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Conditions imposed on imported items relaxed

Acceding to the demands of commercial importers, the federal government on Tuesday announced to relax the conditions imposed on imported items, especially FMCG and food products including printing label in Urdu & English till June 30, 2019.

Published 10 Apr, 2019 12:00am

EPD Punjab directs field staff to carry out surprise visits of hospitals

In order to bound the large private hospitals of the province to follow environmental standards and ensuring proper cleanliness, the Environment Protection Department (EPD) Punjab has directed all its field formations to carry out surprise visits of hospi

Published 09 Apr, 2019 12:00am

Nishat Dairy, Turkish SÜTA to produce, sell products in Pakistan

Nishat Dairy (Pvt) Limited in collaboration with SÜTA, one of the largest milk and dairy products producer from Turkey, is going to produce, market, distribute and sell premium dairy products in Pakistan.

Published 06 Apr, 2019 12:00am

'Water Act' draft ready for cabinet's nod: minister

Draft of a comprehensive 'Water Act' aimed at monitoring and regulating water usage in Punjab is ready and may be presented to the cabinet for approval in next couple of months. "At present it is in the phase of fine-tuning and it is hoped that its enforc

Published 28 Mar, 2019 12:00am

ESL develops two rice hybrids for resisting BLB, LB diseases

Emkay Seed Limited (ESL) has developed two rice hybrids having resistance against Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB) and Leaf Blast (LB), which are the main damaging factors in the rice production.

Published 24 Mar, 2019 12:00am

WWF-Pakistan for innovative solutions to secure water

Water resources are under immense pressure from climate change, soaring demand for water in domestic, agriculture and industrial sectors. There is an urgent need for communities, companies and governments to come up with innovative solutions to secure wat

Published 23 Mar, 2019 12:00am

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Wheat procurement: farmers voice concern over delay in announcement

Farmers have expressed their concern over delay in announcement of wheat procurement campaign dates for the current season and urged the provincial government to kick start it in the South of Punjab from April 15 and in Central Punjab from April 20. Thoug

Published 12 Mar, 2019 12:00am

3.479 million tons dispatched: Cement sector posts 19.05 percent decline in February

Cement sector posted a double digit decline of 19.05 percent in the month of February compared with corresponding month last year. According to data released by the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), the cement industry despatched 3.32

Published 03 Mar, 2019 12:00am

Punjab government approves Rs 90.574 million for ostrich farming project

The Punjab government has approved Rs90.574 million project 'an initiative towards food security and innovative livestock business in Pakistan' aimed at developing and promoting Ostrich farming in the province. According the revised PC-I of the project, O

Published 24 Feb, 2019 12:00am

FAO's first-ever report on biodiversity presents worrying evidence

The first-ever Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report on biodiversity presents mounting and worrying evidence that the biodiversity that underpins our food systems is disappearing, putting the future of our food, livelihoods, health and environmen

Published 23 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Imported food items' labels must be in Urdu & English

Ministry of Commerce & Textile amending the import policy has made it compulsory on the importers that the consumer packaging of the imported food items should have label printed both in Urdu & English languages giving details of the product including nut

Published 21 Feb, 2019 12:00am

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Buzdar to announce first agriculture policy for Punjab on February 20

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar will announce first-ever agriculture policy for Punjab on February 20. Draft of the policy has already been prepared and approved by the provincial cabinet on October 2018, said Minister Agriculture Punjab Malik Nauman A

Published 14 Feb, 2019 12:00am

REAP urges government to encourage mechanisation in rice sector

Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has urged the federal government to devise a national level policy for encouraging mechanization in the rice sector especially promotion of harvesting with rice harvesters instead of wheat harvesters.

Published 08 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Domestic uptake of cement nosedived in January 2019

Cement sector posted double digit decline of 10.70 percent in growth in the month of January compared with corresponding month raising alarm bells among producers sitting on huge production capacity. Data released by the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers

Published 07 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Government urged to assign task of boosting Halal products' export to commercial officials

All Pakistan Meat Processors & Exporters Association (APMPEA) has urged the government to assign its commercial officers abroad to contribute to the national exports by searching new markets for Pakistani Halal products. "We can easily enhance our Halal p

Published 06 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Bayer Pakistan urges growers to equip with necessary skills

Stressing the need for importance of knowledge sharing, Luis Camacho, Stewardship Lead for Asia/Africa Bayer Pakistan has urged the growers to equip themselves with necessary knowledge and skills to improve their productivity aimed at growing their busine

Published 02 Feb, 2019 12:00am

Nepalese expert to train brick kiln owners

The Nepalese environment expert will extend training to brick kiln owners of Punjab from February 11 regarding environment-friendly zig zag technology. The training has been arranged in response to a request of the Brick Kiln Owners Association to extend

Published 30 Jan, 2019 12:00am

'Use of HEIS results in 20 percent increase in crop yield'

Best global agricultural practices and use of high efficiency irrigation system (HEIS) adopted by the potato growers of Kasur district under PepsiCo's Sustainable Farming Programme (SFP) have resulted in increase of 10 to 20 percent in yield besides reduc

Published 24 Jan, 2019 12:00am

Plan for Punjab's youths to be unveiled in February: minister

Punjab youth entrepreneurship programme will be launched next month, under which province's youth will be provided with grants - not loans to execute their innovative ideas and earn respectable livelihood. It was disclosed by Muhammad Taimoor Khan, Punjab

Published 23 Jan, 2019 12:00am

GUARD to introduce drought-tolerant rice variety

After successfully launching the hybrid rice varieties, the Guard Agriculture Research and Services Limited (GUARD) is soon going to introduce drought tolerant rice variety to mitigate the negative impact of water shortage on rice production. This was dis

Published 20 Jan, 2019 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 31	277.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 31	277.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 31	152.20
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 31	0.86
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 31	1.30
Euro to USD / Oct 31	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 30	5,813.67
Nasdaq / Oct 30	18,607.93
Dow Jones / Oct 30	42,141.54
India Sensex / Oct 31	79,453.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 31	39,081.25
Hang Seng / Oct 31	20,382.25
FTSE 100 / Oct 31	8,105.12
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 31	19,158.33

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 30	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 30	246,403.40
Petrol/Litre / Oct 31	247.03
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 31	69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 31	2,781.74
Diesel/Litre / Oct 31	251.29

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 31 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 31 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 31 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 31 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 31 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 31 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 31 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 31 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 31 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 31 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 31 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 31 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 31 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 31 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 31 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 31 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 31 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 31 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 31 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 31 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 31 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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