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Bilal Hussain

Pakistan

Pakistan must enhance infrastructure spending by five times: Maheen Rehman

InfraZamin CEO highlights need for rigorous development in the areas of education, health and agriculture

Published 14 Mar, 2023 08:56pm

Business & Finance

Another increase: Honda Atlas jacks up car prices by up to Rs1 million

New prices came into effect on March 14

Updated 14 Mar, 2023 08:34pm

Business & Finance

Crisis hits demand of low-end cars the most in Pakistan: PAMA

Pak Suzuki sees sales fall 92% in February 2023 on year-on-year basis

Published 14 Mar, 2023 12:37am

Business & Finance

Pakistan to produce a unicorn by 2025: Endeavor Managing Partner Allen Taylor

Says 20 unicorns are possible in the country by 2030

Updated 12 Mar, 2023 02:29pm

Markets

Indus Motor Company jacks up Toyota car prices yet again

Cheapest variant of Yaris priced at Rs4.499 million

Updated 11 Mar, 2023 08:33pm

Business & Finance

Medicine supply in market to halve ‘in a matter of weeks’: pharma sector

PPMA chairman says pharmaceutical sector has stopped importing raw material

Updated 09 Mar, 2023 09:24pm

Markets

Car sales projected to drop to 4,400 units in February

At this number, bookings will stand at 14-year low barring Covid lockdown sales slump

Updated 09 Mar, 2023 09:29pm

Business & Finance

‘Pakistan losing $1bn due to supply-chain, storage problems of just three crops’

Pakistan Agricultural Coalition (PAC) Strategy Advisor Kazim Saeed has said that the country loses $1 billion on an...

Published 07 Mar, 2023 09:18pm

Perspectives

Renewable energy and EVs: time is running out

Pakistan is the third most vulnerable country to climate change, which is slowly inflicting heavy damage on the...

Updated 07 Mar, 2023 09:07pm

Business & Finance

Releasing refunds is not wrong, says Shabbar Zaidi

Former FBR chief says they are handled by field officers

Published 04 Mar, 2023 07:32pm

Business & Finance

Hyundai-Nishat Motors increases prices of its vehicles

New prices will be applicable from March 7

Published 02 Mar, 2023 07:33pm

Pakistan

Hikes in interest rate appear to be redundant: business community

In letter to SBP governor, FPCCI questions policy rate efficacy in curbing inflation

Updated 01 Mar, 2023 06:50pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan's auto sector fears massive lay-offs if LC issue persists

Several auto companies have regularly announced shutdowns and some of them say it will be difficult to sustain the...

Published 27 Feb, 2023 10:17pm

Markets

Gold price drops nearly 8% since February 1

Decline led by stability in exchange rates, depleting purchasing power

Published 25 Feb, 2023 07:35pm

Markets

Pak Suzuki increases car prices for third time in 2023

Top variant of Swift now priced at Rs4,725,000

Published 21 Feb, 2023 01:39pm

Technology

Govt to spend Rs2.5bn to establish Center of Excellence in Gaming and Animation: IT minister

The government will spend Rs2.5 billion to establish the Center of Excellence in Gaming and Animation (CEGA) along...

Published 19 Feb, 2023 12:36am

Technology

Social media sites, apps will never be shut down again: IT minister

Federal IT and Telecommunication Minister Aminul Haq said closing social media sites and applications is not a...

Updated 18 Feb, 2023 07:34pm

Business & Finance

Low-income segment to remain largely unaffected from gas tariff hike: Musadik Malik

Says government tried its best not to impose burden on low-income segment

Published 17 Feb, 2023 02:24pm

Business & Finance

Atlas Honda increases motorcycle prices for second time in Feb

The biggest player in the two-wheeler segment in Pakistan, Honda Atlas has increased motorcycle prices between the...

Published 16 Feb, 2023 10:38am

Business & Finance

TAAP says Pakistan’s travel and tourism industry facing doom and gloom situation

The Travel Agents Association of Pakistan (TAAP) has urged the government of Pakistan and the State Bank to allow...

Published 15 Feb, 2023 09:01pm

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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