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7th Population and Housing Census

7th Population & Housing Census-2023: Data collected strategic resource for Data-Driven Policy Making: Ahsan

ISLAMABAD: The data collected through 7th Population and Housing Census-2023 is a strategic resource for Data-Driven...

Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am

Pakistan’s population attains new mark amid economic slump

Reaches 249,566,743 (249.566 million), as per the initial results of the seventh national and first digital census 2023

Updated 23 May, 2023 11:31am

Pakistan

PBS extends census deadline again

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has once again extended the deadline for the ongoing 7th...

Updated 20 May, 2023 08:55am

No extension of census operation deadline: govt

ISLAMABAD: The government has announced that the ongoing process of conducting the 7th population and housing census...

Updated 15 May, 2023 08:57am

Housing and population census: around 40m households counted so far

ISLAMABAD: Around 40 million households have been counted and geo-tagged and 92 per cent of the 7th housing and...

Updated 06 Apr, 2023 08:46am

Pakistan

JI for fairness in census process

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi on Wednesday warned the government of ‘public anger’ if the megacity’s...

Published 30 Mar, 2023 06:35am

Pakistan

7th census: PBS demands remaining Rs12bn

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has demanded the remaining Rs12 billion for conducting the 7th...

Published 28 Mar, 2023 06:21am

Govt releases Rs10bn more for digital census

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has released around Rs 10 billion for digital census in the country, bringing the...

Updated 20 Mar, 2023 08:59am

Bridge financing for digital census: ECC asks 4 ministries to surrender Rs12bn

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has directed four Ministries to surrender Rs 12...

Updated 12 Mar, 2023 09:51am

ECC likely to approve SG for population and housing census

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet which is scheduled to meet on Monday (today) is...

Updated 06 Mar, 2023 08:45am

Digital census, assistance to flood victims: Bilawal hints at quitting ministry

KARACHI: Foreign Minister and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has hinted at ...

Updated 06 Mar, 2023 08:42am

First digital census will begin tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: The field enumeration of the 7th Housing and Population, first of its kind of digital census in South...

Updated 28 Feb, 2023 09:40am

Census process: Cabinet gives the go-ahead

ISLAMABAD: A day after the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet delayed approval of Rs5 billion for...

Updated 19 Oct, 2022 09:50am

Gas, power bills for 7th census: PBS refuses to use tablets to read barcodes

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has refused to use tablets to read barcodes of gas and electricity...

Updated 12 Feb, 2022 10:18am

Editorials

Head and housing count

EDITORIAL: The 7th population and housing census is going to be a monumentally important exercise because of a ...

Published 19 Jan, 2022 06:15am

Pakistan

De jure methodology suggested for 7th head, housing count

ISLAMABAD: The Census Advisory Committee has recommended that de-jure methodology may be adopted for the upcoming ...

Published 14 Jan, 2022 07:52am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 18	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 18	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 18	153.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 18	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 18	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 18	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
India Sensex / Dec 18	80,231.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 18	39,081.71
Hang Seng / Dec 18	19,857.31
FTSE 100 / Dec 18	8,222.99
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 18	20,267.35

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 18	70.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 18	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 18	2,644.54
Diesel/Litre / Dec 18	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.42 (10.37%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 18 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	61.55 ▲ 5.60 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Dec 18 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	259.27 ▲ 23.57 (10.00%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Dec 18 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	564.23 ▲ 51.29 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 18 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	180.01 ▼ -19.99 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 18 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	44.37 ▼ -4.93 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Synthetic Prod / Dec 18 Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited(SPEL)	45.89 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 18 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	198.85 ▼ -22.08 (-9.99%)
Bilal Fibres / Dec 18 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	12.61 ▼ -1.40 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.15
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.34
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	67,234,901 ▼ -0.51
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	60,136,151 ▲ 0.13
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -1.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	46,669,770 ▼ -0.33
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.67
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▼ -0.46
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	36,858,206 ▲ 1.01

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