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PTRIA, 2013: FAFEN for reforms to address gaps implementation

ISLAMABAD: Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) calls for reforms to address gaps in the implementation of the...

Updated 24 Mar, 2025 08:43am

Pakistan

Reforming structural flaws in FPTP system: FAFEN for immediate parliamentary, political action

ISLAMABAD: The representativeness of Pakistan’s electoral outcomes has not shown any improvement over the past two...

Published 24 Feb, 2025 08:08am

Pakistan

Right of Access to Information Act, 2017: FAFEN urges govt to consider comprehensive legal reforms

ISLAMABAD: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) urged the government to consider comprehensive legal reforms ...

Published 17 Feb, 2025 03:09am

Pakistan

ETs take decisions on 11 more petitions in Jan: FAFEN

ISLAMABAD: The Election Tribunals (ETs) decided 11 election petitions in January 2025, raising the total number of...

Published 10 Feb, 2025 05:35am

Pakistan

General polls 2024: Women’s voting choices differed from men’s in 18pc communities

ISLAMABAD: Women voters in 18 percent communities in the jurisdiction of male and female polling stations voted...

Published 27 Jan, 2025 06:24am

Pakistan

Parliamentary websites in Pakistan: FAFEN for standardisation of info, accessibility features

ISLAMABAD: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) said that parliamentary websites in Pakistan have evolved into...

Published 22 Jan, 2025 06:06am

Editorials

RTI flouted with impunity

EDITORIAL: In deference to Article 19-A of the Constitution that guarantees every citizen the right to information...

Published 13 Jan, 2025 03:06am

Many ministries, divisions not fully complying with categorical requirements: FAFEN

ISLAMABAD: Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) highlighted on Tuesday that a majority of federal ministries and...

Updated 08 Jan, 2025 09:18am

Pakistan

Nov 16, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024: ETs decide 51 petitions: Fafen

ISLAMABAD: The election tribunals (ETs) have decided 51 petitions between November 16, 2024, and December 31, 2024,...

Published 03 Jan, 2025 05:54am

Pakistan

JI criticises report of FAFEN on 2024 general elections

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami has criticized the recent report by the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on the 2024...

Published 26 Dec, 2024 07:53am

Editorials

Women in elections

EDITORIAL: It’s heartening to note that the share of female voters in the total polled votes in 2024 saw a “marked...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 05:57am

Editorials

Low voter turnout

EDITORIAL: It is reasonable to assume that more and more people in this country are keen to exercise their right to...

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 08:04am

Pakistan

Voters, candidates in electoral processes: FAFEN calls to enhance participation of women

ISLAMABAD: The Parliament, political parties, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), and civil society must join...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 07:33am

Pakistan

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

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

FAFEN issues report on performance of election tribunals

ISLAMABAD: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has observed that the election tribunals have failed to ...

Published 12 Oct, 2024 07:42am

Editorials

Controversial electoral exercise

EDITORIAL: While the April 21 by-elections in 22 national and provincial assemblies constituencies once again are a...

Updated 29 Apr, 2024 05:23am

Pakistan

By-polls: FAFEN says nearly 36pc voters cast their votes

ISLAMABAD: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has observed that overall results of the by-elections on April...

Updated 25 Apr, 2024 12:09am

Pakistan

Legally-challenged constituencies: FAFEN urges ECP to ‘audit’ election results

ISLAMABAD: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Sunday proposed a three-stage methodology for the audit of...

Published 19 Feb, 2024 05:24am

Pakistan

Elections 2024: voter turnout at 47.6%, 60.6mn people exercised right to vote on Feb 8, says FAFEN

Unlike 2018 elections, none of the National or Provincial Assemblies’ constituencies recorded female turnout less than 10% of total polled votes

Published 14 Feb, 2024 09:51pm

Editorials

A controversial exercise

EDITORIAL: The inadequacies of our perennially under fire electoral system have once again become a topic of much...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am

Pakistan

135 nationwide constituencies: ECP urged to take notice of ‘non-compliance by ROs’

ISLAMABAD: Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN), Monday, urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to take...

Published 13 Feb, 2024 05:59am

Pakistan

Around 60m voters went to the polls on Feb 8: FAFEN

ISLAMABAD: Approximately 60 million voters went to the polls in Pakistan on February 8, 2024, to elect their...

Published 11 Feb, 2024 05:35am

Pakistan

General elections: Political parties nominate 275 women contestants: FAFEN

ISLAMABAD: Political parties have nominated 275 women candidates to contest the upcoming general elections on...

