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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 / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 21	76,270.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,027.98
Hang Seng / Jan 21	20,098.89
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,529.98
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	20,988.55

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 20	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 20	242,541
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	77.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,724.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 21	68.02
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 21 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.60 ▲ 1.00 (11.63%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 21 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.54 ▲ 0.34 (10.62%)
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	11.30 ▲ 1.03 (10.03%)
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	10.98 ▲ 1.00 (10.02%)
Globe Residency / Jan 21 Globe Residency REIT(GRR)	17.36 ▲ 1.58 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.06 ▲ 2.28 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 21 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	35.65 ▲ 3.24 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 21 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	671.22 ▲ 61.02 (10.00%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 21 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	108.90 ▲ 9.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	45.21 ▼ -5.02 (-9.99%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.62 ▼ -1.62 (-8.88%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 21 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	64.32 ▼ -6.22 (-8.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9 ▼ -0.81 (-8.26%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jan 21 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	5.10 ▼ -0.43 (-7.78%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 21 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	23.05 ▼ -1.94 (-7.76%)
ZIL Limited / Jan 21 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	226.01 ▼ -18.99 (-7.75%)
Khyber Textile / Jan 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	526 ▼ -43.96 (-7.71%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 21 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	13 ▼ -1.03 (-7.34%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	111,866,059 ▲ 0.44
Bank Makramah / Jan 21 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,297,556 ▲ 0.05
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,182,488 ▼ -0.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,473,543 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Cement / Jan 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	51,882,881 ▲ 0.34
Hascol Petrol / Jan 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	24,273,766 ▼ -0.39
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 21 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,353,008 ▼ -1.60
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	22,896,108 ▼ -5.02
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,890,802 ▼ -1.62

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