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26th Amendment challenged in SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has been asked to declare 26th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2024 ab initio void and...

Updated 21 Dec, 2024 03:37pm

Editorials

The madressah bill controversy

EDITORIAL: Apparently, the ruling alliance did not realise the implications of what it bargained for when it sought...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 06:24am

Pakistan

ZAB didn’t get a fair trial, says CJP

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Yahya Afridi has said that the late prime minister, Zulfikar Ali...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 05:57am

Pakistan

SC cannot reappraise evidence and undo decision of case: CJP

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Yahya Afridi stated that the Supreme Court in its advisory jurisdiction under Article 186 ...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 08:54am

Opinion

Judicial independence after 26th Amendment

26th Constitutional Amendment after a hyped political drama now stands part of the constitution. It has been acted...

Published 03 Dec, 2024 06:41am

Mengal, Dawar, others challenge 26th Amendment

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was asked to declare that 26th Constitutional Amendment was passed contrary to the...

Updated 09 Nov, 2024 02:21pm

Opinion

Bridging the gap: PSC’s role in a changing Pakistan

Constitutional foundations of the Public Service Commission, Articles 240, 241, and 242 of Pakistan’s Constitution...

Updated 06 Nov, 2024 07:40am

Opinion

The 26th Constitutional Amendment

The 26th Constitutional Amendment in the Constitution of Pakistan, however controversial, has the potential to bring...

Published 03 Nov, 2024 07:28am

Pakistan

Need stressed to uphold constitution

KARACHI: Speakers at a seminar emphasized the urgent need to uphold the Constitution of Pakistan in its letter and...

Published 03 Nov, 2024 06:34am

Opinion

26th Amendment, new CJP and reforms

The Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amend-ment) Act, 2024 [26th Amendment], passed in utmost haste by the Parliament on...

Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:51am

Pakistan

Sindh Assembly hails passage of 26th Constitutional Amendment

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday voted on a resolution backing the 26th Amendment to the Constitution but...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 07:56am

Pakistan

26th Amendment challenged

ISLAMABAD: The recently-passed 26th Constitutional Amendment has been challenged in the Supreme Court, urging the...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am

Opinion

‘A hollow victory’

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “A hollow victory” carried by the newspaper yesterday. The write-up,...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am

Opinion

A hollow victory

After much huffing and puffing during the last few days if not weeks, the government has finally managed to get the...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

Cabinet approves proposed draft

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Sunday approved proposed draft of the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2024...

Updated 21 Oct, 2024 08:59am

Editorials

‘Holistic reforms’ in governance

EDITORIAL: It’s interesting that two separate civil society organisations have asked the government to hold...

Updated 20 Oct, 2024 06:19am

Pakistan

Constitutional amendment: Fazl acting as bridge, says Sindh CM

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Friday lauded Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur...

Published 19 Oct, 2024 06:48am

Civil servants’ kins: Jobs sans merit, ads violate constitution: SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court declared appointments without open advertisement, competition and merit, of the...

Updated 19 Oct, 2024 09:19am

Opinion

The case for judicial reforms

As Pakistan navigates its intricate constitutional landscape, judicial reform has become a pressing issue. The...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 07:01am

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

Constitutional violations by judges demand accountability: CJP

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa emphasised that judges must be held accountable for decisions that violate...

Updated 08 Oct, 2024 09:09am

Pakistan

PTI assails verdict

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Salman Akram Raja claimed that it was the black day in...

Updated 04 Oct, 2024 09:07am

Pakistan

Article 63-A: Allowing petitions, SC strikes down 2022 ruling on defection clause

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court allowing the review petitions of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and others,...

Published 04 Oct, 2024 06:46am

Pakistan

Fazl hails SC verdict

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Thursday, while endorsing the Supreme Court’s...

Published 04 Oct, 2024 06:46am

Formation of bench: SC rejects objections raised by counsel for IK

Updated 03 Oct, 2024 09:06am

Pakistan

Formation of ‘constitutional court’: Bilawal steps up drive

QUETTA: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto has said that everyone...

Updated 02 Oct, 2024 09:22am

Pakistan

IK accuses govt of trying to destroy judiciary

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan on...

Published 26 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Editorials

The reserved seats verdict

EDITORIAL: For all intents and purposes the short orders delivered by superior courts are final and must be...

Published 26 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Opinion

Aaeen Saazi

It seems Aaeen Saazi (Constitution Making) is an unending struggle in the land of the pure. Perhaps the only...

Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:10am

Pakistan

SC orders ECP to immediately implement reserved seats verdict

Top court says electoral watchdog trying to 'create confusion' over SC's original verdict

Updated 14 Sep, 2024 09:34pm

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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