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Abdul Rasheed Azad

Power sector receivables cross Rs2.5trn mark

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s energy sector is going through severe crisis as the power sector’s receivables against various...

Updated 28 Dec, 2022 08:52am

Pakistan ‘fully’ prepared to tackle any Covid-19 variant?

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is “fully” prepared to tackle and control any variant of Covid-19, as the federal and provincial...

Updated 27 Dec, 2022 09:41am

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 Dec, 2022 03:28am

Pakistan

Call for imposing hefty taxation on tobacco products to curb fatal diseases

ISLAMABAD. Health professionals while stressing the need for imposing hefty taxation on tobacco and tobacco products...

Published 24 Dec, 2022 07:22am

Pakistan

Typhoid fever: NIH bars diagnostic labs from conducting uncertified tests

ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) has barred diagnostic laboratories countrywide from conducting...

Published 23 Dec, 2022 05:54am

Pakistan

IDF underscores need for increasing excise duty on sugar-sweetened beverages

ISLAMABAD: While expressing serious concern over the alarming increase in diabetic patients in Pakistan and other...

Published 23 Dec, 2022 05:54am

Pakistan

Complaints about MDCAT: Ministry, PMC directed to resolve students’ problems within one week

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Wednesday, taking serious notice of the complaints submitted by the students of...

Published 22 Dec, 2022 05:57am

Pakistan

Govt has accepted two major demands, says AGEGA

ISLAMABAD: The All Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA) on Tuesday claimed that the federal government has ...

Published 21 Dec, 2022 06:05am

Pakistan

Senate body on housing expresses anger over non-completion of projects

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Housing and Works, Monday, was informed by the officials of the Ministry...

Published 20 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Markets

Prices of essential kitchen items decline

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

Published 18 Dec, 2022 03:36am

Pakistan

Water availability in winter season: NEOC directs depts to make necessary arrangements

ISLAMABAD: The National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) has directed all the relevant federal and provincial...

Published 17 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Pakistan

Parliamentary panel shows anger over not regularising teachers

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel, Friday, while showing serious anger over not regularising teachers working on ...

Published 17 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Pakistan

Heated tobacco products: NA body voices concern over decision to legalise sale

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Health Services on Thursday, while expressing ...

Published 16 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Plight of flood-hit people: alarm bells start to ring

UN warns that by mid-January 2023 there will be no funds available to cater needs of the affected people

Updated 16 Dec, 2022 09:44am

Pakistan

PM calls Fazl, Mengal in attempt to pacify them on Reko Diq issue

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Wednesday, in a telephonic discussion with Pakistan Democratic Movement...

Published 15 Dec, 2022 06:00am

SAB allows export of up to half a million tons of sugar

ISLAMABAD: The Sugar Advisory Board (SAB) has finally allowed the sugar industry to export up to half a million tons...

Updated 15 Dec, 2022 09:54am

Pakistan

Fazl, Mengal not happy with ‘Reko Diq legislation’

ISLAMABAD: Following expressing serious reservations in the National Assembly (NA) the other day over the passage of...

Published 14 Dec, 2022 05:57am

‘Gwadar shipyard faces delay due to land allotment issues’

ISLAMABAD: The construction of Gwadar Shipyard has been delayed as the provincial government of Balochistan has not...

Updated 13 Dec, 2022 09:34am

Business & Finance

Mixed trend in prices of essential kitchen items

Wholesalers say prices of some of the essential kitchen items registered a reduction especially ghee-cooking oil, vegetables, and pulses, while others remained stable

Updated 11 Dec, 2022 10:07am

Pakistan

Human Rights Day: World community urged to take notice of Indian atrocities

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reiterated its call to the world community to stop India from its blatant human rights...

Published 10 Dec, 2022 06:44am

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	157.87
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 27	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 27	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 27	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 27	5,970.84
India Sensex / Dec 27	78,699.07
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 27	40,281.16
Nasdaq / Dec 27	19,238.48
Hang Seng / Dec 27	20,090.46
FTSE 100 / Dec 27	8,149.78
Dow Jones / Dec 27	42,992.21
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 27	19,984.32

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 27	70.60
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 27	234,225
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 27	2,621.40
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 27	68.89
Petrol/Litre / Dec 28	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 28	17,785

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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