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YOUR RUPEE LAST MONTH

Following currency fluctuations took place in foreign exchange rates during the last month. (September 02 to 30 2019)

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

The Weather

The weather report on Saturday (October 12, 2019) and the forecast for Sunday (October 13, 2019).

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Saturday (October 12, 2019).

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Rates

LME official prices

The following were Friday official prices.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Rates

Cotton Spot Rates

Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Saturday (October 12, 2019).

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Yarn Prices

Karachi Yarn Market Rate

Karachi Yarn Market Rates on Saturday (October 12, 2019).

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 09:20am

Yarn Prices

Faisalabad yarn and fibre prices

Cotton yarn rates in rupees per 10 Lbs on Saturday (October 12, 2019).

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 09:20am

Rates

Lahore Grain Market Rates

Grain and other commodity rates in rupees on Akbari Mandi on Saturday (October 12, 2019)

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Rates

Lahore Paper Market Rates

Paper market rates in rupees on Saturday (October 12, 2019).

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Rates

Hides and skin rates

Hides and skin rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (October 12, 2019).

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Rates

Automart: car prices in Karachi

The prices of different makes and models of cars prevailing in Karachi in the week ended Saturday (October 12, 2019).

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Schedules

World Shipping Schedule

Karachi Port's world-wide shipping schedule beginning Saturday (October 12, 2019).

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Rates

Kerb buying and selling rate of US dollar

Dollar buying and selling rate in the kerb market in rupees on Saturday (October 12, 2019).

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Money & Banking

THE RUPEE: Firm trend

Stable trend was witnessed on the currency market on Saturday as the rupee managed to hold overnight levels against the dollar on the money market in the process of trading activity, dealers said.

Updated 16 Oct, 2019 06:17am

Rates

Open market rates of foreign currencies

Open market rates of foreign currencies supplied by the Forex Association of Pakistan on Saturday (October 12, 2019).

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Aaj TV - Saturday's schedule

All timings are in PST (Pakistan Standard Time).

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Other

'Super-human' Kipchoge smashes mythical two-hour marathon barrier

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge on Saturday made history, smashing the mythical two-hour barrier for the marathon in the "best moment" of his life on a specially prepared course in a vast Vienna park.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Other

Socca World Cup in Greece: Pakistan ready for impressive show against Slovenia: Kevin Reeves

Pakistan Socca team coach Kevin Reeves conducted training session for Pakistan team in Crete, Greece on Saturday ahead of their first Socca World Cup match against Slovenia, which will be held on October 14.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Other

Exciting National T20 Cup event begins

The National T20 Cup will be commenced from October 13, 2019 (today) at Faisalabad's Iqbal Stadium. According to details, the tournament returns to the city of Faisalabad after eight seasons and it is expected to keep the spectators on the edge of their s

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Other

Biles wins record-equalling 23rd worlds medal

US gymnastics queen Simone Biles equalled the all-time record of 23 medals at world championships with the 17th world title of her career in the vault final on Saturday.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Other

Sarfraz likely to retain captaincy in Australia T20 series

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is considering a proposal for retaining Sarfaraz Ahmed as Twenty20 International (T20I) skipper for the upcoming series against Australia. Sources claimed that the PCB management is considering different options to pick up a s

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Honduran coffee exports down

Coffee exports from Honduras, Central America's top producer, dropped 5.5% during the 2018/2019 harvesting season and are likely to keep falling in the new season, the national coffee institute IHCAFE said on Tuesday. Honduran exporters shipped a total of

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

China buys more US soyabeans

Chinese importers stepped up purchases of US agricultural goods ahead of high-level trade talks in Washington, including another wave of soyabean deals and the country's record largest weekly purchase of American pork, US data showed on Thursday.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Ample flowering seen in Brazil's top coffee state, rains on the way

Coffee trees all over Brazil's top producing state Minas Gerais have bloomed this week, marking the first major flowering for the new Brazilian coffee crop that could indicate the size of next year's production.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Nigeria plans to team up with Cameroon to agree cocoa premium

Nigeria aims to team up with Cameroon to agree a premium for their cocoa with buyers, the vice president of the World Cocoa Producers Organisation told Reuters, after top growers Ivory Coast and Ghana moved to boost prices for their crops.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

USDA trims corn harvest view by less than expected

The US Agriculture Department lowered its outlook for the corn harvest by less than most analysts were expecting on Thursday, with yield expectations seen as robust after good weather bolstered crop development during September.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Cotton & Textile

