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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

Technology

China Oct smartphone shipments up 30.6% y/y, likely driven by iPhone

SHANGHAI: Shipments of smartphones within China rose 30.6% year-on-year to 32.7 million handsets in October, the...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 11:56am

Business & Finance

Pakistan becomes exporter of 4G smartphones: Dawood

In a significant development for Pakistan’s mobile phone industry, the country has become an exporter of 4G...

Published 25 Sep, 2021 02:33pm

Opinion

Critics warn of Apple, Google ‘chokepoint’ repression

The global dominance of tech giants serves as a convenient online chokepoint for authoritarian governments to crack...

Published 19 Sep, 2021 03:56am

PM inaugurates Nadra’s PAK-ID mobile app

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday inaugurated PAK-ID mobile application, developed by the National...

Published 01 Sep, 2021 02:30am

Technology

Ahead of the times: Ushering in a new era of smartphone innovation

KARACHI: “The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is...

Published 13 Aug, 2021 04:44am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 18	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 18	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 18	153.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 18	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 18	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 18	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
India Sensex / Dec 18	80,231.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 18	39,081.71
Hang Seng / Dec 18	19,857.31
FTSE 100 / Dec 18	8,222.99
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 18	20,267.35

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 18	70.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 18	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 18	2,644.54
Diesel/Litre / Dec 18	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.42 (10.37%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 18 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	61.55 ▲ 5.60 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Dec 18 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	259.27 ▲ 23.57 (10.00%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Dec 18 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	564.23 ▲ 51.29 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 18 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	180.01 ▼ -19.99 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 18 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	44.37 ▼ -4.93 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Synthetic Prod / Dec 18 Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited(SPEL)	45.89 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 18 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	198.85 ▼ -22.08 (-9.99%)
Bilal Fibres / Dec 18 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	12.61 ▼ -1.40 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.15
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.34
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	67,234,901 ▼ -0.51
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	60,136,151 ▲ 0.13
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -1.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	46,669,770 ▼ -0.33
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.67
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▼ -0.46
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	36,858,206 ▲ 1.01

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