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Punjab budget 2021-22: Rs36.496bn earmarked for agriculture, food security and livestock

LAHORE: The Punjab government has proposed to collectively allocate a sum of Rs 36.496 billion for agriculture, food...

Published 15 Jun, 2021 03:30am

Pakistan

FAO, agri-dept to carry out awareness drive against FAW

LAHORE: The Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) in collaboration with the Punjab Agriculture Department has...

Published 08 Jun, 2021 04:09am

Business & Finance

Cement sector shows excellent growth rate of 49.86pc in May

LAHORE: Cement sector showed excellent growth of 49.86 percent during May 2021 when total cement dispatches were...

Published 06 Jun, 2021 02:56am

Markets

Area under sowing of cotton falls short of target in Punjab

LAHORE: Initial surveys of the cotton sowing area by the provincial departments concerned suggest that area under...

Published 03 Jun, 2021 04:13am

Pakistan

Transformation of agri-credit proposed

LAHORE: Agriculture Republic, an agriculture think tank, has proposed in the coming budget transformation of...

Published 27 May, 2021 03:40am

Business & Finance

Punjab PA notifies Sugar Factories (Control) (Amendment) Act 2021

LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly has notified the ‘Sugar Factories (Control) (Amendment) Act 2021 repealing the two...

Published 19 May, 2021 06:00am

Markets

PPA for bringing down duty on soybean to zero

LAHORE: The Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) has proposed that avenues of import of corn/soybean and sunflower ...

Published 18 May, 2021 05:05am

Pakistan

Agriculture transformation: Govt urged to include farmers’ representatives in NCC for feedback

LAHORE: Agriculture Republic, a think tank formed to discuss issues faced by the agriculture and livestock has urged...

Published 16 May, 2021 04:26am

Markets

Punjab gets bumper wheat crop

LAHORE: Punjab government has claimed to achieve record wheat production of over 20.9 million metric tons from an...

Published 13 May, 2021 03:10am

Pakistan

Chicken price at all-time high

LAHORE: There seems to be no respite for chicken meat consumers as its prices on Tuesday reached an all-time high at...

Updated 12 May, 2021 10:27am

Markets

Cotton crop sown slightly over 1.25m acres in Punjab so far

LAHORE: Cotton crop has so far been sown slightly over 1.25 million acres of land in Punjab against the target of 4...

Published 11 May, 2021 04:39am

Pakistan

PFMA-Punjab warns of flour shortage during Eid holidays

LAHORE: Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA-Punjab Zone) has warned of flour shortage during Eid holidays because...

Updated 09 May, 2021 10:30am

Business & Finance

‘Cement exports surge by 252pc in April’

LAHORE: Cement sector posted robust growth of 40.41 percent in April 2021 when total cement despatches were...

Published 05 May, 2021 04:01am

Markets

Sindh, B’tan: Passco may not meet wheat procurement targets

LAHORE: The Pakistan Agricultural Services and Supplies Corporation (PASSCO) may not be able to meet its procurement...

Published 25 Apr, 2021 03:13am

Pakistan

Sugar shortage continues to haunt consumers in Lahore

LAHORE: Sugar shortage continued to haunt the consumers in the provincial metropolis as either is it not available ...

Updated 16 Apr, 2021 09:56am

Business & Finance

Sugar industry heading towards crisis: PSMA Punjab

LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association, Punjab Zone, has claimed that the sugar industry is heading towards...

Updated 14 Apr, 2021 10:11am

Sugar shortage in Lahore likely to be overcome today

LAHORE: Sugar supplies are likely to be normalized from Saturday in the provincial metropolis as over 600 metric ...

Published 10 Apr, 2021 04:34am

Business & Finance

Ex-mill, retail sugar price rejected: PSMA offers govt to pick entire stock from mills

LAHORE: Rejecting the ex-mill and retail sugar price fixed by the Punjab government, Pakistan Sugar Mills ...

Updated 04 Apr, 2021 09:52am

Punjab govt notifies Rs80/kg ex-mill sugar price

LAHORE: In an unprecedented move, the Punjab government on Friday notified the ex-mill price of sugar at Rs 80 per...

Published 03 Apr, 2021 03:41am

Business & Finance

Cement sector posts 44.39pc growth in March

LAHORE: Cement sector posted the highest-ever monthly growth of 44.39 percent in March 2021, due to massive increase...

Published 03 Apr, 2021 03:41am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 30	278.97
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 30	278.77
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 30	154.56
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 30	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 30	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 30	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 29	6,039.31
Nasdaq / Jan 29	19,632.32
Hang Seng / Jan 29	20,225.11
Dow Jones / Jan 29	44,713.52
India Sensex / Jan 30	76,776.38
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 30	39,467.47
FTSE 100 / Jan 30	8,567.71
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 30	21,655.86

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 29	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 29	247,513
Petrol/Litre / Jan 30	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 30	72.66
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 30	2,759.76
Diesel/Litre / Jan 30	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Chenab Ltd / Jan 30 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	9.08 ▲ 1 (12.38%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 30 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	9.26 ▲ 1 (12.11%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Jan 30 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	2.52 ▲ 0.23 (10.04%)
Redco Textile / Jan 30 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	21.97 ▲ 2 (10.02%)
Sana Ind / Jan 30 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	28.77 ▲ 2.62 (10.02%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jan 30 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	14.29 ▲ 1.3 (10.01%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jan 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	17.48 ▲ 1.59 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jan 30 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	59.90 ▲ 5.45 (10.01%)
Atlas Honda Ltd / Jan 30 Atlas Honda Limited(ATLH)	873.29 ▲ 79.39 (10%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 30 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	6.91 ▼ -0.97 (-12.31%)
First Capital Equities / Jan 30 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.21 ▼ -0.68 (-11.54%)
National Silk / Jan 30 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	45.35 ▼ -5.04 (-10%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 30 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	55.40 ▼ -6.15 (-9.99%)
Kohat Textile / Jan 30 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	32 ▼ -3.13 (-8.91%)
Hussain Industries / Jan 30 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	26.41 ▼ -2.45 (-8.49%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jan 30 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	13.60 ▼ -1.14 (-7.73%)
JS Investments / Jan 30 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	21.02 ▼ -1.74 (-7.64%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 30 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.13 ▼ -0.67 (-6.84%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Jan 30 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	48,078,930 ▲ 2.48
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 30 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	33,126,010 ▲ 1.16
Bank Makramah / Jan 30 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	31,438,642 ▲ 0.23
Cnergyico PK / Jan 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,197,761 ▲ 0.13
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 30 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	29,670,310 ▲ 0.13
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 30 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	25,413,292 ▲ 2.73
Dewan Motors / Jan 30 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	24,726,221 ▼ -1.63
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	20,794,723 ▲ 0.02
Fauji Cement / Jan 30 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	13,308,955 ▲ 0.1

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