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Ministries told to align goals with Uraan plan

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal has directed each ...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 06:12am

5 more ministries to be examined for rightsizing

Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb chairs meeting of the Committee on Rightsizing the Federal Government

Updated 18 Jan, 2025 03:32pm

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

Business & Finance

Ministries, allied depts: rightsizing finally in sight

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb, while announcing to abolish 150,000 vacant...

Published 08 Jan, 2025 06:26am

‘Poor’ performance: Cabinet assails MoC bodies, trade missions

Suggests privatization of the Trade and Development Authority of Pakistan

Updated 03 Jan, 2025 03:18pm

SOEs’ boards: Clearance by ISI, IB mandatory for nominees

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has made it mandatory for the nominees of the Board of Directors (BoDs) of...

Updated 26 Dec, 2024 02:46pm

Right-sizing body presents suggestions

ISLAMABAD: A committee formed to oversee government’s right-sizing on Tuesday presented its recommendations to...

Updated 25 Dec, 2024 02:03pm

Policy decisions: ECC concerned over delays in implementation

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Wednesday expressed concern over delays in...

Updated 28 Nov, 2024 02:30pm

PM directs PPRA to remove non-performers

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) to remove...

Updated 28 Nov, 2024 08:34am

EU firms’ concerns: MoC takes other ministries on board

ISLAMABAD: The Commerce Ministry is reportedly taking other ministries on board to respond to the concerns of...

Updated 19 Nov, 2024 09:21am

PSDP 2024-25: Ministries’ Rs2.9trn request pruned to Rs1.1trn

Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal directs Economic Affairs Division to come up with a realistic demand of budget in consultation with respective ministries/divisions

Updated 25 Oct, 2024 03:18pm

First review of IMF commitments: MoF evaluates progress across ministries concerned

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry is reportedly taking stock of progress from the concerned ministries for first...

Updated 18 Oct, 2024 02:54pm

Procurement of works: Ministries, public sector entities directed to use SBDs

ISLAMABAD: The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has directed all ministries and public sector entities...

Updated 23 Sep, 2024 09:21am

Editorials

Modern government structure

EDITORIAL: It’s taken its sweet time, but finally the government has realised the need for at least...

Updated 23 Sep, 2024 07:30am

Pakistan

Govt decides to expedite process of sending PWD projects to provinces

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has decided to expedite the process of...

Updated 11 Sep, 2024 09:10am

Govt embarks on drive to contain its expenditure

Bans purchase of all types of vehicles, procurement of machinery/ equipment

Updated 07 Sep, 2024 03:07pm

Govt rightsizing: 33 SOEs to be closed in first phase

Cabinet directs to finalize the implementation plan for the rightsizing of the federal government (Phase-1) within two weeks’ time

Updated 05 Sep, 2024 10:03am

Business & Finance

Ministries, Divs barred from releasing funds for new projects

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has barred ministries/Divisions from...

Updated 04 Sep, 2024 09:14am

15 largest SOEs: MoF seeks report to share plans with IMF

Says all line ministries are required to adopt and prepare business plans and Statements of Corporate Intent as per the given timelines in the SOEs Policy, 2023

Updated 04 Sep, 2024 12:01pm

Pakistan

Remarks made by Bengali: federal govt clarifies its stance

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Sunday clarified its stance about the remarks made by Dr Kaiser Bengali,...

Published 02 Sep, 2024 06:40am

PSDP projects: Ministries, Divisions asked to ‘cut your coat according to cloth’

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (M/oPD&SI) has advised all Ministries/...

Updated 02 Sep, 2024 09:31am

Cases in courts: Ministries, divisions directed to work on ‘CAMS’

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Law and Justice has directed Ministries/Divisions to work on Case Assignment and Management...

Updated 30 Aug, 2024 09:16am

Pakistan

Ministries to provinces: Senate body recommends devolution

ISLAMABAD: Senate Functional Committee on Devolution, unanimously, recommended the devolution of the Federal ...

Published 20 Aug, 2024 08:06am

Appointments of CEO, CFO, CIA and CS: MoF conveys to line ministries and SOEs the guidelines

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has conveyed to all line ministries and federal state-owned enterprises guidelines...

Updated 16 Aug, 2024 03:15pm

Cabinet for more rationale in categorising SOEs

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has asked Ministries/ Divisions to further rationalise the necessity to categorise...

Updated 13 Aug, 2024 09:15am

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
FTSE 100 / Jan 20	8,520.54
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 20	20,990.31
France CAC40 / Jan 20	7,733.50
India Sensex / Jan 21	76,270.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,027.98

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 20	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 20	242,541
Petrol/Litre / Jan 21	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	77.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,724.49
Diesel/Litre / Jan 21	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 21 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.60 ▲ 1.00 (11.63%)
Globe Residency / Jan 21 Globe Residency REIT(GRR)	17.36 ▲ 1.58 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.06 ▲ 2.28 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 21 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	35.65 ▲ 3.24 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 21 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	671.22 ▲ 61.02 (10.00%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 21 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	77.59 ▲ 7.05 (9.99%)
Shadman Cotton / Jan 21 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	31.82 ▲ 2.89 (9.99%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 21 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	108.84 ▲ 9.84 (9.94%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jan 21 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	8.20 ▲ 0.74 (9.92%)

Stock	Price
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 21 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	22.51 ▼ -2.48 (-9.92%)
Fateh Sports / Jan 21 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	72.50 ▼ -6.07 (-7.73%)
Kohat Textile / Jan 21 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	32.32 ▼ -2.58 (-7.39%)
Punjab Oil / Jan 21 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	147 ▼ -11.02 (-6.97%)
S.G.Power / Jan 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.15 ▼ -0.66 (-6.73%)
Parmount Sp. / Jan 21 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.30 ▼ -0.31 (-6.72%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 21 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	106 ▼ -7.47 (-6.58%)
GOC (Pak) / Jan 21 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	64.99 ▼ -4.10 (-5.93%)
Prosperity Weav / Jan 21 Prosperity Weaving Mills Limited(PRWM)	35 ▼ -2.00 (-5.41%)

Stock	Volume
Lotte Chemical / Jan 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,473,543 ▼ -0.10
Bank Makramah / Jan 21 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	57,800,421 ▲ 0.33
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	56,891,848 ▼ -0.02
Fauji Cement / Jan 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	37,336,913 ▲ 1.61
Cnergyico PK / Jan 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,324,811 ▲ 0.26
Hascol Petrol / Jan 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	24,273,766 ▼ -0.13
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	22,896,108 ▼ -1.38
Hub Power Co. / Jan 21 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	21,405,956 ▼ -2.79
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 21 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	19,827,701 ▲ 2.80

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