News stories for Tahir Amin - Business Recorder

Tahir Amin

Senate panel recommends SOEs bill

ISLAMABAD: Amid the opposition of the Finance Ministry, the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue...

Updated 18 Jan, 2024 09:29am

Business & Finance

PATDC, SCE conclude on a positive note in Cairo

ISLAMABAD: The Fourth Pakistan-Africa Trade Development Conference (PATDC) and Single Country Exhibition (SCE)...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:02am

Extension sought in $425m World Bank-financed NTM-I project

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan has sought extensions in the completion of the National Transmission...

Updated 17 Jan, 2024 09:49am

Industrial sector: Nine cent energy tariff approved: minister

CAIRO (Egypt): The Apex Committee of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) has approved an energy...

Updated 12 Jan, 2024 09:42am

Pakistan offers PTA to Egypt

CAIRO (Egypt): Pakistan offered Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) to Egypt envisaging boosting trade volume to 4...

Updated 10 Jan, 2024 09:41am

Balochistan highway network: ADB wing rates $240.5m project as relevant, successful

ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has rated “Pakistan:...

Updated 07 Jan, 2024 10:20am

Technology

Launch on 11th January: Freelancers to channelize remittances thru Paypal

PayPal is not coming to Pakistan but an agreement has been reached under which the remittances would be channelized from Paypal through a third party, says Dr Saif

Updated 06 Jan, 2024 09:51pm

Business & Finance

SPI inflation rises 42.86pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) inflation increased by 42.86 percent year-on-year basis due to an ...

Updated 06 Jan, 2024 05:37am

Pakistan

Setting up of ‘Telecommunication Appellate Tribunal’ notified

ISLAMABAD: The government has notified the establishment of Telecommunication Appellate Tribunal – a long-standing...

Published 05 Jan, 2024 03:12am

Mega road network project: Chinese investment dependent on political stability

ISLAMABAD: Chinese companies are interested in investing in mega road network project depending on political...

Updated 05 Jan, 2024 09:14am

Foreign govts, private entities: Guidelines on pacts, MoUs notified

ISLAMABAD: The government has notified guidelines regarding agreements/memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with...

Updated 04 Jan, 2024 09:11am

Motorway projects: ADB rates ‘$590m additional financing’ as successful

ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has rated “Pakistan:...

Updated 04 Jan, 2024 08:50am

Pakistan

BOI, Punjab govt directed to jointly identify suitable environment-friendly location for SEZ

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat directed the secretary of the Board of Investment...

Published 03 Jan, 2024 05:32am

Business & Finance

Jul-Dec: Trade deficit falls 34.29pc to $11.15bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrowed down by 34.29 percent in the first half (July-December) of the current...

Updated 03 Jan, 2024 09:54am

Dec CPI inflation jumps 29.7pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 29.7 percent on a year-on-year basis in...

Updated 02 Jan, 2024 09:54am

SBA: IMF set for first review on 11th

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board is scheduled to consider the first review under...

Updated 02 Jan, 2024 10:44am

Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway project hits snags

ISLAMABAD: The National Highway Authority (NHA) terminated the concession agreement with M/s Techno-CMC (TECMC)...

Updated 01 Jan, 2024 01:04pm

$382m ‘Karachi Mobility Project’: WB rates implementation progress as ‘moderately unsatisfactory’

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has rated the overall implementation progress of the “Karachi Mobility Project” worth $382...

Updated 31 Dec, 2023 07:20pm

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI inflation jumps 43.25pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended 28th December 2023, increased by 43.25...

Published 30 Dec, 2023 06:28am

Business & Finance

Rural & urban areas: ADB sees stark disparities in learning levels across public, private schools

ISLAMABAD: While Pakistan has achieved remarkable progress toward universal primary education through a significant...

Published 29 Dec, 2023 02:58am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 23	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

Markets →

Budget 2024-25: income tax calculator for FY25

Most Popular