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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

Pakistan

Registered persons to get Kissan Card by September

LAHORE: The Punjab government has announced to start supplying “Kissan Card” to those who got themselves...

Published 14 Aug, 2024 07:53am

Pakistan

Perspectives aimed at developing agriculture sector presented

LAHORE: Participants of the newly-formed “Agriculture Commission” met here on Wednesday with the Punjab Minister...

Published 08 Aug, 2024 08:02am

Business & Finance

Once again, PSMA urges govt to allow export of ‘surplus’ sugar

LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has once again asked the government to allow early export of...

Updated 07 Aug, 2024 07:00am

Business & Finance

July cement despatches decline 6.81pc to 3.01m tons YoY

LAHORE: Cement despatches declined by 6.81% in July 2024 showing declining trend for consecutive 11 months due to...

Published 04 Aug, 2024 02:47am

Pakistan

Punjab CM constitutes ‘Agri Commission’

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has constituted a multi-stakeholder “Agriculture Commission”...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 06:46am

Business & Finance

PFMA urges govt to notify wheat prices afresh

LAHORE: The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA-Punjab) has asked the food department of Punjab to notify the...

Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:18am

Warehousing by NRSP helping farmers in Hafizabad

Pakistan

Business & Finance

Final tax regime: Exporters concerned at exclusion of rice, maize

LAHORE: Exporters of rice, maize and sesame showing their distress over excluding these commodities from the final...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 05:43am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 25	280.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 25	280.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 26	150.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 26	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 25	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 25	5,776.65
Nasdaq / Mar 25	18,271.86
Dow Jones / Mar 25	42,587.50
India Sensex / Mar 26	77,971.12
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 26	38,027.29
Hang Seng / Mar 26	23,483.32
FTSE 100 / Mar 26	8,660.31
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 26	22,923.69
France CAC40 / Mar 26	8,042.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 25	17,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 25	272,462
Petrol/Litre / Mar 26	255.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 26	69.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 26	3,018.44
Diesel/Litre / Mar 26	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 26	65.37

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 26 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	3.01 ▲ 1 (49.75%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Mar 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	9.99 ▲ 1 (11.12%)
Zephyr Textile / Mar 26 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	11.40 ▲ 1.04 (10.04%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 26 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	110.80 ▲ 10.07 (10%)
Philip Morris Pak. / Mar 26 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	737.77 ▲ 67.07 (10%)
Data Agro / Mar 26 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	96.62 ▲ 8.78 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Mar 26 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	58.44 ▲ 5.31 (9.99%)
Crescent Fib. / Mar 26 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.70 ▲ 4.14 (9.96%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	14.48 ▲ 1.31 (9.95%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Mar 26 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	340 ▲ 30.55 (9.87%)

Stock	Price
Elahi Cot. / Mar 26 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Mar 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.95 ▼ -1.38 (-9.63%)
Atlas Ins. Ltd / Mar 26 Atlas Insurance Limited(ATIL)	58.50 ▼ -5.48 (-8.57%)
Bela Auto / Mar 26 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	167 ▼ -14.94 (-8.21%)
Kohat Textile / Mar 26 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	28.15 ▼ -2.4 (-7.86%)
Jubilee Spinning / Mar 26 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.88 ▼ -0.89 (-7.56%)
Frontier Ceram / Mar 26 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	22.40 ▼ -1.82 (-7.51%)
Noon Sugar / Mar 26 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	73.62 ▼ -5.95 (-7.48%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 26 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	900.16 ▼ -71.96 (-7.4%)
UDL International / Mar 26 UDL International Limited(UDLI)	7.11 ▼ -0.53 (-6.94%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Elektron / Mar 26 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,093,385 ▲ 1.6
P.S.O. / Mar 26 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	26,846,685 ▲ 1.38
TRG Pak Ltd / Mar 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	22,825,615 ▼ -0.92
Cnergyico PK / Mar 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	17,176,390 ▲ 0.07
B.O.Punjab / Mar 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,063,012 ▼ -0.18
Pak Petroleum / Mar 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,868,233 ▲ 7.49
Engro Fert. / Mar 26 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	14,391,574 ▼ -1.85
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	12,412,844 ▲ 0.01
TPL REIT Fund I / Mar 26 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,002,839 ▲ 0.06
Fauji Cement / Mar 26 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	10,156,162 ▲ 1.41

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