Mills finalise contracts to import cotton

Several mills contracted to import cotton from many countries to keep a balance between demand and supply position, dealers said on the cotton market on Saturday. The official spot rate was higher by Rs 50 to at Rs 8800, they added. In ready session, over

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 09:25am

CBOT soyabean futures decline

Chicago Board of Trade soyabean futures closed lower on Thursday, erasing early gains and turning down as a slide in corn and wheat futures outweighed supportive data in a monthly US government crop report, traders said.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Brazil's cane crushing, sugar output jump amid dry weather

Mills in Brazil's center-south region increased cane crushing and sugar production in the second half of September, as drier-than-normal weather allowed for a quicker harvesting pace, cane industry group Unica said on Wednesday.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Money & Banking

Italy opens books on dollar bonds, investor interest tops $10bn

Italy opened books on Wednesday for its first dollar-denominated bond sale in nearly a decade, with early investor interest exceeding $10 billion.

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 09:25am

Stocks

Fund investors dump US stocks

Investors retreated from the US stock market by unloading nearly $11.8 billion from mutual funds and exchange traded funds that hold domestic equities last week, as concerns about the strength of the US economy mounted, according to data released by the I

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 09:25am

Stocks

Optimism on Brazilian stocks on the rise

Investor optimism is on the rebound in Brazil after the government made progress on a pension reform bill, shifted its focus to tax reform and has cut interest rates to record lows, even as Mexico's outlook deteriorates.

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 09:25am

Money & Banking

Gilt yields record biggest jump since 2015

British 10-year government bond yields recorded their biggest one-day rise in nearly four years on Thursday after Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Brexit talks with his British counterpart Boris Johnson had been "very positive".

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 09:25am

Stocks

Gilt yields record biggest jump since 2015

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 10:54am

Stocks

Thailand, Philippine firms lead revival in Southeast Asia IPOs

Thailand and Philippine companies are leading a regional pick-up in initial public offerings (IPOs), spurred by growing investor interest in firms focussed on Southeast Asian consumers.

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 10:53am

Stocks

Wall Street jumps but ends off highs after partial trade deal news

US stocks ended more than 1% higher on Friday though well off the day's highs after the announcement of a partial trade deal between the United States and China. Indexes cut their gains late in the session as the deal was announced amid worries over poten

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 10:52am

Money & Banking

African currencies week ahead: Ugandan shilling seen weakening

Uganda's shilling was seen weakening next week while traders said the Tanzanian and Zambian currencies would likely hold their ground.

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 10:51am

Money & Banking

Investors hold positions on Asian units

Investors held onto their positions on Asian currencies in the past two weeks, a Reuters poll showed, due to uncertainty over the outcome of renewed Sino-US trade negotiations. Two weeks ago, investors eased short positions on currencies of trade-reliant

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 10:51am

Money & Banking

Serbia's central bank buys euros

Serbia's central bank bought euros on the local interbank market on Tuesday to stem dinar gains against the euro, dealers said. The bank intervened as the dinar, bolstered by investments, sales of Serbian treasury bonds and corporate demand, traded at 117

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 11:26am

Money & Banking

Canadian dollar posts 1-month high

The Canadian dollar strengthened to a one-month high against its US counterpart on Friday after domestic data showing a much bigger-than-expected jobs gain in September supported bets for the Bank of Canada to keep interest rates on hold this month.

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 10:49am

Money & Banking

More firms back away from Libra coin

Facebook's digital currency alliance lost more companies on Friday amid heavy criticism from regulators around the world on the planned Libra global cryptocurrency.

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 10:49am

Money & Banking

Dollar skids to 3-month low; sterling rises

The dollar dropped to a three-month low on Friday, as safe-haven buying eased and risk sentiment improved on optimism about US-China trade negotiations as well as increased chances for an orderly British exit from the European Union.

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 10:42am

General News

Richer nations urged to boost protection against wild weather as losses jump

Economic losses caused by the most extreme weather events, from hurricanes to wildfires, are surging fastest in parts of the world outside the tropics - places that once saw relatively few such disasters, scientists and statisticians have warned. In those

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Global Business Economy

Boeing board strips CEO of chairman title amid 737 MAX crisis

Boeing Co's board has stripped chief executive Dennis Muilenburg of his chairmanship title, in an unexpected strategy shift announced by the US planemaker on Friday only hours after a global aviation panel criticized development of the troubled 737 MAX. S

