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Benazir Income Support Programme

ADB approves $330mn financing to bolster Pakistan’s social protection programmes

Result-based loan to expand grassroots-level social protection, lender says

Updated 11 Dec, 2024 09:45pm

Editorials

Elite capture

EDITORIAL: In economic terms an elite is defined as external rent seekers comprising of an entity or a group who...

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 08:08am

Pakistan

BISP beneficiaries: NA panel concerned about difficulties

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Wednesday has expressed serious concern over the difficulties faced by the...

Updated 08 Aug, 2024 09:01am

Pakistan

BISP chairperson for introduction of new payment model

LAHORE: Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Senator Rubina Khalid, visited the BISP’s payment ...

Published 03 Jul, 2024 07:35am

Business & Finance

Govt likely to initiate inclusive insurance schemes

ISLAMABAD: The government, in collaboration with insurance companies, expected to initiate inclusive insurance...

Published 17 Apr, 2024 05:28am

Editorials

Tackling child labour

EDITORIAL: Given the abject poverty too many in the country live in and the precarious economic situation Pakistan...

Published 02 Feb, 2024 05:20am

Pakistan

BISP cautions citizens about fraudulent messages

ISLAMABAD: The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has cautioned the citizens about the fraudulent messages ...

Published 15 Jan, 2024 05:03am

Pakistan

BISP Savings Scheme: landmark step to instil financial independence among vulnerable sections

ISLAMABAD: The newly launched ‘Savings Scheme’ by the internationally acclaimed Benazir Income Support Programme...

Published 08 Jan, 2024 05:23am

Pakistan

HWA supports women’s rights on Int’l Day of Rural Women

HYDERABAD: On this International Day of Rural Women, the Hari Welfare Association (HWA) is deeply concerned by the...

Published 15 Oct, 2023 03:19am

Editorials

Plan to borrow Rs11.09trn in 3 months

EDITORIAL: According to the auction calendar issued by the State Bank of Pakistan, the federal government intends to...

Published 11 Aug, 2023 05:17am

Pakistan

Payments under BISP to begin today: minister

PESHAWAR: Minister of State for Poverty Alleviation & Social Safety, Faisal Karim Kundi has said that the ...

Published 03 Jul, 2023 07:08am

Pakistan

21 women hurt in BISP camp stampede

KARACHI: A stampede at the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) camp set up in Keamari neighbourhood of the...

Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am

Editorials

The economic impasse

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has set up a nine-member committee under the chairmanship of Defense...

Published 02 Jun, 2023 03:56am

Pakistan

Poor households: Minister says BISP contributing towards better health of infants, mothers

ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is contributing towards the better health of infants and their...

Published 09 May, 2023 05:37am

Pakistan

Benazir Income Support Programme: Balochistan, remote areas: minister says ‘missing number’ quite high

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Poverty Alleviation Shazia Marri on Thursday admitted that the missing number of eligible...

Published 05 May, 2023 06:44am

Pakistan

CM vows to ensure good treatment facilities for children

LAHORE: Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi visited the Children’s Hospital Lahore and showed compassion...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:15am

Editorials

Federal public expenditure

EDITORIAL: The World Bank’s recent report titled Pakistan Federal Public Expenditure Review 2023 projects savings...

Updated 18 Apr, 2023 06:47am

Pakistan

Steps being taken to control inflation, but political stability needed: minister

MUZAFFARGARH: Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme Shazia Marri...

Published 05 Mar, 2023 03:36am

BISP urges ECC to give it Rs40bn more

ISLAMABAD: The government has provided Rs48 billion so far to the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), ...

Updated 21 Feb, 2023 08:53am

Editorials

BISP crackdown on ‘commission mafia’

EDITORIAL: In sheer deference to the late Benazir Bhutto, the then Pakistan People’s Party Prime Minister Yousuf...

Published 30 Jan, 2023 05:56am

Flood-hit areas: Rs8.39bn subsidy to be provided to farmers

ISLAMABAD: The government would disburse through the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) cash subsidy of Rs 8.39...

Updated 29 Jan, 2023 10:11am

Editorials

Austerity committee: austere approach?

EDITORIAL: The government has constituted a National Austerity Committee (NAC) with the objective of compiling a ...

Published 26 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Pakistan

Deductions from beneficiaries’ investments: BISP launches crackdown against ‘commission mafia’

ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has announced to have launched a massive crackdown against...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 06:25am

Pakistan

Kafaalat programme: BISP to release first quarterly tranche today

ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is going to release the first quarterly installment of Rs 7,000 ...

Published 09 Jan, 2023 06:01am

Pakistan

Efforts being made to bring economic stability: Governor

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Muhammad Baligh-ur-Rehman said on Friday that the coalition government is making sincere...

Published 31 Dec, 2022 06:11am

Pakistan

Ghufran Memon made PASS secy

ISLAMABAD: The federal government, Wednesday, made regular appointment on the slot of secretary poverty alleviation...

Published 22 Dec, 2022 05:57am

Editorials

Now ‘elite capture’ must end

EDITORIAL: The date for the elections is under considerable debate with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), one of three...

Updated 09 Dec, 2022 06:40am

Editorials

AGP report on FBR

EDITORIAL: Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) report on the performance of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) field...

Published 08 Nov, 2022 05:56am

Editorials

IMF gets on board at last

EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative to Pakistan after witnessing the ...

Published 21 Sep, 2022 05:57am

PM for a comprehensive rehabilitation plan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that the government had decided to increase the ...

Updated 07 Sep, 2022 09:23am

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
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

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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