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Govt-opposition talks to resume on Thursday

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has called for the second meeting of the government and...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 06:32am

Pakistan

Military court verdicts: FO cautiously rejects criticism

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Tuesday that the military courts’ verdicts have been made under a law enacted by the...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 06:25am

Aurangzeb throws light on people’s approach to tax obligations

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, Tuesday, disclosed that people are ready to pay more money (tax),...

Updated 25 Dec, 2024 09:22am

Pakistan

Senate panel discusses ‘unofficial visa restriction’ issue

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development focused on thorough...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 08:24am

Pakistan

Govt asks PTI to present demands in next round

ISLAMABAD: The long-awaited negotiations between the federal government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am

NA speaker invites govt, opposition for talks

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Sunday invited both the government and opposition party...

Updated 23 Dec, 2024 09:29am

Editorials

Tax receipts must improve

EDITORIAL: Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Rashid Mehmood Langrial while addressing the Lahore Chamber of...

Updated 23 Dec, 2024 08:17am

Pakistan

Speakers’ Conference pledges to uphold parliamentary supremacy

ISLAMABAD: The Speakers Conference has expressed the commitment to uphold parliamentary supremacy, fundamental ...

Published 21 Dec, 2024 08:29am

Editorials

The madressah bill controversy

EDITORIAL: Apparently, the ruling alliance did not realise the implications of what it bargained for when it sought...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 06:24am

Opinion

Perilous pattern

Recent political developments allude to a mindset characterized by impulsive decision-making, overenthusiasm,...

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 07:19am

Editorials

An unnecessary disputation

EDITORIAL: The madressah’s registration bill has ended up triggering an unsavoury controversy between the ...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 07:33am

Pakistan

Fazl lashes out at President over Madaras Bill

DI KHAN: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman accused the President’s House and the...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 06:29am

Pakistan

Burying the hatchet? Govt, PTI opt for parliamentary platform

ISLAMABAD: The government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have decided to use the platform of Parliament for...

Published 12 Dec, 2024 06:01am

Pakistan

Fazl, Bilawal discuss Madrassah Registration Bill

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Wednesday, held a meeting with the chairman of...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 07:53am

Opinion

26th Amendment a ‘suicide attack’

The 1973 Constitution was enacted unanimously by a legislative assembly elected through free and fair elections held...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 06:51am

Mengal, Dawar, others challenge 26th Amendment

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was asked to declare that 26th Constitutional Amendment was passed contrary to the...

Updated 09 Nov, 2024 02:21pm

Pakistan

Moscow wants to strengthen bilateral relations, Russian Speaker tells Gillani

Two sides discuss diplomatic, economic, and commercial relations

Updated 28 Oct, 2024 11:40pm

Opinion

26th Amendment, new CJP and reforms

The Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amend-ment) Act, 2024 [26th Amendment], passed in utmost haste by the Parliament on...

Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:51am

‘Fazl tried to make constitutional amendment controversial’: Bilawal gives 26th Amendment passage credit to outgoing CJP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said the 26th amendment has become part of...

Updated 25 Oct, 2024 08:56am

Pakistan

Parliament empowered to pick CJP

ISLAMABAD: Government approved changes to the constitution on Monday, which included empowering parliament to pick...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

Opinion

A hollow victory

After much huffing and puffing during the last few days if not weeks, the government has finally managed to get the...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

NA, Senate sessions adjourned

ISLAMABAD: After many delays from its scheduled time to begin the National Assembly session, especially summoned to...

Updated 20 Oct, 2024 09:37am

Pakistan

26th Constitutional Amendment Bill: Govt accused of offering massive amounts of money to PTI MPs

ISLAMABAD: As the controversial 26th constitutional amendment bill is set to be tabled in Parliament this week, the...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 08:04am

‘Constitutional amendment’: NA, Senate sessions likely tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: The government has convened sessions of the National Assembly and the Senate on October 17 to seek...

Updated 16 Oct, 2024 08:37am

Pakistan

Scraping of 19th amendment demanded: Judges’ appointments only on seniority, performance: Fazl

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Friday, while demanding scraping of 19th...

Published 12 Oct, 2024 06:17am

Bilawal says tabling amendments after 25th will be difficult

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari expressed his fear that the tabling of the...

Updated 03 Oct, 2024 09:18am

Fazl says existing parliament has no mandate to amend constitution

Pakistan

Opinion

We, ‘those’ people

Now I’m told that this ugly executive-judiciary fight threatens to unravel the sacrosanct “balance between...

Published 26 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 14	278.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 14	278.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 14	157.97
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 14	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 14	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 14	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 14	5,842.91
India Sensex / Jan 14	76,499.63
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 14	38,474.30
Nasdaq / Jan 14	19,044.39
Hang Seng / Jan 14	19,219.78
FTSE 100 / Jan 14	8,201.54
Dow Jones / Jan 14	42,518.28
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 14	20,271.33

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 9	237,483
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 14	78.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 14	18,785
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 14	2,691.80
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 14	67.50
Petrol/Litre / Jan 15	252.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Quice Food / Jan 14 Quice Food Industries Limited(QUICE)	7.08 ▲ 1.00 (16.45%)
Cresent Jute / Jan 14 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	6.15 ▲ 0.71 (13.05%)
Ittefaq Iron Ind / Jan 14 Ittefaq Iron Industries Limited(ITTEFAQ)	8.71 ▲ 1.00 (12.97%)
Parmount Sp. / Jan 14 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.50 ▲ 0.43 (10.57%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 14 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	10.59 ▲ 1.00 (10.43%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jan 14 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	11.17 ▲ 1.02 (10.05%)
Hascol Petrol / Jan 14 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	12.52 ▲ 1.14 (10.02%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 14 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	19.34 ▲ 1.76 (10.01%)
Synthetic Prod / Jan 14 Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited(SPEL)	44.50 ▲ 4.05 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 14 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.20 ▼ -0.87 (-14.33%)
Karam Ceramics / Jan 14 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	53.55 ▼ -5.95 (-10.00%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jan 14 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	130.50 ▼ -14.50 (-10.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 14 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	53.15 ▼ -5.90 (-9.99%)
Sakrand Sugar / Jan 14 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	11.29 ▼ -1.25 (-9.97%)
Paramount Mod / Jan 14 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	9.04 ▼ -1.00 (-9.96%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 14 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	10.45 ▼ -1.15 (-9.91%)
Dadex Eternit / Jan 14 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	71 ▼ -6.44 (-8.32%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 14 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	602.99 ▼ -53.57 (-8.16%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 14 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	70,133,140 ▲ 0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 14 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	42,406,262 ▲ 0.32
Pak Refinery / Jan 14 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	37,993,213 ▲ 2.79
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 14 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	32,806,496 ▲ 0.19
Sui South Gas / Jan 14 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	31,998,634 ▼ -0.01
Hascol Petrol / Jan 14 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	26,325,809 ▲ 1.14
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 14 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	23,152,427 ▼ -0.26
Telecard Limited / Jan 14 Telecard Limited(TELE)	19,407,554 ▲ 0.38
Pak Stock Exchange / Jan 14 Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited(PSX)	16,066,666 ▲ 2.02

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