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Customs seizes smartphones worth over Rs17.2m

KARACHI: Pakistan Customs Enforcement Collectorate Karachi has seized smuggled smartphones worth over Rs 17.2...

Published 01 May, 2025 06:03am

Technology

Wearable tech has far to go before challenging smartphones

BARCELONA: Wearable gadgets like smart watches and glasses are growing more capable every year, but experts say...

Published 26 Mar, 2025 07:13am

Business & Finance

Number of Trojan banker attacks on smartphones surges by 196pc in 2024

ISLAMABAD: The number of Trojan banker attacks on smartphones surged by 196 percent in 2024 as compared to the...

Published 07 Mar, 2025 05:45am

Pakistan

Smartphones on easy instalments: Govt and CMOs agree to roll out new scheme

ISLAMABAD: The government and all four cellular mobile operators (CMOs) have agreed in principle to launch the...

Published 15 Jan, 2025 02:59am

Auction for 5G: Consultancy firm NERA backs telecom operators’ demands

ISLAMABAD: The National Economic Research Associates Inc (NERA) – US-based international consultancy firm hired for...

Updated 26 Dec, 2024 03:38pm

Cell phones: Jul-Oct import registers negative growth YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $420.799 million in the first four months (July-October) of the...

Updated 25 Nov, 2024 02:44pm

Q1 mobile phones import down 18.93pc to $246.47m YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $246.472 million in the first quarter (July-September) of the...

Updated 20 Oct, 2024 12:08pm

Business & Finance

realme launches new edition of 12 Series smartphones

KARACHI: realme, one of the world’s leading smartphone brands, this week announced the launch of its latest...

Published 29 Jun, 2024 06:40am

Technology

Pakistan’s mobile phone manufacturing/assembly up 168% in 5MCY24

Country now fulfils 95% of its mobile phone demand through local manufacturing, says Topline Securities

Published 20 Jun, 2024 05:46pm

Business & Finance

Air Link inks MoU with China’s IMIKI Corporation to manufacture smart wearable devices

Air Link Communication Limited, a manufacturer of smartphones in Pakistan, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding...

Updated 05 Jun, 2024 10:53pm

Business & Finance

Jan-Apr: 10.85m cell phones made locally

ISLAMABAD: The local manufacturing/ assembling plants manufactured/ assembled 10.85 million mobile handsets during...

Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am

Business & Finance

e-commerce platforms facilitating trade of smuggled smartphones?

KARACHI: Some of the leading e-commerce platforms have said to be the biggest source for trading non-PTA-approved...

Updated 15 Mar, 2024 08:28am

Business & Finance

‘Pakistan Mobile Summit’ held: Govt to grant 3pc R&D allowance to mobile makers: minister

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to grant a three percent research and development (R&D) allowance to ...

Published 30 Jan, 2024 04:52am

Technology

Samsung to add real-time translation to smartphone model

SEOUL: South Korean smartphone giant Samsung Electronics will roll out a real-time translation service on calls...

Published 10 Nov, 2023 11:46am

Business & Finance

Affordable instalment options: Ministry to take step to make smartphones more accessible

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of IT and Telecommunication (MoITT) will issue a policy directive in the next few days to make...

Published 03 Nov, 2023 06:11am

Business & Finance

Jan-May: 4.88m mobile phones manufactured in country

ISLAMABAD: Local manufacturing plants have manufactured/assembled 4.88 million mobile handsets during the first four...

Published 11 Jul, 2023 06:08am

Business & Finance

China’s Meizu unveils first smartphones since deal with Geely founder

SHANGHAI: China’s Meizu on Thursday unveiled its first smartphone products since it was taken over by a venture...

Published 31 Mar, 2023 06:45am

Business & Finance

vivo launches new V series smartphones

KARACHI: vivo launched its latest V series smartphones — V25 5G and V25e in Pakistan. Following the immense...

Published 09 Jan, 2023 06:00am

Business & Finance

1.21m handsets imported: 15.61m cell phones manufactured locally in eight months: PTA

ISLAMABAD: The local manufacturing plants have manufactured/ assembled 15.61 million phone handsets during the first...

Published 27 Sep, 2022 04:06am

BR Research

From Digital Emergency to Digital Enablement?

In these tough economic times, the status of the telecom industry is no better than many others. Perhaps, it's worse...

Published 15 Aug, 2022 09:14am

Business & Finance

14.08m mobile phones manufactured during Jan-June: PTA

ISLAMABAD: The local manufacturing plants have manufactured/assembled 14.08 million mobile phone handsets during the...

Published 24 Jul, 2022 06:07am

Business & Finance

Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani steps down as director of telecom arm

Mukesh's son and non-executive director Akash Ambani appointed Reliance Jio's board chairman

Updated 28 Jun, 2022 06:26pm

Business & Finance

Jan-May: 12.41m mobile phones made locally

ISLAMABAD: The local manufacturing plants have manufactured/ assembled 12.41 million phones handsets during the ...

