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Denying involvement, BLA says condemns Dukki massacre

KARACHI: The Baloch Liberation Army, a militant separatist group, denied involvement in an attack that killed at...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 08:58am

SCO moot: Sharjeel steps up criticism of PTI founder

KARACHI: Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that the Imran-Ismrael nexus is bent on sabotaging the...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 08:22am

PML-N team praises MQM-P’s role in coalition govt

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives professor Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhry on Sunday...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 08:21am

Number of beneficiaries will soar to 10m by year: BISP chairperson

FAISALABAD: The number of beneficiaries of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) would jump to 10 million from...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 08:18am

Interfaith harmony event hosted by St Patrick’s High School

KARACHI: In an inspiring demonstration of interfaith unity, St Patrick’s High School, led by its principal Rev Fr...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 08:16am

9,787 candidates take SU entry test at Jamshoro campus

HYDERABAD: The phase-wise entry test for admission to various bachelor’s degree programmes for the academic year...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 08:14am

‘Amendment’: Bilawal speaks to Nawaz

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday telephoned Pakistan Muslim...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 08:12am

PTI says ready to defer tomorrow’s protest if meeting with IK allowed

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday said that it is ready to postpone its protest scheduled for...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 08:12am

KP governor attends ‘Grand Pakhtun Jirga’

PESHAWAR: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi visited the venue of the Grand Pakhtun Jirga in the tribal...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 08:08am

President, PM condole death of former Chinese vice premier

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have expressed condolences over death of...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 08:06am

Jamandru faults

Jamandru is a Punjabi word which means ‘At birth’. Pakistan was born on August 14, 1947, with serious birth...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 07:30am

Pakistan’s stunted business landscape needs a revamp

In Pakistan, the business milieu has been held back for decades by multiple factors like institutional and ...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 07:23am

Commodities

Peshawar: prices of daily-use items show mixed trend

PESHAWAR: Mixed trend in prices of daily use items like vegetables, pulses, live chicken/meat, flour, sugar and ...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 07:15am

Letters

‘Israel’s ultimate target – Iran’

This is apropos three letters to the Editor by this writer carried by the newspaper in recent days. In the long ...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 07:10am

Unsafe from sexual crimes

EDITORIAL: The global scale of sexual violence against women and girls (VAWG) is staggering. In its recently...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 07:06am

Rise in home remittances

EDITORIAL: The State Bank of Pakistan website revealed a 39 percent rise in remittance inflows for the first quarter...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 07:00am

Victimising local IPP sponsors risks scaring future investment

The first round of IPP negotiations has concluded, resulting in the termination of five contracts through coercive...

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 07:35am

Dated IMF staff report

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) uploaded documents early 11 October Pakistan time, nearly thirteen weeks after...

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 07:33am

Israel reinforces ban on UN chief entering country over Iran attack comments

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz reinforced on Sunday his decision to declare UN...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:48am

Govt frets over security ahead of SCO summit

ISLAMABAD: Authorities were preparing on Sunday to shut down the capital ahead of a Shanghai Cooperation ...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Li likely to inaugurate Gwadar airport

KARACHI: Chinese premier Li Qiang could inaugurate operations at a Chinese-funded airport in Balochistan during his...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

UN says Israeli tanks burst into peacekeeper base: 67 Israelis wounded in Hezbollah drone attack

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/ NEW YORK: An Israeli volunteer rescue service on Sunday said more than 67 people were wounded...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

World Standards Day: IT standardization in Pakistan, Anjum Parveen, Deputy Director (IT & ICT) Standardization Wing, PSQCA

Digital Pakistan vision aims at rapid adoption of digitization, enhanced connectivity and improvement of digital...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

World Standards Day: Messages from Engr. Muhammad Ashraf Palari, Director CA South PSQCA Karachi

Standardization and conformity assessment practices play a vital role in realization of the targets of Sustainable...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

World Standards Day — Standards for SDGs Our shared vision for a better world

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which project to address social imbalances, develop a sustainable economy,...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

World Standards Day: Messages from Taufique Ali Abbasi Director General(PSQCA)

The world standards day is being celebrated on14th October every year by the member countries of International...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

World Standards Day: Messages from Sajid Baloch Federal Secretary for Science & Technology

October 14th is celebrated as "World Standards Day" by National Standards Bodies (NSBs) worldwide, in collaboration...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

World Standards Day: Messages from Dr Khalid MaqboolSiddiqui, Federal Minister for Science & Technology

I am pleased to learn that Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) is observing the World...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

World Standards Day: Messages from Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan

Pakistan joins the international community to commemorate the World Standards Day. The Pakistan Standards and...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

IBA Islamabad launches Diploma in Corporate Laws

ISLAMABAD: The Centre for Executive Education, Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi marked a...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Thunderstorm predicted for Karachi

KARACHI: Pakistan Meteorological Department on Sunday predicted hot and dry weather for most parts of the Sindh...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Single-use plastics in Islamabad: EPA lags behind in enforcing ban: survey

ISLAMABAD: A recent household survey conducted by The Network for Consumer Protection has revealed that the...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Hindu Kush Himalaya: Experts for climate-resilient agriculture

LAHORE: Over 100 experts and policymakers from Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, and Pakistan gathered in Kathmandu...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Squad for 2nd, 3rd Tests against England named

LAHORE: The Pakistan cricket selectors have announced their squad for the second and third Test matches against...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Stocks

Foreign outflows, earnings anxieties topple Indian shares for second week

BENGALURU: Indian benchmarks logged daily and weekly losses on Friday, weighed down by foreign outflows, slowing...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Stocks

