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Forex

Banks rates for currency notes (buying and selling)

KARACHI: The selling/buying rates for currency notes of major currencies issued by National Bank (NBP) here on ...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:53am

Beijing to impose restrictions on all US diplomats in China

BEIJING: Beijing will impose "reciprocal restrictions" on all American diplomats on Chinese soil in response to ...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Russia, China hackers targeting US vote, warns Microsoft

WASHINGTON: Microsoft said Thursday it thwarted recent cyberattacks from China, Russia and Iran targeting both...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Middle East

Iran deploys submarine, cruise missile in exercises

TEHRAN: The Iranian navy on Friday deployed homegrown military equipment including a submarine and a cruise missile...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Middle East

Thousands join Iraq's first weekly prayers since Covid-19

BAGHDAD: Thousands of supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gathered at a mosque in east Baghdad on Friday for the...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

US backs release of Taliban who killed French, Australians

WASHINGTON: A US negotiator on Friday voiced understanding for Afghanistan's release of Taliban prisoners who killed...

Updated 12 Sep, 2020 03:57am

Currency

State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates

KARACHI: Rates applicable for conversion into rupees of Foreign Currency Deposits, Dollar Bearer Certificates,...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Currency

Bill buying rates per unit of currency

KARACHI: Bill Buying Rates per unit of currency -- issued by the Treasury Management Division of the National Bank ...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Stocks

Dates of Closure of Books & Annual General Meetings

KARACHI: Dates of Closure of Books and holding of Ordinary and Extra-Ordinary General Meetings of companies listed ...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Stocks

Last date of renunciation/payment

KARACHI: Last dates of renunciation/payment....

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Stocks

NATIONAL CLEARING COMPANY OF PAKISTAN LIMITED (NCCPL)

KARACHI: National Clearing Company declares daily settlement information for local & foreign investors on Friday...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Rates

Member to Member

KARACHI: The following transactions member to member subsequently reported on Friday (September 11, 2020)....

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Rates

Cross Transactions between Client to Client & Financial Institutions

KARACHI: The following were the cross transactions between client to client & financial institutions here on...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Rates

Revised Rates of Debt Securities

KARACHI: The following were the revised rates of debt securities on Friday (September 11, 2020)....

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Currency

THE RUPEE: Gains value

KARACHI: On Friday, Pakistan Rupee gained value against USD in both interbank and open markets. It remained ...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Friday (September 11, 2020) and the forecast for Saturday (September 12, 2020)....

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Pakistan welcomes intra-Afghan negotiations in Qatar

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has welcomed the announcement to start the much-awaited intra-Afghan negotiations being held in...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Collection of fees: Panel asks government to take action against private educational institutes

ISLAMABAD A parliamentary panel on Friday asked the government to take strict actions against those private...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

PPP condemns horrific incident of woman's gang-rape

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) strongly condemned the horrific incident of rape of a woman in front of her...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Woman's gang-rape perpetrators deserve exemplary punishment: Senate body

ISLAMABAD: The gang-rape of a woman on a highway, which drew widespread condemnation on the social media, including...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Dr Maha's post-mortem: Permission granted for exhumation

KARACHI: The judicial magistrate on Friday granted permission for exhumation of Dr Maha Shah's body and post mortem...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

No child allowed into school without mask: Ghani

KARACHI: Sindh minister for Education and Labour, Saeed Ghani on Friday said no child should be allowed to enter the...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Minister terms gang-rape 'blind case with no significant evidence'

LAHORE: As Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat declared the gang-rape of a mother of three children a "blind case with...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

LHC directs EPA to take action against factories causing air pollution

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday directed the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to take action against the...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Safdar's interim bail extended

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Friday extended interim pre-arrest bail of Capt Muhammad Safdar (Retd), ...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

PTI ticket holder joins PML-Q

LAHORE: Former MPA and PTI ticket holder Naveed Ashiq Dial called on Speaker Punjab Assembly Ch Parvez Elahi and MNA...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Presidency, Osaka Lighting ink MoU: CSR welfare system first introduced in State of Madina: President

KARACHI: President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi has appreciated Osaka Lighting's pledge to replace the lights in the...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Sindh reports 271 new cases of Covid-19

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said one more patient of Covid-19 died overnight lifting the...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

About 80 percent work of Gwadar East Bay Expressway completed: Asim Bajwa

ISLAMABAD Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa (retd) on...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Partly Facetious: Setback to tourism prospects?

