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Two militants killed in attack on Afghan politician’s HQ

KABUL: Two suicide bombers disguised as burqa-clad women were killed as they tried to storm the headquarters of an...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 07:15am

Four senior tax officials suspended

ISLAMABAD: Secretary Revenue Division/Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Asim Ahmad has suspended four senior...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 07:12am

Asad Majeed Khan made Foreign Secretary

ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday appointed Ambassador Dr Asad Majeed Khan as Pakistan’s new Foreign Secretary,...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 07:11am

Maj-Gen Sharif made ISPR DG

ISLAMABAD: Major General Ahmed Sharif has been appointed as the new Director General, Inter-Services Public...

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 12:00pm

SC reinstates Dogar as CCPO Lahore

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court reinstated Ghulam Mahmood Dogar as the Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) days...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 07:01am

Bilawal to visit US later this month

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will visit the United States later this month to chair the...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 06:54am

Tweets case: Swati arrested by Balochistan police

ISLAMABAD: The incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and Senator Azam Swati was Friday arrested by...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 06:44am

Taxation-related issues of IT sector: FBR nominates IR Commissioners as focal persons

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), for the first time, nominated Chief Commissioners (Inland Revenue) as...

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 11:52am

Bullion Rate

Gold prices all-time high

KARACHI: Gold prices on Friday hit all-time high on the local market, traders said. They mounted by Rs750 to...

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 11:47am

ECC decides to import urea; Rs8bn okayed for MPs’ schemes

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has decided to import 33,000 metric tons of urea on CFR bulk...

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 11:50am

‘Give us date of snap polls or we will dissolve assemblies’, IK asks govt

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has invited the coalition government for talks on early...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 06:33am

KSA extends term for $3bn deposit in SBP

KARACHI: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has extended term for a $3 billion deposit in the State Bank of Pakistan to...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 06:30am

SC urged to rule that smelters and refineries must be set up in Balochistan

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has been requested to rule that smelters and refineries must be set up in...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Uplift B’stan: Ahsan Iqbal renews his commitment

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Prof Ahsan Iqbal Friday assured the...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

US Ambassador applauds decades-long AKU-US collaboration

KARACHI: The United States Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome here on Friday visited Aga Khan University (AKU)’s...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Tanzanian delegation calls on Marri

ISLAMABAD: A delegation of Tanzania Social Action Fund is on a five-day visit to Pakistan. The visiting delegation...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

SPARC concerned over regularisation of heated tobacco devices

ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) raised alarms on the reports of tobacco...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Quetta police took Swati away from PIMS, says IK

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Friday claimed that jailed party Senator Azam Swati ...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

PCB, UNAID join hands to raise awareness about AIDS

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) joined hands with the UNAID to spread awareness about the disease of...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Pakistan seeks Turkish cooperation in various fields

LAHORE: After the successful experience of waste management with Turkiye, Pakistan wants to benefit more from its...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

‘Disqualification case’: IHC admits IK’s appeal for early hearing

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC), Friday, admitted an appeal of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Foggy conditions likely to persist next week

LAHORE: Foggy conditions are likely to continue during the coming week with increasing intensity due to persistent...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Condolence reference for S M Muneer held

KARACHI: Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President FPCCI has expressed his satisfaction at the display of unprecedented unity on...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

CM Elahi to give ownership rights to Katchi Abadis’ residents

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi said that our government has decided to allot ownership rights ...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Center for financial inclusion of PWDs launched

KARACHI: Network Organization Working for People with Disabilities in Pakistan (NOWPDP) in association with the ...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Violation of Sec 10 of Competition Act: CCP imposes Rs1m token penalty on Nelson Paint

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has passed an order and keeping in view the commitment and...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Ahsan Iqbal announces establishment of Teacher Training Institute in ICT

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Friday announced the...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Friday (December 02, 2022) and the forecast for Saturday (December 03, 2022)...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Rates

PSX turns bearish

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange Friday witnessed a bearish trend due to selling on investor concerns over political...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

SPI down on decrease in food prices: PBS

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended December 1, recorded a decrease of...

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 09:53am

Import of urea: PPRA refuses to give fresh exemption

ISLAMABAD: The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has held that fresh exemption from public procurement...

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 11:49am

OPEC set to stick or cut more amid plan to cap Russian oil price

LONDON: Major oil producers are expected to stick to their current output strategy or even slash production further...

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 09:58am

Muttaqi speaks to Bilawal

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari received a call from the Acting Afghan Foreign Minister, Amir...

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 09:57am

US designates four AQIS, TTP leaders as SDGTs

ISLAMABAD: The United States has designated Qari Amjad, the deputy chief of outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan ...

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 09:56am

No plan to shut embassy

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Friday refuted media reports about any plan to close Pakistan’s Embassy in Kabul...

