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Abdul Rasheed Azad

Twin cities confront acute shortage of wheat flour

Following the government decision to lockdown the country to deal with spreading coronavirus, an acute shortage of wheat flour has been created in Rawalpindi/Islamabad, while sugar price has further increased from Rs 4,000 per 50kg bag to Rs 4,100 per 50k

Published 26 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Prices of essential commodities increase after lockdown decision

Following the government decision to lockdown the country depending on the extent of spread of coronavirus, the flour millers besides increasing the wheat-flour price by Rs 140 per 25kg bag, from Rs 1,060 to Rs 1,200 per 20kg bag and also reduced the comm

Published 25 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Health professionals: Government committed to provide facilities: minister

The government is committed to providing all available facilities to the health professionals to effectively deal with coronavirus cases across the country, and to ensure availability of essential food stocks.

Published 24 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Shahbaz asks government to adopt China's lockdown strategy

The Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) President, Shahbaz Sharif, has asked the government to immediately start implementing China-style lockdown to protect Pakistanis against spread of COVID-19.

Published 22 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Prices of essential kitchen items go up

Prices of essential kitchen items especially, entire range of pulses, tea, ghee/cooking oil, sugar, rice and eggs have witnessed an increase during this past week as compared to the week before, a survey carried out by Business Recorder revealed he

Published 22 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Ex-PPMA chief alerts govt against acute shortage of medicines

The local pharmaceutical industry has warned the government of acute medicine shortage within next four weeks, if appropriate steps are not taken to deal with the situation.

Published 21 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Combined income groups: SPI inflation up 0.05 percent WoW

The weekly SPI inflation during the week ended March 19 against March 12 witnessed an increase of 0.05 percent for combined income groups, ie, from 129.66 points to 129.72 points, Pakistan Bureau of Statistic (PBS) revealed.

Published 21 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

NDMA directs provinces' chief secretaries: Conversion of 3&4 star hotels into quarantine centres in the offing

Following the surge in coronavirus cases countrywide the government is mulling to convert all the three and four star hotels into quarantine centers. According to an official communiqué sent by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to the chie

Published 20 Mar, 2020 12:00am

February exports up by 8.19 percent

The country's exports in February 2020 as against January 2020 have registered an increase of 8.19 percent, up from $1.98 billion to $2.14 billion, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said. According to the PBS's data on monthly advance releases on fo

Published 18 Mar, 2020 12:00am

People should not panic: Dr Zafar

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Zafar Mirza on Monday, while urging the people not to panic, confirmed 94 coronavirus positive cases in Pakistan. While addressing a press conference here, he said that people should not panic an

Published 17 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Prices of essential kitchen items witness upward trend

Prices of essential kitchen items especially, wheat flour, milk, bread, milk cream and eggs have witnessed an increase during this past week as compared to the week before, a survey carried out by Business Recorder revealed here on Saturday.

Published 15 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Combined income groups: SPI inflation up 0.71 percent WoW

The Sensitive Price Indicator-based inflation during the week ended March 12 against March 5 witnessed an increase of 0.71 percent for combined income groups. It moved up from 128.74 points to 129.66 points, the SPI data released by the Pakistan Bureau of

Published 14 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

PAC body told; CCP fails to recover Rs27bn penalties as cartels get stay orders

The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has informed the Public Accounts Committee that the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has failed to recover Rs27 billion penalties imposed against fertiliser, sugar, poultry and cement industry cartels since 20

Published 13 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Global crude oil prices: Ministry directed to pass on benefit of reduction to people

The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance has directed the Ministry of Finance and other concerned quarters to pass on the benefit of reduction in global crude oil prices to the people. The Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue and Economic Aff

Published 12 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

AJK president calls for carving independent states within India

The President Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Masood Khan, on Tuesday, while condemning recent violence against Muslims in Indian capital, New Delhi, has called for creating independent states for Muslims and other minorities within India.

Published 11 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Address problems of common man or get ready to go home: JI chief

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Chief Sirajul Haq on Monday, while lambasting the government over what he termed "poor economic policies" said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government had wasted almost two years of the countrymen.

Published 10 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Prices of essential kitchen items witness upward trend

Prices of essential kitchen items have once again started moving up during this past week compared to the week before, a survey carried out by Business Recorder revealed here on Saturday.

Published 08 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Combined income groups; SPI inflation down 0.32 percent WoW

The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) inflation during the week ended March 5 against February 27 witnessed a decline of 0.32 percent for combined income groups, ie, a drop from 129.15 points to 128.74 points, the SPI data released by Pakistan Bureau of Sta

Published 07 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Construction of new Islamabad International Airport: PAC directs Aviation ministry to resolve audit objections against CAA

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed the Ministry of Aviation to resolve audit objections against the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) with regards to massive financial irregularities in the construction of the new Islamabad International Airpor

Published 05 Mar, 2020 12:00am

PAC informed: Rs 5.2 trillion revenue target may be revised further

Acting Chairperson Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Nosheen Javed acknowledged that the revised tax collection target of Rs 5.2 trillion is likely to be revised further downward for 2019-20 keeping in view the estimated Rs 800 billion shortfall during the f

Published 04 Mar, 2020 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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