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Population growth: A growing crisis

EDITORIAL: The findings of the 2023 population census, released on July 18, have been of little surprise, as they...

Published 23 Jul, 2024 07:10am

Pakistan

Pakistan 5th most populous country with population of 241.49m: report

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is the 5th most populous country in the world with a total population of 241.49 million with an...

Published 19 Jul, 2024 06:58am

Pakistan

ECP issues lists of delimited constituencies

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s 266 general seats cover a total population of Pakistan’s 241,499,431 persons and...

Updated 28 Sep, 2023 09:57am

Bilawal decries ‘absence of a level playing field’

KARACHI: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday decried the “absence of a level-playing field” in the...

Updated 13 Sep, 2023 08:56am

Opinion

A questionable digital census

On 5th August, the Council of Common Interests unanimously approved the results of the 7th Population Census of...

Updated 08 Sep, 2023 06:36am

Opinion

The population bulge

The results of the seventh Population and Housing Census of Pakistan in 2023 have been announced recently by the...

Updated 05 Sep, 2023 07:08am

Pakistan

ECP invites politicians to discuss ‘election roadmap’

ISLAMABAD: Faced with strong public and political backlash over a likely delay in holding the general elections in...

Updated 24 Aug, 2023 09:33am

Pakistan

Digital census: PPP, MQM-P say concerned about ‘under-reporting’ of Sindh population

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) have expressed serious...

Updated 23 Aug, 2023 09:42am

Existing pacts, ongoing projects: Caretaker setup allowed to take actions, decisions

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has allowed the caretaker governments to take “actions or...

Updated 22 Aug, 2023 09:51am

Editorials

Clock’s ticking

EDITORIAL: What could possibly be the reason for the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP’s) initial silence...

Updated 21 Aug, 2023 07:52am

ECP announces launch of fresh delimitation of constituencies: General election delay seemingly inevitable

ISLAMABAD: What appears to be a vivid indication that the general elections would not be held in the country before...

Updated 18 Aug, 2023 09:42am

Delimitation: CJP asks ECP to carry out process in transparent manner

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial noted delimitation of constituencies is a matter of public interest and...

Updated 16 Aug, 2023 09:17am

Opinion

A questionable census

On 5th August, the Council of Common Interests unanimously approved the results of the 7th Population Census of...

Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:55am

Digital census data: Govt says error probability can be quite low

Ishaq Dar says that the census had received approval from eight members of the CCI

Updated 07 Aug, 2023 09:56am

Editorials

The mystery deepens

EDITORIAL: If there weren’t already enough confusion about the possible composition and tenure of the caretaker...

Published 05 Aug, 2023 06:00am

Editorials

Stop incentivising population growth

EDITORIAL: Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal while briefing the media emphasised...

Updated 24 May, 2023 06:40am

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

Pakistan

JI holds rally to demand ‘fair’ digital census in Karachi

KARACHI: A large number of citizens marched on Shahrah-e-Faisal, under the aegis of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi...

Published 01 May, 2023 03:28am

Digital census deadline extended to 15th

ISLAMABAD: The government has extended the field operation of 7th population and Housing-2023, the first ever...

Updated 01 May, 2023 08:58am

Pakistan

‘Fraudulent census’: JI to hold protest march today

KARACHI: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has announced to stage a protest march against the “fraud census” on Sunday...

Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am

Pakistan

Digital census extended till 30th

KARACHI: The digital census has been extended until April 30 for Karachi, Hyderabad, Quetta, Lahore, Rawalpindi, and...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:15am

Pakistan

MQM-P raises its voice against ‘unfair’ digital census

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), insisting that Karachi’s population is around 35 million,...

Published 22 Apr, 2023 03:38am

Pakistan

Digital census: Karachiites won’t accept ‘any more deception’: JI leader

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Ameer Engr Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has warned that results of the ongoing census...

Published 22 Apr, 2023 03:38am

Pakistan

JI again casts doubts over fairness of digital census

KARACHI: The Karachi chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has again cast doubts over fairness of seventh digital census,...

Published 07 Apr, 2023 06:06am

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

PBS extends digital census 2023 deadline

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Tuesday extended the closing date of 7th Population and ...

Published 05 Apr, 2023 06:16am

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

PBS tells provinces to stop census staff from using social media

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has taken serious note of social media usage by officials during...

Published 21 Mar, 2023 07:14am

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%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 18 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	7.86 ▲ 0.75 (10.55%)
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%)
Quetta Textile / Dec 18 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	19.67 ▲ 1.79 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Dec 18 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	259.27 ▲ 23.57 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 18 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	37.76 ▼ -4.20 (-10.01%)
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
Din Tex. / Dec 18 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	45.90 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
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%)
Calcorp Ltd / Dec 18 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	26.22 ▼ -2.91 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.59
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	58,285,174 ▼ -0.46
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	57,202,972 ▼ -0.05
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▲ 0.24
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 2.37
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▲ 0.16
Hub Power Co. / Dec 18 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	33,289,968 ▼ -3.83
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	32,310,782 ▲ 1.01

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