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Abdul Rasheed Azad

Business & Finance

Experts shed light on post-pandemic economic recovery

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has a bright opportunity to take benefit of the digital transformation, biomedical...

Updated 20 May, 2021 09:21am

Pakistan

Economists suggest bringing discount rate, interest rate to 5pc

ISLAMABAD: Economists at a webinar have suggested to the government to bring down discount rate to five percent by...

Updated 19 May, 2021 10:13am

Pakistan

Shehbaz’s name placed on ECL

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed Monday announced placing leader of the opposition in the National...

Published 18 May, 2021 05:05am

Markets

Climate change to have serious effects on agri sector: ADB

ISLAMABAD: Climate change will have serious direct and indirect effects on the agriculture sector of Pakistan, said...

Published 18 May, 2021 05:05am

Covid-19 vaccination for 30 & above from 16th

ISLAMABAD: National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) chief, Asad Umar, Wednesday, asked people aged 30 and above...

Published 13 May, 2021 03:10am

Guidelines, protocols notified: No hugs, no handshakes on Eid

ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Tuesday while issuing guidelines in connection with ...

Published 12 May, 2021 04:23am

Over 40 years of age: Walk-in Covid vaccination facility from today: Umar

ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Chairman Asad Umar Tuesday said the government is to...

Published 12 May, 2021 04:23am

Business & Finance

Weekly inflation: Significant increase in mutton, beef, chicken prices observed

ISLAMABAD: Mutton, beef, and chicken prices have witnessed significant increase during this week past as compared...

Updated 09 May, 2021 10:30am

Pakistan

Country has fiscal space to lower power tariffs: Pasha

ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Dr Hafiz Pasha, Friday, has said that the country has a fiscal space to lower the...

Published 08 May, 2021 03:30am

Pakistan

140 deaths, 4,298 new coronavirus cases reported

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, on Friday, reported 140 Covid-19 deaths and 4,298 new coronavirus cases following which the...

Published 08 May, 2021 03:30am

SAPM warns of ‘risky’ situation during Eid holidays

ISLAMABAD: The government has warned Pakistanis may face a very risky Covid-19 situation during Eid holidays, if ...

Published 08 May, 2021 03:30am

Pakistan

Raja Pervez inquires after health of Fazl

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and senior leader of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Raja Pervez Ashraf, Thursday,...

Updated 07 May, 2021 10:05am

Pakistan

Country reports 108 more Covid-19 deaths

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 108 more coronavirus deaths and 4,198 Covid cases during the past 24 hours, on...

Published 07 May, 2021 04:35am

Pakistan

Covid-19 single-dose vaccine: NIH-packed CanSino to be available from month end

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has started work on formulating and packing the single-dose CanSino Bio vaccine locally,...

Updated 07 May, 2021 10:05am

Pakistan

Covid-19: 200,000 people vaccinated for first time

ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Asad Umar has said that Tuesday for the first time...

Published 06 May, 2021 03:49am

Pakistan

Country reports 161 Covid-19 deaths, 3,377 new cases

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, Tuesday, reported 161 Covid-19 deaths, and 3,377 new coronavirus cases after 37,587 tests were...

Published 05 May, 2021 04:01am

Govt to vaccinate 70m people by Dec: Faisal

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will vaccinate up to 70 million people against the coronavirus by the end of 2021 and the...

Published 04 May, 2021 04:26am

Markets

Prices of essential kitchen items remain stable

ISLAMABAD: Prices of essential kitchen items remained stable during this week past as compared with the previous...

Published 02 May, 2021 03:23am

Pakistan

Country reports 5,112 new corona cases, 131 deaths: NCOC

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday, reported 5,112 new coronavirus cases and 131 Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours,...

Published 01 May, 2021 03:28am

Oxygen-equipped beds: Number of patients rises alarmingly

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to import 6,000 tons of oxygen with a view to dealing with any emergency as ...

Published 01 May, 2021 03:28am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 12	278
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 12	277.75
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	154.85
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.27
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 12	5,983.99
Nasdaq / Nov 12	19,281.40
FTSE 100 / Nov 12	8,025.77
Dow Jones / Nov 12	43,910.98
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 12	19,033.64
France CAC40 / Nov 12	7,226.98
India Sensex / Nov 13	78,360.01
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	38,794.83

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 12	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 12	231,911
Petrol/Litre / Nov 13	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	68.33
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	2,606.22
Diesel/Litre / Nov 13	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 13 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.55 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 13 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	600 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 13 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 13 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 13 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	64.90 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 13 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.51 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 13 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	996.67 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 13 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 13 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.25 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 13 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.55 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 13 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	600 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 13 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 13 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 13 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	64.90 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 13 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.51 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 13 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	996.67 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 13 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 13 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.25 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Nov 13 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	79,861,776 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 13 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	71,760,455 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Nov 13 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	56,364,168 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 13 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	45,537,793 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	40,139,141 ▲ 0.00
Pak Elektron / Nov 13 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	37,703,615 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	28,322,891 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 13 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	18,433,912 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Nov 13 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	17,718,419 ▲ 0.00

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