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Nearly 4 out of 10 under-5 children are stunted in Punjab: NNS report

Nearly four in ten under five children in Punjab are stunted while nearly two out of every 10 children under five also suffer from wasting, a form of malnutrition which puts affected children at high risk of dying, said the National Nutrition Survey (NNS)

Published 27 Jul, 2019 12:00am

EPA staff directed to comply with EA rules in all projects

Observing least interest of field officers in ensuring implementation of environmental conditions, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has directed all its field officers to ensure compliance of conditions of environmental approvals (EA) in public a

Published 24 Jul, 2019 12:00am

Reducing cargo weight limit on trucks will hurt economy: experts

The government's decision to reduce axle load limit by 50 percent will have severe impact on Pakistan's economy as the industry estimates at least 200,000 additional trucks needed to cater timely transportation of heavyweight or bulk products and raw mate

Published 23 Jul, 2019 12:00am

PFMA delegation meets Punjab CM

Representatives of the Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) Punjab on Wednesday announced not to increase the price of flour in a meeting with the Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar. The delegation also ensured that there would be no shortage of

Published 18 Jul, 2019 12:00am

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PKI threatens protests if demands not accepted in 15 days

The Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) has announced to stage a demonstration in front of the National Assembly building if the charter of demands presented by it is not accepted within next 15 days. "Our demands are aimed at resolving the issues being faced b

Published 16 Jul, 2019 12:00am

PFMA's three-day strike against GST to begin on July 17

The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has announced to go on a three-day strike from July 17, 2019, to register their protest on imposition of general sales tax (GST) on wheat products and bran. PFMA Central Chairman Naeem Butt and Group Leader Asim

Published 13 Jul, 2019 12:00am

APCDA-government officials meeting likely today

All Pakistan Cement Dealers Association (APCDA) has been asked by the government to get ready for talks with a high-level official team on Saturday to resolve the issues being faced by them due to which they are continuously observing a complete shutdown

Published 06 Jul, 2019 12:00am

Plastics domestic market growing at 15 percent annually: speakers

Pakistan has the second largest domestic market for plastics in Southeast Asia after India that is growing at an annual average rate of 15 percent; revealed by the speakers at two consultative workshops arranged by the WWF-Pakistan in collaboration with t

Published 05 Jul, 2019 12:00am

Cement dealers, manufacturers meeting today

Third round of talks between All Pakistan Cement Dealers Association and cement manufacturers is going to be held on Friday in the provincial metropolis to resolve the ongoing strike, which may lead to some breakthrough, hoped President All Pakistan Cemen

Published 05 Jul, 2019 12:00am

Chinese company to introduce small tractors in Punjab

After successfully marketing small tractors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, SHIFENG, a leading Chinese agricultural machinery and automobile manufacturing company is soon launching a range of small power tractors in Punjab, under the banner of Dailuda & Shifeng.

Published 25 Jun, 2019 12:00am

Punjab allocates Rs 1,000 million for environment

Punjab government has proposed an allocation of Rs 1000 million for environment for the year 2019-20 as compared to an allocation of Rs 1200 million for the corresponding period to promote sustainable development in the province through integration of env

Published 16 Jun, 2019 12:00am

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Punjab government proposes Rs 15,500 million for agriculture sector

The Punjab government has proposed to allocate a sum of Rs 15,500 million for the agriculture sector for work on 19 ongoing and 27 new schemes in the budget for the year 2019-20 with an aim to transform Punjab's agriculture into a market-driven, diversifi

Published 15 Jun, 2019 12:00am

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Punjab government proposes Rs 15,500 million for agriculture sector

Published 15 Jun, 2019 12:00am

Agriculture sector ignored in federal budget: farmers

Representatives of different farmers' organizations have said that the agriculture sector has been completely neglected in the proposed budget for 2019-20. The Kissan Board Pakistan (KBP) has announced to participate in Jamaat-e-Islami rally convened on J

Published 12 Jun, 2019 12:00am

PGS 2023 promises increase of 3.5 million housing stock in five years

Terming construction and housing sector as an integral part of the growth objectives of the Punjab government, the Punjab Growth Strategy (PGS) 2023, promises an increase of 3.5 million housing stock by the year 2023 in the province. The increase is the p

Published 08 Jun, 2019 12:00am

PepsiCo to make $1 billion investment in Pakistan during five years: CEO

Lauding the Pakistani government for focusing on the ease of doing business indicator, PepsiCo Chief Executive Officer for Asia, Middle East and North Africa (AMENA) Mike Spanos said that the company has planned to make an investment of US one billion dol

Published 16 May, 2019 12:00am

PepsiCo to make $1 billion investment in Pakistan during five years: CEO

Published 16 May, 2019 12:00am

PepsiCo to make $1 billion investment in Pakistan during five years: CEO

Published 16 May, 2019 12:00am

Budget 2019-20: FMPAC calls for settlement of all pending claims

Fertilizer industry has called for immediate settlement of all pending subsidy claims worth Rs20.67 billion of the sector through allocation in the coming budget 2019-2020. It also demanded to expedite the outstanding tax refunds which at present stands a

Published 15 May, 2019 12:00am

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Need stressed for a consistent policy on GM maize

CropLife Pakistan Executive Director Dr Afzal has urged the government to take its decisions regarding GM Maize on the established regulatory structure and use science as the base to clarify issues, in order to safeguard the interest of the farmer and res

Published 12 May, 2019 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 26	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 26	278.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
S&P 500 / Dec 24	6,040.04
Nasdaq / Dec 24	20,031.13
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,136.99
Dow Jones / Dec 24	43,297.03
France CAC40 / Dec 24	7,282.69
India Sensex / Dec 26	78,475.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	70.10
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 24	240,487.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,616.87
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 24	68.78
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 26	17,785
Petrol/Litre / Dec 27	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 26 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.10 ▲ 1.00 (19.61%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	6.99 ▲ 1.00 (16.69%)
Next Capital / Dec 26 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	9.90 ▲ 1.00 (11.24%)
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16.45 ▲ 1.50 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 26 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	15.81 ▲ 1.44 (10.02%)
Dewan Motors / Dec 26 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	42.21 ▲ 3.84 (10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 26 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	44.96 ▲ 4.09 (10.01%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 26 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	99.06 ▲ 9.01 (10.01%)
Altern Energy / Dec 26 Altern Energy Limited(ALTN)	22.65 ▲ 2.06 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Jauharabad Sug / Dec 26 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	23.10 ▼ -2.57 (-10.01%)
Mughal Energy / Dec 26 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	18.45 ▼ -2.05 (-10.00%)
Fateh Ind. / Dec 26 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	120.56 ▼ -13.38 (-9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 26 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36.01 ▼ -3.99 (-9.98%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.54 ▼ -1.50 (-9.97%)
Arctic Textile / Dec 26 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	21.60 ▼ -2.37 (-9.89%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Dec 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.25 ▼ -1.22 (-9.06%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 26 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	24 ▼ -2.33 (-8.85%)
Equity Modaraba / Dec 26 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3 ▼ -0.29 (-8.81%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	127,408,831 ▼ -0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	93,301,142 ▲ 1.50
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,900,564 ▲ 6.41
Sui South Gas / Dec 26 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,559,500 ▼ -1.65
Cnergyico PK / Dec 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	33,367,944 ▼ -0.16
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	30,254,338 ▼ -0.19
B.O.Punjab / Dec 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,003,113 ▼ -0.11
Hascol Petrol / Dec 26 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	27,155,152 ▲ 0.87
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 26 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	26,980,436 ▲ 0.09

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