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Great food insecurity ahead for country, says PBC report

LAHORE: Pakistan’s food trade balance was a deficit of $3.6 billion in the Financial Year 2022. Compulsion to...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:15am

Pakistan

Mechanisation helps Sindh farmers increase yield by 16pc: report

LAHORE: Farmers in lower Sindh have achieved a 26% average increase in plant population and 11 to 16% average yield...

Published 25 Apr, 2023 06:25am

Markets

Basmati rice exports up by 45pc in March

LAHORE: Basmati rice exports have shown a 45 percent upward increase during the month of March 2023 quantity wise ...

Published 21 Apr, 2023 05:56am

Business & Finance

Minister says CBD projects will lead to economic growth

LAHORE: Caretaker Provincial Minister Housing Urban Development and Public Health Engineering, Barrister Syed Azfar...

Published 19 Apr, 2023 06:36am

Pakistan

Separate ministry for exploring potent seeds proposed

LAHORE: Stakeholders have suggested setting up a separate ministry to work for exploring more potent seeds from...

Published 13 Apr, 2023 06:37am

Pakistan

PAD, CABI sign MoU on ‘Plant Wise plus Programme’

LAHORE: Center for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) and the Punjab Agriculture Department (PAD) here...

Published 08 Apr, 2023 06:21am

Business & Finance

March cement despatches decline by 24.19pc

LAHORE: Construction activities in both the northern and southern regions of the country have significantly ...

Published 04 Apr, 2023 03:24am

Pakistan not running out of water: report

LAHORE: Contrary to popular perception, Pakistan is not running out of water, not just yet as the available...

Updated 02 Apr, 2023 10:26am

Markets

Promotion of hi-tech hybrid seeds: Govt asked to allot state land on long-term lease basis to genuine producers

LAHORE: Sub-committee of the provincial seed committee on rice has recommended the government to allot state land on...

Published 26 Mar, 2023 03:19am

Pakistan

Relentless groundwater pumping by Pakistan, India has lowered groundwater table: report

LAHORE: Pakistan and India are drawing water from the Indus aquifer faster than the rate of water recharges back ...

Published 24 Mar, 2023 05:55am

Pakistan

PVMA to provide Rs10/kg concession on cooking oil, ghee in Ramazan

LAHORE: The Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (PVMA) has agreed to provide a concession of Rs 10 per kg ...

Published 23 Mar, 2023 05:47am

Markets

Lack of good seeds behind stagnant cotton output, says report

LAHORE: The major reason for stagnant yields and falling area under cotton in Pakistan is the lack of good quality...

Published 22 Mar, 2023 06:24am

Business & Finance

Rs29.3bn ‘default’: notices issued to 27 sugar mills in Punjab

LAHORE: The Cane Commissioner Punjab taking action against the sugar mills that have not timely paid dues to...

Published 11 Mar, 2023 03:16am

Business & Finance

Increase in agriculture yields: Governor forms three sub-committees to recommend strategy

LAHORE: The Governor Punjab Muhammad Balighur Rehman has constituted three committees on rice, cotton and minor ...

Published 05 Mar, 2023 03:36am

Business & Finance

Feb cement despatches decline 7.10pc to 4.348m tons YoY

LAHORE: Cement despatches declined by 7.10 percent in Feb 2023 as total despatches remained at 4.040 million tons...

Published 04 Mar, 2023 06:56am

Pakistan

PFD issues warning to fake seed companies

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Department has warned of registration of cases and a legal action against those who will...

Published 27 Feb, 2023 06:17am

Pakistan

Speakers highlight significance of ‘sustainable agriculture’

LAHORE: Home to 1.9 billion people, South Asia one of the world’s most populous regions and with the ...

Published 22 Feb, 2023 03:30am

Pakistan

Post-harvest losses can be slashed thru better storage techniques: expert

LAHORE: Though Pakistan has shown progress and increase in production of almost all the crops in last ten years yet...

Published 16 Feb, 2023 06:08am

Pakistan

New flour millers dissociate themselves from strike call

LAHORE: Some new flour millers disassociating themselves from the strike call given by the Pakistan Flour Mills...

Published 14 Feb, 2023 05:58am

Business & Finance

Flour millers threaten to go on strike

LAHORE: Flour millers of the province have threatened to stop supplying flour to the market from February 14, in ...

Published 11 Feb, 2023 06:26am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 30	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 30	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 30	153.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 30	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 30	1.29
Euro to USD / Oct 30	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 30	5,813.67
India Sensex / Oct 30	79,850.58
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 30	39,116.79
Nasdaq / Oct 30	18,607.93
Hang Seng / Oct 30	20,489.06
FTSE 100 / Oct 30	8,159.63
Dow Jones / Oct 30	42,141.54
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 30	19,257.34

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 30	68.95
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 30	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 30	246,403.40
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 30	2,786.14
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 30	69.88
Petrol/Litre / Oct 31	247.03

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 31 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 31 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 31 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 31 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 31 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 31 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 31 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 31 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 31 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 31 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 31 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 31 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 31 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 31 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 31 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 31 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 31 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 31 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 31 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 31 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 31 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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