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Real or perceived ‘flaws’ in NFC Award: speakers at seminar advocate KP’s case

PESHAWAR: Participants at a provincial seminar titled “NFC Award and the Case of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” called for...

Published 04 Nov, 2024 03:29am

Opinion

PIDE’s vision for reforming agricultural markets

The agriculture sector is a cornerstone of Pakistan’s economy, yet it faces several challenges that hinder its...

Updated 21 Oct, 2024 06:57am

Opinion

Pakistan’s stunted business landscape needs a revamp

In Pakistan, the business milieu has been held back for decades by multiple factors like institutional and ...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 07:23am

Pakistan

PIDE VC: Senate body seeks details of perks and privileges

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges sought details of perks and privileges...

Published 12 Oct, 2024 06:53am

Opinion

Pakistan’s population boom: shaping a future powerhouse

The world is on the cusp of experiencing momentous demographic shifts, with Pakistan poised to play a pivotal role ...

Published 09 Oct, 2024 07:04am

Business & Finance

Pakistan needs to finance budget deficit thru external borrowing, non-bank borrowing: study

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan needs to finance the budget deficit through external borrowing and non-bank borrowing as these...

Published 08 Oct, 2024 06:46am

Pakistan

PIDE seminar: Overregulation termed one of major concerns holding back economy

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar Wednesday while underlining Pakistan’s economic problems have said that...

Updated 03 Oct, 2024 08:19am

Opinion

Brain drain in Pakistan: causes, consequences and way forward

The migration of high-skilled workers is a global phenomenon. However, most migration is usually seen from...

Published 01 Oct, 2024 06:49am

Opinion

Stunted governance, stunted economy

Even after 60 years of financial market development, the local companies are still a small part of the market at...

Published 26 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Pakistan

Ministries asked to conceive, plan projects within allocated budgets

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said that the project...

Published 25 Sep, 2024 07:13am

Editorials

‘Slow and unresponsive governance’

EDITORIAL: Is it any surprise that all sorts of serious research continues to identify the bureaucracy as part of ...

Published 22 Sep, 2024 02:47am

Business & Finance

Taxing absentee landlords could generate Rs79.61bn: experts

ISLAMABAD: A research study has revealed that the government of Pakistan can generate at least Rs79.61 billion...

Published 05 Sep, 2024 07:12am

Opinion

Tech glitches, economy twitches

In today’s digital landscape, the internet has become a fundamental necessity for individuals and businesses ...

Updated 29 Aug, 2024 07:28am

Business & Finance

‘P3A approves financial structure of projects worth Rs646bn in 18 months’

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Special Initiatives was informed that...

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Pakistan

Experts underscore need for learning from Chinese experience

ISLAMABAD: A high-level Chinese delegation comprising experts from diverse fields is to visit Pakistan aiming at...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 06:46am

Opinion

Effects of culture on economic outcomes

One of the recent, lesser discussed occurrences that could affect Pakistan’s future economic trajectory is the...

Updated 01 Aug, 2024 07:50am

Pakistan

Reforms stressed in education, healthcare

ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra, Tuesday, while stressing...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 07:35am

Opinion

Islaah beyond IMF

Pakistan’s economic stability has long been precarious, which is why the country’s economic history over the past...

Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:10am

Opinion

Time to deregulate

Pakistan needs to have a 7-8% growth rate to reduce its debt burden. One way to achieve this goal, a 28.8%...

Published 14 Jul, 2024 02:55am

Opinion

Stunted growth: the economic stalemate of Pakistan’s business landscape

As nations across the globe, particularly within the developing world, experience rapid economic advancements and...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 03:14am

Opinion

Agriculture is not the future of Pakistan

The argument that Pakistan is an agrarian economy is always reinforced by the agriculture sector’s significant...

Updated 09 Jul, 2024 07:42am

Opinion

Visionary leadership: the missing ingredient in economic transformation

Henry Ford had a dream to make a car almost anyone could afford to buy. What are the dreams of our entrepreneurs?...

Published 25 Jun, 2024 06:42am

Editorials

Reinventing the wheel

EDITORIAL: If only the government did half as much work on tax reforms as private institutions do, we would not have...

Published 17 Jun, 2024 05:30am

Opinion

Local puzzles, foreign pieces

Here’s the latest twist in the saga of Pakistan’s economic spectacle: we’ve decided to bring in a foreign...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Business & Finance

Long-term tax policy reforms recommended: Economists for flexible tariff system

ISLAMABAD: Economists while recommending long-term tax policy reforms have urged the government to introduce and...

Published 11 Jun, 2024 03:17am

Opinion

Revisiting govt jobs

“Permanent jobs with absolute job security have made the government officers complacent. It has brought great...

Published 06 Jun, 2024 03:09am

Editorials

Poverty on the rise

EDITORIAL: Ideally, the government should have already known what the recent PIDE (Pakistan Institute of Development...

Published 02 Jun, 2024 02:53am

Business & Finance

Speakers for deregulation of various sectors for higher economic growth

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a conference have called for deregulation of various sectors of the economy, saying that...

Published 27 May, 2024 05:52am

Business & Finance

SECP holds session on Wealth management

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) in collaboration with Pakistan Stock Exchange...

Published 26 May, 2024 02:56am

Business & Finance

PIDE, RASTA, PSDE hold ‘Economy Festival 2024’ in Islamabad

LAHORE: Former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission and Vice Chancellor of Pakistan Institute of Development...

Published 26 May, 2024 02:56am

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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