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Aurangzeb says agriculture, IT key economic drivers

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that agriculture and...

Published 11 Sep, 2024 06:31am

Technology

PM seeks plans for $25bn IT exports

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged IT experts to come up with their strategies and plans to achieve...

Updated 06 Sep, 2024 08:55am

Business & Finance

ITCN Asia: OICCI reaffirms commitment to advancing IT, telecom sectors

KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 06:08am

Business & Finance

IBM to close China R&D department, affecting over 1,000 jobs

BEIJING: IBM will completely shut its China R&D operation, affecting more than 1,000 jobs, the US technology...

Published 26 Aug, 2024 05:41pm

Islamabad IT Park to help achieve $25bn IT export goal: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has stated that Islamabad information technology (IT) park will prove to be...

Updated 20 Aug, 2024 09:33am

IT, ITeS export remittances hit all-time high of $3.223bn

ISLAMABAD: The country’s information technology and IT-enabled services (ITeS) export remittances comprising...

Updated 20 Jul, 2024 09:42am

Technology

Hotels in Swat call for optic fibre connectivity to help boost investment

The Kalam Hotels Association, representing over 250 hotels in the picturesque valley of Kalam, Swat, has called for...

Updated 12 Jul, 2024 11:32pm

Business & Finance

IT industry: Higher taxation to give big boost to brain drain: FPCCI

KARACHI: Atif Iqbal Sheikh, President FPCCI, has raise concerns over the recently announced federal budget 2024–25...

Published 28 Jun, 2024 05:41am

Pakistan

Government to establish 10 IT parks by next year: IT Ministry

The project of Islamabad IT Park will be completed with the cooperation of South Korea

Published 22 May, 2024 05:54pm

Business & Finance

IT exports: Practical steps should be taken on priority basis: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed that practical steps should be taken on priority basis to...

Published 22 May, 2024 05:54am

Business & Finance

IT services exporters: P@SHA proposes taxation reforms

KARACHI: Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA), has apprised that the unanimous and representative budgetary...

Published 15 May, 2024 05:47am

Markets

Australian shares rise on banks, IT boost; Fed policy meet on tap

Australian shares climbed higher on Monday, lifted by banks and information technology stocks, as traders assessed...

Published 29 Apr, 2024 10:05am

5G will be arriving in July next year, says minister

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunication Dr Umar Saif on Friday...

Updated 09 Dec, 2023 09:02am

Kakar gives go-ahead to plan aimed at bringing PayPal, Starlink to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Wednesday approved the Ministry of Information Technology...

Updated 07 Sep, 2023 09:19am

Minister unveils roadmap of ‘$10bn IT exports’

KARACHI: Caretaker Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Dr Umar Saif has unveiled a roadmap to achieve the...

Updated 04 Sep, 2023 09:25am

BR Research

FDI blues for digital ones

While the country’s digital economy has grown considerably since the pandemic years, its investment barometer...

Published 29 May, 2023 08:40am

World

India launches $2bn incentive package to boost IT hardware production

NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday unveiled an expanded incentive scheme to attract big-ticket investments in IT hardware...

Published 17 May, 2023 04:50pm

Technology

Pakistan can capitalise on youth only if talent is harnessed: IT minister

Says 4,000 IT graduates are being trained by PSEB, P@sha and 21 other leading tech companies at cost of Rs590mn

Published 20 Mar, 2023 09:49pm

Business & Finance

Jul-Jan 2022-23: IT, ITeS export remittances up 2.4pc to $1.523bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The IT and IT-enabled Services (ITeS) export remittances comprising computer services and call centre...

Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:57am

Business & Finance

SBP orders dealers to facilitate IT, ITeS exporters

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan has directed authorised dealers to swiftly facilitate IT and ITeS exporters,...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am

Pakistan

Google country director says 5G rollout will help Pakistan's tech ecosystem

Outlines performance of YouTube, owned by Google, at event in Karachi

Updated 25 Nov, 2022 07:24pm

Technology

Pakistan's software developers emerging among top choices for US-based companies: Turing CEO

Siddharth says company focused on South Asia with Pakistani IT professionals high on its radar

Updated 02 Aug, 2022 10:59pm

Markets

Saudi Arabia announces $6.4 billion investments in future tech

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has launched investments worth $6.4 billion in future technologies, the Saudi minister of...

Published 01 Feb, 2022 06:59pm

Markets

IT, energy stocks boost Indian shares as global risk mood lightens

BENGALURU: Information technology and energy firms drove Indian shares higher on Tuesday, tracking upbeat global ...

Published 28 Dec, 2021 10:30am

Pakistan

Civil servants must stay responsive to people’s needs: Alvi

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi said that people had great expectations from the civil servants and they needed to...

Published 09 Dec, 2021 04:29am

BR Research

Chasing IT exports

The country’s digital exports have been responding well. As per latest data from the SBP, the exports of...

Published 06 Dec, 2021 08:08am

Pakistan

$419m earned from IT services' export in 2 months

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan earned US $419.992 million by providing different information technology (IT) services in ...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 07:11am

Business & Finance

Nigeria to launch pilot digital currency by year-end

ABUJA: Nigeria’s Central Bank is preparing a digital currency pilot that could launch as early as the end of this...

Published 21 Jun, 2021 03:43am

Business

Tax credit regime: MoITT conveys its concerns to FBR

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) on Monday conveyed serious concerns...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

Business & Finance

China to tighten oversight of energy use in steel, aluminium

These will include details of production and capacity in 2020 and total energy consumption, broken down into coal, natural gas, electricity and renewable energy, a Ministry of Industry and Information Technology document showed.

Published 19 Apr, 2021 04:50pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 17	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 17	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 17	149.91
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 17	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 17	1.30
Euro to USD / Oct 17	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 17	5,841.47
India Sensex / Oct 17	81,006.61
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 17	39,049.37
Nasdaq / Oct 17	18,373.61
Hang Seng / Oct 17	20,275.40
FTSE 100 / Oct 17	8,385.13
Dow Jones / Oct 17	43,239.05
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 17	19,583.39

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 17	70.80
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 17	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 17	238,254
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 17	2,709.16
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 17	71.02
Petrol/Litre / Oct 18	247.03

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 18 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 18 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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