP asks political parties to submit wealth statement

ISLAMABAD: A day after the beginning of new financial year, the electoral entity, Tuesday, reminded the political...

Published 03 Jul, 2024 07:35am

Pakistan

Finally, Punjab to have local govt polls

ISLAMABAD: After failing for over two years to hold local government elections in Punjab, the country’s largest...

Published 28 Jun, 2024 05:41am

Pakistan

Shibli talks of ‘tyranny of majority’ in upper house

ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the Senate alleged that upper house of the parliament was being ruled by the “tyranny...

Updated 26 Jun, 2024 09:33am

Senate panel rejects increased tax on salaried class

ISLAMABAD: The upper house of the parliament, Monday, adopted the report of its finance panel containing...

Updated 25 Jun, 2024 09:42am

Pakistan

Senate seeks report on abduction of 10 people in Harnai district

ISLAMABAD: Seeking report from the provincial government and a paramilitary force over an incident involving the...

Published 22 Jun, 2024 06:47am

Pakistan

Federal Budget: NA has no powers to vote on Federal Consolidated Fund: JUI-F

ISLAMABAD: The role of the parliament in relation to the federal budget is marked with constitutional anomalies—...

Published 21 Jun, 2024 06:37am

Pakistan

JUI-F lashes out at federal govt for ‘ignoring’ people in budget

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal (JUI-F) Senator Atta Ur Rehman has said that the new federal budget is ...

Published 15 Jun, 2024 06:57am

Business & Finance

Debate begins: Opposition in Senate assails govt, budget

ISLAMABAD: The federal government, Thursday, came under scathing criticism from the opposition over preparing...

Published 14 Jun, 2024 06:31am

BISP allocated Rs598.71bn

ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has been budgeted at Rs598.71 billion in financial year 2024-25,...

Updated 13 Jun, 2024 09:32am

Finance Bill 2024 laid in Senate

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, Wednesday, moved a copy of the Finance Bill 2024 in Senate, which...

Updated 13 Jun, 2024 09:37am

Pakistan

PTI rejects composition of standing committees

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Tuesday, rejected the composition of the standing committees in the upper...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Pakistan

Raid at residence of Shibli Faraz: Treasury and opposition join hands in condemnation

ISLAMABAD: Senators from both sides of the aisle; treasury and opposition, Monday, joined hands in their ...

Published 11 Jun, 2024 03:17am

Pakistan

Kafaalat beneficiaries: Concern voiced at slow cash disbursement

ISLAMABAD: Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Rubina Khalid has expressed serious concern over slow...

Published 09 Jun, 2024 03:10am

Pakistan

Election Tribunals: ECP reserves verdict on plea of 3 PML-N MNAs

ISLAMABAD: The electoral entity has reserved its verdict on a petition from three PML-N lawmakers for changing the...

Published 08 Jun, 2024 07:00am

Pakistan

PPP legislator chairs session despite Deputy Chairman Senate’s presence

ISLAMABAD: In an unusual move, a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) legislator, Friday, presided over the maiden sitting ...

Published 08 Jun, 2024 07:00am

Pakistan

Changing election tribunal: PTI questions legality of ECP’s decision

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Thursday, questioned the legality of electoral body’s decision to hear...

Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am

Pakistan

Fighting malnutrition: BISP, UNICEF agree to forge close collaboration

ISLAMABAD: The federal government and the United Nations have reiterated to collaborate closely to address...

Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am

Pakistan

ECP fixes June 5 for hearing of case against 40 political parties

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has fixed for hearing a case involving failure, on part of some...

Published 03 Jun, 2024 06:30am

Pakistan

ICT LG delimitation to begin today

The preparation of the preliminary list of the UCs in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) will start from June 1

Updated 01 Jun, 2024 04:18pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 23	278.69
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 23	278.43
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 23	156.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 23	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 23	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
India Sensex / Dec 23	78,595.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 23	39,161.34
Hang Seng / Dec 23	19,857.04
FTSE 100 / Dec 23	8,068.16
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,830.32

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 23	69.79
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 23	2,632.38
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 23	68.96
Petrol/Litre / Dec 24	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 23 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.15 ▲ 1.00 (19.42%)
Dewan Sugar / Dec 23 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	6.60 ▲ 1.00 (17.86%)
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	6.83 ▲ 0.92 (15.57%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Dec 23 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	9.50 ▲ 0.95 (11.11%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 23 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.75 ▲ 0.36 (10.62%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Dec 23 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	4.72 ▲ 0.45 (10.54%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 23 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	10.55 ▲ 1.00 (10.47%)
Dawood Equities / Dec 23 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	10.63 ▲ 1.00 (10.38%)
HBL Invest Fund / Dec 23 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	4.15 ▲ 0.39 (10.37%)

Stock	Price
Sindh Abadgar / Dec 23 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	36.60 ▼ -4.07 (-10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 23 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.87 ▼ -4.54 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 23 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	37.72 ▼ -4.19 (-10.00%)
Asia Ins. / Dec 23 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	13.96 ▼ -1.55 (-9.99%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 23 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	42.01 ▼ -4.58 (-9.83%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Dec 23 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	14.01 ▼ -1.33 (-8.67%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 23 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	6 ▼ -0.54 (-8.26%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 23 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.46 ▼ -0.93 (-8.17%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Dec 23 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.45 ▼ -0.65 (-7.14%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,942,750 ▲ 0.14
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,327,753 ▲ 0.92
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 23 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,280,462 ▲ 0.19
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	40,644,312 ▲ 0.37
Sui South Gas / Dec 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,619,788 ▲ 0.76
Pak Elektron / Dec 23 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,585,180 ▲ 1.96
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	35,015,764 ▲ 1.32
P.T.C.L. / Dec 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,026,526 ▲ 2.58
B.O.Punjab / Dec 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	29,495,012 ▲ 0.26

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