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Minister seeks presentation on Discos’ sell-off plan

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Privatization Abdul Aleem Khan on Wednesday directed the Ministry of Power to ...

Published 12 Dec, 2024 07:25am

Markets

PIA ‘national asset’, provinces welcome to buy airline on PC’s minimum expected price, says Aleem Khan

Minister says federal cabinet to decide if creation of new framework required for privatisation of PIA

Published 03 Nov, 2024 11:01pm

Business & Finance

Below govt minimum: PIA stake sale attracts sole bid of Rs10bn

ISLAMABAD: The Blue World Consortium has submitted the only bid for a 60 percent stake in Pakistan International...

Published 01 Nov, 2024 06:51am

Business & Finance

Privatization Commission Board to form Negotiating Committee for privatisation of institutions

ISLAMABAD: Privatization Commission Board under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Privatization, Board of...

Published 01 Oct, 2024 06:49am

Loss-making SOEs’ sell-off high priority: Aleem

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Privatization, Board of Investment and Communications, Abdul Aleem Khan Thursday...

Updated 30 Aug, 2024 09:15am

Business & Finance

Posted Rs75bn loss in 2023: PIACL liabilities rise to Rs825bn with Rs161bn assets

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines Company Limited (PIACL) made a loss of Rs75 billion approximately during...

Published 27 Aug, 2024 06:44am

3 Discos to be privatised in 1st phase: PC board

The Privatisation Commission Board approves hiring financial advisors for these Discos

Updated 28 Jul, 2024 09:43pm

NA panel briefed about PIA sell-off progress

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), burdened by Rs200 billion in debts and owning Rs145 billion in...

Updated 23 Jul, 2024 09:40am

PIA, HBFCL, others: sell-off timeline issued

Transactions expected to be finalised in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (2024-25)

Updated 03 Jul, 2024 10:25am

Pakistan

Mian Zahid for eliminating unnecessary departments

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, Mian...

Published 18 May, 2024 05:45am

Pakistan

Likely privatisation of PIA: SHC issues notices to Centre, CAA, PIA and PC

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court issued notices to federal government, CAA, PIA and the Privatization Commission (PC)...

Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am

Handing over power cos to provinces: Shehbaz orders formation of body to examine proposal

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed to constitute a review committee on the proposal of handing...

Updated 08 Mar, 2024 08:52am

Business & Finance

PC initiates privatisation process of PECO

The Privatisation Commission (PC) has initiated the initiated the privatization process of Pakistan Engineering...

Updated 08 Nov, 2023 08:58pm

Funding PIA termed ‘challenging’ due to IMF programme

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Privatisation has stated that arrangement of funds for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)...

Updated 01 Nov, 2023 09:03am

Opinion

Discos—a dead weight around our necks?—I

Privatisation of Discos has been on the anvil since the 1994 World Bank spurned reform primarily relating Wapda’s...

Published 17 Oct, 2023 06:14am

PIA, other loss-making SOEs: PM for accelerating privatisation process

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Wednesday directed the Privatization Commission to...

Updated 12 Oct, 2023 08:45am

SIH transaction: Privatisation Commission allowed to proceed

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Privatization (CCoP) on Monday allowed the Privatization Commission to proceed...

Updated 11 Jul, 2023 08:58am

Pakistan

Dar for resolving outstanding issues between Etisalat, PC

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has emphasized of resolving outstanding issues between Etisalat and the...

Published 21 Dec, 2022 06:32am

IFC proposes private participation in Discos’ management

Commission (PC) requests IFC support in achieving objectives by developing a competitive landscape for private sector participation in all Discos

Updated 21 Oct, 2022 09:46am

Current value assessed at Rs1.951bn: Rs2bn previous valuation of SIH was reasonable, CCoP told

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Privatisation has informed the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) that the fresh...

Updated 16 Sep, 2022 09:53am

Markets

‘Burden of Discos’ overheads adding to misery of consumers’

LAHORE: The burden of overheads of the distribution companies (DISCOs) is adding to the misery of the electricity...

Published 09 Sep, 2022 06:09am

Business & Finance

Procurement of Financial Advisory Services: EAD asked to explore funding possibilities

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance, Miftah Ismail, has directed that development partners be approached for funding...

Published 18 Jun, 2022 06:00am

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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