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Stipends to women: Easy payments with BISP input: SBP governor

ISLAMABAD: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmed Friday said that a simplified procedure for the ...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 07:56am

Emulate Holy Prophet’s guidance to address challenges: Maqbool

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Education and Professional Training, Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Friday, advised the...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 07:54am

Establishment of constitutional court agreed upon by all leaders: Speaker

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq emphasised that the initiative to establish a constitutional court...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 07:51am

FAPUASA for appointing VCs in public sector universities of Punjab

LAHORE: Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association on Friday demanded that government should...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 07:49am

Taxes

FBR’s Transformation Plan: FBR chief shares key features with senior tax officials

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Rashid Mahmood Friday shared key features of FBR’s...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 07:45am

Families of 22,150 prisoners abroad: FO to set up facilitation desks

ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel on Friday recommended setting up of special facilitation desks in Foreign Office to assist...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 07:38am

Governor, Azerbaijan envoy discuss ways to promote trade

LAHORE: Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan Khazar Farhadov called on Punjab Governor, Sardar Salim Haider ...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 07:37am

Champions Trophy matches: ICC delegation satisfied over security arrangements

LAHORE: A delegation of the International Cricket Council (ICC) has expressed satisfaction over security plan of PCB...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 07:35am

Minar-e-Pakistan: IK threatens to convert rally into protest if permission not granted

ISLAMABAD: The incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan on Friday warned that his...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 07:31am

MENA

Wealth migration: Dubai, Abu Dhabi among cities leading way for centi-millionaire growth

The Centi-Millionaire Report 2024 marked Abu Dhabi, Shenzhen, Austin, Taipei for high growth by 2040

Published 21 Sep, 2024 07:31am

Minister calls for unity to address challenges facing Ummah

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has called for unity to address the challenges facing...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 07:27am

Trump says Fed’s rate cut was ‘political move’

WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday the US Federal Reserve’s decision to...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Lahore rally: PTI granted conditional permission

LAHORE: The Lahore district administration has permitted the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to hold a public...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:29am

Trump says Jews will be partly to blame if he loses election

WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that Jewish-American voters would be...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

South Asia

Mamata blames dam release for flooding

KOLKATA: A top politician in eastern India on Friday blamed authorities in a neighbouring state for causing a...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Three election officials suspended

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, Friday, suspended three officers over ...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

PFA shuts down 10 food points on Motorway

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) carried out an inspection of food points along the Motorway from Lahore to...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

PCB-HEC inter-varsity tournament 2024 to start in October

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) is all set to...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

PCB issues revised schedule of Pak-England Test series

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Friday announced the revised schedule of the three ICC World Test...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Pakistan elected to IAEA’s Board of Governors

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been elected as Member of International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Board of Governors...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

CM reviews progress on 77 initiatives, 70 projects

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif chaired a seven-hour long meeting in P&D Department to review...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

CDWP clears 12 uplift projects worth Rs187bn

ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) cleared 12 development projects worth Rs187 billion out of...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

AC confirms bail of PTI leaders

ISLAMABAD: The Accountability Court on Friday confirmed the bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ali ...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Marijuana recovered from passenger at JIAK

KARACHI: Pakistan customs has recovered contraband Marijuana from a passenger, who arrived from Bangkok. According ...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Sindh secures funds to repair 4,162 flood-hit schools: CM

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presiding over a review meeting on the ongoing repair and...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

ZU organises ‘IEEE R10 Young Professionals UpSkill 2024’

KARACHI: Ziauddin University’s IEEE Student Branch organized a One-Day event titled “IEEE R10 Young ...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Energy

SSGC announces 24-hour gas holiday

KARACHI: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has announced 24-hours gas holiday for all industries including their power...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Art expo at SU highlights creativity, focus on research, innovation

HYDERABAD: An impressive art exhibition was organised at the Benazir Art Gallery of the Institute of Art & ...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Blasphemy accused: Civil society assails extrajudicial killing

KARACHI: Joint Action Committee (JAC), a group of human rights defenders and civil society organisations have...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Markets

