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Motiwala, Bilwani laud MoC’s decision of DGTO order suspension

KARACHI: Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) Zubair Motiwala and President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry...

Published 3 days ago

Ministry of Commerce suspends order on KCCI’s plea

KARACHI: The Ministry of Commerce has ruled in favour of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) by...

Updated 20 Mar, 2025 08:51am

Senate panel takes notice of 600 trucks stuck at Pak-Iran border

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has referred the matter of blockage of over 600 trucks at...

Updated 27 Feb, 2025 09:27am

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz pledges $5 billion trade boost with Türkiye

Premier stresses cabinet must work hard to achieve economic agenda

Updated 18 Feb, 2025 10:35pm

Markets

AlBaik confirms expansion into Pakistan, MoC says process in final stages

Saudi fast-food chain giant AlBaik confirmed its expansion into Pakistan, stating that the process is in its final...

Updated 08 Feb, 2025 11:00pm

Warehousing as industry: MoI&P directed to submit plan to operationalise, implement

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has directed the Ministry of Industries and Production (MoI&P) to submit a plan...

Updated 03 Feb, 2025 08:47am

Non-Iranian origin containers: MoC grants one-time waiver of EIF

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce has granted a one-time waiver for non-Iranian origin containers, allowing them...

Updated 01 Feb, 2025 02:53pm

Bilal made new DG of DGTO

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has appointed Bilal Khan Pasha as the new Director General of Trade...

Updated 27 Jan, 2025 10:31am

BD keen to import sugar on G2G basis

KARACHI: Bangladesh has expressed interest in importing up to 15,000 metric tons sugar from Pakistan on a...

Updated 21 Jan, 2025 08:57am

MoC begins work on new trade framework, tariff policy

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce has initiated internal work on the Strategic Trade Policy Framework (STPF)...

Updated 09 Jan, 2025 03:11pm

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

Suggests privatization of the Trade and Development Authority of Pakistan

Updated 03 Jan, 2025 03:18pm

Clearance of overdue urea subsidy payments: ECC asks ministry to persuade provinces

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has directed the Ministry of Industries and Production...

Updated 28 Dec, 2024 04:14pm

Pakistan

Issue of PSMA office-bearers: IHC orders appellate body of MoC to hear pleas today

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordered the Appellate Committee of Ministry of Commerce to hear the...

Published 10 Dec, 2024 07:45am

Editorials

Cultivating self-reliance: roadmap for edible oil

EDITORIAL: The Ministry of Commerce’s plan to draft a comprehensive edible oil policy presents a pivotal opportunity...

Updated 06 Dec, 2024 02:48pm

Pakistan

Pakistan, Belarus sign 8 MoUs to boost trade, cooperation

Two sides agree to establish working groups for energy, industrial collaboration, Ministry of Commerce says

Updated 25 Nov, 2024 10:38pm

Opinion

Retaining export competitiveness through traceability

Traceability has become essential in the modern textile supply chain as buyers increasingly demand transparency,...

Published 13 Nov, 2024 07:25am

MoC seeks details of Rs3bn SMEs export boost project

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce has sought technical and conceptual details from the Ministry of Planning,...

Updated 25 Aug, 2024 09:53am

Business & Finance

Tariff reforms stressed to drive export-led growth

ISLAMABAD: In follow-up of the Prime Minister’s constitution of the Committee on ‘tariff rationalisation for...

Published 13 Aug, 2024 07:02am

Export-oriented sectors: MoC advocates concessional power tariff

Says key industrial export sectors of Pakistan struggling to recover and gain lost share in global markets

Updated 03 Jun, 2024 09:35am

Business & Finance

PCMEA presents 14-point recommendations to ministry, TDAP

LAHORE: Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PCMEA) Senior Vice Chairman Usman Asharf has...

Published 22 Apr, 2024 04:39am

PM seeks plan to boost exports

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the MoC to prepare an action plan to double domestic exports...

Updated 03 Apr, 2024 08:51am

Business & Finance

MoC asked to expedite Pak-Turkmenistan TTA

ISLAMABAD: Economic Affairs Division (EAD) has asked Ministry of Commerce (MoC) to expedite signing of Transit Trade...

Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am

Opinion

Evolution of Pakistan’s trade dispute resolution regime: Through the gloom, the silver linings we should see

There is a lot of gloom in Pakistan these days. In that miasma it is sometimes difficult to see and appreciate the...