Updated 13 Oct, 2019 05:17am

Money & Banking

IMF urges Mexico to open up Pemex to cooperation with private firms

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday recommended that Mexico reconsider its position of limiting private companies' cooperation with state-owned oil company Pemex, whose debt is weighing heavily on the government's finances. The administration

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 10:42am

Energy

Oil producers, refiners face surging global freight rates after US sanctions

Rates to charter oil tankers from the Arab Gulf, United Kingdom and the US Gulf Coast to Asia surged to fresh highs on Friday as global oil traders grappled with a tanker shortage in the aftermath of US sanctions on units of Chinese giant COSCO. Occidenta

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 10:48am

Finance ministry urges increased farm insurance coverage

China's Ministry of Finance on Saturday published suggestions for improving the country's agricultural insurance to better protect farmers. In a document released on the ministry's website on Saturday but dated September 19, the ministry advocated, among

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

China caps volume of wheat to receive price support in 2020

China said on Saturday it had set the 2020 minimum purchasing price for wheat at 2,240 yuan ($316.08) per tonne, the same level as 2019, but said it will cap the volume it buys from farmers under the guarantee programme. China buys wheat from farmers at t

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Southern California wildfires burning unchecked

Gusting winds fueling a fast-moving wildfire in southern California showed no signs of abating Saturday as a blaze that forced the evacuation of some 100,000 people kept burning out of control. A red flag warning of critical fire danger - strong winds and

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Nobel figure Sara Danius dies

Swedish scholar Sara Danius, who quit as head of the academy that awards the Nobel literature prize after a sex scandal unveiled by the Metoo movement, has died. The Swedish Academy said on Saturday that Danius, who revealed in 2014 that she was suffering

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

One wounded in shooting in US church

A gunman opened fire Saturday in a small town church in New Hampshire, wounding one person before being taken into custody, police said. The motive of the shooting and how the shooter was subdued were not known, said Tracey Hanes, dispatcher for the polic

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Four dead in New York shooting

At least four people died and three were wounded in a shooting at an unlicensed private social club in New York early Saturday, police said. No one has been arrested over the early morning shooting in Brooklyn, and the motive and exact circumstances are n

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

IT & Computers

Germany wants Facebook platform access

The German government wants US social media giant Facebook to ensure that security forces can gain access to its platforms after it has encrypted them so as to help fight crime. The United States, Britain and Australia urged Facebook in an open letter ear

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 07:10am

General News

Acting homeland security chief resigns: Trump

US President Donald Trump announced late Friday that acting US homeland security chief Kevin McAleenan has resigned, becoming the latest in a long list of top officials to leave the administration. "Kevin McAleenan has done an outstanding job as Acting Se

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

French police use tear gas to break up yellow vest protest

Scuffles broke out at the start of the weekly "yellow vest" protest in the French southwestern city of Toulouse Saturday, as police used tear gas to break up the march. There were also minor clashes in some of the other protests around France. The Toulous

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Centre for Chinese Legal Studies opens at LUMS

The Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law (SAHSOL) held a ceremony here on Saturday to mark the inauguration of the Centre for Chinese Legal Studies (CCLS) at LUMS.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Taxes

Government, FBR accused of delaying fixed-tax regime for traders

Both the ill-intention of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) bureaucracy and inefficiency of the government have led to undue delay in issuance of Fixed Tax Regime for traders, causing negligible business transactions in the months of July and August and

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 11:31am

General News

Opposition divided on Azadi March protest: claims Sarwar

Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar on Saturday said the opposition parties were divided and also trying to make a conspiracy to divide the people but they would fail as people of the country had already rejected them in general elections.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Ailing community suffer as medics' strike continues

On the call given by the Doctors Grand Alliance (DGA), doctors and paramedical staff of public sector hospitals on Saturday continued their protest against Medical Teaching Institutions Act to press the government for the acceptance of their demands.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

WWF Pakistan launches campaign to tackle plastic pollution

WWF Pakistan, in collaboration with The Coca Cola Foundation has initiated a month-long pilot plastic recovery and recycling project, 'Tackling Plastic Pollution in Pakistan'.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Fazl driven into a corner: Rashid

Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid said on Saturday that Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman has been driven into a corner as no consensus has been achieved between him and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shahbaz

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Economy

SMEDA to pick out its CEO in Monday's meeting

The Board of Directors of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) "which is incomplete at present" is going to hold its meeting on Monday (tomorrow) to fill the vacant post of Chief Executive Officer of the Authority.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

