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Discos’ sell-off: Power Division fails to satisfy Senate panel

ISLAMABAD: Power Division on Thursday failed to satisfy the Senate Standing Committee on Power about privatisation...

Updated 13 Dec, 2024 02:26pm

Renegotiating or terminating contracts with IPPs: up to Rs300bn annual saving expected

This is projected to result in a reduction of Rs 2-3 per unit in electricity tariffs

Updated 06 Nov, 2024 11:37am

Pakistan

Senate body seeks report on housing projects along N25 over past 10 years

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Communications has expressed serious concerns over granting interchanges...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 03:30am

Good news on revised IPP deals in a few weeks: power minister Awais

Minister for Power says deals with IPPs will not be revised unilaterally

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 05:00pm

Senate’s recommendations on ‘illegitimate’ payments to IPPs: PD asked to share implementation status

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division has reportedly been asked to share implementation status of Senate’s recommendations...

Updated 10 Sep, 2024 09:21am

KOEN demands tariffs for its hydel projects under 2015 Policy

ISLAMABAD: Korean company KOEN (Korea-South East Power Company, Ltd) has called on National Electric Power...

Updated 09 Sep, 2024 12:56pm

Pakistan

Sedition law’s Section 124-A: Bill proposing revocation approved by Senate panel

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Thursday unanimously approved a bill proposing revocation of...

Published 15 Dec, 2023 03:12am

Pakistan

Senate body condemns May 9 mayhem

ISLAMABAD: The Senate standing committee on interior on Thursday condemned May 09 vandalism on state properties by...

Published 09 Jun, 2023 06:20am

Pakistan

Senate body slams manner adopted for excuting non-bailable warrant against IK

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Wednesday expressed annoyance over the way adopted by the...

Published 30 Mar, 2023 06:35am

Pakistan

Barkhan tragedy: Senate body voices anger against Balochistan police for remaining indifferent to excesses

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body, on Monday, expressed anger over Balochistan police for showing extreme laxity in...

Published 28 Feb, 2023 06:15am

Pakistan

Report sought from MoI: Senate panel condemns arrest of PTI Senator

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior Friday strongly condemned the arrest of Pakistan ...

Published 08 Oct, 2022 03:25am

Pakistan

Senate body passes Anti-Rape (Amendment) Bill, 2022

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Friday passed the Anti-Rape (Amendment) Bill, 2022 seeking...

Published 27 Aug, 2022 05:49am

Pakistan

Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2022: Senate body advises ministry to remove ambiguity

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior was held here on Monday with Senator Mohsin Aziz ...

Published 23 Aug, 2022 05:56am

Pakistan

Current law and order situation: Senate body to get briefing in camera

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday said the ministry would give an in-camera briefing to the...

Published 05 Feb, 2022 05:47am

Pakistan

‘Manhandling’ of leader of minority community: Sindh police officials summoned by Senate panel

ISLAMABAD: The Senate panel on interior Thursday took strict note of the incident of police harassment and...

Published 10 Dec, 2021 04:29am

Tax Laws (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 2021: Senate body rejects most provisions

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Finance, Thursday, out rightly rejected most of the provisions of the Tax...

Updated 19 Nov, 2021 09:41am

Pakistan

Senate passes 'The Factories (Amendment) Bill 2021'

ISLAMABAD: The Senate, on Monday, passed The Factories (Amendment) Bill 2021- a private-member bill that seeks to...

Published 16 Nov, 2021 04:26am

Pakistan

Senate panel briefed on privatization of 3 entities

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel, on Thursday, was briefed on the progress being made in the privatisation of the...

Published 15 Oct, 2021 04:08am

Tarin tells Senate: GDP growth rate to exceed 5pc in FY22

Finance minister says debt-to-GDP ratio was at 87.6 percent last year which dropped to 79.7 percent in March 2021

Updated 02 Oct, 2021 12:51pm

Nadra to launch process for verification of NICs

ISLAMABAD: National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) Chairman Tariq Malik Monday said that they would...

Updated 10 Aug, 2021 09:57am

Hascol ‘corruption’ issue lands in parliamentary panel

ISLAMABAD: The allegations of Rs15 billion corruption against Hascol oil marketing company landed in a parliamentary...

Updated 27 Jul, 2021 09:36am

Pakistan

FATF-MLA (Amend) Bill: Senate panel passes amendment Act with majority vote

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body Friday passed an amendment Act relating to the Financial Action Task Force...

Published 10 Jul, 2021 03:42am

Pakistan

Senate body for suspension of export development fund

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has recommended suspension of export development fund for a...

Published 23 Jun, 2021 04:26am

Tax exemptions: Senate panel asks FBR to give details of entities

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has sought from the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) complete...

Published 20 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Pakistan

Talha Mehmood elected Senate body chairman

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance, on Tuesday, elected its new chairman Senator ...

Published 02 Jun, 2021 04:29am

PTI now single largest party in Senate with 26 members

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday emerged as the single largest party in Senate with 26...

Updated 04 Mar, 2021 09:39am

Senate panel unanimously approves Single Window Bill

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance has unanimously approved the Pakistan Single Window...

Published 09 Feb, 2021 04:43am

Markets

Petroleum Division suggests signing of long-term LNG contracts

ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division suggested to a parliamentary panel that Pakistan should sign long-term LNG...

Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:29am

Pakistan

Safety protocols in workplace: Senate body assures APWF of complete support

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistani and Human Resources Development on Friday assured the...

Published 30 Jan, 2021 03:55am

Bill aimed at ‘empowering’ Pemra rejected by Senate

ISLAMABAD: Senate Monday rejected The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2020, a key...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:05am

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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