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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

Low voter turnout

EDITORIAL: It is reasonable to assume that more and more people in this country are keen to exercise their right to...

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 08:04am

Pakistan

Voters, candidates in electoral processes: FAFEN calls to enhance participation of women

ISLAMABAD: The Parliament, political parties, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), and civil society must join...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 07:33am

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

Opinion

Writing on the wall

The word ‘history’ is primarily associated with past connotations. However, in marked contrast, history is a...

Updated 28 Nov, 2024 06:52am

Editorials

Desperate need for institutional reform

EDITORIAL: The government must explain the reasons for the country’s disgraceful fall to third-worst among 142...

Published 03 Nov, 2024 07:13am

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

Pakistan

Controversial law: Now an opposition split adds to political conundrum

ISLAMABAD: Despite tall claims emitted in a hurling manner in accentuation of the finalisation of the thoroughly...

Published 19 Oct, 2024 06:48am

‘Constitutional package’: Bilawal urges Fazl, others to put their weight behind his effort

KARACHI: In a hard-hitting speech on Friday, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari beseeched the Jamiat...

Updated 19 Oct, 2024 09:12am

Pakistan

PTI acquiesces to formation of constitutional bench

ISLAMABAD: All parliamentary political parties especially Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) agreed on Thursday to form ...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 08:02am

Pakistan

Consensus reach on constitutional amendment: Governor

LAHORE: Governor Punjab Sardar Saleem Haider Khan while talking to senior journalists during an informal meeting...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 07:56am

Opinion

Jamandru faults

Jamandru is a Punjabi word which means ‘At birth’. Pakistan was born on August 14, 1947, with serious birth...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 07:30am

Govt shares draft of proposed 26th Amendment

ISLAMABAD: The government shared on Saturday a draft of the proposed 26th constitutional amendment with various...

Updated 13 Oct, 2024 10:02am

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

Pakistan

Constitutional amendments: Parliamentary panel decides to address concerns of parties

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee decided to address the concerns of major political parties, including...

Updated 12 Oct, 2024 07:09am

Pakistan

Gandapur hosts successful ‘grand jirga’ at CM’s House

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Khan Gandapur, on Thursday hosted a Grand Jirga at Chief...

Published 11 Oct, 2024 06:30am

Opinion

Political ‘surrender’ of 1958 that shook the foundations of Pakistan

History is full of accounts of surrender and retreat. In the American Civil war (1861-1865) Confederate General in...

Updated 09 Oct, 2024 07:18am

Pakistan

CJP makes observation about Article 63-A verdict: Apparently, it intended to weaken no-trust motions

ISLAMABAD: The counsel for Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and political parties were directed to refer the...

Updated 02 Oct, 2024 09:23am

PM invites all parties to sign ‘charter of economy’

Says country has come out from economic slump

Updated 30 Sep, 2024 10:40am

All 80 ex-PTI MNAs declared part of SIC

ISLAMABAD: A significant change has taken place in the composition of the National Assembly (NA), following a letter...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 09:35am

Pakistan

Gilani calls for dialogue among all political parties including PTI

ISLAMABAD: The Chairman Senate Yousaf Raza Gilani on Sunday called for dialogue among all political parties ...

Published 02 Sep, 2024 06:40am

Pakistan

Balochistan problems: Political parties’ leaders brief PM

QUETTA: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday chaired a high level meeting of political parties’...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 08:30am

Editorials

Local governments and the ruling elite

EDITORIAL: Uncertainty hangs over the overdue local governments (LGs) elections in Islamabad. This past Tuesday the...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 06:50am

Pakistan

Political parties reaffirm support to CPEC

ISLAMABAD: Political parties, both from the government and the opposition side, on Wednesday, reaffirmed their...

Published 29 Aug, 2024 08:22am

Hike in taxes, electricity tariffs: Traders observe shutter-down strike

ISLAMABAD: Traders across the country Wednesday observed strike against the government’s economic policies,...

Updated 29 Aug, 2024 09:25am

Traders stick to guns, go on strike as planned

ISLAMABAD: Despite Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) assurance to traders’ community to amend the “Tajir Dost Scheme”...

Updated 28 Aug, 2024 05:58pm

Pakistan

‘Bail to a blasphemy accused’: NA panel discusses apex court ruling

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Wednesday discussed the apex court’s ruling to release a blasphemy accused on...

Published 01 Aug, 2024 06:06am

Pakistan

NA panel approves Elections Amendment Bill

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs approved “The Elections (Second...

Published 01 Aug, 2024 06:06am

Pakistan

Federal minister steps up criticism of PTI

ISLAMABAD: Minister of Information and Broadcasting Atta Tarar said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has been...

Published 22 Jul, 2024 05:39am

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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

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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