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Zulfiqar Ahmad

Pakistan drops 4 spots to 124 in corruption index

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has ranked 124 out of 180 countries, dropping four points over 2019 in the newly-released...

Published 29 Jan, 2021 04:55am

Govt to present amendment bill ahead of Senate elections

ISLAMABAD: The Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs, Babar Awan, on Thursday said that a bill...

Updated 29 Jan, 2021 09:38am

Pakistan

Body selecting candidates for Senate elections: PM urged to make Tareen chairman

ISLAMABAD: Raja Riaz a lawmaker belonging to ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday requested the prime...

Updated 28 Jan, 2021 09:37am

Pakistan

Zalmay Khalilzad to continue as envoy on Afghanistan: FM welcomes Biden’s reported decision

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday welcomed the reports that President Joe Biden wants to...

Updated 27 Jan, 2021 09:55am

Pakistan

Pakistan becomes locust-free, claims parliamentary secretary

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary for National Food Security and Research Ameer Sultan said Pakistan has become a...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:05am

PML-N to participate in Senate polls

ISLAMABAD: After consulting the party supremo Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Monday decided...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:05am

Pakistan

Senate polls: PTI set to emerge as majority party with projected strength of 30 seats

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is set to emerge as the majority party in the Senate with a projected...

Published 20 Jan, 2021 04:29am

Adviser explains why $21.5m payment made to Broadsheet

ISLAMABAD: The Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior and Accountabi-lity, Mirza Shahzad Akbar, on Monday said...

Published 19 Jan, 2021 04:22am

Pakistan

Chan refuses to withdraw resignation despite requests

ISLAMABAD: Nadeem Afzal Chan, the prime minister's spokesperson on Thursday, refused to withdraw his resignation...

Updated 15 Jan, 2021 04:23am

Pakistan

PM will visit Quetta as soon as Hazaras bury their martyrs: Rashid

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan would...

Published 09 Jan, 2021 02:47am

Pakistan

Usama Satti murder case: Five cops dismissed from service

ISLAMABAD: All the five notorious cops of Islamabad Police involved in cold blood murder of a twenty-two-year-old...

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 03:34am

Pakistan

Families want to bury bodies, claims Zaidi

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi on Friday claimed that the families of the Mach...

Published 09 Jan, 2021 02:47am

Pakistan

Sindh CM doing corruption on Zardari’s instruction: Haleem

ISLAMABAD: Haleem Adil Sheikh, a senior leader of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday accused Sindh...

Updated 06 Jan, 2021 03:14am

Pakistan

Govt accuses PML-N, PPP of getting donations from 'criminals'

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz on Monday accused the PPP and the PML-N of getting...

Updated 05 Jan, 2021 08:36am

Govt gives details of Khawaja Asif’s assets ‘beyond means’

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior and Accountability, Mirza Shahzad Akbar Saturday said that...

Updated 03 Jan, 2021 03:17am

Pakistan

Qureshi takes jibe at opposition over not tendering resignations

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday took a jibe at the opposition parties, saying "necessity...

Published 02 Jan, 2021 03:04am

Pakistan

Covid-19 vaccine: Frontline health workers to be inoculated by Q1 2021: NCOC

ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Thursday announced that all frontline healthcare workers...

Updated 01 Jan, 2021 03:27am

Pakistan

Two PML-N MNAs refuse to validate their resignations

ISLAMABAD: In a major twist in opposition-led anti-government campaign under the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)...

Published 31 Dec, 2020 02:45am

Pakistan

JUI-Pakistan 'dissociates' itself from JUI-F

ISLAMABAD: Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani on Tuesday announced separation of the JUI-Pakistan from Maulana Fazlur...

Published 30 Dec, 2020 03:19am

PM vows to give 'befitting' response to 'anti-military narrative'

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that foreign agencies and their sponsors within the country were...

Updated 29 Dec, 2020 03:47am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 26	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 26	278.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
S&P 500 / Dec 24	6,040.04
Nasdaq / Dec 24	20,031.13
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,136.99
Dow Jones / Dec 24	43,297.03
France CAC40 / Dec 24	7,282.69
India Sensex / Dec 26	78,475.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	70.10
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 24	240,487.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,616.87
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 24	68.78
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 26	17,785
Petrol/Litre / Dec 27	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 26 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.10 ▲ 1.00 (19.61%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	6.99 ▲ 1.00 (16.69%)
Next Capital / Dec 26 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	9.90 ▲ 1.00 (11.24%)
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16.45 ▲ 1.50 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 26 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	15.81 ▲ 1.44 (10.02%)
Dewan Motors / Dec 26 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	42.21 ▲ 3.84 (10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 26 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	44.96 ▲ 4.09 (10.01%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 26 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	99.06 ▲ 9.01 (10.01%)
Altern Energy / Dec 26 Altern Energy Limited(ALTN)	22.65 ▲ 2.06 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Jauharabad Sug / Dec 26 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	23.10 ▼ -2.57 (-10.01%)
Mughal Energy / Dec 26 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	18.45 ▼ -2.05 (-10.00%)
Fateh Ind. / Dec 26 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	120.56 ▼ -13.38 (-9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 26 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36.01 ▼ -3.99 (-9.98%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.54 ▼ -1.50 (-9.97%)
Arctic Textile / Dec 26 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	21.60 ▼ -2.37 (-9.89%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Dec 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.25 ▼ -1.22 (-9.06%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 26 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	24 ▼ -2.33 (-8.85%)
Equity Modaraba / Dec 26 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3 ▼ -0.29 (-8.81%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	127,408,831 ▼ -0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	93,301,142 ▲ 1.50
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,900,564 ▲ 6.41
Sui South Gas / Dec 26 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,559,500 ▼ -1.65
Cnergyico PK / Dec 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	33,367,944 ▼ -0.16
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	30,254,338 ▼ -0.19
B.O.Punjab / Dec 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,003,113 ▼ -0.11
Hascol Petrol / Dec 26 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	27,155,152 ▲ 0.87
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 26 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	26,980,436 ▲ 0.09

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