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Pacer Aftab replaces injured Nabeel in series against Bangladesh

LAHORE: Right-arm fast bowler Mohammad Nabeel has been ruled out of the Pakistan U19 series against Bangladesh due ...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Faisalabad’s master plan reviewed

FAISALABAD: Divisional Commissioner Muhammad Shahid Niaz has emphasised that the Faisalabad master plan should be...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Commodities

Copper drifts lower

LONDON: Copper slid on Friday as bullish investors shed long positions while the dollar strengthened and top metals...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Commodities

Arabica coffee falls

LONDON: Arabica coffee futures on ICE fell to a 14-month low on Friday, pressured by an improving outlook for next...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Commodities

Gold down as dollar, yields rise on Fed rate-hike bets

NEW YORK: Gold fell more than 1% on Friday as the dollar and bond yields climbed after data showed underlying...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Commodities

Iron ore futures tumble

MANILA: Iron ore futures tumbled on Friday, with the benchmark price in Singapore collapsing below $80 per tonne, ...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Setting up of anti-riot unit: ECC approves Rs333.915m funds for FC

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved Rs. 333.915 million in funds for...

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 10:05am

16.7m cell phones manufactured locally in nine months: PTA

ISLAMABAD: Local manufacturing plants have manufactured/assembled 16.7 million phones handsets during the first nine...

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 01:14pm

Taxes

Decision within stipulated period: SC explains why a taxpayer’s appeal can’t be negated

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held if a taxpayer’s appeal is not decided within the stipulated period, his...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Over 140 killed in Seoul Halloween crush

SEOUL: More than 140 people were killed and some 150 were injured in a stampede during Halloween festivities in...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

‘Euro Village’ festival kicks off: EU envoy stresses need for strengthening trade ties

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of the European Union to Pakistan, Dr Riina Kionka Saturday emphasized the need for...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Hackers, abusers and regulators may vex Musk at Twitter

Elon Musk’s talk of slimming Twitter’s staff and letting people post anything allowed by law is expected to ...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Textile sector: sustainable business practices

One of the most important industrial sectors, the textiles industry contributes significantly to national economies,...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Thousands of workers evicted in Qatar’s capital ahead of World Cup

Qatar has emptied apartment blocks housing thousands of foreign workers in the same areas in the centre of the...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Imran Khan says ready to face any forum on Arshad Sharif case

Says ready to answer questions regarding the killing of senior journalist Arshad Sharif

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 10:15am

IK planning to spread chaos under pretext of ‘long march’: minister

Says the main objective of PTI’s long march is to shed the blood of innocent people in the federal capital

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 10:17am

PTI’s talks offer to govt again revolves around polls date

Fawad expresses willingness to hold talks with the coalition government after it shows seriousness about holding an early general elections

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 10:18am

Corps commander visits Waziristan

RAWALPINDI: Corps Commander Peshawar Lieutenant General Hassan Azhar Hayat visited Mir Ali, North Waziristan ...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Minister releases Gandapur’s purported audio leak

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Saturday played an allegedly audio call recording between Pakistan...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

IHC to hear IK’s petition against disqualification tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday fixed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supremo Imran ...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Sherpao terms holding polls without electoral reforms meaningless exercise

PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Saturday called for expediting electoral...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Pak-US ties improving once again, says envoy

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan has said the relations between Pakistan and the...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Incidents involving crime rampant in ICT

ISLAMABAD: The capital police registered over 100 cases of robberies, burglaries, cash, mobile snatching, and auto...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

UHS unveils new structure for PhD programmes

LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) Vice-Chancellor Prof Ahsan Waheed Rathore has announced a new...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

PBC requests SC to withdraw notices against Babar, Faisal

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Saturday urged Supreme Court of Pakistan to withdraw notices issued to...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Pakistan, Italian agency to work jointly on climate change

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Italian Agency for Development Corporation (AICS) agreed on working jointly on climate ...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Call for raising awareness about breast cancer

LAHORE: First Lady Samina Alvi has called for raising awareness among the women about the importance of early...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Commodities

Prices of essential kitchen items show upward trend

ISLAMABAD: The prices of essential kitchen items have witnessed an upward trend during this week past against the...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Bilawal felicitates Abid Zuberi

KARACHI: Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has felicitated...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Dengue situation under control in Punjab: secy

LAHORE: The situation of dengue in the province is under control and dengue patients are extended best quality...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Assassin of BHC’s ex-CJ held: CTD

QUETTA: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday claimed to have arrested the killer of former Balochistan...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

10 essential food commodities: CCP completes draft study aimed at addressing market distortions

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has completed a draft study aimed at addressing market...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Efforts underway to improve availability of alternative fuels: minister

KARACHI: Dr Musaddik Malik, Federal Minister for Petroleum has said that LPG is the unregulated sector and the...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Energy

