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Interview with Aameer Karachiwalla, CEO – Khushhali Microfinance Bank Limited

‘The MSME sector is Pakistan's economic cornerstone’ Aameer Karachiwalla is the CEO of Khushhali Microfinance Bank...

Published 28 Jun, 2024 07:24am

Business & Finance

Embrace SME financing as core business, SBP asks banks

KARACHI: Saleemullah, Deputy Governor, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has termed the SME as lifeline of the economy ...

Published 28 Jun, 2024 05:41am

Business & Finance

Chikoo, Bank Alfalah announce POS payment device partnership

KARACHI: In a pioneering move, Chikoo, a leading digital business platform, and Bank Alfalah, one of the leading...

Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am

Business & Finance

Mobilink Bank and BMA Capital Management enter into a distribution agreement

ISLAMABAD: Mobilink Bank has signed a strategic partnership with BMA Capital Management Limited, one of the oldest...

Published 26 Oct, 2023 06:08am

Supplements

Unlocking Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (Msme) Potential in Pakistan

Co-Auditors: Dr Shamshad Akhtar, Chairperson Karandaaz and Mr Waqas ul Hasan, CEO Karandaaz TEXT: The Micro, Small...

Published 28 Jun, 2023 06:31am

Business & Finance

Mobilink Bank, Hashoo Foundation sign MoU

ISLAMABAD: Mobilink Bank and Hashoo Foundation (HF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly...

Published 23 May, 2023 06:14am

Financial inclusion, infrastructure project: World Bank urged to allow restructuring, extension

ISLAMABAD: The government has requested the World Bank for restructuring and extending the “Pakistan Financial...

Updated 11 Dec, 2022 09:56am

Business & Finance

To support small- and medium-sized enterprises: US, KMBL sign $25m partnership deal

KARACHI: The United States government, through the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and the US...

Published 25 Oct, 2022 05:51am

Business & Finance

MoU inked for enhancing capacity of PSW users

Islamabad: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Pakistan Single Window (PSW), Trade Foresight (TF)...

Published 03 Jun, 2022 08:09am

Business & Finance

HBL, Finja partner to launch digital financial services

KARACHI: HBL, Pakistan’s largest commercial bank in collaboration with Finja, the country’s largest digital SME...

Published 29 Apr, 2022 06:28am

Business & Finance

foodpanda set aside $35m for supporting communities: report

KARACHI: The company behind app for food delivery called foodpanda dedicated over $35 million to support ...

Published 19 Apr, 2022 05:32am

Country maintaining growth trajectory: Dawood

ISLAMABAD: The Advisor to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood has said Pakistan’s...

Updated 08 Jan, 2022 09:38am

Pakistan

UBL and PPAF sign MoU under GRASP initiative

KARACHI: United Bank Limited (UBL) and Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) recently signed an MoU to complement...

Published 21 Dec, 2021 04:14am

Pakistan

PPAF signs MoU with 14 FIs to uplift SMEs in Sindh, Balochistan

KARACHI: Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) has signed MoUs to partner with 14 Karachi based Financial...

Published 12 Dec, 2021 04:19am

Pakistan

Speakers for creating ‘reliable’ database to take full advantage of MSMEs for higher growth

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a conference, while stressing the need for supporting the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises...

Published 09 Dec, 2021 04:29am

Business & Finance

Access to foreign markets: Challenges facing MSMEs pinpointed by ADB

ISLAMABAD: The challenges faced by micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise (MSMEs) in Pakistan in accessing ...

Published 02 Dec, 2021 03:57am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 29	281.08
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 29	280.83
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 29	142.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 29	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 29	1.34
Euro to USD / Apr 29	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 24	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 28	5,528.75
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 28	35,839.99
Nasdaq / Apr 28	17,366.13
FTSE 100 / Apr 28	8,417.34
Dow Jones / Apr 28	40,227.59
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 28	22,271.67
France CAC40 / Apr 28	7,573.76
India Sensex / Apr 29	80,307.05
Hang Seng / Apr 29	21,960.83

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 28	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 28	297,582
Petrol/Litre / Apr 29	254.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 29	61.34
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 29	3,315.07
Diesel/Litre / Apr 29	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 29	67.50

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Apna Microfin. / Apr 29 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.30 ▲ 0.98 (10.52%)
EMCO Industries / Apr 29 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	42.20 ▲ 3.84 (10.01%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Apr 29 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	137.50 ▲ 12.5 (10%)
Jubilee Spinning / Apr 29 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	11.55 ▲ 1.05 (10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Apr 29 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	3,969.39 ▲ 360.85 (10%)
Shakarganj / Apr 29 Shakarganj Limited(SML)	47.94 ▲ 4.36 (10%)
S.S.Oil / Apr 29 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	432.04 ▲ 39.28 (10%)
Sunrays Textile / Apr 29 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	189.22 ▲ 17.2 (10%)
Universal Ins. / Apr 29 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	10.30 ▲ 0.85 (8.99%)
Dewan Textile / Apr 29 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	7.09 ▲ 0.58 (8.91%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Apr 29 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	3.92 ▼ -1 (-20.33%)
LSE Capital / Apr 29 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	4.35 ▼ -0.74 (-14.54%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Apr 29 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	6.88 ▼ -1 (-12.69%)
First Fid. Leasing / Apr 29 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	1.86 ▼ -0.24 (-11.43%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Apr 29 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	38.40 ▼ -4.25 (-9.96%)
National Silk / Apr 29 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	38.65 ▼ -4.27 (-9.95%)
Tandlianwala Sugar / Apr 29 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	81.06 ▼ -8.94 (-9.93%)
Sardar Chemical / Apr 29 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	27.12 ▼ -2.64 (-8.87%)
Gulistan Sp. / Apr 29 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	7.10 ▼ -0.69 (-8.86%)
Frontier Ceram / Apr 29 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	24.52 ▼ -2.36 (-8.78%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 29 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,502,413 ▼ -0.01
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 29 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	9,789,080 ▼ -4.09
Sui North Gas / Apr 29 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	7,924,331 ▲ 6.17
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 29 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	7,597,852 ▲ 2.63
Cnergyico PK / Apr 29 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	7,345,174 ▲ 0.17
D.G.K.Cement / Apr 29 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	6,703,273 ▲ 8.08
B.O.Punjab / Apr 29 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	6,528,386 ▲ 0.01
Sui South Gas / Apr 29 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	6,287,267 ▲ 1.26
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 29 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	5,923,889 ▲ 0.06
Pak Elektron / Apr 29 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	5,169,037 ▲ 0.6

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