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Reduction in prices of POL products: Lack of coordination creates confusion

A lack of coordination among various Divisions created confusion about the size of reduction in the prices of petroleum products for the month of September. In separate tweets, Minister for Petroleum Omar Ayub Khan and Special assistant to Prime Minister

Published 31 Aug, 2019 12:00am

Reduction in prices of POL products: Lack of coordination creates confusion

Published 31 Aug, 2019 12:00am

OGRA recommends cut of Rs4.59 per litre in petrol price

ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has recommended the government to decrease the prices of all petroleu

Published 30 Aug, 2019 01:27pm

PC briefed on NPPC sell-off

The Privatisation Commission was briefed on privatisation of National Power Parks Company Limited (NPPC) in its steering/transaction meeting held here on Monday. Federal Minister for Privatisation Mohammed Mian Soomro chaired the meeting of the Steering/T

Published 27 Aug, 2019 12:00am

PC briefed on NPPC sell-off

Published 27 Aug, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Commission identifies ten public sector entities for privatisation

ISLAMABAD:Privatisation Commission’s (PC) Board identified ten public sector entities (PSEs) for the privatization

Updated 27 Aug, 2019 09:10am

Business & Finance

Low level flood recorded at River Indus, Sutlej

ISLAMABAD: Low flood level has been recorded at River Indus at Guddu & Sukkur and River Sutlej at Ganda Singh Wala &

Updated 26 Aug, 2019 09:18am

Business & Finance

Parliamentary panel condemns India’s move in held Kashmir; ceasefire violations

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Thursday strongly condemned Indian Constitutional coup and the attempt to chang

Published 22 Aug, 2019 12:28pm

Pakistan

BoI fails to operationalise single SEZ during PTI’s one year tenure

ISLAMABAD: Board of Investment’s (BoI) performance has been unable to operationalise a single Special Economic Zone

Published 21 Aug, 2019 02:01pm

Performance of SOEs dissatisfactory

Performance of state-owned entities (SOEs) was dissatisfactory during the one year of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf''s (PTI) government against its claims on Sunday. The report of achievements compiled by the Privatization Division and submitted to the Prime

Published 20 Aug, 2019 12:00am

Performance of SOEs dissatisfactory

Performance of state-owned entities (SOEs) was dissatisfactory during the one year of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf's (PTI) government against its claims on Sunday. The report of achievements compiled by the Privatization Division and submitted to the Prime M

Published 20 Aug, 2019 12:00am

Performance of SOEs dissatisfactory

Published 20 Aug, 2019 12:00am

Offices witness thin attendance after Eid holidays

Despite the end of Eid-ul-Azha holidays, offices in the Federal Capital witnessed thin attendance on Friday with more than half of the staff yet to return from their hometown despite Saturday having been notified as a working day. According to a notificat

Published 17 Aug, 2019 12:00am

LHC suspends Ogra notification of banning CNG in PSVs

The federal government has asked the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) to revisit its decision of banning CNG/LPG/LNG in public service vehicles (PSVs) and suspend the decision for at least 90 days.

Published 08 Aug, 2019 12:00am

New gas connection applications stand at 2.5 million: government urged to provide RLNG to domestic consumers

A parliamentary panel has recommended the government to provide expensive re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) to domestic consumers as number of pending applications for new gas connections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reached 2.5 million. Th

Published 02 Aug, 2019 12:00am

Up to 10 percent hike announced in POL products' prices

Federal government Wednesday night announced up to 10 percent increase in petroleum products' prices for August following the recommendation of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra). The government has approved an increase of Rs5.15 per litre in Mot

Published 01 Aug, 2019 12:00am

Up to 10 percent hike announced in POL products' prices

Published 01 Aug, 2019 12:00am

Up to 10 percent hike announced in POL products'' prices

Federal government Wednesday night announced up to 10 percent increase in petroleum products'' prices for August following the recommendation of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra). The government has approved an increase of Rs5.15 per litre in Mo

Published 01 Aug, 2019 12:00am

Markets

Higher degree courses: EU delegation sends off 100 students to European institutions

The delegation of the European Union to Pakistan organised on Tuesday an event to send off the 100 member students, the largest ever group of Pakistani students who are recipients of scholarship funded by the Erasmus programme, to European institutions fo

Published 31 Jul, 2019 12:00am

Markets

Senate body meets: Fluctuation in procuring LNG prices questioned

A parliamentary panel was informed on Monday that fluctuation in prices of liquefied natural gas (LNG) during spot purchase is much higher than LNG purchase under long-term commercial agreements. Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum met under Senator Mo

Published 30 Jul, 2019 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 22	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 22	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 23	154.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 23	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 23	1.25
Euro to USD / Nov 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 22	5,969.34
India Sensex / Nov 22	79,117.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 22	38,283.85
Nasdaq / Nov 22	18,003.65
Hang Seng / Nov 22	19,229.97
FTSE 100 / Nov 22	8,262.08
Dow Jones / Nov 22	44,296.51
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 22	19,322.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 22	240,483
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 23	71.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 23	2,716.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 23	70.77
Petrol/Litre / Nov 24	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,135,830 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	124,131,268 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 24 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	105,013,176 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	77,697,371 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 24 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	43,783,366 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 24 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	36,573,763 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,719,678 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 24 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	27,969,689 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,874,820 ▲ 0.00

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