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5G spectrum auction: Ministry notifies Advisory Committee

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication on Wednesday notified the Advisory Committee...

Updated 10 Feb, 2022 09:11am

Pakistan

Pakistan needs ‘foolproof’ cloud infrastructure: Jazz official

ISLAMABAD: Jazz’s Chief Business Officer, Syed Ali Naseer believes Pakistan’s current ICT policies focus...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 05:46am

Pakistan

Rebasing of national accounts: WB reviews methodology, say PBS officials

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank experts reviewed the methodology of rebasing of national accounts through remote...

Updated 08 Feb, 2022 11:19am

Business & Finance

Structural reforms related to governance, AMLA: Delay could hamper external financing and investment: IMF

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Pakistan that delays on structural reforms, especially...

Updated 08 Feb, 2022 11:20am

Pakistan

PSDP projected at Rs 559 bn for 2022-23

ISLAMABAD: The federal public sector development programme (PSDP) has been scaled down to a projection of Rs554...

Published 06 Feb, 2022 04:42am

EFF programme commitments: IMF urges all key bilateral creditors to maintain exposure to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged all key bilateral creditors to maintain their exposure to...

Published 06 Feb, 2022 04:42am

Critical next steps for ongoing reforms: IMF rearranges structural benchmarks

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reset three delayed structural benchmarks (SBs), dropped two,...

Updated 06 Feb, 2022 03:20pm

Business & Finance

IMF says Pakistan’s external debt to reach $138.568bn in 2022-23

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s external debt to reach $138.568 billion...

Published 06 Feb, 2022 04:42am

Supplementary LoI submitted to IMF: PL on gasoline, diesel raised as prior action for 6th review

ISLAMABAD: The government has raised the Petroleum Development Levy on gasoline and diesel by Rs 12/liter, as prior...

Updated 06 Feb, 2022 09:13am

GST cascading effect impacts Pakistani exporters’ competitiveness: IMF

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan exporters competitiveness is impacted because of the cascading effect of General Sales Tax ...

Updated 06 Feb, 2022 09:18am

Exchange rate broadly in line with fundamentals: IMF

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exchange rate is broadly in line with fundamentals, but due to a challenging external...

Updated 06 Feb, 2022 09:07am

Business & Finance

SPI surges 1.35pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended February 3, 2022 recorded an increase of 1.35...

Published 05 Feb, 2022 05:46am

GoP’s ability to sustain reform momentum uncertain: Moody’s

ISLAMABAD: Beyond the expiry of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme in September 2022, the Pakistan...

Updated 05 Feb, 2022 09:36am

Pakistan

Policy directive for renewal of Jazz cellular mobile licence issued

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MoITT) on Thursday issued policy directive...

Updated 04 Feb, 2022 11:06am

Pakistan

$2.355bn new loan accords inked in Q1

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan signed new loan agreements worth $2.355 billion with various bilateral and...

Updated 04 Feb, 2022 11:05am

Pakistan

‘Fake NGOs may be abolished’: NA body

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Economic Affairs, while expressing its inability to supervise and monitor NGOs/INGOs, has...

Published 04 Feb, 2022 04:43am

IMF forecasts real growth at 4pc at factor cost

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s real GDP growth at four percent at ...

Updated 04 Feb, 2022 01:24pm

Islamabad, Riyadh agree to operationalise $1.2bn oil facility

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia Thursday agreed to operationalise the Saudi oil facility of $1.2 billion at the...

Updated 04 Feb, 2022 09:27am

Pakistan

Ministry of information technology & communication, attached depts : Parliamentary panel recommends Rs32.235bn allocation for 62 projects

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel Wednesday recommended Rs32.235 billion for 62 projects of the Ministry of...

Published 03 Feb, 2022 04:02am

IT minister opposes ban on crypto-currency

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Aminul Haque on Wednesday opposed the...

Updated 03 Feb, 2022 09:24am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 31	278.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 31	278.55
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 31	157.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 31	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 31	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 31	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 31	5,881.63
India Sensex / Dec 31	78,139.01
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 31	39,894.54
Nasdaq / Dec 31	19,310.79
Hang Seng / Dec 31	20,059.95
FTSE 100 / Dec 31	8,173.02
Dow Jones / Dec 31	42,544.22
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 31	19,909.14

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 30	241,430.80
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 31	71.76
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 31	17,800
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 31	2,638.20
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 31	68.40
Petrol/Litre / Jan 2	252.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Prudential Mod. / Jan 1 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	3.90 ▲ 1.00 (34.48%)
Escorts Bank / Jan 1 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	6.05 ▲ 1.00 (19.80%)
Ittefaq Iron Ind / Jan 1 Ittefaq Iron Industries Limited(ITTEFAQ)	8.47 ▲ 1.00 (13.39%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 1 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.53 ▲ 0.33 (10.31%)
Pak Stock Exchange / Jan 1 Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited(PSX)	30.53 ▲ 2.78 (10.02%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 1 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	72 ▲ 6.55 (10.01%)
Big Bird Foods / Jan 1 Big Bird Foods Limited(BBFL)	62.70 ▲ 5.70 (10.00%)
Crescent Steel / Jan 1 Crescent Steel & Allied Products Limited(CSAP)	115.51 ▲ 10.50 (10.00%)
Hallmark Co. / Jan 1 Hallmark Company Limited(HCL)	1,006.17 ▲ 91.47 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Dadex Eternit / Jan 1 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	63.47 ▼ -7.05 (-10.00%)
Frontier Ceram / Jan 1 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	38.62 ▼ -4.29 (-10.00%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jan 1 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	183.43 ▼ -20.38 (-10.00%)
Shahmurad Sugar / Jan 1 Shahmurad Sugar Mills Limited(SHSML)	383.24 ▼ -42.58 (-10.00%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 1 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	10.76 ▼ -1.19 (-9.96%)
Fateh Sports / Jan 1 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	78.55 ▼ -8.67 (-9.94%)
East West Ins. / Jan 1 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	51.60 ▼ -5.69 (-9.93%)
Nimir Resins / Jan 1 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	27.80 ▼ -2.99 (-9.71%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Jan 1 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	38 ▼ -3.45 (-8.32%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	213,352,120 ▼ -0.21
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 1 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	66,219,268 ▼ -0.14
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	65,770,728 ▼ -0.01
B.O.Punjab / Jan 1 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	63,821,141 ▲ 0.17
Pak Int.Bulk / Jan 1 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	62,440,252 ▼ -0.12
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 1 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	55,744,730 ▲ 0.27
Pak Refinery / Jan 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	50,109,115 ▼ -1.47
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 1 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	44,203,440 ▼ -0.05
Telecard Limited / Jan 1 Telecard Limited(TELE)	34,631,623 ▲ 0.06

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