UAF signs MoU with PTIB

Punjab Information Technology Board (PTIB) and University of Agriculture (UAF) Faisalabad inked a memorandum of understanding. The MoU was inked by UAF Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Ashraf and PTIB Director General (e-Governance) Sajid Latif.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Economy

FEBR for early amendments to taxation on retailers' purchases

The Friends of Economic and Business Reforms (FEBR), has urged the FBR chairman to bring amendments related to the purchases in income tax returns of retailers, not registered in sales tax as business activities had grinded to a halt due to uncertainty in

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Economy

PIAF warns government of reliance on expensive commercial borrowing

As the government's reliance on expensive foreign funding continued to rise, the Pakistan Industrial & Traders Association Front (PIAF) has called for generating cheap funding, which dropped significantly.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Economy

Hazara Motorway to become operational in November

Fifty-nine kilometers long E-35, also known as Hazara Motorway which is an important part of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), is all set to be fully operational in the first week of November. Senior officials of the National Highway Authority (NHA

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Economy

Centre and KP government earmark Rs 314 billion for erstwhile Fata

The combined allocation by federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) governments to the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in the current year is Rs 314 billion. The federal government has allocated Rs 152 billion (the entire amount earmarked

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Economy

Sarhad chamber's nominees for FPCCI poll

The executive committee of Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry through a unanimous resolution, has nominated former SSCI president and Horticulture Development and Export Company chairman Faud Ishaq and Abidullah Yousafzai, the chamber former VP as ca

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Regional connectivity imperative for countering terrorism: NA speaker

Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has underlined the need for enhancing connectivity between the regional countries to counter security threats being faced by the region. He said that terrorism is a common threat to nations which is adversely effectin

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Economy

KP allocates Rs 162 billion for newly merged districts: CM

KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said that a huge sum of Rs.162 billion has been allocated for newly merged Districts in the current fiscal year that is an almost three time higher than last year. Talking to a delegation in the Chief Minister's House he

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Economy

Transit trade at Torkham border increases manifold

Pak-Afghan bilateral and transit trade at Torkham border has registered manifold increase after the opening of the round-the-clock clearance of goods carrying trucks at the border. However, traders on both sides of the border seek more facilities to promo

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Telecommunication

Telenor empowers customers by 'More Se Zyada' of everything

Telenor Pakistan has reiterated its commitment by promising to give its customers 'More Se Zyada' of everything that matters the most to them while pledging to open doors to new possibilities through its products and services.

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 07:10am

Business & Economy

'Additional measures needed to boost real estate sector'

The government is required to take additional measures to boost real estate sector, including new incentives to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), revision of Builders and Developers Special Procedures Rules 2019, availability of concessionary credit

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Fall in pulses import stands at $15.875 million

Pakistan imported 15.14 percent less pulses to $88.974 million during July-Aug 2018-19, official figures say. Fall in pulses import now stands at $15.875 million during July-Aug 2018-19 from $104.849 million in July-Aug 2017-18, Pakistan Bureau of Statist

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Through private contractors: Murad proposes door-to-door garbage collection by DMCs

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in order to make the ongoing cleanliness drive sustainable has directed local government department to seek proposal from DMCs for undertaking door-to-door garbage collection through local contractors so that Sindh

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Road carpeting work: Councillor collects funds from friends

Taking an initiative to facilitate the area people, a young councillor of Union Committee (UC) 18, North Nazimabad, Mustafa Karani managed to collect Rs 0.4 million funds from his friends for carpeting work at Bilal Street. On Saturday, road carpeting was

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Jailbreak case: ATC awards six-year prison term to 14 accused

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday handed six years sentence to 14 accused in 2017 jail break incident. Those handed prison terms and fine were also included Assistant Superintendent Jail Ghulam Murtaza. Two members of a banned terrorist group were

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Taxes

E&T Department collects Rs 18.386 billion in Q1

Sindh Excise and Taxation (E&T) Department has collected Rs 18.386 billion during first quarter of current fiscal year. According to details, during July-September 2019, the department has collected Rs 18.386 billion.

