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Wheat-producing districts of Punjab facing diesel shortage

ISLAMABAD: Wheat growing districts of Punjab have been reportedly facing shortage of high speed diesel (HSD) ahead ...

Published 26 Apr, 2022 05:20am

Govt likely to curb fuel subsidies

ISLAMABAD: Present government may withdraw the subsidy on petrol entirely by raising its price by Rs 21 per litre...

Updated 24 Apr, 2022 09:09am

May delivery: PLL receives lowest bids from TEGP for LNG cargoes

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) Thursday received lowest bids from Total Energies Gas and Power for Liquefied...

Updated 22 Apr, 2022 10:34am

PSO receivables, payables soar to Rs508.3bn

ISLAMABAD: The receivables and payable of Pakistan State Oil (PSO) have reached Rs508.3 billion as several clients...

Updated 20 Apr, 2022 12:23pm

Business & Finance

BoI chairman tenders resignation

ISLAMABAD: Board of Investment (BoI) Chairman Muhammad Azfar Ahsan tendered his resignation to the prime minister...

Published 17 Apr, 2022 05:51am

Business & Finance

POL products’ prices kept unchanged

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced to continue the subsidy for keeping petroleum products...

Published 16 Apr, 2022 04:10am

Pakistan

PAC criticises NAB chairman for ‘targeted accountability’

ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) criticised the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman for...

Published 15 Apr, 2022 05:29am

Failure to buy LNG from spot market: Gas crisis set to simmer in summer

Only eight LNG cargoes will be imported for April against the demand of 12

Updated 13 Apr, 2022 01:51pm

Pakistan

Dr Syed Tauqir made PS to Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD: Reshuffle in top bureaucracy of the federal government and the Punjab provincial government is expected...

Published 12 Apr, 2022 05:17am

Pakistan

Dry weather may hit wheat crop in upper Punjab, KP

ISLAMABAD: The prevailing dry weather may negatively affect wheat crop in upper Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

Published 08 Apr, 2022 05:28am

Markets

Gas price hike: Ogra holds public hearing in response to SSGCL’s petition

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) held a public hearing at Karachi on Thursday on a petition of...

Published 08 Apr, 2022 05:28am

Business & Finance

In favour of PIOGCL: Eni Pakistan asked to provide undertaking of HPHL

ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division has asked Eni Pakistan Limited to provide an undertaking of Hub Power Holdings...

Published 07 Apr, 2022 05:15am

Pakistan

PTV remains under PTI control even after NA dissolution

ISLAMABAD: The state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) remains under the control of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) even...

Updated 06 Apr, 2022 05:04pm

Cut in prices of petrol, diesel: PM’s relief package termed ‘unsustainable’

OGRA had recommended increasing the price of HSD to Rs213.02 and petrol to Rs205.64 per litre from April 1

Updated 06 Apr, 2022 02:31pm

Markets

Capped prices of petroleum products: Govt to bear additional burden of Rs33bn

ISLAMABAD: Federal government decision to un-change the prices of petroleum products for first half of April will...

Published 01 Apr, 2022 05:41am

Pakistan

Meeting with vendors today: Ministry to seek justification of hike in prices of cars, SUVs

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Industries and Productions has convened a meeting with auto vendors Thursday (Mar 31) to...

Published 31 Mar, 2022 05:11am

Business & Finance

Lack of facilities: SEZs fail to fetch expected FDI

ISLAMABAD: The federal government exempted Rs49.39 billion of custom duties and taxes on the import of plant and...

Published 29 Mar, 2022 06:26am

POL products: Rs114bn collected through PL

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has been able to collect a revenue of Rs114 billion through Petroleum Levy (PL) on...

Updated 20 Mar, 2022 09:02am

Markets

Senate panel told: PSO has invited bids for additional diesel supply

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel, on Thursday, was apprised that the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) with 50 percent market...

Published 18 Mar, 2022 05:20am

Diversion of LNG to households: PD says circular debt likely to soar to Rs398bn by 2025

Petroleum Division tells parliamentary committee circular debt can be contained only through price rationalisation

Updated 18 Mar, 2022 01:49pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 22	278.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 22	278.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 22	155.66
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 22	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 22	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 22	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
India Sensex / Jan 22	76,197.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 22	39,646.25
Hang Seng / Jan 22	19,778.77
FTSE 100 / Jan 22	8,579.82
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 22	21,258.81

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 22	75.52
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 22	2,751.94
Diesel/Litre / Jan 22	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Apna Microfin. / Jan 22 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.49 ▲ 0.96 (10.07%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 22 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	24.29 ▲ 2.21 (10.01%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jan 22 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	15.51 ▲ 1.41 (10.00%)
Crescent Cotton / Jan 22 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	54.45 ▲ 4.95 (10.00%)
Fecto Cement / Jan 22 Fecto Cement Limited(FECTC)	116.40 ▲ 10.58 (10.00%)
Fateh Sports / Jan 22 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	86.43 ▲ 7.86 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	738.34 ▲ 67.12 (10.00%)
Flying Cement / Jan 22 Flying Cement Company Limited(FLYNG)	27.54 ▲ 2.50 (9.98%)

Stock	Price
Mari Energies / Jan 22 Mari Energies Limited(MARI)	593.58 ▼ -65.95 (-10.00%)
Nagina Cot. / Jan 22 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	49.95 ▼ -5.55 (-10.00%)
TPL Life Insur. / Jan 22 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	51 ▼ -5.50 (-9.73%)
Masood Textile / Jan 22 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	49.05 ▼ -5.27 (-9.70%)
Dewan Textile / Jan 22 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	7.30 ▼ -0.76 (-9.43%)
Dewan Motors / Jan 22 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	41.80 ▼ -3.92 (-8.57%)
Ellcot Spinning / Jan 22 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	110 ▼ -10.00 (-8.33%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 22 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	340.03 ▼ -29.87 (-8.08%)
Karam Ceramics / Jan 22 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	56.98 ▼ -4.92 (-7.95%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▲ 0.13
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	76,507,293 ▲ 2.10
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▲ 0.04
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	65,686,104 ▼ -0.05
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▲ 1.53
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▼ -0.19
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▲ 0.74
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▲ 0.05
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 22 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	15,882,338 ▼ -0.46

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