ARTICLE: "I was devastated at the reaction of the man who holds the charge of Capital City Police Officer (CCPO)."...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Plan submitted to bring 200 buses on roads: Shallwani

KARACHI: Administrator Karachi Iftikhar Ali Shallwani on Friday said that he has submitted a plan before the Sindh...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Middle East

UN reaches deal to name new Libya envoy, coordinator

UNITED NATIONS: After more than six months of squabbling, the UN Security Council has agreed to name a new special...

Updated 12 Sep, 2020 03:55am

Manufacturing of smartphones: PTA to soon issue licences, Senate panel told

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication was informed Friday that ...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Violation of Covid-19 SOPs witnessed

ISLAMABAD: Contrary to the big claims of the district administration for taking strict action to ensure the...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

IHC CJ orders forensic audit of courts

ISLAMABAD: The chief justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday ordered the forensic audit of the IHC and the...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

FIR against Cynthia Ritchie: Malik files application at police station

ISLAMABAD: Senator Rehman Malik on Friday filed an application with station house officer Aabpara Police Station to...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

SSGC serves final notice to defaulting public hospitals

KARACHI: After serving numerous notices that were not complied, Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has finally decided...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Sania examines Ehsaas Nashonuma Programme in South Punjab

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar on...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Committee passes unanimous resolution against Lahore CCPO

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly's Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony unanimously passed on...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Telenor Pakistan wins four awards at AD Stars 2020

ISLAMABAD: Telenor Pakistan has bagged four awards at the AD Stars 2020 for its Digital Birth Registration programme...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Exchange

Punjab govt committed to doing more for rice sector: minister

LAHORE: The Punjab government has been giving 50 percent subsidy on the micronutrients and is committed to...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Baba Guru Nanak University: GCU VC gets additional charge

LAHORE: Prof Dr Asghar Zaidi, the Vice Chancellor of Government College University Lahore, has been given additional...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Lahore BISE launches online tracking facility

LAHORE: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore has introduced an online file tracking ...

Updated 12 Sep, 2020 03:47am

Efforts being made to remove precious paintings of A J Shemza: NAAP

LAHORE: The National Artists' Association of Pakistan (NAAP) has claimed that "ill-intentioned" efforts are being...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Medical, dental colleges re-open on 15th

LAHORE: The public and private sector medical and dental colleges in Punjab will reopen on Tuesday (September 15)...

Updated 12 Sep, 2020 03:45am

Nisar Memon appointed CEO of Pakistan Railways

LAHORE: The federal government has appointed Nisar Ahmed Memon as Chief Executive Officer/Senior General Manager...

Updated 12 Sep, 2020 03:44am

Constitution of NEQS approved

LAHORE: The Environment Commission on Air & Water Pollution has approved constitution of the National...

Updated 12 Sep, 2020 03:43am

PILDAT launches 'Breaking Ground'

LAHORE: PILDAT formally launched the book 'Breaking Ground' authored by Ms Heidi Kühn, CEO and Founder, Roots of...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

10 HBL PSL matches: PCB announces new refund process of tickets

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced new refund process for those cricket fans who could not...

Updated 12 Sep, 2020 03:54am

Solutions based on creative thinking

ARTICLE: The incumbent government that has concluded 'business-as-usual' will not get the nation where PTI promised...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Back to 2011

ARTICLE: It is getting frightfully boring to continue writing about the economy; sometimes the other option, writing...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Life without LVMH? How Tiffany might fare without the luxury giant

ARTICLE: LVMH, the world's biggest luxury group, has called off its $16-billion engagement to Tiffany. Wall Street...

Updated 12 Sep, 2020 03:03am

Fear and frustration: Europe's wealthy keep wallets closed

ARTICLE: By this time of year, Ilene Steele, 63, would usually have several trips behind her: one to visit family in...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Exchange

'Foreign aid or export-led growth?'

LETTER: An article "Foreign aid or export-led growth" carried by Business Recorder has brought under sharp focus a...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Pakistan to attend huge 'Caucasus' drills

MOSCOW: Russia said on Friday it would stage massive military drills in the Caucasus in late September with troops...

