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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

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

All ministries and divisions: PM to take action against officials who fail to file ICAs, CPLAs

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to take punitive action against those officials of the...

Updated 10 Aug, 2024 04:20pm

Ease of doing business, investment: PM approves reform programme

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday approved the launch of the largest reform programme of ease of...

Updated 09 Aug, 2024 09:22am

Suki Kinari HPP achieving commercial operation by month-end

ISLAMABAD: The country’s 884-MW Suki Kinari hydropower plant is all set to achieve commercial operations by the end...

Updated 07 Aug, 2024 09:37am

Senate panel doubts govt assertion of decreased spending

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel has expressed skepticism over the federal government’s claim of cutting down its...

Updated 06 Aug, 2024 08:07am

Arbitration: MoF to align SOEs law with global law

Finance Ministry says concerned agencies including ministries/Divisions and the SOEs under their administrative control have been facing issues in interpreting and implementing the law

Updated 06 Aug, 2024 09:31am

SC urged to order govt stop making payments to IPPs

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has been urged to direct the secretaries of ministries of energy, water and power and...

Updated 06 Aug, 2024 09:30am

FY25 sell-off plan likely to be approved today

Cabinet Committee on Privatisation approves 24 SOEs for inclusion in privatisation programme

Updated 02 Aug, 2024 09:57am

Pakistan

Aurangzeb briefed about issues facing GB

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb chaired the meeting of the committee on the...

Published 01 Aug, 2024 06:06am

Ministries asked to do procurement only thru e-system

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has directed all the Ministries/ Divisions and their attached...

Updated 31 Jul, 2024 09:20am

Govt embarks on the path of rightsizing itself

Seeks information from five ministries about their actual and revised budget for 2023-24 and budget for 2024-25

Updated 09 Jul, 2024 09:33am

‘Foreign gifts not for sale’: Govt directs ministries to submit undertaking

Pakistan

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 21	278.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 21	277.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 21	154.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 21	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 21	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 20	5,917.11
Nasdaq / Nov 20	18,966.14
Dow Jones / Nov 20	43,408.47
India Sensex / Nov 21	77,137.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 21	38,026.17
Hang Seng / Nov 21	19,620.49
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,069.57
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	18,942.65

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 21	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 21	69.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 21	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 21	238,340
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 21	2,662.71
Diesel/Litre / Nov 21	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	174,389,145 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	63,973,243 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 21 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,996,737 ▲ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Nov 21 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	48,137,561 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	43,506,391 ▲ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Nov 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	40,852,960 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	36,937,252 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,401,025 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,346,592 ▲ 0.00

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