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‘K-2’ inaugurated: Major step towards reducing reliance on fossil fuels

KARACHI: Pakistan's largest nuclear power plant (K-2) was opened on Friday, generating electricity for the national...

Published 22 May, 2021 04:05am

Collateral-free lending to SMEs approved by ECC

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved collateral-free lending of Rs60...

Published 22 May, 2021 04:05am

Groundbreaking of Naukundi-Mashkhel Road performed: PM speaks about Balochistan’s potential

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday performed the virtual groundbreaking of Naukundi-Mashkel Road....

Published 21 May, 2021 05:04am

Jobs, home financing for poor: PM asks Tarin to prepare plan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has assigned Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin responsibility to prepare and...

Published 21 May, 2021 05:04am

Business & Finance

ECC meeting to take up 12-point agenda today

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet meeting today (Friday) would be taking up 12...

Updated 21 May, 2021 09:43am

ECC, CCoP meetings put off

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet and the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation ...

Published 20 May, 2021 04:26am

FY22 budget to be aimed at boosting agri output: govt

ISLAMABAD: The government said on Tuesday that the agriculture ministry is bringing a new proposal in the upcoming...

Published 19 May, 2021 06:00am

ECC to take up 9 proposals of ministries, divisions today

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet being held Wednesday (May 19) will take...

Published 19 May, 2021 06:00am

Withdrawal of 10 to 15 WHTs pledged

ISLAMABAD: The government has pledged to do away with as many as 10 to 15 withholding taxes in the budget 2021-22,...

Published 18 May, 2021 05:05am

Ecnec reconstituted; Tarin replaces Hafeez as chairman

ISLAMABAD: The government has reconstituted the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) and...

Published 18 May, 2021 05:05am

State of economy ‘All is well’, PM told

ISLAMABAD: The economic team has reportedly briefed Prime Minister Imran Khan about the overall economic situation ...

Published 18 May, 2021 05:05am

Equal cost sharing with provinces: Govt working on Rs110bn agriculture plan

ISLAMABAD: The government is working on Rs110 billion three years’ agriculture plan – equal cost sharing of...

Published 18 May, 2021 05:05am

Inter-provincial, inter-city transport resume: Registration of people age 30 and above begins

ISLAMABAD: The government has opened Covid-19 vaccine registration for citizens 30 year and above on Sunday....

Published 17 May, 2021 06:14am

Pakistan

Pandemic results in greater use of financial services: survey

ISLAMABAD: Financial inclusion in Pakistan has increased from 21 percent of adults pre-pandemic to 25 percent in...

Published 08 May, 2021 03:30am

PM for inclusion of new uplift projects in FY22 PSDP

ISLAMABAD: While setting priorities for next fiscal year public sector development programme, Prime Minister Imran...

Published 08 May, 2021 03:30am

Jul-Mar period: Budget deficit widens to Rs1.652trn

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s budget deficit has widened to Rs1.652 trillion in the first three quarters of the current...

Updated 07 May, 2021 09:40am

Govt seeks easing of conditions

He also spelled out his plan as the finance minister to negotiate with the IMF and how he wanted to achieve growth, and stated that the PSDP allocation would be fully utilised.

Published 06 May, 2021 03:49am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 10	278.78
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 10	278.58
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 10	157.84
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 10	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 10	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 10	1.02

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 10	5,824.15
India Sensex / Jan 10	77,378.91
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 10	39,100.40
Nasdaq / Jan 10	19,146.19
Hang Seng / Jan 10	19,064.29
FTSE 100 / Jan 10	8,248.49
Dow Jones / Jan 10	41,910.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 10	20,214.79

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 9	237,483
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 10	76.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 10	18,785
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 10	2,716.80
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 10	67.01
Petrol/Litre / Jan 11	252.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Chenab Ltd / Jan 10 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	8.34 ▲ 1.00 (13.62%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Jan 10 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	8.67 ▲ 0.89 (11.44%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 10 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	8.76 ▲ 0.88 (11.17%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jan 10 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.22 ▲ 0.22 (11.00%)
Sakrand Sugar / Jan 10 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	12.27 ▲ 1.12 (10.04%)
Dadex Eternit / Jan 10 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	70.40 ▲ 6.40 (10.00%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 10 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	70.54 ▲ 6.41 (10.00%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jan 10 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	137.50 ▲ 12.50 (10.00%)
Mehmood Tex / Jan 10 Mehmood Textile Mills Limited(MEHT)	658.91 ▲ 59.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 10 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.52 ▼ -0.67 (-10.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 10 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	8.47 ▼ -1.00 (-10.56%)
JS Mom. Factor ETF / Jan 10 JS Momentum Factor ETF(JSMFETF)	13.42 ▼ -1.58 (-10.53%)
Liven Pharma / Jan 10 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	144.61 ▼ -16.07 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 10 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	32.40 ▼ -3.60 (-10.00%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 10 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	126.67 ▼ -14.07 (-10.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 10 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.85 ▼ -7.09 (-9.99%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 10 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	55.40 ▼ -6.15 (-9.99%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jan 10 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	11 ▼ -1.20 (-9.84%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 10 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	195,296,323 ▼ -0.06
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 10 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	48,682,503 ▼ -0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 10 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	35,460,848 ▲ 0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 10 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	31,825,296 ▲ 0.77
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 10 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	23,629,459 ▲ 0.34
Pak Elektron / Jan 10 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	23,144,464 ▲ 1.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 10 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	19,944,268 ▼ -0.24
Air Link Com. / Jan 10 Air Link Communication Limited(AIRLINK)	15,918,682 ▼ -5.65
B.O.Punjab / Jan 10 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	15,645,082 ▲ 0.01

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