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42.3m individuals added to electoral rolls since GE-2013: FAFEN

ISLAMABAD: Over the past decade, Pakistan has experienced a substantial increase in the number of registered voters,...

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 09:23am

Opinion

Outgoing caretakers & challenges ahead

In August 2023, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar assumed the charge of interim Prime Minister of Pakistan, marking the...

Published 09 Feb, 2024 03:29am

Elections 2024

ECP gives magisterial powers to DROs, ROs

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has authorised first class magisterial powers to the district...

Updated 27 Jan, 2024 12:47pm

Caretaker PM’s visit to UAE against electoral laws?

ISLAMABAD: What appears to be a violation of the election laws, Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar,...

Updated 27 Nov, 2023 09:52am

Pakistan

PTI required to hold intraparty polls to retain election symbol bat

ISLAMABAD: In an apparent U-turn, the electoral body has declared the intra-party elections of Pakistan...

Published 24 Nov, 2023 05:29am

Pakistan

ECP unfreezes voter lists for registration, corrections till Oct 25

Development is important for maintaining up-to-date and accurate voter roll for the smooth conduct of elections, electoral watchdog says

Updated 28 Sep, 2023 09:35pm

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

Pakistan

President proposes elections be held on Nov 6, 2023

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi, Wednesday, wrote another letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar...

Updated 14 Sep, 2023 08:56am

Pakistan

ECP seeks wealth statements from political parties

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sought, from the political parties, their wealth statements...

Published 18 Aug, 2023 05:42am

Pakistan

6 parties: ECP publishes intraparty election certificates

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has published the intraparty election certificates of six...

Published 12 Aug, 2023 06:26am

Opinion

In every friendship there has to be some give and take

It has been widely speculated that the incumbent government is mulling ‘reforming’ the Elections Act 2017 with a...

Published 26 Jul, 2023 06:17am

Opinion

Elections loom amid a myriad questions

The bizarre is not only commonplace, some argue it is the norm in Pakistan. Take for example the latest offering by...

Updated 25 Jul, 2023 06:54am

Elections Act, 2017: Bill seeking amendment passed by NA

ISLAMABAD: In a huge relief to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the National Assembly on Sunday passed a bill...

Updated 26 Jun, 2023 09:15am

ECP empowered to decide election date: Bill aimed at reducing disqualification term passed by Senate

ISLAMABAD: The treasury side in the Senate Friday managed to get the Elections (Amendment) Bill 2023, a...

Updated 17 Jun, 2023 08:55am

Pakistan

Senate passes bill allowing ECP to unilaterally announce election dates

ECP will now be able to announce dates for general elections

Published 16 Jun, 2023 04:11pm

Pakistan

Amendments proposed by ECP must be ‘subject to constitution’, says parliamentary panel

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel that reviews the amendments in the Elections Act 2017, proposed by the Election...

Published 20 Apr, 2023 06:30am

Editorials

Details of assets: an exercise in futility?

EDITORIAL: The functional democracies see to it that the elected representatives who make laws are financially as...

Published 22 Jan, 2023 03:08am

Pakistan

Overseas Pakistanis’ vote: SC to hear PTI’s plea on 26th

Petition contends that amendments were discriminatory and violated fundamental rights and merits

Updated 24 Jul, 2022 09:09am

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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