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QWP demands audit of deals with IPPs

PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Saturday said an audit should be conducted...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

‘Pak Pavilion’ inaugurated at CIFTIS

BEIJING: Ambassador of Pakistan to China Moinul Haque officially inaugurated the Pakistan Pavilion at the China...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Concern voiced over smuggling of goods

KARACHI: President United Business Group (UBG) Zubair Tufail has expressed his serious concern over the large-scale...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Early detection of TB among children, its treatment urged

LAHORE: TB is a multi factorial disease whose germs can spread in the air by coughing, sneezing and spitting and...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

WASA Faisalabad fires 700 employees ‘due to lack of funds’

FAISALABAD: Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Faisalabad administration dismissed more than 700 worker charge...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Letters

Need for protecting Pakistan-IMF deal

Regardless of the intensity of growing public anger against ‘inflated’ electricity bills, the caretaker setup...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

May 9 violence: ATC extends pre-arrest bails of IK’s sisters, Asad Umar

LAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday extended pre-arrest bail of former PTI secretary general Asad ...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Customs officials seize vehicles without issuing notices to owners

LAHORE: Custom authorities are allegedly involved in seizing vehicles used in smuggling of foreign origin cloth...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

UBG says concerned at smuggling of goods ‘via Pakistan-Iran border’

KARACHI: President United Business Group (UBG) Zubair Tufail has expressed his serious concern over the large-scale...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

PBC condemns manhandling of ex-Punjab CM Elahi

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), on Saturday, strongly condemned the manhandling and the way under which...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Four theatres sealed in Faisalabad

LAHORE: Punjab Information Minister Amir Mir has said that the Faisalabad district administration has sealed four...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

CM pays tribute to army martyrs

LAHORE: The caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi has paid tribute to the bravery of martyred Major Amir Aziz...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Munir Akram calls on PM

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Munir Akram called on caretaker Prime ...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

LWMC launches ‘Smart Waste Collection’ model

LAHORE: The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) has launched the Smart Waste Collection model as a pilot project...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

‘Punjab governor himself foots the food bills’

LAHORE: Terming the news about the food tenders of the Governor’s House as baseless and contrary to the facts, a...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

FCDO issues travel advisory for British citizens

ISLAMABAD: The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) have advised British citizens against...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Islamabad: alarming rise in street crime

ISLAMABAD: Carjacking and cell phone snatching witnessed an increase in the federal capital during the last week as...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

First Chinese cargo shipment via Torkham border reaches Afghanistan

PESHAWAR: The first ever Afghanistan bound China cargo shipment that entered Pakistan through Sost border from...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Caretakers and a trembling economy

Elections are the backbone of a strong democratic process. Free and fair elections and a smooth transfer of power...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Karabakh separatist leader resigns amid deepening blockade crisis

TBILISI: The separatist head of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh has resigned amid widespread food and fuel...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Iran Guards seize ship smuggling fuel in Gulf

TEHRAN: Naval forces of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have seized a ship “carrying smuggled fuel” in the Gulf ...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Gunmen kill seven worshippers in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna state

MAIDUGURI, (Nigeria): At least seven worshippers were killed in an attack on a mosque by a gang of armed men in...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

8 terrorists killed in Balochistan encounters

QUETTA: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) killed eight terrorists in separate incidents in Balochistan during...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Cypher Case: Hearing on post-bail pleas of IK, Qureshi adjourned

ISLAMABAD: The special court, on Saturday, put on hold the hearing of post-arrest bail petitions of Pakistan...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Iran pilgrims among 16 dead in Iraq crash

BAGHDAD: A road accident killed 16 people, mostly Iranian pilgrims, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad overnight, ...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Bill Richardson, globe-trotting US diplomat, dies at 75

WASHINGTON: Bill Richardson, a veteran Democratic politician and former US ambassador to the United Nations who ...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Money collection case: ATC grants post-arrest bail to Imaan Mazari

ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC), on Saturday, granted post-arrest bail to lawyer and human rights activist...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Pakistan issues new guidelines for flights from Afghanistan

