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Double higher education quota: HEC slammed over failure to implement cabinet decision

The Senate Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) on Monday slammed the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for its alleged failure to implement the federal cabinet's decision to double the higher education quota for the students belongi

Published 15 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Finance

Spouses, dependent children: Lawmakers asked to share wealth details with ECP

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday asked all the lawmakers, including the parliamentarians and members of the provincial assemblies, to share with the commission of their wealth details as well as those of their spouses and dependent chil

Published 15 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Centre and KP government earmark Rs 314 billion for erstwhile Fata

The combined allocation by federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) governments to the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in the current year is Rs 314 billion. The federal government has allocated Rs 152 billion (the entire amount earmarked

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

PM blasts media 'double standard' over HK protests

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday slammed the double standard of international media for not effectively highlighting the situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) and the plight of over eight million people there who are forcefully confined to their h

Published 12 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Finance

PM blasts media 'double standard' over HK protests

Published 12 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Finance

Absence from meetings: reprimands Islamabad mayor, CDA chief

The Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change Monday came down hard on Mayor Islamabad Sheikh Anser Aziz and Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) Amer Ali Ahmed for not showing up at the committee's meeting and decided to move a privilege motion

Published 08 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Absence from meetings: reprimands Islamabad mayor, CDA chief

Published 08 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Petition seeking ban on PTI turned down by ECP

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has turned down as non-maintainable a petition that seeks to ban Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), accusing the ruling party leaders of illegally stashing wealth abroad. The development is significant at a time when the

Published 05 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Petition seeking ban on PTI turned down by ECP

Published 05 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Petition seeking ban on PTI turned down by ECP

Published 05 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Petition seeking ban on PTI turned down by ECP

Published 05 Oct, 2019 12:00am

PML-N urges JUI-F to defer march till November

Cracks in the joint opposition appeared wider on Wednesday after former ruling party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) conveyed to Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) that it would not be part of any agitation against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) g

Published 03 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Defence production: ARDE completes 54 projects so far, Senate body told

Pakistan's Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) has completed 54 projects till now and out of these 29 percent are indigenously designed while 71 percent developed through reverse engineering (to manufacture products designed and produce

Published 03 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Foreign funding case: ECP reserves verdict on PTI pleas

In an important move, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday resumed the hearing of foreign funding case involving Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and reserved its verdict on the pleas wherein the ruling party requested the Commission to main

Published 02 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Deteriorating environmental standards: Islamabad mayor summoned by Senate panel

The Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change Monday took stock of the deteriorating environmental standards, especially littering, in the federal capital and summoned mayor of Islamabad Sheikh Ansar Aziz in the next meeting. The committee met in the ch

Published 01 Oct, 2019 12:00am

PTI to purge party of 'elements' linked to MQM-L?

There is intense speculation within the MQM ranks that the PTI government is set to tame its political ally in pursuit of Prime Minister Imran Khan's directives to take on those elements who had a role in disturbing the peace of Karachi. A senior MQM lawm

Published 29 Sep, 2019 12:00am

Senate panel voices concern over malnutrition among children

The Senate Standing Committee on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety on Friday recommended to the federal government to make practicable arrangements to ensure that minor children with stunted growth and malnutrition are treated by specialised paediatri

Published 28 Sep, 2019 12:00am

ECP decides to hear PTI foreign funding case on Oct 1

After a gap of more than a year and a half, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has resumed hearing of over five-year old foreign funding case involving the ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and has fixed the case hearing on October 1, is

Updated 27 Sep, 2019 03:50pm

Companies linked to Panama Leaks scandal: NA body briefed about government's strategy

Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar on Wednesday told the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Government Assurances that the federal government initiated action against 242 companies linked to the Panama Leaks scandal, out of which 90

Published 26 Sep, 2019 12:00am

Companies linked to Panama Leaks scandal: NA body briefed about government's strategy

Published 26 Sep, 2019 12:00am

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	156
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 24	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Jan 24	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 24	6,101.24
India Sensex / Jan 24	76,190.46
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 24	39,931.98
Nasdaq / Jan 24	19,954.30
Hang Seng / Jan 24	20,066.19
FTSE 100 / Jan 24	8,502.35
Dow Jones / Jan 24	44,424.25
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 24	21,394.93

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 24	74.66
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 24	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 24	248,285
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 24	2,770.58
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 24	67.61
Petrol/Litre / Jan 26	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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