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Sardar Sikander Shaheen

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

Two key bills passed by Senate

In what comes as a big relief for the federal government, the Upper House of the Parliament on Tuesday passed two key bills, the Anti-Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and the Foreign Exchange Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which have already be

Published 12 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 27	278.95
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 27	278.80
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 27	154.64
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 27	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 27	1.25
Euro to USD / Jan 27	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 24	6,101.24
Nasdaq / Jan 24	19,954.30
Dow Jones / Jan 24	44,424.25
India Sensex / Jan 27	75,346.55
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 27	39,565.80
Hang Seng / Jan 27	20,197.77
FTSE 100 / Jan 27	8,485.58
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 27	21,124.29

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 24	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 24	248,285
Petrol/Litre / Jan 27	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 27	74.82
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 27	2,763.59
Diesel/Litre / Jan 27	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Jan 27 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.93 ▲ 0.49 (14.24%)
Chenab Ltd / Jan 27 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	8.57 ▲ 1 (13.21%)
B. F. Mod. / Jan 27 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	8.39 ▲ 0.89 (11.87%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 27 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	25.36 ▲ 2.31 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 27 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	36.70 ▲ 3.34 (10.01%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 27 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	113.69 ▲ 10.34 (10%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Jan 27 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	25.85 ▲ 2.35 (10%)
Archroma Pak / Jan 27 Archroma Pakistan Limited(ARPL)	478.56 ▲ 43.51 (10%)
Saritow Spinning / Jan 27 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	12.24 ▲ 1.11 (9.97%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Jan 27 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	17.52 ▼ -1.95 (-10.02%)
Sui South Gas / Jan 27 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	39.53 ▼ -4.39 (-10%)
Hussain Industries / Jan 27 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	28.50 ▼ -3.14 (-9.92%)
Arctic Textile / Jan 27 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	18.90 ▼ -2.08 (-9.91%)
Apna Microfin. / Jan 27 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.09 ▼ -1.1 (-9.83%)
National Silk / Jan 27 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	50 ▼ -5.44 (-9.81%)
Gammon Pak / Jan 27 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	38 ▼ -4.04 (-9.61%)
Unicap Modaraba / Jan 27 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	2.57 ▼ -0.27 (-9.51%)
Synthetic Prod / Jan 27 Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited(SPEL)	41 ▼ -4.06 (-9.01%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	61,454,571 ▼ -0.13
Sui South Gas / Jan 27 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	57,677,562 ▼ -4.39
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	33,767,457 ▼ -0.06
The Searle Co. / Jan 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	26,713,969 ▼ -5.54
Pak Elektron / Jan 27 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	22,757,545 ▲ 0.67
Fauji Cement / Jan 27 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	20,797,108 ▼ -0.46
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 27 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	18,489,077 ▼ -6.73
P.T.C.L. / Jan 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	18,264,183 ▲ 0.82
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 27 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	17,202,553 ▲ 0.67

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