Published 07 Feb, 2024 05:30am

ECP’s preliminary delimitation: Fafen raises issue with population variation

ISLAMABAD: Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Saturday revealed that as many as 180 constituencies of...

Updated 01 Oct, 2023 09:27am

Mystery shrouds fate of CCP bill

ISLAMABAD: The fate of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill 2022 remains shrouded in mystery as the Free...

Updated 02 Sep, 2023 09:43am

Pakistan

FAFEN underscores need for ‘electoral fairness’ thru delimitation exercise

ISLAMABAD: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Sunday called upon the Election Commission of Pakistan ...

Published 21 Aug, 2023 06:43am

Pakistan

Women parliamentarians outshine male counterparts: FAFEN report

ISLAMABAD: Women parliamentarians in both houses of the parliament have outshined their male counterparts in...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am

Pakistan

National, provincial legislative bodies: FAFEN calls for introducing divisional quotas for women seats

ISLAMABAD: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has called for introducing divisional quotas for seats ...

Published 03 Feb, 2023 06:17am

Pakistan

738 cases of human rights violations recorded in 17 months: SHRC

HYDERABAD: As many as 738 cases of human rights violations were reported in Sindh in about 17 months. This was...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 06:25am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 21	280.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 21	280.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 21	140.83
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 21	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 21	1.34
Euro to USD / Apr 21	1.15
UK LIBOR % / Apr 18	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5,282.70
Nasdaq / Apr 17	16,286.45
FTSE 100 / Apr 17	8,275.66
Dow Jones / Apr 17	39,142.23
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 17	21,205.86
France CAC40 / Apr 17	7,285.86
India Sensex / Apr 21	21,395.14
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 21	34,356.93
Hang Seng / Apr 21	79,442.98

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	299,811
Petrol/Litre / Apr 21	254.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 21	63.76
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 21	3,389.31
Diesel/Litre / Apr 21	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 21	67.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Quice Food / Apr 21 Quice Food Industries Limited(QUICE)	7.53 ▲ 1 (15.31%)
Beco Steel Ltd / Apr 21 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	10.16 ▲ 0.94 (10.2%)
Saritow Spinning / Apr 21 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	16.79 ▲ 1.53 (10.03%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Apr 21 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Crescent Steel / Apr 21 Crescent Steel & Allied Products Limited(CSAP)	128.69 ▲ 11.7 (10%)
Diamond Ind. / Apr 21 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	27.73 ▲ 2.52 (10%)
EMCO Industries / Apr 21 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	36.29 ▲ 3.3 (10%)
K.S.B.Pumps / Apr 21 KSB Pumps Company Limited(KSBP)	184.40 ▲ 16.76 (10%)
Nagina Cot. / Apr 21 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	54.98 ▲ 5 (10%)
National Silk / Apr 21 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	35.20 ▲ 3.2 (10%)

Stock	Price
Pak Reinsurance / Apr 21 Pakistan Reinsurance Company Limited(PAKRI)	13.45 ▼ -2.45 (-15.41%)
Arpak Int. / Apr 21 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	61.41 ▼ -6.54 (-9.62%)
Samba Bank / Apr 21 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	9.07 ▼ -0.9 (-9.03%)
NBP PGETF / Apr 21 NBP Pakistan Growth Exchange Traded Fund(NBPGETF)	21.51 ▼ -1.76 (-7.56%)
Dewan Automotive Eng. / Apr 21 Dewan Automotive Engineering Limited(DWAE)	32.93 ▼ -2.64 (-7.42%)
Bela Auto / Apr 21 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	151.60 ▼ -12.05 (-7.36%)
UDL International / Apr 21 UDL International Limited(UDLI)	7.80 ▼ -0.62 (-7.36%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Apr 21 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	112.52 ▼ -8.89 (-7.32%)
Kohinoor Mills / Apr 21 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	30.93 ▼ -2.44 (-7.31%)
Next Capital / Apr 21 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	7.36 ▼ -0.58 (-7.3%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Apr 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	103,028,410 ▲ 0.01
Power Cement / Apr 21 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	62,587,267 ▲ 1.23
B.O.Punjab / Apr 21 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	42,587,808 ▲ 0.25
Sui South Gas / Apr 21 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	29,216,804 ▲ 0.9
Sui North Gas / Apr 21 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	28,845,690 ▲ 10.7
Fauji Foods Ltd / Apr 21 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	27,776,861 ▲ 0.64
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 21 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	25,090,099 ▲ 3.93
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 21 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	23,630,998 ▼ -0.03
Pak Elektron / Apr 21 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	21,655,133 ▲ 1.29
Fauji Cement / Apr 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	16,149,277 ▲ 0.34

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