Sri Lanka shares end higher

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Friday, aided by gains in energy and IT stocks. The CSE All Share index...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

South Asia

Bangladeshi Hindus defy attack worries to celebrate festival

DHAKA: In Muslim-majority Bangladesh, vast crowds celebrate the biggest Hindu festival of the year under tight...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Europe

Thousands march in Spain to demand affordable housing

MADRID: Thousands protested on Sunday in Madrid to demand more affordable housing amid rising anger from Spaniards...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Middle East

Iran FM says ‘no red lines’ in defending itself

BAGHDAD: Iran’s top diplomat said Sunday there would be “no red lines” in defending the country’s people and...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Colombia guerilla group urges delegations not to attend COP16 in Cali

BOGOTÁ: A Colombian guerilla group on Saturday urged delegations not to attend the COP16 biodiversity summit...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Sowing Hope, Feeding The Future Together, We Can End World Hunger

As we commemorate Global Fertilizer Day, we are reminded of agriculture's crucial role in addressing one of the...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Global Fertilizer Day: FFC is the largest fertilizer producer of Pakistan

Global Fertilizer Day is celebrated on October 13th every year to commemorate the great invention of harvesting...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Sunday (October 13, 2024) and the forecast for Monday (October 14, 2024)....

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Govt may collect Rs300bn from agri tax

FBR asks provinces to adopt federal schedule of income tax for collection of agricultural income tax

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 03:17pm

Forex reserves will touch $11bn in two weeks: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said Sunday that the country’s economy is moving towards positive...

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 03:17pm

Chinese PM due today

ISLAMABAD: Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang will arrive in capital on Monday (today) to attend Shanghai Cooperation...

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 09:09am

Rates

PSX witnesses bullish trend

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed bullish trend during the first three trading sessions, however selling...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Rates

Futures spread down 38bps

KARACHI: The futures spread declined by 38bps to 15.38 percent on the last day of the outgoing week. Trading...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Govt stops payments to 18 IPPs ahead of negotiations?

ISLAMABAD: The government is said to have stopped payments to 18 Independent Power Producers (IPPs) of 4,267-MW...

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 03:17pm

Govt decides to divide NTDC into two entities

ISLAMABAD: Acknowledging ‘extreme incompetence’ in National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC), the federal...

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 03:18pm

Complaints against bureaucracy: cell made to facilitate NAB

ISLAMABAD: The Establishment Division (ED) has set up an Accountability Facilitation Cell (AFC) to facilitate...

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 03:18pm

Punjab Governor should not interfere in admin matters: minister

LAHORE: Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari has said that governor Punjab should refrain from interfering in...

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 09:08am

Last day for submission of income tax returns today: FBR

LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has warned that Monday (today) is the last day for submission of income...

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 09:30am

Constitutional amendment not being done in haste: Bilawal

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in a message on X (formerly Twitter) said that the...

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 08:36am

Rates

Marginal depreciation

KARACHI: Rupee weakened marginally during the previous week as it depreciated Re0.12 or 0.04% against the US ...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

One killed as police clash with marchers from civil society, TLP

KARACHI: Police on Sunday clashed with protesters outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) for violating Section 144...

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 08:35am

Taxes

Gang involved in selling non-customs paid products: FTO summons FBR members for not initiating action

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has summoned Member Operations-IR and Member Customs Operations Federal...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Minister says SCO summit will be a game changer for Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar, has expressed optimism that the...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Cotton & Textile

Weekly Cotton Review: Prices improve; business volumes increase

KARACHI: Federal Minister of Trade Jam Kamal Khan has emphasised the need to intensify efforts for the restoration ...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Stocks

Wall St Week Ahead: Health of US consumer in focus as earnings season heats up

NEW YORK: The health of the US consumer moves into the spotlight next week, with investors watching corporate...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Stocks

Miners, real estate stocks pull Australian shares lower

SYDNEY: Australian shares ended marginally lower on Friday, with mining and real estate stocks weighing the most on...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Stocks

Most Gulf markets ease on Mideast conflict

DUBAI: Most stock markets in the Gulf ended lower on Sunday on expectations of an Israeli retaliation to Iran’s...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

US firms brace for more tariffs as election approaches

WASHINGTON: From holding back investments to considering moving abroad, businesses in the United States are bracing...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

SCO summit: PBF leader highlights importance of national interest

KARACHI: Captain Abdul Rashid Abro, a central leader of the Pakistan Business Forum and former Vice President of...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Rates

Automart: car prices in Karachi

Rates in the week ended Sunday October 13, 2024

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Mian Zahid appreciates termination of deals with five IPPs

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

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 09:26am

PCMA opposes transition from captive power to grid

KARACHI: The Pakistan Chemical Manufacturers Association (PCMA) has raised concerns that moving chemical plants from...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

2nd edition of ‘Boom up Korea 2024’: Pakistani firms to participate

KARACHI: The KOTRA Karachi office has announced that a delegation of 41 Pakistani companies will participate in the...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Money & Banking

Russian rouble regains some ground lost in ‘autumn slide’

MOSCOW: The Russian rouble strengthened further on Friday after rallying by 1.2% against China’s yuan in the...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Money & Banking

Sterling pinned near one month low after GDP data

LONDON: The pound was pinned around a one month low on the dollar on Friday, getting little support from data that...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

Money & Banking

China’s yuan firm against dollar

SHANGHAI: China’s yuan firmed against the retreating US dollar on Friday but most traders were on the sidelines...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am

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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