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CCoSOEs approves business plans for PBC, PTV

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) on Friday approved business plans submitted by...

Published 18 Jan, 2025 05:45am

Business & Finance

Cargo containers for Afghanistan: FBR’s decision to end satellite tracking irks PBC

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has expressed serious concern over Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR)...

Published 10 Jan, 2025 03:51am

Markets

PBC raises concerns on reported termination of satellite tracking of Afghan cargo

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) on Thursday signalled concerns on a report that the Federal Board of Revenue...

Published 09 Jan, 2025 08:27pm

Pakistan

PBC urges govt to avoid past mistakes, identifies five risks to Pakistan’s economy

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s leading corporate advocacy platform, highlighted five major...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 06:11pm

Business & Finance

Report highlights renewed focus on agri sector

KARACHI: The corporate and financial sectors are investing to develop the agriculture sector. This view emerged at...

Published 28 Dec, 2024 05:59am

Opinion

It’s all about political stability

Perturbed by the ongoing political uncertainty, the trade and industry leaders met and expressed concerns that the...

Published 30 Nov, 2024 06:26am

Pakistan

PBC, SCBA condemn killing of over 40 travellers in Kurram

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and Supreme Court Bar Association condemned the brutal attack and firing on...

Published 23 Nov, 2024 06:19am

Reservations conveyed to Senate: Levy of 2pc IDC by KP govt to hit exports: FBR

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has warned provincial governments that imposition of two percent...

Updated 30 Oct, 2024 09:34am

Business & Finance

Issues facing PBC to be resolved: CM

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, during his meeting with a delegation of the Pakistan Business...

Published 05 Oct, 2024 06:43am

Lawyer bodies concerned over ‘Amendment Ordinance’

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) expressed grave concern over the...

Updated 22 Sep, 2024 10:00am

Sales tax laws on distribution: PBC approaches NTC for resolution of federation-provinces dispute

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has approached National Tax Council (NTC) for resolution of dispute...

Updated 20 Sep, 2024 09:34am

Technology

MNCs planning to relocate from Pakistan amid Internet disruptions, says PBC

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s leading corporate advocacy platform, warned on Friday that many...

Updated 16 Aug, 2024 08:20pm

World

US FDA approves Gilead's liver disease drug

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead Sciences' liver disease treatment, Livdelzi, ...

Published 14 Aug, 2024 10:23pm

Business & Finance

Jazz CEO outlines several key policy interventions for cashless society

ISLAMABAD: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jazz and Chairman Telecom Operators Association Aamir Ibrahim outlined...

Published 07 Aug, 2024 05:37am

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s incidence of tax on salaried class 3 times higher than India’s: PBC

A comparison...

Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:16am

Pakistan

PBC apologies for mistake, now says Pakistan’s salaried class paying up to 3 times more tax than in India

After posting a detailed chart showing how Pakistan’s salaried class is paying up to 9.4 times more tax than in...

Updated 26 Jul, 2024 05:10pm

Markets

PBC questions govt’s ambitious $65bn export target

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s largest corporate sector advocacy platform, has raised concerns...

Published 23 Jul, 2024 07:27pm

Pakistan

Aurangzeb assures ‘favourable outcomes’ for public, business in final budget

Finance Division says recommendations being noted and will be considered in finalisation of budget

Updated 24 Jun, 2024 10:50pm

Pakistan

Imposition of further taxes on salaried group to ‘accelerate brain drain’ in Pakistan: PBC

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s largest corporate advocacy platform, has warned that the...

Updated 20 Jun, 2024 10:42pm

Business & Finance

Budget has failed to live up to our expectations: PBC

KARACHI: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) here Wednesday said that expecting a single year’s budget to cure all the...

Published 13 Jun, 2024 06:22am

Pakistan

NA passes four bills amid opposition protest

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly, Monday, passed four bills including “The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation...

