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Pakistan highlights lack of effective transport to reach BRT systems: ADB

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s BRT systems showed high levels of satisfaction, but highlighted the lack of effective...

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Business & Finance

KP-BoIT, China’s firm sign MoU on e-vehicle manufacturing

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade (KP-BoIT) and China’s ADM International Trading...

Published 27 Nov, 2023 06:13am

Business & Finance

CAREC, Corridor uplift, Tranche-1 projects: NHA EB recommends revised Rs29.96bn PC-I

ISLAMABAD: The National Highways Authority (NHA) Executive Board recommended the revised PC-I for Central Asia...

Published 21 Nov, 2023 06:01am

Business & Finance

Regime change in Afghanistan hits Pakistan’s connectivity with other CAREC states: ADB

ISLAMABAD: Instability and regime change in Afghanistan have affected Pakistan’s connectivity with other Central...

Published 19 May, 2023 06:17am

ADB’s IED rates tech aid for supporting economic corridor successful, relevant

ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has rated technical...

Updated 10 Mar, 2023 08:38am

Pakistan

ADB urges NHA to identify additional sources of revenue

ISLAMABAD: The National Highways Authority (NHA) needs to identify additional sources of revenue to meet its funding...

Published 27 Dec, 2022 06:07am

CARs: ADB lists barriers to trade flows

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has borders with only two CAREC members - Afghanistan and the PRC - limiting the trade flows ...

Updated 09 Dec, 2022 04:18pm

Business & Finance

CAREC Forum: SECP for more cross-border cooperation among capital market regulators

ISLAMABAD: Chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Aamir Khan on Monday reiterated SECP's...

Published 30 Aug, 2022 06:21am

Pakistan

CAREC Institute holds second annual research conference

LAHORE: The second research conference of the CAREC Institute (Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation) took ...

Published 16 Apr, 2022 04:10am

Pakistan

CAREC to hold annual research conference

KARACHI: The second research conference of the CAREC Institute (Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation) will be...

Published 09 Apr, 2022 04:39am

Pakistan

NHA: ROW usage rental rates revised upward by 20pc

ISLAMABAD: The National Highways Authority (NHA) Executive Board has revised upward the Right of Way (ROW) usage...

Published 06 Apr, 2022 05:53am

Business & Finance

E-commerce industry in Pakistan can attract ‘significant’ FDI: ADB

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s e-commerce industry is one of the few in the CAREC region to attract significant foreign...

Published 22 Mar, 2022 05:21am

Supplements

The Integrated Transit Trade Management System - A project of Pakistan Customs under CAREC - RIBS Program

TEXT: The Government of Pakistan is currently implementing the Integrated Transit Trade Management System (ITTMS) at...

Published 27 Jan, 2022 04:05am

Pakistan

ADB chief for boosting regional cooperation thru digitalization

ISLAMABAD: A coordinated response to public health challenges and closer regional cooperation enabled by...

Published 19 Nov, 2021 04:35am

Business & Finance

E-commerce policy: Pakistan lacks privacy, consumer protection statutes: ADB

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan does not have a privacy statute of general application nor have national consumer protection...

Updated 22 Aug, 2021 12:59pm

Perspectives

MSMEs and finance as a binding constraint

Small, medium and microenterprise sector (MSMEs) is of immense importance especially for emerging markets like...

Updated 27 Sep, 2021 06:22pm

Business

Low taxes on tobacco industry: Pakistan may be facing Rs30bn annual revenue losses: ADB

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan may be facing annual revenue losses of Rs30 billion (approximately $193.37 million) due to low...

Published 07 Jul, 2021 04:28am

Pakistan

NCC-FFP identifies three problematic projects

ISLAMABAD: The National Coordination Committee-Foreign Funded Projects (NCC-FFP) has identified three problematic...

Updated 20 Apr, 2021 10:07am

Business & Finance

ADB says logistics sector is underperforming

ISLAMABAD: Despite the presence of major international players and good capabilities, Pakistan logistics sector is...

Updated 13 Apr, 2021 09:29am

Pakistan

How Good Road Maintenance Saves Funds for Emergencies like COVID-19

LAHORE: The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Institute organized a workshop to share findings of...

Published 02 Apr, 2021 09:43pm

Pakistan

Covid-19 pandemic: $5bn stimulus packages by Pakistan lack aviation-specific benefits: ADB

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan had announced COVID-19 economic stimulus packages valued at $5 billion however there was no...

Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:29am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 17	278.60
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 17	278.60
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 17	153.56
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 17	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 17	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 17	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
India Sensex / Dec 17	80,684.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 17	39,164.26
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Hang Seng / Dec 17	19,815.30
FTSE 100 / Dec 17	8,195.20
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 17	20,246.37

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 17	70.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 17	17,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 17	2,644.07
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 17	68.53
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.69 ▲ 0.99 (17.37%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.50 ▲ 0.45 (11.11%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 18 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	7.83 ▲ 0.72 (10.13%)
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%)
Shaheen Ins. / Dec 18 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	6.70 ▲ 0.61 (10.02%)
Nimir Resins / Dec 18 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	35.16 ▲ 3.20 (10.01%)
Data Agro / Dec 18 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	139.24 ▲ 12.66 (10.00%)
Diamond Ind. / Dec 18 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	20.90 ▲ 1.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Equity Modaraba / Dec 18 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.01 ▼ -0.43 (-12.50%)
Dewan Textile / Dec 18 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	5.67 ▼ -0.77 (-11.96%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 18 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	37.76 ▼ -4.20 (-10.01%)
Din Tex. / Dec 18 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	45.90 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Hussain Industries / Dec 18 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	20.26 ▼ -2.25 (-10.00%)
J.K.Spinning / Dec 18 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	58.50 ▼ -6.50 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Calcorp Ltd / Dec 18 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	26.22 ▼ -2.91 (-9.99%)
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.50 ▼ -7.26 (-9.84%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.09
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.38
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	58,285,174 ▼ -0.23
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	57,202,972 ▲ 0.19
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▲ 0.05
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 2.25
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▲ 0.26
Hub Power Co. / Dec 18 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	33,289,968 ▼ -1.54
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	31,365,092 ▼ -0.09

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