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Entrepreneurship

Enhancing exports a must for sustainable growth: Senate chief

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani has said that for country’s sustainable and inclusive growth ...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 06:52am

Pakistan

PML-N leaders Saad, Mashhood meet PM

LAHORE: Former federal minister and senior PML-N leader Khawaja Saad Rafique called on Prime Minister Muhammad...

Published 28 May, 2024 05:30am

Opinion

Bridging the gap between education, employment, and entrepreneurship

Some institutions are referred to as ‘greats’ in the world of higher education and professional desires. Among these...

Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am

Pakistan

‘Startup and Entrepreneurial Boot Camp’ organised

PESHAWAR: KUBIC, the business incubation center of KMU, collaborated with 3Majors Pvt Ltd organised a dynamic...

Published 26 Feb, 2024 05:07am

Business & Finance

SCBPL announces winners of ‘WomenInTech Cohort 5’

KARACHI: Standard Chartered Bank (SCBPL), in partnership with INNOVentures Global (Private) Limited, announced the...

Published 30 Nov, 2023 04:53am

Business & Finance

Endeavor Pakistan & TPL Maps’ ‘Chasing Impact’ event held in Lahore

LAHORE: Endeavor Pakistan, a leading global organization dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and supporting...

Published 22 Sep, 2023 03:33am

Pakistan

Degree programmes: Minister asks HEC to include ‘entrepreneurship’ in course subjects

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has directed the Higher...

Published 03 Mar, 2023 06:12am

Business & Finance

BOP becomes top bank disbursing funds under PM Youth Loan Scheme

LAHORE: The Bank of Punjab (BOP) becomes the first bank disbursing funds to microfinance providers for the Prime...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 06:45am

Opinion

Mastering the art of saving and income

Mastering the art of saving is about more than just setting aside a portion of your paycheck. It requires a solid...

Published 12 Jan, 2023 06:20am

Opinion

Big businesses must rise to the occasion

Pakistan has two primary and permanent bases of power, no matter which political party may control the reigns. Power...

Published 12 Sep, 2022 06:01am

BR Research

Startups and foreign investment

Foreign investment landscape remains a concern for Pakistan not only because FDI remains sluggish and weak due to ...

Updated 29 Mar, 2022 09:44am

Pakistan

Entrepreneurship: SU students advised to focus on creation of jobs

HYDERABAD: Regional Head of a US-based company in Sydney, Australia Aslam Memon has advised the Sindh University...

Published 29 Mar, 2022 05:49am

Pakistan

‘SSGC empowers disabled persons by providing them entrepreneurship’

KARACHI: SSGC under its CSR program collaborated with a leading not-for-profit organisation, Association of...

Published 28 Mar, 2022 07:13am

BR Research

Lagging in innovation

Pakistan saw a spike not seen before in startups in 2021, which should mean that creativity and innovation surged ...

Published 07 Jan, 2022 08:00am

Business & Finance

Companies Amendment Bill, 2021: Recent amendments to improve general business climate

ISLAMABAD: The recent amendments carried out through the Companies Amendment Bill, 2021 would significantly promote...

Published 22 Dec, 2021 06:13am

Life & Style

Dubai Design Week: a global canvas for talent including Pakistan

Region’s leading fair returned for its seventh edition with a well-calibrated programme

Published 13 Nov, 2021 09:52pm

BR Research

Startups: What’s beyond funding

The risk-return tradeoff that links high risk with high reward fits well for entrepreneurship and startups. Where...

Published 14 Oct, 2021 07:30am

Business & Finance

FPCCI, Suffa University organise conference on 'Innovation & Entrepreneurship'

KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and DHA Suffa University jointly organized...

Published 06 Sep, 2021 06:14am

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s Trivzia raises $400,000 in seed round

Startup hopes to expand user base, grow its team and strengthen its platform using funds from 47 Ventures

Published 22 Jun, 2021 06:39pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s Dawaai raises $8.5 million amid expansion plans

Hopes to use recent investment to grow its infrastructure expansion and technology

Updated 10 Jun, 2021 01:15pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan's Abhi raises $2m in seed investment

Karachi-based fintech raises sum for its salary advance platform in a seed round led by Vostok Emerging Finance
Abhi will be the second Pakistani fintech to join Y Combinator’s next batch after TAG

Published 07 Jun, 2021 06:19pm

Pakistan

Govt promoting entrepreneurship culture to bring youth in mainstream: Zartaj

Zartaj said the youth was national asset and the government was making all out efforts to enable them to come forward and play their pivotal role in the national development.

Published 03 Jun, 2021 06:09pm

Pakistan

13 Young Pakistanis Make it to the Forbes 30 Under 30

Thirteen young Pakistanis have made it to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list this year.
The list includes startup founders and young innovators like Hamza Jawaid, Saad Jangda, Muhammad Owais Qureshi, Zohaib Ali, Iman Jamall, Hasib Malik, Yaseen Khalid, M. Saquib Malik, Nabeel Siddiqui, Misha Japanwala, Abdullah Siddiqui, Shayan Mahmud, and Hannia Zia.

Published 23 Apr, 2021 07:54pm

Pakistan

Masood Khan urges youths to become entrepreneurs instead of job seekers

Masood Khan said that the AJK government had waking up to the opportunities being provided because of new technologies.

Published 04 Mar, 2021 06:32pm

Technology

PITB and KPITB Partner to expand two NICs in Swat and Kohat

Punjab Technology Board (PITB) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB) join hands to establish two National Incubation Centers (NICs) in University of Swat and Kohat University of Science & Technology.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 07:06pm

Pakistan

Four Pakistanis make it to the Forbes 30 under 30 for North America

Four Pakistanis have been named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list, as these honourees were shortlisted from an original list of 600 entrepreneurs, activists, scientists and entertainers.

Updated 08 Dec, 2020 09:19pm

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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