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 11:48am

Bhandara hosts luncheon for members of minority communities

ISLAMABAD: Former member of the National Assembly Isphanyar Bhandara organised a lavish luncheon in honour of the...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

May 25 PTI protest: Imran did not give ‘direct assurance’, observes SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday noted that the former Prime Minister Imran Khan has not directly given...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

‘Sustained action against terror’: Assurances received from Kabul, says FO

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office said on Friday that the government of Pakistan has received assurances of sustained action...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Delay in sugarcane crushing: DCs in Punjab directed to register FIRs against six mills

LAHORE: The Cane Commissioner Punjab has directed the additional cane commissioners/deputy commissioners to get ...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

APNS condoles death

KARACHI: Sarmad Ali, President and Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani, Secretary General of the All Pakistan Newspapers ...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Trainer Parveen Rashid

“Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.” “Who said that?” “John F Kennedy after the...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

PTI’s plan: PML-N taking a wait-and-see approach

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is learnt to have decided to adopt ‘wait and see policy’ ...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Prospects of oil from Russia: much love lost

A delegation led by State Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik, who wasd accompanied by the officials of Petroleum...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Climate-focused development banks neglect nature ahead of COP15

The world’s development banks could play a major role in protecting nature, but are largely ignoring biodiversity...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

China’s top banks to issue offshore loans to help developers repay debt

China has ordered its top four state-owned banks to issue offshore loans to help developers repay overseas debt,...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Minimum wage: the wages of lack of empathy is social unrest

“I’m going to say something controversial, but I genuinely believe that Pakistan needs to move away from this...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Letters

UN’s emergency funding appeal

According to a Business Recorder news report, the UN has appealed for record funds for aid next year, as the Ukraine...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Sindh assembly pays tributes to Mufti Rafi, Arshad Sharif

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Friday paid tributes to renowned religious scholar late Mufti Rafi Usmani and senior...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Yarik-Bannu link road to boost trade activities: CM KP

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has termed the construction of Yarik-Bannu Link Road of...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Stocks

Asian shares fall ahead of US payrolls data, dollar nurses losses

SYDNEY: Asian shares fell and Treasuries held on to gains on Friday ahead of US non-farm payrolls data, the next big...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Forex

Dollar's rate in interbank market

KARACHI: Interbank closing rates for dollar on Friday (December 02, 2022). ======================== Open Bid...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Forex

Kerb buying and selling rate of US dollar

KARACHI: Dollar buying and selling rate in the kerb market in rupees on Friday (December 02, 2022)....

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Rates

Revised Rates of Debt Securities

KARACHI: The following were the revised rates of debt securities on Friday (December 02, 2022)....

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Stocks

NATIONAL CLEARING COMPANY OF PAKISTAN LIMITED (NCCPL)

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

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Rates

BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices

KARACHI: BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices on Friday (December 02, 2022). ==================================== BR...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Rates

BOARD MEETINGS

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

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Rates

Dividend/Bonus Announcements

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

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Stocks

Last date of renunciation/payment

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

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Rates

Proposed right issues

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

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

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 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

‘Won’t take IMF’s dictation’: Dar

Finance minister says he does not have to plead before the Fund

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 11:56am

Pak diplomat escapes assassination attempt at Kabul

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Chargé d’Affaires to Afghanistan Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani on Friday survived an assassination...

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 09:54am

FY22 trade with US soars 38.3pc to $10.5bn YoY, NA told

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce, Naveed Qamar Friday informed the National Assembly that bilateral trade...

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 10:01am

Nov POL products’ sales down 12pc to 1.55m tons YoY

KARACHI: Total petroleum products’ sales clocked in at 1.55 million tons in November 2022, displaying a decline of...

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 09:57am

PM urges Chinese co to invest in renewable energy sector

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has invited China Construction Third Engineering Bureau to invest in...

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 09:55am

Energy

PM seeks reform plan: Power sector PDM govt’s Achilles heel

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has sought a plan from Power Division to curtail theft and line losses by...

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 09:58am

Struggling labour market

EDITORIAL: The government is lucky to the extent that, once again, international institutions like ILO ...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:50am

Violence against women

EDITORIAL: It is one of the most common human rights violations in the world. According to a UN report issued last...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:50am

Taxes

SRB collects Rs13.50bn revenue in Nov

KARACHI: The Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) has witnessed a 23 percent growth with a revenue collection of Rs 13.50...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:50am

Taxes

FBR issues STGO 5: 89 unregistered retailers told to integrate with POS by 12th

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has warned 89 unregistered retailers (Tier-1) to integrate themselves...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:50am

Smart, innovative digital financial services: SBP governor explains how banks can better serve business sector

KARACHI: Jameel Ahmed, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has said that banking system can better serve...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:50am

Scrap: Local consumers not getting global price cut benefit

Industry

Cement despatches decline by 16.82pc last month

LAHORE: Cement despatches declined by 16.82 percent in November 22 as total despatches during the month were ...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:50am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 3	277.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 3	277.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 3	150.01
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 3	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 3	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 3	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 2	6,047.15
Nasdaq / Dec 2	19,403.95
Dow Jones / Dec 2	44,782
India Sensex / Dec 3	80,853.10
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 3	39,248.86
Hang Seng / Dec 3	19,694.44
FTSE 100 / Dec 3	8,345.09
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 3	20,011.64

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 2	235,340
Petrol/Litre / Dec 3	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 3	68.37
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 3	17,685
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 3	2,645.88
Diesel/Litre / Dec 3	258.43

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.30 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	630 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	67.69 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,118.68 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.14 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.30 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	630 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	67.69 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,118.68 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.14 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	213,514,857 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Dec 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	196,907,321 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 3 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	68,325,507 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	66,212,972 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 3 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	65,264,278 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Dec 3 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	61,288,845 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Dec 3 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	49,268,731 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 3 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	46,902,495 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Cement / Dec 3 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	31,910,059 ▲ 0.00

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