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Abdul Rasheed Azad

July-April trade deficit down 12.82 percent YoY

The country's trade deficit witnessed a decline of 12.82 percent during July-April 2018-19 of the current fiscal year as compared to the corresponding period of the last fiscal year. According to trade data of past 10 months issued by Pakistan Bureau of S

Published 16 May, 2019 12:00am

July-April trade deficit down 12.82 percent YoY

Published 16 May, 2019 12:00am

July-April trade deficit down 12.82 percent YoY

Published 16 May, 2019 12:00am

Saudi Company begins work on installing solar power plants in Balochistan

Federal Secretary Ministry of Energy (Power Division) on Tuesday said that a Saudi power company, ACWA Power, had started working on installing solar power plants in Balochistan. Secretary Power Division Irfan Ali while briefing the subcommittee of the Pu

Published 15 May, 2019 12:00am

Saudi Company begins work on installing solar power plants in Balochistan

Published 15 May, 2019 12:00am

Saudi Company begins work on installing solar power plants in Balochistan

Published 15 May, 2019 12:00am

NA Speaker for maintaining peaceful environment in House

Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that maintaining a pleasant and peaceful environment in the House is the joint responsibility of the government and opposition benches. He said this while chairing a meeting of the government and opposition l

Published 14 May, 2019 12:00am

Prices of vegetables, fruits witness decline this week

Prices of essential kitchen items, especially vegetables, fruits and chicken, witnessed a decline during this week past as compared to preceding week, revealed a survey conducted by Business Recorder here on Saturday. During the week under review,

Published 12 May, 2019 12:00am

Border fencing: Iran resisting move, Senate body told

Frontier Constabulary (FC) Balochistan Commandant, Moazzam Jah Ansari Friday informed a parliamentary panel that Pakistan has started work on fencing Pakistan-Iran border but Iran is resisting the move. While briefing the Senate Standing Committee on Inte

Published 11 May, 2019 12:00am

Border fencing: Iran resisting move, Senate body told

Published 11 May, 2019 12:00am

Growth target missed by wide margin

The government has missed Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth set target of 6.2 percent as the country's GDP growth during the fiscal year 2018-19 remained 3.3 percent. This was revealed in the 101st meeting of the National Accounts Committee (NAC), which

Published 10 May, 2019 12:00am

Growth target missed by wide margin

Published 10 May, 2019 12:00am

Senate body underscores need for improving Law & Justice Commission

A parliamentary panel on Thursday stressed the need for improving the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan by promoting effective changes, research, capacity-building and restructuring its budget to address the needs of the society regarding judicial sy

Published 10 May, 2019 12:00am

Growth target missed by wide margin

The government has missed Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth set target of 6.2 percent as the country''s GDP growth during the fiscal year 2018-19 remained 3.3 percent. This was revealed in the 101st meeting of the National Accounts Committee (NAC), whic

Published 10 May, 2019 12:00am

S&T Ministry to issue lunar calendar by 15th Ramazan: Fawad

Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhary has said that his ministry will release new lunar calendar before 15th of Ramazan (21st ) for the next five years to fix the moon sighting issue.

Published 09 May, 2019 12:00am

Payment of salaries: Parliamentary panel directs govt to provide sufficient budget to GSP

A parliamentary panel has directed the government to allocate required funds to the Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) to enable it to pay the salaries of its employees.

Published 08 May, 2019 12:00am

Government to launch Rs 5 billion survey to bring poor into safety net

The government is set to start a fresh survey at a cost of Rs 5 billion to identify the people below the poverty line and bring them into safety net in a bid to reduce poverty. This was stated by Secretary Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Shaista Soh

Published 07 May, 2019 12:00am

Government to launch Rs 5 billion survey to bring poor into safety net

Published 07 May, 2019 12:00am

Prices of essential kitchen items witness increase

Prices of essential kitchen items witnessed increase during this week past as compared to preceding week, a survey conducted by Business Recorder revealed here on Saturday. The survey observed significant increase in the prices of all major pluses,

Published 05 May, 2019 12:00am

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CPI-based inflation recorded at 8.8 percent in April on YoY basis

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation was recorded at 8.8 percent in April 2019 on year-on-year basis as compared with 9.4 percent in March 2019 and 3.7 percent in same month of 2018. According to data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistic (PB

Published 03 May, 2019 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 10	278.78
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 10	278.58
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 10	157.84
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 10	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 10	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 10	1.02

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 10	5,824.15
India Sensex / Jan 10	77,378.91
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 10	39,100.40
Nasdaq / Jan 10	19,146.19
Hang Seng / Jan 10	19,064.29
FTSE 100 / Jan 10	8,248.49
Dow Jones / Jan 10	41,910.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 10	20,214.79

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 9	237,483
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 10	76.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 10	18,785
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 10	2,716.80
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 10	67.01
Petrol/Litre / Jan 11	252.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Chenab Ltd / Jan 10 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	8.34 ▲ 1.00 (13.62%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Jan 10 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	8.67 ▲ 0.89 (11.44%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 10 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	8.76 ▲ 0.88 (11.17%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jan 10 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.22 ▲ 0.22 (11.00%)
Sakrand Sugar / Jan 10 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	12.27 ▲ 1.12 (10.04%)
Dadex Eternit / Jan 10 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	70.40 ▲ 6.40 (10.00%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 10 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	70.54 ▲ 6.41 (10.00%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jan 10 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	137.50 ▲ 12.50 (10.00%)
Mehmood Tex / Jan 10 Mehmood Textile Mills Limited(MEHT)	658.91 ▲ 59.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 10 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.52 ▼ -0.67 (-10.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 10 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	8.47 ▼ -1.00 (-10.56%)
JS Mom. Factor ETF / Jan 10 JS Momentum Factor ETF(JSMFETF)	13.42 ▼ -1.58 (-10.53%)
Liven Pharma / Jan 10 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	144.61 ▼ -16.07 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 10 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	32.40 ▼ -3.60 (-10.00%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 10 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	126.67 ▼ -14.07 (-10.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 10 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.85 ▼ -7.09 (-9.99%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 10 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	55.40 ▼ -6.15 (-9.99%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jan 10 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	11 ▼ -1.20 (-9.84%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 10 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	195,296,323 ▼ -0.06
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 10 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	48,682,503 ▼ -0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 10 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	35,460,848 ▲ 0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 10 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	31,825,296 ▲ 0.77
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 10 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	23,629,459 ▲ 0.34
Pak Elektron / Jan 10 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	23,144,464 ▲ 1.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 10 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	19,944,268 ▼ -0.24
Air Link Com. / Jan 10 Air Link Communication Limited(AIRLINK)	15,918,682 ▼ -5.65
B.O.Punjab / Jan 10 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	15,645,082 ▲ 0.01

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