US natgas futures drop

NEW YORK: US natural gas futures slid about 3% on Friday on record output and forecasts for mild weather and low...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Commodities

Corn, wheat sag on firm dollar, concerns over US export demand

CHICAGO: US grain futures edged lower on Friday as gains in the dollar made commodities priced in the US currency...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Energy

Oil futures ease as China widens Covid curbs

NEW YORK: Oil prices eased about 1% on Friday after top crude importer China widened its Covid-19 curbs, though the...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Commodities

India extends curbs on sugar shipments

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: India has extended curbs on sugar exports by one year until October 2023, the government said, but...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Commodities

Japanese rubber declines

SINGAPORE: Japanese rubber futures fell on Friday, tracking losses in the Shanghai market and weighed down by...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Cotton & Textile

Cotton spot rates

KARACHI: official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Saturday (October 29, 2022)....

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Cotton & Textile

Slow trading on cotton market

LAHORE: The local cotton market on Saturday remained bearish and the trading volume remained very low. Cotton...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Saturday (October 29, 2022) and the forecast for Sunday (October 30, 2022)....

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Paper

Lahore Paper Market Rates

LAHORE: Paper market rates in rupees on Saturday (October 29, 2022). ======================================= Offset...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Russia suspends participation in Ukraine grain exports deal

MOSCOW: Russia has suspended participation in an UN-brokered deal to export agricultural produce from Ukrainian...

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 10:06am

SECL seeks permanent exemption from IFRS-9

ISLAMABAD: M/s Sapphire Electric Power Company Limited (SECL) has sought permanent exemption from the application of...

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 03:33pm

Currency

Dar takes major steps to tackle rupee volatility

Minister for Finance asks banks and ECs to avoid manipulation of the dollar, warns of strict action if institutions are found involved in unlawful practices

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 04:12pm

AGP issues policy guidelines to FBR on blacklisted companies

ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has issued policy guidelines to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)...

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 10:12am

Islamabad: strict security measures taken

ISLAMABAD: A day after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) ‘long march’ commenced in Lahore, the administration of...

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 10:09am

PM forms body to ensure law, order

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a 13-member committee to maintain law and order during the...

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 01:11pm

Maryam again rejects IK’s early election demand

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Maryam Aurangzeb on Saturday said elections will be ...

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 11:55pm

Fundamental rights: IK makes passionate plea to CJP

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Saturday resumed the ‘Haqeeqi Azadi’ March to Islamabad...

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 10:05am

Oil rate cut may not benefit consumers if PL adjusted

ISLAMABAD: The general public may not be passed on an estimated Rs 2.80 per litre price reduction in petrol price in...

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 01:22pm

FBR raises DGDIA’s strength to 19

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has increased the scope of the Directorate General of Digital ...

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 10:13am

China grants another 5bn Yuan on emergency grounds

ISLAMABAD: China on Saturday took an important decision of further donating 5 billion Yuan to Pakistan on emergency...

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 01:15pm

Imran Khan terminates Vawda’s basic party membership

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan Saturday terminated the basic party membership of...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Kurram NA-45 bypoll today: IK among 16 candidates

PESHAWAR: All is set to hold by-elections on the vacant seat of National Assembly constituency NA-45 Kurram district...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Car bombs at Somali education ministry leave scores of casualties

MOGADISHU: Two car bomb explosions at the education ministry in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed or wounded...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Two soldiers embrace martyrdom in DIK

RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers of the Pakistan Army on Saturday embraced martyrdom while fighting terrorists in fire...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Released Guantanamo Bay prisoner Paracha reaches home

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani national, Saif Ullah Paracha, was released from Guantanamo Bay detention centre after ...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Attacks on anti-polio teams

EDITORIAL: In yet another tragic incident last Tuesday a police constable escorting a polio eradication team lost ...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

What’s going on?

EDITORIAL: The civilian leadership seems to be completely out of the loop regarding talks with the terrorist...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Illegal surveillance

EDITORIAL: Former prime minister Imran Khan is right to want the controversial high-level leaked audio tapes...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Taxes

LCCI urges FBR to extend tax return filing date

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry has demanded the Chairman Federal Board of Revenue to extend...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Investment projects: Governor assures Turkish firms of all possible facilities

LAHORE: Governor Punjab Muhammad Balighur Rehman said on Saturday that Turkish companies will be provided with all...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Commodities

Gold prices drop

KARACHI: Gold prices on Saturday closed low on the local market, traders said. They dropped by Rs600 to Rs151800 per...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Taxes

Tax returns: KCCI seeks extension in last date

KARACHI: The president of Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Mohammed Tariq Yousuf has requested the...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Industry

PCMA elects office-bearers

KARACHI: Muhammad Qasim Sonija has been elected unopposed as chairman of Pakistan Cloth Merchant Associate (PCMA) ...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Automart: car prices in Karachi

Rates in the week ended October 29, 2022

Updated 30 Oct, 2022 02:43am

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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

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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