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Abdul Rasheed Azad

22pc interest rate inimical to business activities: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday acknowledged that with a 22 percent rate of interest, no business...

Updated 13 Jul, 2023 10:33am

Business & Finance

Speakers underscore need for taking concrete steps aimed at improving housing affordability

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at an event have urged the government to introduce serious policy, institutional, financing, and...

Published 13 Jul, 2023 04:50am

Pakistan

International Ghandhara Symposium begins: Promoting religious tourism will help foster peace globally: Alvi

ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi on Tuesday while stressing the need for promoting religious tourism in the region has...

Published 12 Jul, 2023 06:39am

Sugar retail price soars

ISLAMABAD: Sugar price within the past three months registered an increase of Rs40 per kg in the retail market, ie,...

Updated 11 Jul, 2023 08:57am

Business & Finance

Prices of essential kitchen items show mixed trend

ISLAMABAD: The prices of essential kitchen items have witnessed a mixed trend during this week past against the...

Published 09 Jul, 2023 02:55am

63 people die in rain-related incidents since Jun 26: NDMA

ISLAMABAD: At least 63 people have lost their lives and 87 were injured owing to flash floods triggered by...

Updated 08 Jul, 2023 09:01am

Pakistan

Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues (Amendment) Act, 2023 notified

ISLAMABAD: The government has notified the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues (Amendment) Act, 2023, which...

Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am

Business & Finance

Prices of essential kitchen items show mixed trend

ISLAMABAD: The prices of essential kitchen items have witnessed a mixed trend during this week past against the...

Published 25 Jun, 2023 02:57am

Pakistan

JI says will take out a ‘million march’ in Karachi

ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi chapter Emir Engineer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has announced to organise a...

Published 25 Jun, 2023 02:57am

Pakistan

‘Fund worth Rs25bn established for out-of-school children’

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has said that the government has established a...

Published 23 Jun, 2023 06:00am

Pakistan

Govt bound to provide ‘free, compulsory education to children: minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Rana Tanveer Hussain has said that Pakistan is...

Published 22 Jun, 2023 05:45am

Business & Finance

ICCI for providing interest-free loans to flour mill owners

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has called for improving the storage system to make...

Published 20 Jun, 2023 03:16am

Markets

Prices of essential kitchen items show mixed trend

ISLAMABAD: The prices of essential kitchen items have witnessed a mixed trend during this week past against the...

Published 18 Jun, 2023 06:07am

Pakistan

Reconstruction of flood-hit areas: Country to get $4bn from $9bn pledged at Geneva moot: officials

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is to receive $4 billion out of over $9 billion pledged during the Geneva conference in January...

Published 17 Jun, 2023 06:13am

Evacuation of 82,000 people completed

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has completed the evacuation of 82,000 people in affected coastal belt areas of very severe...

Updated 16 Jun, 2023 09:07am

Karachi not under immediate threat

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman Wednesday said flights of small aircraft are restricted...

Updated 15 Jun, 2023 09:02am

Pakistan

PSDE-PIDE moot: Country should break away from external reliance, say economists

ISLAMABAD: Leading economists of the country have stressed the need for breaking away from external reliance and ...

Published 14 Jun, 2023 06:21am

Pakistan

Cyclone Biparjoy likely to make landfall tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: The government has advised the people to remain vigilant and take the government’s warning very...

Published 14 Jun, 2023 06:21am

Pakistan

NDMA for taking all the required steps to deal with the cyclone challenge

ISLAMABAD: Cyclone Biparjoy has gained intensity currently just 600km away from the coastal city of Karachi which is...

Published 13 Jun, 2023 06:00am

Business & Finance

Prices of key kitchen items remain stable

Sugar price went up from Rs 5,550 to Rs 5,600 per 50 kg in wholesale market which in retail is being sold at Rs 125 per kg

Updated 11 Jun, 2023 08:21am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 27	278.47
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 27	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 27	157.88
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 27	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 27	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 27	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 26	6,037.59
Nasdaq / Dec 26	20,020.36
Dow Jones / Dec 26	43,325.80
India Sensex / Dec 27	78,791.05
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 27	40,281.16
Hang Seng / Dec 27	20,096.01
FTSE 100 / Dec 27	8,137.45
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 27	19,830.60

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 26	234,911.70
Petrol/Litre / Dec 27	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 27	69.54
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 27	17,785
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 27	2,634.16
Diesel/Litre / Dec 27	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 27 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.10 ▲ 1.00 (19.61%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 27 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	4.50 ▲ 0.60 (15.38%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 27 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.99 ▲ 1.00 (14.31%)
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	8.15 ▲ 1.00 (13.99%)
Chenab Ltd / Dec 27 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	9.61 ▲ 1.00 (11.61%)
Next Capital / Dec 27 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	10.90 ▲ 1.00 (10.10%)
Image Pakistan / Dec 27 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	20.31 ▲ 1.85 (10.02%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Dec 27 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	53.08 ▲ 4.83 (10.01%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 27 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	208.88 ▲ 18.99 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Dec 27 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.10 ▼ -1.00 (-10.99%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 27 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.15 ▼ -4.46 (-10.00%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Dec 27 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	41.71 ▼ -4.63 (-9.99%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Dec 27 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	131 ▼ -14.19 (-9.77%)
Jauharabad Sug / Dec 27 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	21 ▼ -2.10 (-9.09%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 27 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	8.62 ▼ -0.86 (-9.07%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 27 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	200.20 ▼ -19.80 (-9.00%)
MithchellsFruit / Dec 27 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	243 ▼ -23.05 (-8.66%)
Grays Leasing / Dec 27 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	5.71 ▼ -0.48 (-7.75%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 27 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	104,369,036 ▲ 0.78
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	72,731,608 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 27 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,907,628 ▲ 1.54
Cnergyico PK / Dec 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	40,110,243 ▲ 0.30
Hascol Petrol / Dec 27 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	34,416,789 ▲ 0.06
B.O.Punjab / Dec 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,318,392 ▲ 0.04
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Dec 27 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	26,183,062 ▲ 0.50
Sui South Gas / Dec 27 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	25,823,481 ▲ 3.11
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 27 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	25,520,925 ▼ -0.08

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