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Pakistan

Natural calamities: Farmers, stakeholders for early warning system

LAHORE: Farmers and stakeholders in agricultural economy have stressed for setting up an early warning system to ...

Published 26 Jul, 2020 02:47am

Pakistan

South Punjab secretariat to be constructed at cost of Rs4bn

LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to construct a separate secretariat and officer and staff residence in...

Published 19 Jul, 2020 02:41am

Business & Finance

PDA chief says dairy sector has potential to employ 60 million people

LAHORE: The dairy sector has the potential to employ 60 million people. With the growth of this sector, the...

Updated 15 Jul, 2020 03:15am

Markets

Wheat crisis: 'Govt must increase wheat support price for domestic farmers'

LAHORE: To overcome the wheat crisis on a permanent basis, it is imperative for the government to increase the wheat...

Published 10 Jul, 2020 02:47am

Business & Finance

Cement dispatches increase by 29.94 percent after three months

LAHORE: After posting decrease for three consecutive months, cement dispatches increased by 29.94 percent in June...

Published 07 Jul, 2020 02:54am

Markets

Egypt intends importing meat from Pakistan

LAHORE: Egypt has shown interest in importing meat from Pakistan and requested to allow an inspection of Pakistani...

Published 05 Jul, 2020 03:01am

Pakistan

Government to allow markets of sacrificial animals outside cities

LAHORE: To mitigate and control the spread of Corona and Congo viruses in Punjab, the Punjab government has decided...

Updated 04 Jul, 2020 03:57am

Technology

IT, ITES sectors may lay off staff to survive Covid-19 impact

Companies working in the information technology (IT) and information technology enabled services (ITES) sectors are feeling the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic; these companies fear that they will have to lay off staff in order to survive the impact.

Published 28 May, 2020 12:03am

Pakistan

Shopping dominates Covid-19 fear

The increasing numbers of the Coronavirus cases in the provincial capital has not deterred people from rushing to markets for Eid-ul-Fitr shopping in violation of guidelines given by the government.

Published 24 May, 2020 12:01am

Pakistan

People throng grocery shops without any safety measures

On the first day of Ramazan, the people of Lahore stubbornly defied the government's repeatedly call for social distancing to limit the spread of the deadly coronavirus as they rushed to grocery shops and street stalls to stock up food for sehri and iftar

Published 25 Apr, 2020 09:49pm

Pakistan

Hoarders of 41 items to get three years' imprisonment

The Punjab government has made hoarding of 41 items a punishable offence up to three years of imprisonment. In this connection, the government promulgated The Punjab Prevention of Hoarding Ordinance 2020, under which any dealer found hoarding an article

Published 23 Apr, 2020 02:53am

Pakistan

Qingqi rickshaws continue to defy lockdown rules

Qingqi rickshaws continue to defy the government's decision of lockdown in the provincial capital and thus they are seen on roads fully loaded with passengers even though the cases of Coronavirus are on the rise.

Published 09 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

'Online orders increased by 70 percent per week in Lahore, Karachi'

Jean-Marc Dumont, Country Manager of Carrefour Pakistan, has said that since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Pakistan, online orders received through mobile apps spiked sharply with a 70 percent increase per week in Lahore and Karachi.

Published 03 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Technology

PASHA urges government to allow e-commerce deliveries

Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT and ITES (PASHA) has urged the government to allow e-commerce deliveries which will help reduce social interaction, thus limiting the spread of the coronavirus.

Published 29 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Punjab government brings ordinance for prevention of infectious diseases

To deal with lock down violations in Punjab, the Punjab government has imposed heavy fines and in extreme cases imprisonment and empowered government machinery to take stern actions against violators under The Punjab Infectious Diseases Prevention and Con

Published 26 Mar, 2020 12:00am

All markets in Punjab to remain closed for two days

To deal with coronavirus, the Punjab government has decided to close all markets, shopping malls and restaurants throughout Punjab from March 22 to 24 while shops selling essential items are exempted. In this connection, the Punjab home department issued

Published 22 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Markets

'BitsOfGold' presents documents for evaluation to SECP

'BitsOfGold', an online gold trading platform, has presented its documentation for evaluation to Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan under Regulatory Sandbox Guidelines 2019.

Published 14 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

PKLI's Rs 1.5 billion proposals approved

The 27th meeting of the Punjab Cabinet Standing Committee on Finance and Development approved the proposals of Punjab Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI) of converting the Rs 1.5 billion non-development expenditures into development budget besides supplemen

Published 08 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

Services sector needs attention: ACCA country head

ACCA Country Head Sajjeed Aslam has said that the combination of technology and talent available in the country definitely suggests that Pakistan should focus on services sector. "There are over 200 multinational companies working in Pakistan with close t

Published 06 Feb, 2020 12:00am

Pakistan

85 percent Pakistani shopped online through Daraz: report

A study conducted by a global measurement company finds more than 85 percent of Pakistani online shoppers have shopped on Daraz, a leading online marketplace in Pakistan.

Published 29 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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