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Abdul Rasheed Azad

Pakistan

NHS notifies 25 percent cut in prices of 89 medicines

The Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) has notified 25 percent reduction in prices of 89 medicines on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan after the federal cabinet reduced the prices in its meeting on December 25, 2019.

Published 08 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Amendments to Army Act: PML-N team, Fazl discuss matters

A delegation of senior leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Monday called on Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman to discuss matters related to amendment to the Army Act.

Published 07 Jan, 2020 12:00am

January 2019 to January 2020: Prices of essential kitchen items witnessed significant increase

Prices of essential kitchen items witnessed a significant increase during the last one year from January 2019 to January 2020, revealed an analysis of the past prices based on weekly surveys conducted by Business Recorder.

Published 05 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

CEC endorses decision of not supporting amendments to Army Act: Fazl

Emir Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that his party's Central Executive Committee (CEC) has endorsed the decision of the JUI-F's parliamentary party of not supporting the amendments to the Army Act.

Published 05 Jan, 2020 12:00am

JI won't back amendments: Siraj

Emir Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Sirajul Haq has said that his party will not back the government-proposed amendments in the Army Act and take a principled stance on the matter. Haq announced this while talking to the reporters here on Friday. He expressed regre

Published 04 Jan, 2020 12:00am

JUI-F won't support amendments: Fazl

Emir Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that his party will not support amendments to the Army Act. Addressing a press conference here on Friday after chairing a meeting of central Majlis-e-Amla (central working committee) of

Published 04 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Government's inability puts institutions into embarrassing situation: JI

Emir Jamaat-e-Islami Senator Sirajul Haq while criticizing the government has said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led federal government's inability has landed the national institutions into an embarrassing situation.

Published 03 Jan, 2020 12:00am

AGP recovered over Rs 53 billion in 18 months: PAC told

The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) on the directions of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has recovered over Rs 53 billion during the last 18 months, said AGP Javaid Jehangir.

Published 03 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Business & Finance

Umar for accelerating exploration & development of mineral resources

Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Asad Umar has emphasized the need for coordinated efforts to accelerate exploration and development of indigenous mineral resources to reduce huge spending on imported materials.

Published 03 Jan, 2020 12:00am

CPI witnesses increase of 12.63 percent YoY

National Consumer Price Index (CPI) has witnessed an increase of 12.63 percent on year-on-year (YoY) basis in December 2019 against the same period of 2018, revealed Monthly Price Indices released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Wednesday.

Published 02 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Massive cut in HEC budgetary allocation: Senate body summons secretaries with relevant record

Expressing serious reservations over massive cut in Higher Education Commission (HEC) budgetary allocation for year 2019-20, the Senate Functional Committee on Problems of Less Developed Areas Tuesday summoned the federal secretaries of education and fina

Published 01 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

AJK President urges Kashmiri diaspora to highlight Indian atrocities on global forums

President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Sardar Masood Khan has urged Kashmiri Diaspora to increase their activities on highlighting Indian occupation forces' atrocities against the people of Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) on international forums, saying

Published 31 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Combined income groups: SPI inflation up 0.65 percent WoW

The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) inflation for combined income groups has witnessed an increase of 0.65 percent during last week of 2019 as it jumped up from 130.02 points to 130.87 points. According to SPI inflation related data released Monday by Pakista

Published 31 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Government to facilitate global investors in health sector: Bukhari

The government is committed to provide across the board facilitation to global investors in health sector. This was stated by Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari while addressing the 10th International Medical

Published 29 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Opposition rejects amended law

Rejecting the Presidential Ordinance on National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, the opposition's Rahbar Committee on Saturday asked the government to bring all the legislation related matters to the Parli

Published 29 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Prices of essential kitchen items witness upward trend

Prices of the essential kitchen items witnessed an increasing trend during this week as compared to previous week, a survey conducted by Business Recorder revealed here on Saturday.

Published 29 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Panel for probing HOTA's unauthorised expenses

A parliamentary panel Friday directed the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination to conduct an inquiry into the unauthorized expenditures worth Rs 59 million by Human Organ Transplant Authority (HOTA) and share the details with

Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Genuine welfare state: Moot demands government form group to transform idea into reality

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Noor-ul-Haq Qadri has said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government is striving to ensure the constitutional rights of all the citizens in accordance with the Islamic principles, practically implemented by the Pro

Published 27 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Firdous asks media to help govt highlight its achievements

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Wednesday while vowing to provide all out assistance of the government to protect the media has urged the media to help the government in highlighting the achievemen

Published 26 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Sanaullah's release on bail: Afridi retracts statement about videos

Shehryar Afridi, Minister of State for Narcotics Control while refuting his earlier statements that the Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) has videos against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Sanaullah who was arrested on July 1, 2019 on charges of

Published 26 Dec, 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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