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‘Fake govt’ can’t solve problems facing nation: JI chief

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has criticized the government’s policies, calling them...

Published 08 Dec, 2024 02:56am

Pakistan

JI concerned over law, order situation

HYDERABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has expressed grave concern over the deteriorating security...

Published 24 Nov, 2024 03:08am

Pakistan

137 contractual teachers of FDE regularized

ISLAMABAD: In a significant development, the Federal Ministry of Education has restored the regularisation...

Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am

Editorials

Unmet expectations or what?

EDITORIAL: The PPP and the PML-N have been in a partnership, generally viewed as a coalition of convenience, for ...

Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am

Opinion

Challenges before FBR’s new chairman

FBR (Federal Board of Revenue) has failed to meet original tax targets for the last six fiscal years, three of the...

Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:23am

Pakistan

Fahd Haroon appointed as Minister of State, SAPM

ISLAMABAD: Fahd Haroon has been appointed as minister of state/special assistant to the prime minister (SAPM) by...

Published 08 Aug, 2024 03:51pm

Editorials

Reckless government spending

EDITORIAL: It is becoming increasingly clear that our rulers are either still oblivious to the extent of the...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 03:14am

Business & Finance

Ex-BoI chief proposes ‘charter for business’ to attract FDI

KARACHI: Muhammad Azfar Ahsan former Minister for Investment and Chairman Board of Investment (BoI) has proposed a...

Published 21 Jun, 2024 06:37am

Editorials

Legislation via ordinances

EDITORIAL: The primary function of Parliament is to legislate, but governments in this country tend to rely heavily...

Published 25 May, 2024 06:33am

Editorials

All in the family

EDITORIAL: Since Nawaz Sharif has always called the shots in the PML-N, even during the PDM government when he was ...

Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am

Opinion

Will the upcoming Disco boards be a fiasco again?

Non-professionalism in the power sector has been dubbed as the main reason for the present rot. Here, the present...

Published 16 May, 2024 06:28am

Editorials

The Maulana wasn’t entirely wrong

EDITORIAL: Politics is a fickle business. JUI-F (Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman headed...

Published 06 May, 2024 05:30am

Pakistan

Faisal Karim Kundi takes oath as KP governor

PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Faisal Karim Kundi on Saturday took oath as Governor Khyber ...

Published 05 May, 2024 02:54am

Editorials

Chronic power defaulters

EDITORIAL: So, once again the government faces the “challenging task” of extracting recoveries – this time more than...

Published 25 Apr, 2024 03:05am

Editorials

Pension reforms: key to fiscal health

EDITORIAL: The long-festering issue of pension reforms has gained significant traction in recent times due to the...

Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am

Opinion

Challenges before the new finance minister

President Asif Ali Zardari has taken oath from the newly-inducted Federal Cabinet headed by second time Prime...

Published 15 Mar, 2024 04:14am

Opinion

Jail is where IK has enough quiet and privacy

The Punjab government has imposed a two-week ban on all public visits, meetings and interviews at Rawalpindi’s...

Published 14 Mar, 2024 03:00am

Opinion

PDM 2.0: Dilemma for the IMF

With the green signal given by the incoming PDM 2.0 to the Ministry of Finance to initiate ground work for another...

Published 13 Mar, 2024 06:32am

Opinion

Country needing an action in accord with reason

The swearing-in ceremony of Asif Ali Zardari as 14th President of Pakistan yesterday was coincided by arrests of...

Published 11 Mar, 2024 04:45am

Perspectives

The new coalition and the way forward

When it comes to the outlook of Pakistan’s political sphere, there are questions on whether stability or...

Published 05 Mar, 2024 06:15pm

Pakistan

Nawaz says Shehbaz 'best choice' for premiership in current circumstances

We will have to make some painful decisions in next two years, PML-N supremo says

Updated 28 Feb, 2024 10:37pm

Borrowing level of caretakers comparatively lower than PDM govt’s: MoF

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has maintained that the domestic and external borrowings during the period of the...

Updated 23 Feb, 2024 08:54am

Pakistan

PTI rejects PML(N)-PPP agreement

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday plainly rejected what it called ‘malicious attempts to...

Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am

Editorials

‘PDM 2.0’: that, after all, is the art of politics?

EDITORIAL: The deal between Pakistan Muslim league-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians...

Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am

Pakistan

PTI-backed independent candidates: PTI body condemns ‘enforced disappearance’

ISLAMABAD: The core committee of Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned the “enforced disappearance” of Pakistan...

Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am

Opinion

If the political news is grim, the economic news is often worse

It is now increasingly clear that threats to the prospects of next International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme have...

Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am

Editorials

Some soul-searching, perhaps!

EDITORIAL: It was one of those revelations that everybody already pretty much knew about yet still came across as...

Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am

Editorials

Opposition to plans

EDITORIAL: The circular debt reduction and the tariff reduction plans proposed by the Ministry of Energy have been...

Published 19 Feb, 2024 05:24am

Opinion

Pir Pagara’s prediction

An embittered Pir Pagara has made an important prediction in relation to the future of incoming government....

Published 17 Feb, 2024 05:51am

Opinion

Mr Market’s periscope

Mr Market knows best, goes the old saying, so perhaps its best to look at the wild swings at the stock exchange to...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 23	278.69
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 23	278.43
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 23	156.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 23	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 23	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
India Sensex / Dec 23	78,595.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 23	39,161.34
Hang Seng / Dec 23	19,857.04
FTSE 100 / Dec 23	8,068.16
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,830.32

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 23	69.79
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 23	2,632.38
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 23	68.96
Petrol/Litre / Dec 24	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 23 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.15 ▲ 1.00 (19.42%)
Dewan Sugar / Dec 23 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	6.60 ▲ 1.00 (17.86%)
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	6.83 ▲ 0.92 (15.57%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Dec 23 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	9.50 ▲ 0.95 (11.11%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 23 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.75 ▲ 0.36 (10.62%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Dec 23 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	4.72 ▲ 0.45 (10.54%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 23 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	10.55 ▲ 1.00 (10.47%)
Dawood Equities / Dec 23 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	10.63 ▲ 1.00 (10.38%)
HBL Invest Fund / Dec 23 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	4.15 ▲ 0.39 (10.37%)

Stock	Price
Sindh Abadgar / Dec 23 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	36.60 ▼ -4.07 (-10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 23 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.87 ▼ -4.54 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 23 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	37.72 ▼ -4.19 (-10.00%)
Asia Ins. / Dec 23 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	13.96 ▼ -1.55 (-9.99%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 23 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	42.01 ▼ -4.58 (-9.83%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Dec 23 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	14.01 ▼ -1.33 (-8.67%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 23 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	6 ▼ -0.54 (-8.26%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 23 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.46 ▼ -0.93 (-8.17%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Dec 23 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.45 ▼ -0.65 (-7.14%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,942,750 ▲ 0.14
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,327,753 ▲ 0.92
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 23 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,280,462 ▲ 0.19
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	40,644,312 ▲ 0.37
Sui South Gas / Dec 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,619,788 ▲ 0.76
Pak Elektron / Dec 23 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,585,180 ▲ 1.96
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	35,015,764 ▲ 1.32
P.T.C.L. / Dec 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,026,526 ▲ 2.58
B.O.Punjab / Dec 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	29,495,012 ▲ 0.26

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