Govt to develop ‘Suthra Punjab Programme’ app

LAHORE: Punjab Local Government Minister Zeeshan Rafiq has said that the Punjab government would develop a ...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

MoU inked: UAF, Pak Suzuki Motor Co to work on cooperative research, development initiatives

FAISALABAD: The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF) and Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited signed a Memorandum...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Blasphemy allegations: Govt will never tolerate ‘mob justice’, minster tells PA

KARACHI: The Sindh Home Minister reaffirmed the government’s unwavering respect for the sanctity of Prophet...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Friday (September 20, 2024) and the forecast for Saturday (September 21, 2024)...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Rates

Index hits all-time high

KARACHI: Despite foreign selling, Pakistan Stock Exchange on Friday witnessed a bullish trend and hit new historic...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

PM approves FBR’s home-grown makeover

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday approved the Federal Board of Revenue’s homegrown transformation...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 04:50pm

Zardari signs off on Ord to kick off ‘judicial reforms’

ISLAMABAD: Hours after the federal cabinet’s approval, President Asif Ali Zardari, on Friday, signed the Supreme...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Weekly SPI inflation down 0.52pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended September 19, 2024, decreased by 0.52...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:30am

All 80 ex-PTI MNAs declared part of SIC

ISLAMABAD: A significant change has taken place in the composition of the National Assembly (NA), following a letter...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 09:35am

Justice Aminuddin nominated as committee member

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa nominated Justice Aminuddin Khan, who is at No 4 in seniority list of the...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 09:33am

6 soldiers martyred, 12 terrorists killed in Waziristan

ISLAMABAD: As many as 12 terrorists were killed in two separate operations by security forces in North and South...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

MDCAT exam: UHS dispatches exam papers to cities tomorrow

LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) has finalized all the arrangements for the Medical and Dental ...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Cotton & Textile

Cotton market remains steady

LAHORE: The local cotton market on Friday remained steady and the trading volume remained satisfactory. Cotton...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Pakistan’s power sector - a case study

The Chief Executive Officer of K-Electric (KE), Monnis Alvi, while speaking at the Korangi Association of Trade and...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:12am

Trapped in circumstances

Poverty is found in different shapes and sizes in the country. Not many families can eat meat even a few times in a...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:14am

Letters

‘Two secrets to China’s rise’

This is apropos a letter to the Editor by this writer carried by the newspaper yesterday. After twelve years, upon...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The contest between two deputy prime ministers

“So the visiting Russian Deputy Prime Minister said we should resist pressure from the West like New Delhi.”...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Commodities

Gold prices reach new highs

KARACHI: The local gold prices on Friday shot up to fresh heights as the global bullion value surpassed record ...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Stocks

Wall St pulls back as investors pause after rate cut-fuelled rally

NEW YORK: Wall Street’s main indexes eased on Friday as investors held back after a rally in the previous session...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Stocks

European shares slip but set for weekly gains

PARIS: European shares slipped on Friday after a rally in the previous session spurred by the US Federal Reserve’s...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Stocks

Japan’s Nikkei books best week since mid-Aug

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Friday and logged its best week since mid-August, but gains were ...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Stocks

Indian shares hit record high

BENGALURU: Indian shares surged to record highs and registered weekly gains on Friday, as an outsized interest rate...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

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 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Rates

Kibor interbank offered rates

KARACHI: Kibor interbank offered rates on Friday (September 20, 2024). ========================== KIBOR...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

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 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Forex

Dollar's rate in interbank market

KARACHI: Interbank closing rates for dollar on Friday (September 20, 2024). ======================== Open Bid...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Forex

Kerb buying and selling rate of US dollar

KARACHI: Dollar buying and selling rate in the kerb market in rupees on Friday (September 20, 2024)....