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 11:29am

General News

Poor being murdered economically: Bilawal

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari held a rally in Larkana on Saturday against the inflation and unemployment in the country and said that poor people are getting economically murdered.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Rehabilitation of parks: Adopt-a-Park policy aimed at engaging community

Chief Secretary Sindh Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah said the provincial government decided to engage community through Public Private Partnership to rehabilitate and make parks sustainable which were cleared from encroachment.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Economy

Delay in uplift plans attributed to red-tapism

Sindh government's departments are not complying with the rules to send the documents related to uplift schemes in the province to Monitoring & Evaluation Cell (M&EC) of Planning & Development Department in time to inspect the work progress.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

India creating war-like situation at LoC: AJK president

Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan on Saturday condemned in the strongest terms the unprovoked shelling by Indian forces in different sectors including Neelum valley and the consequential loss of human life and property. In a statemen

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

National medicine policy to be unfolded next month: Mirza

The Special Assistant on Health Dr Zafar Mirza on Saturday announced that long-awaited National Medicine Policy will be announced by end of next month. Dr Zafar Mirza, while addressing a seminar in Rawalpindi, predicted that the pharmaceutical sector will

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Salam Teachers' Day marked: Buzdar for staging protest march to end unemployment and poverty

Punjab chief minister Sardar Usman Buzdar Saturday said that the PTI government is determined for bringing improvement in the national economy and to raise the living standard of common man. "There is howling nowadays regarding the march. If march is that

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Crime rate continues to rise in Centre

The incidents of various kinds of crimes witnessed an upward trend as over eight cases of car lifting, seven cases of different thefts and three cases of kidnapping were reported to various police stations of the city during the last week. According to da

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Economy

PSDP 2019-20: Rs 160.59 billion released under PSDP

The federal government has released Rs 160.59 billion (23 percent) including Rs 39.94 billion foreign aid (24 percent) for various ongoing and new development projects under Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) 2019-20 against the total budgeted alloc

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Stocks

Non-listed companies' classification criteria revised

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has revised classification criteria of non-listed companies. The SECP has amended Third Schedule (Classification of Companies) of the Companies Act, 2017 through an SRO 1195(I)/2019. According to t

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 11:27am

General News

Pakistan urges Afghan government to reopen consulate

Pakistan on Saturday rejected the insinuations contained in the statement issued by the Afghan Foreign Ministry regarding a market in Peshawar. "It is deeply regrettable that a distorted and misleading account of the issue and related events has been pres

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Fazl terms PM's China visit 'disappointing'

Emir Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman while lambasting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government's foreign policy on Saturday said that Pakistan's friends in global community know about the official status of the country's policy on

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Five killed, two hurt in DIK road accident

At least five persons were killed and two other sustained injuries when two motorcycles collided in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday night. According to eye-witnesses, the accident was so severe that all the victims died before getting any medical treatment. Th

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Prices of essential kitchen items witness upward trend

Prices of essential kitchen items witnessed an increase during this week past as compared to previous week, a survey conducted by Business Recorder revealed here on Saturday. Traders at wholesale markets of Rawalpindi-Islamabad, which supplies an e

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

JUI-F, RAW have same objectives, alleges minister

Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said agenda of 'Azadi March' is not clear and alleged that objectives of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) are same.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

No compromise on accountability process: Fawad

Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said on Saturday that no compromise would be made on accountability process. The minister said that the federal government's policy for the planned protest by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F)

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

General News

Firdous asks Fazl to abandon 'Azadi March' plan

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has claimed that the so-called 'Azadi March' by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on October 31 has been planned for the freedom of thieves and "not for the free

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Letters

Energy efficiency - does anyone care?

With reference to "NPCC accused of using expensive power plants in August" (BR Oct. 7) and an absurd response from NTDC, justifying use of inefficient furnace oil power plants (BR Oct. 9). This present scenario is typical of our energy sector when we favo

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Articles

Rough road ahead for Abiy after Nobel triumph

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed faces stark challenges on the very issues that earned him a Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, and analysts say the coming months may tell whether he can translate this early applause into concrete success.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Articles

Embattled Trump takes victory lap on China trade deal

Engulfed in an impeachment inquiry and other political turmoil, US President Donald Trump on Friday trumpeted the success of his hard-line stance with China, claiming to have scored a major win in the grinding trade war between the economic powers.

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Articles

Resetting factory settings?

Last week, a versatile group of businessmen met with army chief in a five-and-a-half-hour long meeting. The GHQ's message was clear - the present government will complete its tenure so strategize accordingly. Now this week, sentiment is fast changing - bo

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 06:57am

Phasing out plastic bags

There are no two opinions on that this country needs to get rid of the ubiquitous polythene bags and other single-use plastic products, causing harm to human health and the environment. The Gilgit-Baltistan government took the first step in that direction

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 06:35am

A commendable achievement

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has done some good work to increase women's participation in the electoral process, registering 4.5 million new female voters. According to its Additional Director General, this has been achieved by launching a tw

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 06:35am

Previous Day

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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