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POL rates: anomalies in notification?

ISLAMABAD: The notification issued by the Ministry of Energy on the morning of 16th November for effective POL rates...

Updated 17 Nov, 2022 09:28am

Pakistan

Irregularities in maritime ministry: PAC asks NAB chief to give briefing today

ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday asked the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman to...

Published 16 Nov, 2022 05:50am

Business & Finance

Ogra grants licence to PGPL for sale of gas, RLNG

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), on Friday, granted license to Pakistan GasPort Limited ...

Published 12 Nov, 2022 05:55am

Markets

Govt unlikely to ensure 8-hour smooth supply of gas during winter

ISLAMABAD: The federal government cannot ensure smooth supply of eight-hour gas during cooking hours in the coming...

Updated 11 Nov, 2022 11:48am

There’s sufficient stock of petrol, HSD: PD

ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division Tuesday said the country has enough stock of petrol and High-Speed Diesel (HSD) to...

Updated 09 Nov, 2022 09:36am

Franchise areas: Gas cos asked to install town border stations to cut down UfG

ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division has directed both gas companies - Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and...

Updated 06 Nov, 2022 09:46am

TAPI gas pipeline: Only Turkmenistan offered strategic commitment: Musaddiq

ISLAMABAD: Federal government has received a strategic commitment from Turkmenistan for the construction of the...

Updated 05 Nov, 2022 11:36am

GST on petroleum products likely in second half of Nov

ISLAMABAD: Federal government is likely to impose general sale tax (GST) on petroleum products in the second half of...

Updated 02 Nov, 2022 04:48pm

Pakistan

Senate panel told: 152 big climatic events pushed up food insecurity in country

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel was informed on Friday that the country witnessed 152 extreme climatic events – ...

Published 29 Oct, 2022 06:42am

Russian oil idea unlikely to get traction in Pakistan

Can save no more than $1bn a year due to limited local oil refineries' capacity and their long-term contracts with Middle East oil companies

Updated 21 Oct, 2022 11:18am

Business & Finance

From tobacco makers: FBR collected Rs160bn last year, PAC told

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collected Rs160 billion tax from tobacco manufacturers last year, ...

Published 20 Oct, 2022 05:36am

Pakistan

Govt should revisit auto policy, PAC told

ISLAMABAD: The policy of import compression by the government to manage the balance of payments which was ...

Updated 19 Oct, 2022 07:20am

Markets

Consumers to face gas load-shedding despite more RLNG cargoes

ISLAMABAD: Consumers of both gas companies- the Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) and the Sui Southern Gas...

Published 18 Oct, 2022 06:47am

Markets

PL rates adjusted: POL products’ prices kept unchanged

ISLAMABAD: The federal government Saturday announced that the prices of petroleum products will be maintained at the...

Published 16 Oct, 2022 03:53am

Pakistan

PLL committed Rs26.2bn irregularities: AGP

ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan has observed that Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) committed Rs26.2 billion...

Published 12 Oct, 2022 05:46am

Low consumption of MS, HSD: Jul-Aug PDL collection shortfall stands at Rs93bn

ISLAMABAD: The shortfall in collection of petroleum levy against the budgeted target was Rs93 billion in July and...

Updated 04 Oct, 2022 09:40am

Pakistan

PAC examines appropriation accounts of NA, Senate secretariats

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was held Wednesday under the convenership of Noor Alam...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 05:54am

Business & Finance

Centre may revise royalty of oil, gas deposits of Balochistan govt

ISLAMABAD – The federal government is considering to revise the royalty of oil and gas deposits of Balochistan...

Published 25 Sep, 2022 06:01am

Markets

Ogra report: SNGPL, SSGC give connections to 467,054 new consumers in FY21

ISLAMABAD: State-owned gas companies – Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company...

Published 24 Sep, 2022 03:49am

There’s no plan to raise GST on POL products: official

ISLAMABAD: The government has no plan to increase the general sales tax (GST) on petroleum products, however...

Updated 24 Sep, 2022 10:15am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 21	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 21	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 21	154.53
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 21	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 21	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 21	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 21	5,948.71
India Sensex / Nov 21	77,155.79
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 21	38,026.17
Nasdaq / Nov 21	18,972.42
Hang Seng / Nov 21	19,601.11
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,149.27
Dow Jones / Nov 21	43,870.35
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	19,146.17

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 21	70.18
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 21	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 21	238,340
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 21	2,669.46
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 21	70.43
Petrol/Litre / Nov 22	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 22 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	174,389,145 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 22 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	63,973,243 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 22 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,996,737 ▲ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Nov 22 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	48,137,561 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 22 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	43,506,391 ▲ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Nov 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	40,852,960 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 22 Telecard Limited(TELE)	36,937,252 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,401,025 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,346,592 ▲ 0.00

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