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Govt promoting mechanization in agri sector: Minister

LAHORE: The Punjab government is working on an ambitious programme for promoting mechanization in the agricultural...

Published 03 Oct, 2024 06:47am

Business & Finance

Exporters vow to raise rice exports to $5bn by 2025

LAHORE: Rice exporters expressing their pleasure in achieving the USD 4 billion export mark have vowed to take the...

Published 02 Oct, 2024 06:19am

Pakistan

Farmers urge govt to address issue of inflated bills

LAHORE: Farmers have urged the Punjab government to take up the issue of inflated electricity bills with the federal...

Published 01 Oct, 2024 06:49am

Pakistan

Need stressed for reducing post-harvest losses

MURREE: Pakistan urgently needs to improve agricultural practices to reduce post-harvest losses, estimated at around...

Published 30 Sep, 2024 07:06am

Pakistan

Kissan Card scheme: 82,000 farmers receive credit cards

LAHORE: Around 82,000 farmers have received their credit cards while the Bank of Punjab has confirmed more than...

Published 28 Sep, 2024 07:16am

Business & Finance

PSMA appeals SBP to extend date of settling outstanding credit lines

LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has appealed the State Bank of Pakistan to extend date of...

Published 22 Sep, 2024 02:47am

Business & Finance

Govt launches project to form 33 farmer enterprise groups

LAHORE: The Punjab government has launched a project worth Rs 6 billion to form 33 farmer enterprise groups...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Markets

Punjab govt for setting up body to increase cotton yield

LAHORE: The Punjab government has ordered the formation of a committee of experts to increase the production of...

Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:54am

Business & Finance

Malik Faisal elected REAP chairman unopposed

LAHORE: Malik Faisal Jahangir has been elected unopposed as Chairman, and Irfan Noor as Treasurer of the Rice...

Published 17 Sep, 2024 06:33am

Pakistan

Kissan Card will become operational from Oct 15: minister

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab’s “Kissan Card” being given to farmers to access ready credit for procuring crop...

Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:48am

Pakistan

Punjab cabinet approves province’s first policy on climate change challenge

LAHORE: The Punjab Cabinet has approved the province’s first-ever comprehensive climate change policy and action...

Published 11 Sep, 2024 06:31am

Markets

Minister seeks proposals on marketing new seeds

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Syed Ashiq Hussain has directed all the stakeholders to submit...

Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am

Pakistan

‘Govt must launch national dialogue to compensate farmers’

LAHORE: The government must launch a ‘national dialogue’ aimed at developing strategies to compensate farmers ...

Published 08 Sep, 2024 02:42am

Business & Finance

Aug cement despatches decline 25.68pc to 3.336m tons YoY

LAHORE: The unprecedented and extremely high tax measures leading to a huge increase in cement prices have caused a...

Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:04am

Markets

EPA binds all petrol pumps to submit monthly monitoring report

LAHORE: The Punjab Environment Agency (EPA) has made it binding upon all the petrol pumps throughout the province to...

Updated 03 Sep, 2024 08:10am

Pakistan

PKI demands govt impose ‘agri emergency’

LAHORE: Climate change, low prices of crops and increase in cost of production are badly impacting agricultural...

Published 29 Aug, 2024 08:13am

Pakistan

Punjab EPD demolishes 209 brick kilns for violating law

LAHORE: The Punjab Environment Protection Department (EPD) has demolished 209 brick kilns across the province,...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 03:24am

Business & Finance

PSMA Punjab demands govt allow export of 1.5m tons of sugar

LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (Punjab Zone) reiterated its demand on Monday to allow the mills to...

Published 20 Aug, 2024 06:55am

Pakistan

PSC calls for overhauling seed approval system

LAHORE: Participants of the 59th meeting of the Punjab Seed Council (PSC) on Thursday called for overhauling the ...

Updated 16 Aug, 2024 08:27am

Pakistan

3m saplings planted across Punjab

LAHORE: The Punjab Forest Department under its green initiative programme aligned with Chief Minister Maryam...

Updated 15 Aug, 2024 07:43am

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
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 27 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.85 ▲ 0.86 (12.30%)
Liven Pharma / Dec 27 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	124.41 ▲ 11.31 (10.00%)
Nimir Resins / Dec 27 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	35.41 ▲ 3.22 (10.00%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 27 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	108.97 ▲ 9.91 (10.00%)
Pak Paper Prod / Dec 27 Pakistan Paper Products Limited(PPP)	122.99 ▲ 10.37 (9.21%)
Data Agro / Dec 27 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	145 ▲ 12.17 (9.16%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 27 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	240 ▲ 20.00 (9.09%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 27 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	4.25 ▲ 0.35 (8.97%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 27 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	14.74 ▲ 1.20 (8.86%)

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
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 27 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	93,341,113 ▲ 0.35
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	49,879,145 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 27 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,907,628 ▲ 0.85
B.O.Punjab / Dec 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,318,392 ▲ 0.08
Hascol Petrol / Dec 27 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	22,947,833 ▲ 0.36
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	22,753,854 ▲ 0.05
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 27 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	16,349,091 ▼ -0.03
Fauji Cement / Dec 27 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	16,189,868 ▼ -0.14
Cnergyico PK / Dec 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	14,738,115 ▲ 0.06

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