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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

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PKI urges government to enhance PSDP investment for agriculture sector

Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) has urged the federal government to increase its PSDP investment at least three times for agriculture and also raise this issue with provinces for the revival of the agricultural sector and uplift of the farmers.

Published 18 Jan, 2019 12:00am

PFA releases annual inspection schedule 2019

The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Monday released its annual inspection schedule 2019 for the food industry in order to test edibles along with physical inspection. The manufacturers, packagers, and food business operators will be bound to follow that sc

Published 08 Jan, 2019 12:00am

FY18-19: Domestic cement despatches decline by 1.41 percent in first half

Domestic cement despatches have declined in first six months of FY18-19 by 1.41 percent as compared to same period last year, which is the first ever such instance in last nine years. However, surge in exports by a whopping 48.01 percent in first six mont

Published 05 Jan, 2019 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 21	278.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 21	277.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 21	154.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 21	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 21	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 20	5,917.11
Nasdaq / Nov 20	18,966.14
Dow Jones / Nov 20	43,408.47
India Sensex / Nov 21	77,137.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 21	38,026.17
Hang Seng / Nov 21	19,620.49
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,069.57
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	18,942.65

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 21	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 21	69.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 21	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 21	238,340
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 21	2,662.71
Diesel/Litre / Nov 21	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	174,389,145 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	63,973,243 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 21 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,996,737 ▲ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Nov 21 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	48,137,561 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	43,506,391 ▲ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Nov 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	40,852,960 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	36,937,252 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,401,025 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,346,592 ▲ 0.00

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