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Food department

You cannot quit cold turkey when there is no market!

To the federal cabinet secretary in charge of the wheat inquiry committee: Happy hunting, sir. Afterall, if a target...

Published 09 May, 2024 08:23am

BR Research

Wheat: executing a flawed policy poorly

If you want to make a muck of something, entrust it to the government. Starting in 2019, this will be the fifth...

Published 06 May, 2024 08:43am

Pakistan

Wheat quota restriction: LHC rejects flour mill’s plea

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court rejecting the petition of a flour mill observed that the Article 18 protects the ...

Published 11 Nov, 2023 06:30am

Pakistan

Ex-mill price of sugar: Punjab govt moves LHC for withdrawal of stay order

LAHORE: The caretaker government of Punjab has filed an application before the Lahore High Court praying to withdraw...

Published 10 Sep, 2023 03:20am

Business & Finance

Punjab bans storing over 200,000 maunds of wheat: PFMA

LAHORE: The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has alleged that the provincial food department has banned...

Published 15 Jul, 2023 06:08am

Pakistan

Wheat procurement drive launched

FAISALABAD: Commissioner Silwat Saeed and Deputy Commissioner Ali Anan Qamar inaugurated the wheat procurement drive...

Published 15 Apr, 2023 06:19am

Pakistan

Food dept, KPITB launch flour supply chain system across KP

PESHAWAR: The Food Department and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB) jointly launched a...

Published 27 Mar, 2023 07:56am

Pakistan

Senior official of food department suspended

LAHORE: Secretary Food Punjab Muhammad Zaman Wattoo has suspended the Deputy Director Food Punjab Anjum Sardar from...

Published 16 Feb, 2023 07:14am

Wheat quota of three flour mills suspended

MULTAN: Food department has suspended wheat quota of three flour mills for not supply flour in the market as per the...

Updated 05 Dec, 2022 09:54am

Pakistan

District admins directed to ensure start of cane crushing before 25th

LAHORE: The Cane Commissioner Punjab on Tuesday directed the district administrations to take necessary measures to...

Published 23 Nov, 2022 05:55am

Markets

SCB likely to fix minimum purchase price at Rs300/maund due to expensive agri inputs

LAHORE: The Sugarcane Control Board (SCB) is likely to meet soon to fix the “minimum purchase price” which may ...

Published 04 Oct, 2022 05:55am

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