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Cut in prices of petrol, diesel announced

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has announced reduction in petroleum products’ prices on Thursday for the...

Updated 16 Dec, 2022 11:27am

Petrol, diesel and LNG at discounted rates: Russian ministers due next month

ISLAMABAD: A Russian ministerial delegation is scheduled to visit Pakistan in January 2023 for further negotiation ...

Updated 06 Dec, 2022 09:33am

HSD, SKO & LDO: PL increased to generate Rs36.199bn

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has increased petroleum levy on High Speed Diesel (HSD) by 98 percent, 17 percent...

Updated 02 Dec, 2022 09:45am

Business & Finance

Rates of kerosene oil, light diesel dip

ISLAMABAD: In the fortnightly prices’ review of petroleum products, the price of kerosene oil (SKO) has been...

Updated 01 Dec, 2022 09:43am

Pakistan

Bajwa hands over baton of command to Munir

ISLAMABAD: The outgoing Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa handed over the baton of command to the...

Published 30 Nov, 2022 05:53am

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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.80
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
India Sensex / Jan 21	75,838.36
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,604.71
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Hang Seng / Jan 21	19,872.36
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,548.29
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	21,042

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	75.89
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,749.13
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 21	67.43
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Jan 22 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	8.95 ▲ 0.85 (10.49%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	738.34 ▲ 67.12 (10.00%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jan 22 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	36.08 ▲ 3.08 (9.33%)
Popular Islamic / Jan 22 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	12.59 ▲ 1.06 (9.19%)
Shadman Cotton / Jan 22 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	34.70 ▲ 2.90 (9.12%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 22 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	24 ▲ 1.92 (8.70%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 22 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	24.90 ▲ 1.85 (8.03%)
Elahi Cot. / Jan 22 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	110.60 ▲ 7.60 (7.38%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 22 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.11 ▼ -0.89 (-14.83%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 22 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.15 ▼ -0.39 (-11.02%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 22 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	7.86 ▼ -0.92 (-10.48%)
Dewan Textile / Jan 22 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	7.28 ▼ -0.78 (-9.68%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 22 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	37.11 ▼ -3.89 (-9.49%)
Supernet Tech. / Jan 22 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	841.10 ▼ -85.81 (-9.26%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 22 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	340.03 ▼ -29.87 (-8.08%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 22 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	105 ▼ -8.47 (-7.46%)
Mandviwala / Jan 22 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	21.25 ▼ -1.70 (-7.41%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▼ -0.05
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▲ 0.03
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,227,770 ▼ -0.04
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	53,698,225 ▲ 0.87
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▲ 3.13
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▲ 0.07
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▲ 0.33
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▼ -0.07
B.O.Punjab / Jan 22 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,838,637 ▼ -0.08

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