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Business community leader assails curbs on Internet

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, the President of the Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals...

Published 20 Nov, 2024 08:03am

Business & Finance

HBL-P@SHA awards given away to exceptional IT companies

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA), the representative body of Pakistan's IT industry, hosted...

Published 24 Sep, 2024 03:28am

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

Experts call for policy continuation for IT, other sectors

KARACHI: Experts urged the government and stakeholders to maintain the continuation of policies for IT and other...

Updated 30 Aug, 2024 07:53am

Technology

SBP allows IT cos to acquire shareholding in entities abroad

KARACHI: In order to enhance IT exports, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday allowed export-oriented IT...

Updated 12 Jul, 2024 09:05am

Technology

IT exports will cross $3bn this year, says Shaza Fatima

Minister of State for Information Technology says training will begin with Google, Microsoft, and other leading IT companies to prepare at least 1.5 million IT-certified individuals over the next five years

Updated 24 Jun, 2024 10:33pm

Technology

Elevate looks to utilise Dubai’s competitive edge as it resolves Pak freelancers’ payments woes

Elevate, the fintech that recently secured financing of $5 million with the aim to expand further into South Asia,...

Published 11 Jun, 2024 03:17am

BR Research

Surging IT exports

The newly elected Finance Minister has hinted at touching $3.5 billion in IT exports for FY24, and part of it is due...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 09:18am

Markets

Fed fuels longest weekly winning streak in Indian shares in six years

BENGALURU: India’s benchmark indexes, Nifty and Sensex, posted their longest weekly winning streak in six years on...

Published 16 Dec, 2023 05:49am

First-ever IT and ITeS export strategy unveiled

Caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications says country has the potential of increasing the exports to $12-15 billion

Updated 24 Nov, 2023 10:11am

Business & Finance

‘Charter of technologically-driven economic transformation’ urged

ISLAMABAD: Telecom experts urged for a charter of technologically-driven economic transformation to foster the...

Published 07 Nov, 2023 06:33am

Business & Finance

Visas for KSA: envoy pledges to help facilitate IT firms

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki on Thursday assured that ...

Published 03 Nov, 2023 06:11am

Technology

In Dubai, Dr Umar Saif was a man with a few ‘missions’

Caretaker IT minister believes establishment of ‘Pakistan Startup Fund’ will help attract VCs to country

Updated 20 Oct, 2023 08:36am

Many IT cos parking USD outside country: minister

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Dr Umar Saif, said that the...

Updated 27 Sep, 2023 10:41am

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

Business & Finance

SI Global Solutions serves over 650 customers globally In 8 years

KARACHI: SI Global Solutions, one of the emerging IT and IT-enabled companies, has celebrated its 8th work...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am

IT exporters, freelancers: 35pc of export proceeds can be retained in special forex accounts: SBP

KARACHI: In order to facilitate IT companies and freelancers, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has extended...

Updated 08 Jun, 2023 09:27am

Business & Finance

LCCI bestows ‘IT Excellence Recognition’ award upon 16 firms

LAHORE: An illustrious moment unfolded as the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry bestowed the esteemed IT...

Published 08 Jun, 2023 06:30am

Business & Finance

35pc retention of remittances in FCY accounts: SBP to coordinate to help resolve banking matters

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will coordinate to engage commercial bank representatives with the...

Published 13 May, 2023 05:59am

Special foreign currency accounts: SBP allows IT exporters to retain 35pc of proceeds

KARACHI: In order to encourage IT companies and freelancers to bring their foreign exchange earnings into the...

Updated 14 Jan, 2023 04:29pm

Markets

Indian shares drop ahead of inflation data

BENGALURU: Indian shares fell for the third session in a row on Thursday, with investors on edge ahead of earnings...

Published 13 Jan, 2023 06:05am

Business & Finance

October IT exports up 13pc to $221m YoY

KARACHI: Information Technology (IT) exports for October 2022 increased by 13 percent on year-on-year basis to $221...

Published 24 Nov, 2022 04:28am

BR Research

Profits surge for NetSol

Buoyed by strong operating performance and currency-related gains, one of Pakistan’s leading IT companies has had ...

Published 28 Sep, 2022 08:32am

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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