All flights entering Pakistani airspace from Afghanistan are required to provide a minimum of 15 minutes advance notice

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 09:49am

MoU signed: ICCI, IBECHS to establish modern expo centre in Islamabad

Khalid Javed former President ICCI congratulates ICCI and IBECSH for signing an MoU for the expo center

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 09:48am

Elahi moves IHC to challenge his arrest

PTI leader has challenged his detention under MPO

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 09:47am

Establishment Division notifies transfers

All officers belong to Pakistan’s administrative service

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 09:46am

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Saturday (September 02, 2023) and the forecast for Sunday (September 03, 2023)...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Commodities

EU wheat steadies ahead of Russia-Turkey talks

PARIS: European wheat edged lower on Friday on prospects of a revival of the Black Sea grain export deal that would...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Commodities

Brazil allows farmers to sow new soy before fallow

SAO PAULO: Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry has approved 48 requests from Mato Grosso soy growers who want to start...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Commodities

Japan rubber futures hit near 6-month high

TOKYO: Japanese rubber futures extended gains on Friday, hitting a near 6-month high after Beijing’s additional...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Cotton & Textile

Cotton market: No respite in surge of spot rate

LAHORE: The Spot Rate Committee of the Karachi Cotton Association on (KCA) Saturday increased the spot rate by Rs ...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Cotton & Textile

Cotton spot rates

KARACHI: official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Saturday (September 02, 2023)...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Commodities

India’s rice area grows on higher prices, cotton sowing lags

MUMBAI: Indian farmers have planted 39.8 million hectares (98.3 million acres) with rice, up 3.7% on the same period...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Commodities

Vietnam domestic coffee prices up

HANOI/BANDAR LAMPUNG: Coffee prices in Vietnam rose this week, tracking gains in London futures on supply concerns,...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Cotton & Textile

China’s 2023/24 cotton production cut to 5.9m tons

NEW YORK: Following are selected highlights from a report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Commodities

Iron ore bound for fourth weekly gain on China’s property sector moves

BEIJING: Iron ore futures were set for a fourth straight weekly gain on Friday, aided by China’s new measures to...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Commodities

CBOT wheat dips after earlier strength

CHICAGO: US wheat prices reversed earlier gains to close lower on Friday, as markets weighed tight global stocks...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Energy

US natgas prices little changed as output drop offsets low holiday demand

NEW YORK: US natural gas futures were little changed on Friday as a drop in daily output and forecasts for continued...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Global epicentre of pollution

EDITORIAL: It turns out that Pakistan is in the middle of an air pollution crisis as well, on top of the political,...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Effective today: No Raast services for 2 days due to system upgradation: SBP

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that Raast services will remain unavailable for two days due...

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 09:37am

FD highlights AJK’s share in divisible pool

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has told a standing committee of finance that the share of AJK government in the...

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 09:34am

PSW’s e-lab management system to integrate all govt labs

ISLAMABAD: The electronic lab management system of the Pakistan Single Window (PSW) will integrate all government...

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 09:36am

Govt aware of people’s problems, says Sindh CM

KARACHI: Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh Justice Maqbool Baqir (Retd) while reacting to the strike, has said the...

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 06:35pm

‘Shutter-down’ strike observed across KP

PESHAWAR: Likewise other parts of the country, traders’ communities in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on...

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 09:34am

Markets shut across Lahore

LAHORE: Traders of Lahore on Saturday closed their shops as a protest against rising inflation and skyrocketing...

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 02:51pm

Traders strike against hike in fuel and power prices

Major wholesale and retail markets remain closed in the country’s largest financial hub

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 10:31pm

Iran all set to seek resumption of talks on FTA

ISLAMABAD: Iran is all set to extend formal invitation to Pakistan to resume negotiation on Free Trade Agreement...

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 09:36am

Maryam assails IK for hiring ‘controversial’ lawyer

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Saturday castigated the PTI chief for...

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 09:36am

Representation in international courts: IK hires acclaimed British barrister

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s jailed chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan has appointed a...

