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70,000 new firms join Dubai Chamber of Commerce, of which more than 6,000 are Pakistani

DUBAI: The number of new companies joining the Dubai Chamber of Commerce continued to soar as the figure hit 70,000...

Published 22 Jan, 2025 06:26am

Business & Finance

Dubai’s Crypto Tower will feature an exotic car dealership and a gold bullion shop

DUBAI: A 17-storey ‘Crypto Tower’ is in the works for Dubai including nine floors of offices tailored for both...

Updated 22 Jan, 2025 06:34am

Business & Finance

Dubai’s inclusion in Global Power City Index a ‘clear signal for Pakistani investors’

Dubai was ranked eighth worldwide and first in the Middle East in the Global Power City Index 2024 (GPCI) for the...

Published 07 Jan, 2025 07:37am

Technology

Tech and crypto: Dubai attracts 9 MNCs with market value of $82bn

Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy revealed that the combined market value of the nine multinational companies (MNCs)...

Updated 23 Apr, 2024 01:29pm

Business & Finance

Another Dubai IPO: Spinneys’ public float ‘could help bring other IPOs to fruition’

Spinneys, an operator of 75 grocery retail supermarkets in the UAE and Oman, announced plans to proceed with an...

Updated 17 Apr, 2024 02:36pm

Business & Finance

Businesses in Dubai could soon apply for 10-year ‘golden licence’ at ‘competitive prices’

We’ve all heard of the UAE’s famous, and highly coveted, 10-year golden visa for individuals. Now a business...

Published 09 Apr, 2024 05:06am

Business & Finance

Getting off FATF grey list: Dubai’s already-thriving real estate sector set for boost

Last month, the UAE was taken off the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list after nearly two years, which...

Updated 28 Mar, 2024 10:50am

Business & Finance

With Dubai Taxi Company and Parkin, IPOs in emirate are booming: what’s next?

The past few months have seen the Dubai government sell stakes in two of its entities - Dubai Taxi Company (DTC) and...

Updated 20 Mar, 2024 05:54pm

World

Dubai’s economy shows no signs of slowing even as world ‘contends with uncertainty, subdued growth’

Dubai’s government has always been very optimistic and ambitious regarding the future of the emirate, says one expert

Updated 29 Feb, 2024 12:44pm

Business & Finance

Meet Dubai-based Stake: the company helping Pakistanis get golden visas through diversified property investments

Since being founded in 2020, real estate investment firm Stake has worked with Dubai International Financial Centre...

Published 17 Feb, 2024 05:51am

Pakistan

General Elections 2024: polling ends as Pakistan marred by ‘disconnect’

Pakistan voted in the country’s 12th General Elections under a bar on communication with mobile internet services...

Updated 08 Feb, 2024 05:31pm

Technology

Dubai’s efforts to boost tech startups ‘exhilarating’, says Pakistani AI firm founder

Not many can say they have had the chance to demonstrate their work to His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin...

Updated 19 Jan, 2024 10:08am

Business & Finance

Dubai’s VARA is tackling the FATF grey list head on

DUBAI/KARACHI: Rather than shy away from the somewhat “grey” world of crypto and virtual assets because of the UAE...

Updated 27 Dec, 2023 10:33am

Business & Finance

After expanding to Bangladesh and UAE, Pakistani startup Abhi has plans for ‘further growth’

Founder Omair Ansari praises Dubai International Financial Centre, and Abu Dhabi Global Market for support along the way

Updated 21 Dec, 2023 10:03am

Pakistan

COP28 in Dubai: 5 key takeaways for Pakistan

One of the world’s most important climate change conferences, the UN’s COP28, came to an end on Tuesday. With...

Updated 13 Dec, 2023 09:38am

Technology

Startup founders: why this Pakistani couple moved to Dubai after setting up Metric

Meenah Tariq and Omar Parvez Khan set up Metric in 2022 - an app that simplifies accounting and finance for...

Updated 24 Nov, 2023 10:23am

Business & Finance

Air fares will rise as sector aims for sustainability: Dubai Airports CEO

Says 'sustainability has to be at the very heart of everything we do, even if that means that air fares have to rise'

Updated 16 Nov, 2023 01:43pm

Business & Finance

Dubai’s ‘super stable’ status ensures its real estate market keeps attracting Pakistanis

Official at DAMAC Properties highlights reasons for real estate interest from country

Updated 03 Nov, 2023 09:22am

Technology

Why Dubai residents trust the govt with their data

At a media roundtable on sidelines of GITEX GLOBAL, experts discuss Dubai's data privacy and government services

Published 19 Oct, 2023 04:29pm

Technology

Pakistani companies at GITEX ‘hungry for growth’: Systems Limited CEO

DUBAI: Pakistan is one of the “fastest growing hidden treasures in IT” and its companies, including those exhibiting...

Published 19 Oct, 2023 05:10am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 22	278.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 22	278.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 22	155.66
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 22	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 22	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 22	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
India Sensex / Jan 22	76,197.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 22	39,646.25
Hang Seng / Jan 22	19,778.77
FTSE 100 / Jan 22	8,579.82
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 22	21,258.81

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 22	75.52
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 22	2,751.94
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 22	67.34
Petrol/Litre / Jan 23	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Apna Microfin. / Jan 22 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.49 ▲ 0.96 (10.07%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 22 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	24.29 ▲ 2.21 (10.01%)
Pak Elektron (Pref) / Jan 22 Pak Elektron Limited (Preference)(PELPS)	14.94 ▲ 1.36 (10.01%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jan 22 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	15.51 ▲ 1.41 (10.00%)
Crescent Cotton / Jan 22 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	54.45 ▲ 4.95 (10.00%)
Fecto Cement / Jan 22 Fecto Cement Limited(FECTC)	116.40 ▲ 10.58 (10.00%)
Fateh Sports / Jan 22 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	86.43 ▲ 7.86 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	738.34 ▲ 67.12 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 22 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.30 ▼ -0.70 (-11.67%)
Nagina Cot. / Jan 22 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	49.95 ▼ -5.55 (-10.00%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 22 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.21 ▼ -3.00 (-9.93%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 22 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	11.58 ▼ -1.26 (-9.81%)
TPL Life Insur. / Jan 22 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	51 ▼ -5.50 (-9.73%)
Masood Textile / Jan 22 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	49.05 ▼ -5.27 (-9.70%)
Karam Ceramics / Jan 22 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	55.98 ▼ -5.92 (-9.56%)
Mari Energies / Jan 22 Mari Energies Limited(MARI)	598 ▼ -61.53 (-9.33%)
Hala Enterprise / Jan 22 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	12.10 ▼ -1.21 (-9.09%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▲ 0.04
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,158,485 ▼ -0.07
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	83,500,175 ▲ 3.03
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▲ 0.02
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▲ 3.23
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▼ -0.08
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▲ 1.04
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▲ 0.10
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 22 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	18,601,390 ▼ -0.41

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