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‘Political inclusion’ imperative for ‘financial inclusion’: President

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that political inclusion is imperative for financial inclusion to put the...

Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am

Pakistan

Alvi underscores advocacy for EVMs

President says totals of every candidate would have been available and printed within five minutes of closing of poll

Updated 11 Feb, 2024 09:32am

Opinion

From colonial legacy to digital era

Are the election results of the 2024 election influenced by external forces and fail to accurately reflect the will...

Updated 11 Feb, 2024 06:01am

Pakistan

EMS: ECP admits facing ‘difficulties’

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has admitted having faced slight difficulties in the...

Published 28 Dec, 2023 04:52am

Pakistan

ECP refuses to hold LG polls in Punjab thru EVMs, i-voting

ISLAMABAD: The poll body has refused to hold the local government elections in Punjab through electronic voting...

Updated 11 Jul, 2023 08:55am

Pakistan

Sindh LG polls: Imran says PPP has no commitment to fair and free elections

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan tweeted on Wednesday that it is apparent from reports on...

Published 19 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Pakistan

ECP intends to launch pilot testing of EVMs: CEC

ISLAMABAD: “The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) intends to launch pilot testing of electronic voting ...

Published 08 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Editorials

The importance of local governments

EDITORIAL: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja made a point the other day when he called the...

Published 31 Oct, 2022 06:23am

Pakistan

Neither govt nor ‘establishment’ wants free, fair elections: IK

ISLAMABAD: The flamboyant former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan Friday...

Published 09 Jul, 2022 03:57am

President refuses to sign electoral reform bill

ISLAMABAD: Once again, President Arif Alvi has returned the highly controversial Elections (Amendment) Bill 2022 to...

Updated 20 Jun, 2022 10:06am

Pakistan

President Alvi refuses to sign Election Amendment Bill

Says the bill is anti-progress and regressive

Published 19 Jun, 2022 07:36pm

Pakistan

President Alvi returns Election, NAB bills to Prime Minister

Bills sent back for reconsideration and detailed deliberation by parliament

Updated 04 Jun, 2022 09:01pm

Pakistan

‘Govt is not taking right of vote away from overseas Pakistanis’

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar on Friday rejected the claims that the government is ...

Updated 28 May, 2022 09:42pm

Pakistan

NAB, electoral bills sail through Senate as well

ISLAMABAD: Amid hullabaloo stirred by the opposition’s strong protests, Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani allowed on...

Updated 28 May, 2022 09:57am

Pakistan

PTI welcomes PM’s offer for talks

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has welcomed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s offer of constituting a...

Published 27 May, 2022 05:50am

Govt takes major step to hurt PTI’s electoral prospects

NA passes bill which seeks to remove use of EVMs as well as disallows overseas Pakistanis from voting

Updated 27 May, 2022 09:56am

Pakistan

Elections Amendment Bill 2022 to ensure fair elections: PM Shehbaz

Bill scraps electronic voting in elections, restrains overseas Pakistanis from participating in polls

Updated 26 May, 2022 07:07pm

Pakistan

Shibli Faraz rejects reports of high EVM cost

Science minister says cost of manufacturing is anywhere between Rs60-62 billion

Published 16 Jan, 2022 06:31pm

Pakistan

PMU for EVMs, i-voting: CEC approaches PM for space allocation

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja has approached Prime Minister Imran Khan for allocation...

Published 16 Jan, 2022 04:17am

Pakistan

EVMs and i-voting: ECP gives bodies another 10 days to submit ‘improved’ recommendations

ISLAMABAD: The three committees constituted by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) last month on Electronic...

Published 24 Dec, 2021 05:43am

Pakistan

Punjab govt mandates use of EVMs in local bodies elections

Updated 13 Dec, 2021 09:43am

‘Mini-budget’ likely to be presented before Dec-14th cabinet meeting

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet scheduled to meet on Tuesday (December 14, 2021) is to approve transfer of 33.5...

Updated 12 Dec, 2021 10:44am

Pakistan

Balochistan to hold LB polls sans EVMs

QUETTA: The Balochistan government has decided to hold local body elections in the government but declared that...

Published 08 Dec, 2021 06:22am

Opinion

New electoral reforms—I

Reforms are a process of improvement whereby political institutions are revitalized for better performance and...

Updated 08 Dec, 2021 06:48am

Pakistan

EVMs, I-voting: Differences between govt, ECP remain

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government and Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) are still unwilling to accept each...

Published 07 Dec, 2021 06:29am

Editorials

No EVMs, no election!

EDITORIAL: The government will not fund elections sans electronic voting machines. The message was conveyed to the...

Updated 03 Dec, 2021 05:29am

Pakistan

EVMs, I-voting: Shibli-led ministerial body to ensure close liaison with ECP

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has constituted a five-member ministerial committee headed by Minister for Science ...

Published 02 Dec, 2021 03:57am

Editorials

Cadastral mapping shows the way

EDITORIAL: That the first stage of digitised cadastral mapping of state land has revealed encroachment worth Rs5.5...

Published 27 Nov, 2021 05:08am

ECP seeks funds from govt to buy 800,000 EVMs

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sought funds from the federal government for the ...

Updated 26 Nov, 2021 09:27am

Pakistan

Overseas Pakistanis demand i-voting facility

ISLAMABAD: Scores of overseas Pakistanis, accompanied by close aides of Prime Minister Imran Khan, assembled at the...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 05:18am

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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