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 09:37am

Africa Climate Summit: PM to pay 3-day visit to Nairobi from tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar will pay a three-day official visit to Nairobi, Kenya from Monday to...

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 09:38am

Industry

PBF demands govt withdraw ‘inflated’ power bills immediately

KARACHI: Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) demanded the government withdraw the inflated electricity bills which are...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

China’s Country Garden wins vote on debt to avoid default: Bloomberg

BEIJING: Chinese developer Country Garden has won approval from creditors to extend a deadline for a key bond...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

India asks utilities to import 4pc coal until March 2024

NEW DELHI: India has asked utilities to import 4 percent of their coal requirement until March next year and has...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Cross-border drug smuggling

EDITORIAL: Although the state of relations between Pakistan and India formal trade between the two countries is...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Industry

LCCI urges govt to help arrest ‘dollar flight’

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the government to control the dollar flight besides...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Taxes

Glitches in IRIS 2.0: Timely filing of returns to be near impossible

KARACHI: The launch of FBR’s IRIS 2.0, has been plagued with so many problems that tax experts fear that timely...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 11	280.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 11	280.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 11	143.90
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 11	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 11	1.30
Euro to USD / Apr 11	1.13
UK LIBOR % / Apr 10	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 10	5,268.05
Nasdaq / Apr 10	16,387.31
Dow Jones / Apr 10	39,593.66
India Sensex / Apr 11	75,343.21
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 11	33,533.93
Hang Seng / Apr 11	21,054.61
FTSE 100 / Apr 11	7,879.52
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 11	20,278.17
France CAC40 / Apr 11	7,066.01

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 10	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 10	281,893
Petrol/Litre / Apr 11	254.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 11	60.77
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 11	3,196.67
Diesel/Litre / Apr 11	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 11	67.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Apr 11 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	8.85 ▲ 1 (12.74%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Apr 11 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	19.57 ▲ 1.78 (10.01%)
Bawany Air Products / Apr 11 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	28.91 ▲ 2.63 (10.01%)
Calcorp Ltd / Apr 11 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	37.24 ▲ 3.39 (10.01%)
Parmount Sp. / Apr 11 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.18 ▲ 0.38 (10%)
Diamond Ind. / Apr 11 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	35.20 ▲ 3.2 (10%)
ZIL Limited / Apr 11 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	295.72 ▲ 26.88 (10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Apr 11 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	1,329.45 ▲ 120.86 (10%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Apr 11 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	9.50 ▲ 0.72 (8.2%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Apr 11 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	20.50 ▲ 1.49 (7.84%)

Stock	Price
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 11 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	1.83 ▼ -0.42 (-18.67%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Apr 11 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	60.74 ▼ -6.74 (-9.99%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Apr 11 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.50 ▼ -2.79 (-9.86%)
National Silk / Apr 11 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	30.75 ▼ -3.25 (-9.56%)
Noon Sugar / Apr 11 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	71.10 ▼ -6.61 (-8.51%)
Masood Textile / Apr 11 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	52 ▼ -4.8 (-8.45%)
Idrees Tex. / Apr 11 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	18.41 ▼ -1.62 (-8.09%)
Apna Microfin. / Apr 11 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.56 ▼ -0.83 (-7.29%)
Shadab Textile / Apr 11 Shadab Textile Mills Limited(SHDT)	21 ▼ -1.59 (-7.04%)
Nimir Resins / Apr 11 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	33 ▼ -2.35 (-6.65%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Apr 11 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,573,180 ▼ -0.16
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 11 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	57,922,646 ▼ -0.08
Sui South Gas / Apr 11 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	44,734,661 ▲ 0.27
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 11 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	37,973,873 ▼ -0.29
Pak Elektron / Apr 11 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	35,876,957 ▲ 2.02
Citi Pharma Ltd / Apr 11 Citi Pharma Limited(CPHL)	22,788,224 ▲ 3.29
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 11 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	21,075,820 ▼ -0.76
Fauji Cement / Apr 11 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	19,242,425 ▼ -0.96
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 11 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,890,477 ▼ -0.02
Power Cement / Apr 11 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	13,980,877 ▲ 0.03

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