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Notification issued: Contingency posts axed for cost savings: FD

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division notified that all contingency posts eliminated as part of efforts to reduce...

Updated 06 Nov, 2024 09:04am

Editorials

Bengali’s resignation

EDITORIAL: Noted and respected economist Kaiser Bengali’s decision to resign from the so-called austerity ...

Updated 09 Sep, 2024 07:51am

Pakistan

Bengali spells out reasons for his resignation

KARACHI: Noted economist Dr Kaiser Bengali has resigned from the Austerity Committee (High-Powered Committee for...

Published 03 Sep, 2024 06:27am

Editorials

Senate panel’s skepticism

EDITORIAL: The Senate Functional Committee on Devolution presided over by Dr Zarqa Suharwardy Taimur expressed...

Updated 12 Aug, 2024 07:23am

Traders reject advance income tax collection

PESHAWAR: Traders community rejected advance income tax collection and termed it anti-businesses. Traders said they...

Updated 12 Aug, 2024 09:25am

Ministries/divisions: MoF annoyed at absence of expense reconciliation

Finance Ministry’s Expenditure Wing reiterates that purpose of reconciliation is to identify any mismatch with actual expenditure, wrong booking, or shortfall in funding under relevant head of account

Updated 11 Apr, 2024 10:36am

IMF sees slight rise in govt expenditure

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected an increase of 0.6 per cent in the government...

Updated 12 Oct, 2023 09:31am

Shamshad says not in position to entertain any expenditure request

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Finance Minister, Dr Shamshad Akhtar, has said that lack of fiscal discipline, increasingly...

Updated 04 Sep, 2023 09:41am

4-month budget: KP govt finalises expenditure proposals

PESHAWAR: A high level meeting held here on Sunday with Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Azam...

Updated 19 Jun, 2023 09:11am

ECC informed: Spending on MPs’ schemes under SAP hits Rs111bn mark

ISLAMABAD: With the approval of an additional Rs20 billion by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) amid tight...

Updated 25 May, 2023 08:48am

Business & Finance

Budget deficit: PIAF calls for controlling govt expenditure, high cost of debt servicing

LAHORE: The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front (PIAF) has called for keeping check on government...

Published 12 Mar, 2023 05:55am

Govt announces steps to correct fiscal imbalances

Ministers, advisers to forgo pays and perks
Cabinet members to pay utility bills out of their own pockets
Travel only in economy class and no stay in 5-star hotels

Updated 23 Feb, 2023 09:18am

Business & Finance

SPCCI calls for taking steps to end economic morass

ISLAMABAD: The South Punjab Chamber of Commerce and Industry members have urged the government to sail the country...

Published 29 Jun, 2022 07:27am

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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