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Business & Finance

After Toyota, Honda Atlas also reduces car prices in Pakistan

Honda Atlas Cars is the latest to announce reduction in car prices by up to Rs300,000, in line with rupee’s...

Published 25 Oct, 2023 09:49pm

Business & Finance

As high as Rs1.31mn: Indus Motor announces significant reduction in Toyota car prices

Rates reduced in range of 2 to 8% following rupee's recent appreciation against US dollar

Updated 24 Oct, 2023 06:54pm

Business & Finance

Suzuki here to stay, company reiterates its commitment to Pakistan’s market

Suzuki Motor Corporation will continue to invest in Pakistan and ensure that Pak Suzuki serves its customers in...

Published 19 Oct, 2023 09:55pm

Business & Finance

MG Motors cuts HS Essence price by Rs600,000 in Pakistan

MG Motors has announced Rs600,000 reduction in the price of its model HS Essence, citing rupee’s appreciation...

Published 17 Oct, 2023 09:45pm

Perspectives

Pakistan’s job market: is the country ready as AI makes inroads?

There are already 7.18 million people unemployed in the country as the employment rate comes in at 9.6% in 2022-23 –...

Updated 17 Oct, 2023 08:16pm

Technology

LabCentral – enabling biotech ideators in a cost-effective manner

Shared laboratory spaces enable nascent startups intitate working on their ideas at a significantly lower cost than...

Updated 14 Oct, 2023 01:26am

Business & Finance

Changan Pakistan set to export its vehicles to Kenya

Official privy to the matter confirms development

Published 11 Oct, 2023 09:11pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s car sales rise 10% MoM, fall 26% YoY in September

Stand at 8,312 units during the month

Published 11 Oct, 2023 08:47pm

World

NASA official says ‘no Plan-B’ to Earth

The planet is dying and humans may have to find some other place within the solar system in the not-so-far future –...

Published 09 Oct, 2023 11:31pm

Markets

Bull out of bullion: Pakistan’s gold market is in disarray

Crackdown 'disrupts' business activity as traders find it difficult to 'operate'

Published 04 Oct, 2023 08:35pm

World

AI regulations: work in progress in the US, say officials

US Congressman Ted Lieu said lawmakers will see how Generative Artificial Intelligence regulation works elsewhere ...

Published 04 Oct, 2023 06:20am

Technology

Illegal loan apps reach public through WhatsApp after being removed from app stores

After getting removed from Google Play and Apple store, illegal loan providers have started to exploit other means...

Updated 03 Oct, 2023 10:33pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s auto industry seeks ‘remission’ after failing to meet export target during FY23

Manufacturing Certificate of all OEMs is due to expire on Sept 30, and would have been renewed if export target had been met

Published 28 Sep, 2023 06:47am

Business & Finance

Hindrance in profit repatriation to strangle FDI inflow: MD Mondelēz Pakistan

Sami Wahid terms Pakistan among 'toughest markets' to lead company in, 'especially last year'

Published 28 Sep, 2023 06:30am

Pakistan

Habib University unveils new space for collaborative learning

Initiative signifies significant pedagogical shift in education, promoting open and collaborative environments that foster innovation

Published 23 Sep, 2023 10:44pm

Technology

Startups crucial to keeping economy on investors’ radar: Paismo co-founder Rebecka Zavaleta

KARACHI: Startups across the world may be struggling, but in Pakistan’s case, there is an added trouble – its...

Published 21 Sep, 2023 06:50am

Business & Finance

Detroit’s ONE is gearing up to potentially change EV battery landscape

DETROIT, MICHIGAN: Pakistani-origin American Mujeeb Ijaz, the CEO and founder of Michigan-based Our Next Energy...

Published 20 Sep, 2023 06:28am

Technology

US experts say major concern about AI is its potentially inequitable distribution of benefits

WASHINGTON: The US capital is looking at opportunities and threats artificial intelligence (AI) and its extensions...

Published 19 Sep, 2023 06:31am

Technology

Technology fundamentally has shaped geopolitics, economics for a long time: Anne Neuberger

WASHINGTON: Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology at the National...

Published 18 Sep, 2023 06:32am

Technology

Underscoring need for regulations, US-based expert says AI has potential to be catastrophic

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS: Boston-based Shabbi S. Khan, Partner Foley and Lardner, LLP, said that the global community...

Published 14 Sep, 2023 06:07am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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