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Abdul Rasheed Azad

PM vows to end country’s current economic morass

Says country will receive $2 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Updated 29 Jun, 2022 10:00am

Pakistan

Ahsan says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, PTI policies main reason behind inflation

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Monday while spelling out the root cause...

Published 28 Jun, 2022 06:10am

Pakistan

Spike in cases: NCOC reissues Covid SOPs

ISLAMABAD: Following an increase in the Covid-19 positivity ratio in some cities, the National Command and Operation...

Published 28 Jun, 2022 06:10am

Markets

Significant increase in prices of kitchen items recorded

ISLAMABAD: The prices of essential kitchen items have kept on witnessing an upward trend during this week past as...

Published 26 Jun, 2022 05:44am

Land route between Pakistan, Afghanistan, CARs opened

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has opened the land route for commercial activities with Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics...

Updated 25 Jun, 2022 11:34am

Pakistan

Covid positivity rate rises to 2.14pc

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded 2.14 percent Covid-19 positivity ratio during the past 24 hours which is the ...

Published 24 Jun, 2022 06:15am

‘I never planned to bring in army chief of my choice’: Imran

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister (PM) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, Wednesday, while...

Published 23 Jun, 2022 07:06am

Pakistan

Positivity ratio goes up to 1.53pc: Covid-19 monster raising its head again?

ISLAMABAD: The nationwide coronavirus positivity ratio has once against started going up as 171 Covid-19 cases were...

Published 21 Jun, 2022 05:51am

Markets

Prices of essential kitchen items continue rising

ISLAMABAD: The prices of essential kitchen items have kept on witnessing an upward trend during this week past as...

Published 19 Jun, 2022 06:06am

Pakistan

Elections Act, 2017: FAFEN urges parties to take cognizance of inadequacies

ISLAMABAD: While acknowledging improvements in the contents and quality of the preliminary report as compared to the...

Published 18 Jun, 2022 06:00am

Budget 2022-23

Local, foreign loans critical to meeting financial needs: Ahsan

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal Thursday said that to meet national financial...

Updated 17 Jun, 2022 10:02am

Pakistan

Higher education institutions: Govt urged to provide enabling environment

ISLAMABAD: Experts at a webinar while stressing the need for quality research-based education at graduate and...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 08:17am

Markets

Miftah for reforming energy sector

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail, Tuesday, while stressing the need for reforming the energy...

Published 15 Jun, 2022 07:26am

Pakistan

Dengue virus resurfaces in capital as 9 cases confirmed in 24 hours

ISLAMABAD: Dengue virus has resurfaced in the federal capital as in the past 24 hours the District Health Officer...

Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am

Markets

Prices of essential kitchen items show upward trend

ISLAMABAD: The prices of essential kitchen items have kept on witnessing an upward trend during this week past as...

Published 12 Jun, 2022 06:55am

Budget 2022-23

Rs2.85bn set aside for MoI&P schemes under PSDP

ISLAMABAD: The government has earmarked Rs2.85 billion for the completion of various developmental schemes related ...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:39am

Budget 2022-23

Public Sector Development Programme 2022-23: Rs32.65bn allocated to Railways projects

ISLAMABAD: The government has earmarked Rs32.65 billion under the Public Sector Development Programme 2022-23 for...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:39am

Pakistan

Govt earmarks Rs12.651bn for health

ISLAMABAD: The government has earmarked Rs12.651 billion for the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation ...

Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:14am

Markets

No intention to increase gas price by 45pc, says Miftah

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail on Thursday said that so far the government has no...

Published 10 Jun, 2022 06:16am

Pakistan

Saving young generation from narcotics prime target: Bugti

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Narcotic Control Shahzain Bugti has said that establishing rehabilitation centres ...

Published 07 Jun, 2022 07:27am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 3	278.63
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 3	27,843
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 3	157.26
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 3	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 3	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 3	5,942.47
India Sensex / Jan 3	79,223.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 3	39,894.54
Nasdaq / Jan 3	19,621.68
Hang Seng / Jan 3	19,760.27
FTSE 100 / Jan 3	8,223.98
Dow Jones / Jan 3	42,732.13
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 3	19,906.08

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 3	73.96
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 3	243,488.40
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 3	2,640.22
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 3	67.66
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 4	18,285
Petrol/Litre / Jan 6	252.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Gen.Ins. / Jan 6 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	9.84 ▲ 1.19 (13.76%)
Hallmark Co. / Jan 6 Hallmark Company Limited(HCL)	1,180 ▲ 128.93 (12.27%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 6 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	10.90 ▲ 0.90 (9.00%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jan 6 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.73 ▲ 1.35 (8.78%)
Kohinoor Textile / Jan 6 Kohinoor Textile Mills Limited(KTML)	127.71 ▲ 8.24 (6.90%)
Shaheen Ins. / Jan 6 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	7.15 ▲ 0.45 (6.72%)
Arctic Textile / Jan 6 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	21.34 ▲ 1.32 (6.59%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 6 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	745 ▲ 45.00 (6.43%)
AL-Noor Sugar / Jan 6 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	80 ▲ 4.81 (6.40%)

Stock	Price
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 6 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	42.92 ▼ -9.54 (-18.19%)
J.K.Spinning / Jan 6 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	56 ▼ -10.80 (-16.17%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Jan 6 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	2.04 ▼ -0.39 (-16.05%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 6 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	75 ▼ -11.99 (-13.78%)
Dewan Automotive Eng. / Jan 6 Dewan Automotive Engineering Limited(DWAE)	37 ▼ -4.71 (-11.29%)
Fast Cables / Jan 6 Fast Cables Limited(FCL)	24.80 ▼ -3.02 (-10.86%)
Hussain Industries / Jan 6 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	25.10 ▼ -2.93 (-10.45%)
Imperial Limited / Jan 6 Imperial Limited(IML)	19.50 ▼ -2.11 (-9.76%)
Bannu Woollen / Jan 6 Bannu Woollen Mills Limited(BNWM)	35.61 ▼ -3.73 (-9.48%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 6 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	73,230,816 ▲ 0.02
Cnergyico PK / Jan 6 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	57,326,691 ▼ -0.23
Fauji Cement / Jan 6 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	54,376,196 ▲ 0.32
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 6 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	48,486,153 ▼ -0.02
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 6 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	47,351,133 ▼ -0.02
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 6 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	47,018,900 ▼ -0.01
Bank Makramah / Jan 6 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	34,268,257 ▼ -0.23
Pak Elektron / Jan 6 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	32,625,743 ▼ -0.20
B.O.Punjab / Jan 6 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	26,761,290 ▼ -0.18

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