Updated 22 Mar, 2024 05:36am

Temporary import, export of vehicles: MoC and FBR lock horns over former’s proposal

ISLAMABAD: The Commerce Ministry and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) have reportedly locked horns over the...

Updated 07 Feb, 2024 09:34am

Business & Finance

Purchase of engineering goods: PSEs asked to prefer local firms

ISLAMABAD: Commerce Ministry (MoC) has urged Public Sector Entities (PSEs) to give preference to domestic companies...

Updated 31 Jan, 2024 09:33am

ECC rejects hike in wheat support price proposal

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has turned down the Ministry of National Food...

Updated 03 Jan, 2024 09:15am

Ministry announces improvement in BoP

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce announced achievements in trade sector with a year-on-year balance of payments...

Updated 27 Dec, 2023 09:27am

Supplements

National Insurance Company Limited (NICL), Khalid Hamid B.E, ACII & Chartered Insurer (CII - UK) Certified Director CEO, NICL

National Insurance Company Limited is the national flag carrier in the field of general insurance and is fully owned...

Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am

Pakistan

Body to probe smuggling of Afghan transit trade goods

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government is said to have constituted an inquiry committee to investigate the smuggling of...

Updated 08 Dec, 2023 09:00am

Body approved to condone import and export-related curbs

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved a three-member committee headed by caretaker Minister for Commerce to...

Updated 01 Dec, 2023 09:34am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 21	280.46
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 21	280.26
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 21	149.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 21	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 21	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 20	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 21	5,667.56
India Sensex / Mar 21	76,905.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 21	37,677.06
Nasdaq / Mar 21	17,784.05
Hang Seng / Mar 21	23,689.72
FTSE 100 / Mar 21	8,646.79
Dow Jones / Mar 21	41,985.35
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 21	22,891.68
France CAC40 / Mar 21	8,042.95

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 21	68.31
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 21	17,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 21	273,319
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 21	3,028.10
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 21	65.27
Petrol/Litre / Mar 24	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Mar 24	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Ist.Capital Sec / Mar 21 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	1.73 ▲ 0.25 (16.89%)
Lalpir Power / Mar 21 Lalpir Power Limited(LPL)	29.32 ▲ 2.67 (10.02%)
Bunnys Limited / Mar 21 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	23.16 ▲ 2.11 (10.02%)
Bela Auto / Mar 21 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	166.87 ▲ 15.17 (10%)
Sally Textile / Mar 21 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	11 ▲ 1 (10%)
Agritech Limited / Mar 21 Agritech Limited(AGL)	73.59 ▲ 6.69 (10%)
S.S.Oil / Mar 21 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	122.16 ▲ 11.11 (10%)
Nishat Mills Ltd / Mar 21 Nishat Mills Limited(NML)	117.76 ▲ 10.71 (10%)
Suraj Cotton / Mar 21 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	122.32 ▲ 11.12 (10%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 21 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	27.96 ▲ 2.54 (9.99%)

Stock	Price
Elahi Cot. / Mar 21 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	126.06 ▼ -13.99 (-9.99%)
Khyber Textile / Mar 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	435.56 ▼ -47.57 (-9.85%)
Hafiz Ltd. / Mar 21 Hafiz Limited(HAFL)	253.95 ▼ -27.73 (-9.84%)
Universal Ins. / Mar 21 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.80 ▼ -1 (-9.26%)
Noon Sugar / Mar 21 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	73 ▼ -6.57 (-8.26%)
Sindh Abadgar / Mar 21 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	51.03 ▼ -4.08 (-7.4%)
Ellcot Spinning / Mar 21 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	110 ▼ -8.64 (-7.28%)
Askari Life Assur. / Mar 21 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	5 ▼ -0.39 (-7.24%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Mar 21 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7 ▼ -0.5 (-6.67%)
Quetta Textile / Mar 21 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	14.60 ▼ -0.99 (-6.35%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Mar 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	163,976,906 ▼ -0.21
B.O.Punjab / Mar 21 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	45,899,654 ▼ -0.15
Pak Refinery / Mar 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,149,230 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Foods Ltd / Mar 21 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	26,183,687 ▲ 0.48
Sui South Gas / Mar 21 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	25,173,748 ▲ 0.42
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Mar 21 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	19,984,659 ▼ -1.09
Pak Elektron / Mar 21 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	19,229,211 ▼ -0.13
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 21 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	18,221,041 ▼ -0.25
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,981,776 ▼ -0.02
Hub Power Co. / Mar 21 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	14,711,439 ▼ -2.32

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