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No Cabinet approval to urea import proposal

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet did not endorse the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) for import of urea and...

Updated 14 Aug, 2024 10:25am

Pakistan

PM says AI ‘is the future’

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said the provinces are getting 60 percent shares from the...

Updated 13 Aug, 2024 08:41am

Cabinet approves panel for modalities: Rs75bn to be disbursed for projects under SDGs

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved a 27-member steering committee on Sustainable Development Goals...

Updated 13 Aug, 2024 08:42am

Ministry against allocating funds to PSDP?

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special initiative (PD&SI) is considering not allocating...

Updated 11 Aug, 2024 09:26am

Ahsan fears Rs200bn-400bn cut in PSDP outlay

Says hands are tied as IMF is not ready to give any relaxation in its conditions

Updated 10 Aug, 2024 10:50pm

Poverty and power costs cannot be fully eradicated: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday said a complete freedom from poverty and the cost of electricity...

Updated 09 Aug, 2024 09:19am

Pakistan

BISP beneficiaries: NA panel concerned about difficulties

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Wednesday has expressed serious concern over the difficulties faced by the...

Updated 08 Aug, 2024 09:01am

Briefing to NA panel: SBP governor seeks structural reforms in key sectors

ISLAMABAD: There is a need for structural reforms in various sectors of the economy to tackle the existing...

Updated 08 Aug, 2024 08:58am

Pakistan

Loan rollovers will take place this month: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said that rollover of loan from friendly countries for Pakistan would...

Published 07 Aug, 2024 05:37am

Educational, health institutions: Senate panel tells FBR to give details of tax, duty relief

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has sought details of the educational and health institutions...

Updated 07 Aug, 2024 08:36am

Senate panel doubts govt assertion of decreased spending

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel has expressed skepticism over the federal government’s claim of cutting down its...

Updated 06 Aug, 2024 08:07am

CCoSOEs approves NSPC-PSPC re-merger

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) has approved the re-merger of National...

Updated 06 Aug, 2024 09:29am

IMF to approve $7bn EFF by end of month: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Thursday that the government wants investment and not aid...

Updated 02 Aug, 2024 09:55am

Pakistan

State resources should be utilised to eliminate polio: PM

ISLAMABAD: While regretting that Pakistan is one of the two countries faced with the challenge of polio, Prime...

Published 01 Aug, 2024 07:26am

FY24 ends with a budget deficit of 6.8pc of GDP

ISLAMABAD: The government has closed fiscal year 2023-24 with budget deficit of 6.8 percent of the gross domestic...

Updated 31 Jul, 2024 10:17am

Business & Finance

Economic Update & Outlook: July statement characterised by absence of key info

ISLAMABAD: The July 2024 Economic Update and Outlook, a regular monthly publication by the Finance Division, is...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:40am

Pakistan

PM directs NDMA to take immediate steps to deal with challenge of rains

ISLAMABAD: Following heavy rains on Monday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed that measures shall be ...

Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:10am

Business & Finance

‘Govt facilitating businessmen to achieve set exports target’

ISLAMABAD: The government is taking steps to facilitate the business community, thereby, enabling them to achieve ...

Published 27 Jul, 2024 07:16am

Pakistan

Equal employment opportunities to youth: Coordinated action plan should be developed: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed on Thursday that a coordinated action plan should be developed...

Published 26 Jul, 2024 06:42am

Fertiliser cos told to set up ‘sales shops’

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Industries and Production, Rana Tanveer Hussain Thursday directed the fertiliser...

Updated 26 Jul, 2024 09:34am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 31	277.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 31	277.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 31	152.20
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 31	0.86
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 31	1.30
Euro to USD / Oct 31	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 30	5,813.67
Nasdaq / Oct 30	18,607.93
FTSE 100 / Oct 30	8,159.63
Dow Jones / Oct 30	42,141.54
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 30	19,257.34
France CAC40 / Oct 30	7,428.36
India Sensex / Oct 31	79,453.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 31	39,081.25

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 30	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 30	246,403.40
Petrol/Litre / Oct 31	247.03
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 31	69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 31	2,781.74
Diesel/Litre / Oct 31	251.29

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 31 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 31 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 31 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 31 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 31 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 31 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 31 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 31 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 31 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 31 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 31 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 31 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 31 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 31 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 31 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 31 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 31 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 31 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 31 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 31 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 31 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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