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Rates

BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices

KARACHI: BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices on Friday (September 20, 2024). ==================================== BR...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Good news on revised IPP deals in a few weeks: power minister Awais

Minister for Power says deals with IPPs will not be revised unilaterally

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 05:00pm

ECC grants conditional approval to sugar export to Tajikistan

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet granted conditional approval for export of...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 02:46pm

PM forms panel to shape policy guidelines on reform process

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a four-member committee on Regulatory Reforms (CCoRR) to...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 02:46pm

Aug FCA: KE seeks Re0.51 positive adjustment

ISLAMABAD: K-Electric has sought positive adjustment of Re 0.51 per unit in Fuel Charges Adjustment (FCA) for August...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 02:46pm

Bidding for PIACL to be held on Oct 1

ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission Board, on Friday, announced that it will hold bidding for the PIACL for 1st...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 09:32am

Chinese investment company to set up textile parks

ISLAMABAD: The RUYI Group of China will establish textile parks of international standard in Pakistan. A memorandum...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 02:47pm

Tractor maker proves ‘application’ of SRO as mala fide of FBR

LAHORE: A tractor manufacturer has proved that the entire exercise of issuance of SRO No. 563 (I)/2022 dated...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Industry

PSQCA, LCCI partner to improve quality of local products

LAHORE: The Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) and the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Industry

Challenges facing solar industry highlighted

LAHORE: Engr Syed Faizan Ali Shah, Member of the Prime Minister’s Pakistan Solarization Committee, highlighted key...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Govt, SBP urged to take steps aimed at reviving industry

KARACHI: Chairman of the FPCCI Advisory Board and National Business Group Pakistan, President of Pakistan ...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Companies

Samsung launches digital wallets on online eStore

KARACHI: Samsung in collaboration with Simpaisa has launched Digital Wallets option on Samsung’s official online...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Industry

Govt launches project to form 33 farmer enterprise groups

LAHORE: The Punjab government has launched a project worth Rs 6 billion to form 33 farmer enterprise groups...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Industry

14 elected members of Associate Class: FCCI to elect office-bearers on 25th

FAISALABAD: Second phase of Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FCCI) election for 2024-26 has been...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

POL price reduction and the feel-good factor

EDITORIAL: Petrol price has been slashed by 10 rupees per litre, High Speed Diesel’s by 13.06 rupees per litre,...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:05am

Constitutional Amendment: need for transparency

EDITORIAL: With the government having, for now, backed down from its bid to pass the much-hyped constitutional...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:07am

Resistance to polio vaccination

EDITORIAL: Despite regular immunisation campaigns polio remains a persistent challenge for Pakistan. So far this...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:09am

Companies

BFBIO seeks to double exports, local sales post-capacity expansion

KARACHI: BF Biosciences Limited (BFBIO), Pakistan’s first biopharmaceutical manufacturer plans to almost double ...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Industry

BD HC meets TDAP CE to enhance bilateral trade

KARACHI: His Excellency Md Ruhul Alam Siddique, the High Commissioner of the Republic of Bangladesh, called on the...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Industry

KCCI polls today: Record 30 MC members to be elected at once

KARACHI: For the first time, Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) is going to elect 30 candidates as...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Money & Banking

Indian rupee higher

MUMBAI: The Indian rupee rose for the fifth straight session on Friday, helped by gains in Asian peers and likely...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Money & Banking

Yen falls as BoJ governor steers clear of rate hike talk

LONDON/SYDNEY: The yen weakened on Friday after the Bank of Japan signalled it would be judicious about further...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

Money & Banking

Taxes

Customs reforms: FBR sets up four working groups

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has constituted four working groups for reforms in the Pakistan ...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 07:39am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 1	277.78
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 1	277.68
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 1	153.01
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 1	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 1	1.29
Euro to USD / Nov 1	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 1	5,728.80
India Sensex / Nov 1	79,724.12
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 1	38,053.67
Nasdaq / Nov 1	18,239.92
Hang Seng / Nov 1	20,506.43
FTSE 100 / Nov 1	8,177.15
Dow Jones / Nov 1	42,052.19
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 1	19,254.97

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 1	69.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 1	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 1	244,084
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 1	2,736.53
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 1	70.17
Petrol/Litre / Nov 2	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Nov 2 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Nov 2 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Nov 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Nov 2 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Nov 2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 2 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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