Published 11 Jun, 2024 03:17am

Categorising PBC as strategic SOE: Ministry seeks Cabinet body on SOEs nod

PBC Board also endorses to categorise PBC as a strategic SOE

Updated 05 Jun, 2024 09:39am

Business & Finance

Budget 2024-25: PBC for documenting economy as per Indian model

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has strongly proposed Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb to implement...

Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am

Markets

Tax proposals: PBC calls for ‘out of box solutions’

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), one of the country’s largest corporate sector advocacy platforms, has urged...

Updated 20 May, 2024 08:06pm

Pakistan

PBC calls for the removal of 1% CVT on foreign assets

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s largest corporate sector advocacy platform, has called for the...

Updated 17 May, 2024 05:55pm

Pakistan

Violence, arrests of lawyers in Lahore: PBC, SCBA give call for nationwide strike today

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) have called for a nationwide...

Updated 09 May, 2024 09:37am

Editorials

Export promotion

EDITORIAL: It seems the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) is doing the government’s, especially the commerce...

Published 05 May, 2024 02:54am

Business & Finance

Well-organised documented sectors: PBC urges FBR to rationalise ‘super tax’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has proposed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to rationalise ‘super...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

Markets

Budget proposals: PBC calls for mining FBR data to identify new taxpayers

The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s largest corporate sector advocacy platform, has urged the...

Updated 02 May, 2024 10:41pm

PBC floats 5-year ‘exports charter and imports substitution plan’

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has proposed a five-year exports charter and import substitution plan...

Updated 26 Apr, 2024 01:05pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 17	278.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 17	278.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 17	155.74
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 17	1.22

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 16	5,937.34
Nasdaq / Jan 16	19,338.29
Dow Jones / Jan 16	43,153.13
India Sensex / Jan 17	76,671.81
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 17	38,451.46
Hang Seng / Jan 17	19,567.81
FTSE 100 / Jan 17	8,477.94
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 17	20,852.83

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 16	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 16	241,941
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 17	79.09
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 17	2,713.02
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 17	67.05
Petrol/Litre / Jan 18	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 17 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	7.60 ▲ 1.00 (15.15%)
S.G.Power / Jan 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.51 ▲ 1.00 (11.75%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Jan 17 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	10.50 ▲ 1.00 (10.53%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 17 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	12.82 ▲ 1.17 (10.04%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 17 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	23.62 ▲ 2.15 (10.01%)
Agritech Non-voting / Jan 17 Agritech Non-Voting Preference(AGLNCPS)	24.20 ▲ 2.20 (10.00%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 17 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	66.21 ▲ 6.02 (10.00%)
Bilal Fibres / Jan 17 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	15.95 ▲ 1.45 (10.00%)
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	77.09 ▲ 7.01 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
JS Global Banking / Jan 17 JS Global Banking Sector (ETF)(JSGBETF)	19.77 ▼ -2.75 (-12.21%)
First Capital Equities / Jan 17 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.35 ▼ -0.72 (-11.86%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 17 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7 ▼ -0.88 (-11.17%)
Service Textile / Jan 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	14.98 ▼ -1.66 (-9.98%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jan 17 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.01 ▼ -0.43 (-9.68%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 17 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.51 ▼ -2.70 (-8.94%)
Mandviwala / Jan 17 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	21.50 ▼ -2.00 (-8.51%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 17 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.23 ▼ -0.65 (-6.58%)
Tata Textile / Jan 17 Tata Textile Mills Limited(TATM)	47.10 ▼ -2.80 (-5.61%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	103,704,415 ▲ 0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	37,108,232 ▲ 0.04
Hub Power Co. / Jan 17 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	36,743,585 ▲ 5.79
Hascol Petrol / Jan 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,265,861 ▲ 0.83
Dewan Motors / Jan 17 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	28,402,498 ▲ 2.84
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	24,195,904 ▲ 7.01
Pak Refinery / Jan 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,625,081 ▲ 0.94
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16,675,539 ▲ 0.30
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,024,776 ▲ 0.09

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