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Pakistan

EFP censures ‘unfair’ notices, ‘coercive’ means of EOBI

KARACHI: Employers’ Federation of Pakistan (EFP) and Employees Old-age Benefits Institution (EOBI) are at...

Published 15 Feb, 2022 06:45am

Pakistan

NAPA holds ‘storytelling festival’ to revive long forgotten tradition

KARACHI: The National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) is making efforts for the revival of 13th century Urdu oral...

Updated 13 Feb, 2022 02:51pm

Pakistan

Jheel Park: visitors now required to pay entry fee

KARACHI: The famous family-oriented Jheel Park Karachi is no longer a free recreational facility for the visitors as...

Published 26 Jan, 2022 04:42am

Technology

Pakistan records $20bn cryptocurrency value in 2020-21: report

KARACHI: Pakistan recorded around $20 billion of cryptocurrency value in 2020-21, according to a latest research...

Updated 23 Dec, 2021 09:54am

Pakistan

Districts West and Malir: Sindh govt to develop two solar parks

KARACHI: With an aggregate capacity of 350 megawatts of electricity under the ambit of the ‘Sindh Solar Energy...

Published 11 Dec, 2021 04:12am

Pakistan

Speakers spell out major impediments to Karachi’s development

KARACHI: Speakers at a dialogue on Thursday said that political corruption, dilapidated civic infrastructure,...

Published 10 Dec, 2021 04:29am

Pakistan

EOBI’s automated FS: chairman identifies eligible category of firms

Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution chairman says that they are pursuing a new legislation, certain aspects of which are pro-employer

Updated 03 Dec, 2021 12:56pm

Business & Finance

Tarin for digital transformation of Islamic financial services

KARACHI: Adviser to Prime Minister (PM) on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin on Tuesday asked financial ...

Published 01 Dec, 2021 03:52am

Pakistan

Most petrol pumps in Karachi go on strike

KARACHI: Like other parts of the country, a panic like situation gripped Karachi as citizens searched far and wide...

Published 26 Nov, 2021 05:15am

Pakistan

Pakistan, Iran have ‘almost’ agreed on barter deal: Dawood

KARACHI: In line with the Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision of regional connectivity, Advisor to the Prime...

Published 18 Nov, 2021 03:58am

Ours has become a 'food-deficit' country: Tarin

Says the IMF program will not impede economy, and wants Pakistan to ensure growth on a sustainable basis

Updated 07 Nov, 2021 03:18pm

Business & Finance

Salient features of 'Expo 2025' highlighted

KARACHI: Director for International Exhibitions Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan, Sugano...

Published 06 Nov, 2021 03:57am

Pakistan

Exports of IT services have grown 'considerably': Amin

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Information Technology (IT) and Telecom Syed Amin-Ul-Haq on Saturday said that...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 07:17am

Pakistan

Bilawal accuses PM of pursuing a policy that seeks to 'tame' institutions

KARACHI: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan...

Published 18 Oct, 2021 04:42am

Business & Finance

Goods exported to Turkey, Azerbaijan thru road transport links

KARACHI: In a landmark development with regards to regional connectivity, Pakistan has established road links with...

Published 25 Sep, 2021 04:59am

Pakistan

Rains expose dilapidated infrastructure of Karachi

KARACHI: Moderate to heavy rain spells on Thursday lashed Karachi, collapsing the already fragile drainage,...

Published 24 Sep, 2021 04:40am

Economic security core of ‘new’ NSP: NSA

KARACHI: National Security Adviser (NSA) to Prime Minister Dr Moeed Yusuf on Wednesday said that the country is in...

Updated 23 Sep, 2021 09:52am

Pakistan

KPT owes Rs650m to KMC: administrator

KARACHI: Administrator Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Tuesday revealed that the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has to...

Published 22 Sep, 2021 03:48am

Pakistan

After a long wait, 40 BRT buses have arrived

KARACHI: Operation of the much-needed Green Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Karachi project is now one step away as the...

Published 20 Sep, 2021 05:23am

Business & Finance

PSQCA: Govt decides to outsource monitoring of seven products

KARACHI: Federal Government has decided to outsource the monitoring (Inspection, Sampling, Testing, and ...

Published 15 Sep, 2021 04:19am

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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