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Reviewing 2022

Income tax on salaried people: FBR identifies Rs28bn gap

ISLAMABAD: The tax gap for income tax on salaried income is approximately Rs28 billion and non-salaried...

Updated 12 Jan, 2023 10:43am

World food prices hit record high in 2022

Food prices surged after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February last year on fears of disruptions to Black Sea trade

Updated 07 Jan, 2023 08:55am

Markets

Arif Habib Limited expects KSE-100's recovery in 2023

Despite a poor show in 2022, one of Pakistan’s prominent brokerage houses expects the benchmark KSE-100 Index to...

Updated 02 Jan, 2023 03:42pm

Pakistan

2022 witnessed 28pc rise in terrorist attacks: report

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan witnessed a 28 percent increase in terror attacks across the country in 2022, while the highest...

Published 02 Jan, 2023 05:54am

Pakistan

20 policemen embraced martyrdom in 2022

LAHORE: Punjab police was actively working day and night for the sacred duty of maintaining law and order in the...

Published 02 Jan, 2023 05:54am

Markets

Stock market: a troubled year

KARACHI: Economic and political issues badly affected local bourse as a result Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)...

Published 31 Dec, 2022 06:52am

Markets

Pakistan's Rupee sees its worst year since 2008 meltdown

PKR lost 22% during 2022, depreciating from 176.51 to 226.43 against the US dollar in the inter-bank market

Updated 01 Jan, 2023 01:19pm

Sports

How did Pakistan fare in the sports arena in 2022

Return of international stars, medals and records were highlights for the country

Updated 30 Dec, 2022 05:43pm

Business & Finance

PBF terms 2022 ‘worst year’ for country’s economy

KARACHI: President of Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) Mian Usman Zulfiqar said textile and its allied sectors,...

Published 30 Dec, 2022 05:50am

Pakistan

A year to remember and forget: Pakistan saw it all in 2022

In 2022, Pakistan faced economic challenges, a constitutional crisis – on multiple occasions – and devastating...

Updated 29 Dec, 2022 12:05pm

Business & Finance

Interest rate in 2022: climbing the hill as Pakistan's macroeconomic concerns bite

Policy rate rose from 9.75% in January to a multi-decade high of 16% in November

Updated 29 Dec, 2022 12:02am

Life & Style

From a slap heard around the world to the Maula Jatt legend at the box office

The outgoing year proved to be one with many cultural and entertainment firsts, both at home and beyond. On the home...

Updated 27 Dec, 2022 08:49pm

Markets

Asset classes and their performance in Pakistan: all that glittered in 2022 was gold

USD-denominated Naya Pakistan Certificates and US dollar were placed second and third, respectively

Published 27 Dec, 2022 05:24pm

World

Records that tumbled in 2022

PARIS: From roasting temperatures to rocketing energy prices and millions of refugees fleeing Ukraine, 2022 was a...

Published 27 Dec, 2022 12:09pm

Markets

PSX: the best and worst performers of 2022

With five sessions left in a year stock market investors would rather forget, now would be a reasonable time to look back at how the PSX fared

Published 24 Dec, 2022 06:05pm

Markets

How 2022 shocked, rocked and rolled global markets

LONDON: Trillions of dollars wiped off world stocks, bond market tantrums, whip-sawing currency and commodities and...

Updated 22 Dec, 2022 02:52pm

Markets

In stark contrast to 2021, PSX sees a meagre 3 IPOs this year

Collectively, the three listings raised Rs1.3bn from the capital market

Published 21 Dec, 2022 04:15pm

Technology

Cryptoverse: Bye-bye to the year that broke bitcoin

Bitcoin staggered into 2022. It ends the year slumped in an alleyway, robbed of its cocktail of cheap money and...

Published 20 Dec, 2022 03:18pm

Sports

From Djokovic deportation to Messi magic: Top 10 sports stories of 2022

PARIS: It started with tennis superstar Novak Djokovic deported from Australia and ended with Lionel Messi lifting...

Published 20 Dec, 2022 12:33pm

Sports

Who said what in sport in 2022

PARIS: Best quotes from a year in sport that included a World Cup, a Winter Olympics, iconic retirements, emerging...

Published 20 Dec, 2022 12:28pm

World

Records that tumbled in 2022

PARIS: From roasting temperatures to rocketing energy prices and millions of refugees fleeing Ukraine, 2022 was a...

Published 05 Dec, 2022 12:33pm

World

2022: a year of living dangerously

PARIS: From the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the overturning of abortion laws in the United States, here is a...

Updated 05 Dec, 2022 11:50am

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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