Updated 21 Jun, 2022 04:56pm

July-May mobile phone imports soar 4.62pc to $1.946bn

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $ 1.946 billion during the first 11 months (July-May) 2021-22...

Updated 19 Jun, 2022 09:02am

Business & Finance

Taiwan’s TSMC reports record first-quarter revenue

TAIPEI: Taiwanese tech giant TSMC posted record revenue for the first three months of the year Thursday as demand...

Published 14 Apr, 2022 02:32pm

Business & Finance

$16m investment: ‘realme’ begins assembling smartphones in Pakistan

KARACHI: Emerging mobile phone brand realme has started assembly of smartphones in the country to reduce the cost of...

Updated 19 Feb, 2022 01:27pm

BR Research

Digital economy: start listening!

This column had recently highlighted that the additional revenue from the government’s act of increasing the taxes...

Published 01 Feb, 2022 07:48am

Business & Finance

Apple to turn iPhones into payment terminals, rival Square: Bloomberg

NEW YORK: Apple Inc is planning a new service that will allow small businesses to accept payments directly on their...

Published 28 Jan, 2022 04:44am

Business & Finance

LG Display Q4 profit drops 30% on year, hit by lower TV panel prices

SEOUL: South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd posted on Wednesday a 30% drop in quarterly operating profit on the year, hit...

Published 26 Jan, 2022 01:18pm

BR Research

Mini-budget and Telecoms

Say a prayer for the goose that lays golden eggs! The fidgeting, budgeting, tax-chasing government has historically...

Published 06 Jan, 2022 07:44am

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World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 13	281.73
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 13	281.53
USD to Japanese Yen / May 13	147.10
USD to Swiss Franc / May 13	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / May 13	1.33
Euro to USD / May 13	1.12
UK LIBOR % / May 13	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 13	5,886.55
India Sensex / May 13	81,148.22
Tokyo Nikkei / May 13	37,897.71
Nasdaq / May 13	19,010.09
Hang Seng / May 13	23,441.04
FTSE 100 / May 13	8,602.92
Dow Jones / May 13	42,140.43
Germany DAX 30 / May 13	23,638.56
France CAC40 / May 13	7,873.83

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 13	63.36
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 13	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 13	295,096
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 13	3,227.76
Cotton US¢/pound / May 13	66.61
Petrol/Litre / May 14	252.63
Diesel/Litre / May 14	256.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
B. F. Mod. / May 14 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	9.34 ▲ 1 (11.99%)
AN Textile Mill / May 14 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	10.78 ▲ 0.99 (10.11%)
Power Cem(Pref) / May 14 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	16.89 ▲ 1.54 (10.03%)
Agritech Limited / May 14 Agritech Limited(AGL)	56.07 ▲ 5.1 (10.01%)
Flying Cement / May 14 Flying Cement Company Limited(FLYNG)	44.96 ▲ 4.09 (10.01%)
PIA Holding Co.B / May 14 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	10,295.60 ▲ 935.97 (10%)
S.S.Oil / May 14 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	759.88 ▲ 69.08 (10%)
Khyber Textile / May 14 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	978.13 ▲ 88.92 (10%)
Tandlianwala Sugar / May 14 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	167.38 ▲ 15.22 (10%)
Kohinoor Mills / May 14 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	35.11 ▲ 3.19 (9.99%)

Stock	Price
Diamond Ind. / May 14 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	22.66 ▼ -2.47 (-9.83%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / May 14 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	18.07 ▼ -1.93 (-9.65%)
Dewan Mushtaq / May 14 Dewan Mushtaq Textile Mills Limited(DMTM)	8.91 ▼ -0.89 (-9.08%)
Leather Up Ltd. / May 14 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.51 ▼ -2.02 (-7.34%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / May 14 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	6.11 ▼ -0.48 (-7.28%)
F.Credit & Inv / May 14 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	7.43 ▼ -0.56 (-7.01%)
Sanghar Sugar / May 14 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	52.10 ▼ -3.29 (-5.94%)
TPL REIT Fund I / May 14 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	13 ▼ -0.8 (-5.8%)
Hoechst Pak. / May 14 Hoechst Pakistan Limited(HPL)	3,203.33 ▼ -194.6 (-5.73%)
Merit Packaging / May 14 Merit Packaging Limited(MERIT)	9.10 ▼ -0.45 (-4.71%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Cement / May 14 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	19,472,095 ▲ 1.32
Sui South Gas / May 14 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	12,853,009 ▲ 2.47
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 14 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	8,246,104 ▲ 1.84
Al-Shaheer Corp / May 14 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	6,462,516 ▲ 0.61
WorldCall Telecom / May 14 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	5,010,563 ▲ 0
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / May 14 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	3,991,427 ▲ 1.14
Maple Leaf Cement / May 14 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	3,960,967 ▼ -0.04
Pak Petroleum / May 14 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	3,494,480 ▲ 0.42
B.O.Punjab / May 14 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	3,480,216 ▲ 0.08
D.G.K.Cement / May 14 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	3,094,737 ▼ -0.02

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