Updated 12 Sep, 2020 03:42am

Farooqi arrested; high treason case registered against Absar

KARACHI: Bilal Farooqi, a senior journalist was allegedly taken into custody from his home in Karachi's DHA...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Journalist Bilal Farooqi arrested

KARACHI: Bilal Farooqi, a senior journalist was allegedly taken into custody from his home in Karachi's DHA...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Blasphemous website blocked, PTA tells SHC

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block all ...

Updated 12 Sep, 2020 03:40am

Exchange

Barclays bid rates and maximum rates for payment of interest

KARACHI: Barclays bid rates, maximum rates for payment of interest by authorised dealers on deposits (other than...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Forex

Exchange rates: buying and selling

KARACHI: Exchange rates issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan on Friday (September...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Forex

Currency notes: exchange rates

KARACHI: Exchange rates for Currency Notes issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Libor

LIBOR calculating interest on US dollar

KARACHI: London Interbank Offer Rates on for calculating interest on special US dollar on Friday (September 11,...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Forex

Open market rates of foreign currencies

KARACHI: Open market rates of foreign currencies supplied by the Forex Association of Pakistan on Friday (September...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Forex

Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Libor

LIBOR interbank offered rates

LONDON: London Interbank Offered Rates (LIBOR) on Friday (September 11, 2020)....

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Rates.KIBOR

Kibor interbank offered rates

KARACHI: Kibor interbank offered rates on Friday (September 11, 2020). ========================== KIBOR...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Rates.JLI

JLI Managed Growth Fund Rates

KARACHI: Jubilee Life Insurance Managed Growth Fund Rates on Friday (September 11, 2020). ========================...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Rates.JLI

JLI Capital Growth Fund Rates

KARACHI: Jubilee Life Insurance Capital Growth Fund Rates on Friday (September 11, 2020). ========================...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Rates.JLI

JLI MEESEQ Fund Rates

KARACHI: JLI Meeseq Fund Rates on Friday (September 11, 2020). ======================== Offer Price 1,186.4904 ...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Rates.JLI

JLI YAQEEN GROWTH FUND RATES

KARACHI: JLI Yaqeen Growth Fund Rates on Friday (September 11, 2020). ======================== Offer Price...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Rates.JLI

JLI MANAGED TAKAFUL FUND

KARACHI: JLI Managed Takaful Fund Rates on Friday (September 11, 2020). ======================== Offer Price...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Rates.JLI

JLI CAPITAL GROWTH TAKAFUL FUND

KARACHI: JLI Capital Growth Takaful Fund Rates on Friday (September 11, 2020). ======================== Offer ...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Exchange

Clearing Schedule for T+2 System

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange's Clearing Schedule for T+2 System....

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Exchange

Proposed right issues

KARACHI: Right issues proposed by companies listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange....

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Exchange

Dividend/Bonus Announcements

KARACHI: Dividend/Bonus announcements by the companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange....

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Exchange

BOARD MEETINGS

KARACHI: Board Meetings of Companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange....

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Rates.BR Index

BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices

KARACHI: BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices on Friday (September 11, 2020). ==================================== BR...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan

KARACHI: Mutual Funds Association has issued open-end funds daily prices for Friday (September 11, 2020)...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Forex

Kerb buying and selling rate of US dollar

KARACHI: Dollar buying and selling rate in the kerb market in rupees on Friday (September 11, 2020)....

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Forex

Dollar's rate in interbank market

KARACHI: Interbank closing rates for dollar on Friday (September 11, 2020). ======================== Bid Rate...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Vegetable Oil

Shipping Intelligence

KARACHI: Karachi Shipping Intelligence report incorporating changes till 7 am on Friday (September 11, 2020)....

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Commodities

Pakistan Mercantile Exchange - PMEX

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Mercantile Exchange - PMEX (Formerly National Commodity Exchange Limited - NCEL) Trading Summary...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Exchange

LME official prices

LONDON: The following were Thursday official prices....

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Aaj TV - Saturday's Program schedule

KARACHI: All timings are in PST (Pakistan Standard Time). 06:00 NEWS HOUR 06:25 HEADLINE NEWS 06:30 NEWS HOUR 06:55...

Updated 12 Sep, 2020 03:54am

Cotton & Textile

Business remains bearish on cotton market

KARACHI: Business remained bearish on local cotton market on Friday. Market sources told that trading activity is...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Cotton & Textile

Cotton Spot Rates

KARACHI: Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Friday (September 11, 2020)....

