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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘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

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

Rates

Proposed right issues

KARACHI: Right issues proposed by companies listed on 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

Dividend/Bonus Announcements

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

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

BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NBP, SIAPEP sign LoI to promote high efficiency irrigation systems

KARACHI: A Letter of Intent (LOI) has been signed between National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and Sindh Irrigated...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:50am

‘Pak-Vietnam trade volume to cross $1bn level soon’

KARACHI: Head of Vietnam Trade Mission Nguyen Thi Diep has said that Pakistan and Vietnam have been maintaining good...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:50am

Industry

Scrap: Local consumers not getting global price cut benefit

ISLAMABAD: Despite a significant reduction in global scrap prices which declined from $644 to $365 per ton, the ...

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

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

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

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

Struggling labour market

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

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:50am

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

Energy

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

Updated 03 Dec, 2022 11:56am

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 / Apr 25	281.17
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 25	280.97
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 25	143.67
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 25	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 25	1.33
Euro to USD / Apr 25	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 24	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5,525.21
India Sensex / Apr 25	79,212.53
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	35,705.74
Nasdaq / Apr 25	17,382.94
Hang Seng / Apr 25	21,980.74
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8,415.25
Dow Jones / Apr 25	40,113.50
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	22,242.45
France CAC40 / Apr 25	7,536.26

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	63.17
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	298,950
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	3,327.60
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 25	68.80
Petrol/Litre / Apr 27	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 27	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Apr 25 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	4.92 ▲ 0.96 (24.24%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Apr 25 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	3.14 ▲ 0.5 (18.94%)
Dewan Mushtaq / Apr 25 Dewan Mushtaq Textile Mills Limited(DMTM)	7.99 ▲ 1 (14.31%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Apr 25 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	8.26 ▲ 1 (13.77%)
J.K.Spinning / Apr 25 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	61.90 ▲ 5.63 (10.01%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 25 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	86.74 ▲ 7.89 (10.01%)
Shezan Inter. / Apr 25 Shezan International Limited(SHEZ)	203.03 ▲ 18.46 (10%)
Sunrays Textile / Apr 25 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	156.38 ▲ 14.22 (10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Apr 25 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	3,282.29 ▲ 298.39 (10%)
S.S.Oil / Apr 25 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	357.05 ▲ 32.46 (10%)

Stock	Price
Engro Powergen / Apr 25 Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited(EPQL)	28.71 ▼ -10.13 (-26.08%)
Ghani Chemworld / Apr 25 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	8 ▼ -1 (-11.11%)
Samba Bank / Apr 25 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	8.01 ▼ -0.99 (-11%)
Arpak Int. / Apr 25 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	56.66 ▼ -6.29 (-9.99%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Apr 25 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	47.38 ▼ -5.26 (-9.99%)
Saif Power Ltd. / Apr 25 Saif Power Limited(SPWL)	12.31 ▼ -1.3 (-9.55%)
Shaheen Ins. / Apr 25 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	5.25 ▼ -0.46 (-8.06%)
Equity Modaraba / Apr 25 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	2.75 ▼ -0.24 (-8.03%)
GlaxoSmithKline / Apr 25 GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited(GLAXO)	409.57 ▼ -34.89 (-7.85%)
AKD Hospitality / Apr 25 AKD Hospitality Limited(AKDHL)	136.65 ▼ -10.81 (-7.33%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	22,789,497 ▼ -0.02
Power Cement / Apr 25 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,965,614 ▼ -0.17
Sui South Gas / Apr 25 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	21,567,163 ▼ -0.56
B.O.Punjab / Apr 25 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	19,825,526 ▼ -0.08
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	17,030,953 ▼ -0.04
Aisha Steel Mill / Apr 25 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	16,751,796 ▲ 0.59
Cnergyico PK / Apr 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	16,717,262 ▼ -0.17
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 25 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	16,382,803 ▲ 0.14
Sui North Gas / Apr 25 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	13,338,455 ▲ 0.33
Secure Logistics / Apr 25 Secure Logistics Group Limited(SLGL)	12,723,116 ▲ 1.13

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