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Rates.Ports

Activities of Karachi Port and Port Qasim

KARACHI: The Karachi Port handled 146,226 tonnes of cargo comprising 99,553 tonnes of import cargo and 46,673 tonnes...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Commodities

PMEX daily trading report

KARACHI: On Thursday, PMEX traded value of metals, energy, COTS/FX and indices was recorded at PKR 9.918 billion and...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Grains

CBOT corn lower

CHICAGO: Chicago Board of Trade corn futures ended lower in rangebound trade on Wednesday as traders adjusted...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Commodities

Gold eases in European trade

NEW YORK: Gold edged lower on Friday on a lack of any further stimulus from the European Central Bank and the US...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Commodities

Palm oil ends two weeks of gains

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures logged their first weekly drop in three on Friday, as rising production and...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Energy

Oil steadies, heads for weekly loss

NEW YORK: Oil prices were little changed on Friday as equities markets eased in volatile trade and crude remained on...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Commodities

China demand, historically low stocks boost copper

LONDON: Copper prices rose on Friday as optimism about demand in top consumer China, a balanced market, historically...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Cotton & Textile

New York cotton

NEW YORK: The following were the fluctuations observed during the day:...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Energy

PD holds seminar on natural gas issues

ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division organised a national seminar to deliberate upon the issues of natural gas supply...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Commodities

Gold prices fall

Karachi: Gold declined by Rs500 to Rs114500 per tola on the local market, traders said on Friday. The precious ...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Energy

Pacra assigns 'AA+' rating for long-term to NTDC

LAHORE: Pakistan Credit Rating Agency (Pacra) has assigned initial entity rating of "AA+" for long-term and "A1+" ...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

Duty drawback on export of fans enhanced

Exchange

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 31	279.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 31	278.88
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 31	155.19
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 31	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 31	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 31	1.04

Stock	Volume
Hang Seng / Jan 30	20,225.11
S&P 500 / Jan 31	6,040.53
India Sensex / Jan 31	77,500.57
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 31	39,572.49
Nasdaq / Jan 31	19,627.44
FTSE 100 / Jan 31	8,673.96
Dow Jones / Jan 31	44,544.66
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 31	21,732.05

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 31	72.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 31	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 31	250,171
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 31	2,798.41
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 31	65.88
Petrol/Litre / Feb 2	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 31 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	10.21 ▲ 1 (10.86%)
IGI Life Ins / Jan 31 IGI Life Insurance Limited(IGIL)	15.13 ▲ 1.38 (10.04%)
Sana Ind / Jan 31 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	28.77 ▲ 2.62 (10.02%)
Tariq Corporation / Jan 31 Tariq Corporation Limited(TCORP)	16.91 ▲ 1.54 (10.02%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jan 31 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	15.72 ▲ 1.43 (10.01%)
Redco Textile / Jan 31 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	24.17 ▲ 2.2 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 31 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	53.74 ▲ 4.89 (10.01%)
Pak Leather / Jan 31 Pak Leather Crafts Limited(PAKL)	32.63 ▲ 2.97 (10.01%)
Dandot Cement / Jan 31 Dandot Cement Company Limited(DNCC)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 31 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	54.86 ▼ -6.1 (-10.01%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 31 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	63 ▼ -7 (-10%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Jan 31 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	189 ▼ -21 (-10%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jan 31 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	10.41 ▼ -1.15 (-9.95%)
National Silk / Jan 31 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	40.84 ▼ -4.51 (-9.94%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Jan 31 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.83 ▼ -0.76 (-8.85%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 31 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	109.56 ▼ -10.44 (-8.7%)
Kohinoor Mills / Jan 31 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	31.05 ▼ -2.9 (-8.54%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jan 31 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	7.28 ▼ -0.66 (-8.31%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,672,997 ▲ 0.14
Sui South Gas / Jan 31 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	48,364,956 ▼ -1.33
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	36,344,486 ▼ -0.06
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 31 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	33,226,540 ▼ -0.77
Bank Makramah / Jan 31 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	31,509,642 ▲ 0.04
B.O.Punjab / Jan 31 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	17,873,860 ▲ 0.2
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,969,744 ▼ -0.07
Pak Refinery / Jan 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,492,313 ▼ -0.57
Treet Battery / Jan 31 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	15,390,342 ▲ 1.07

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