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SME banking: SBP launches ‘Challenge Fund’

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced to launch a “Challenge Fund” for technology adoption...

Published 12 Oct, 2024 06:58am

Business & Finance

SME sector: SBP revises per party exposure limits

KARACHI: Aimed at facilitating the SME sector, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has revised the per party exposure...

Published 09 Oct, 2024 06:26am

Business & Finance

Ahsan reveals SMEs’ potential of $40-60bn export in next five years

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has said that the small and medium...

Published 09 Oct, 2024 06:26am

Business & Finance

Minister expresses satisfaction on implementation of SME policy

LAHORE: Rana Tanveer Hussain, Federal Minister Industries and Production chaired the 12th Meeting of National...

Published 28 Sep, 2024 07:16am

PM for steps aimed at boosting profitability of SMEs

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday directed the authorities concerned to take measures for the...

Updated 14 Sep, 2024 03:09pm

Business & Finance

SME Sector Development: PM appoints Asia Sail as member of steering committee

LAHORE: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has appointed Asia Sail Khan as a member of the Steering Committee for SME...

Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:48am

PM forms steering body on Smeda

Expresses indignation at the inactivity of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority Board

Updated 24 Aug, 2024 03:12pm

SBP increases clean lending limit for SMEs by 100pc

KARACHI: Amending the Prudential Regulations for SME Financing, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced to...

Updated 17 Aug, 2024 02:37pm

Business & Finance

Tractor industry on brink of shutdown: PAAPAM

LAHORE: The Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts & Accessories Manufacturers (PAAPAM) has announced that the...

Updated 10 Aug, 2024 07:38am

Business & Finance

‘Rising taxes, costly utilities are threatening survival of SMEs’

KARACHI: The increase in multiple taxes in the recent budget coupled with the high cost of utilities have surged the...

Published 14 Jul, 2024 02:55am

Business & Finance

SME sector: SBP directs banks to adopt DSCF solutions

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has instructed the banks to adopt Digital Supply Chain Finance (DSCF)...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Business & Finance

KCCI budget proposals to be forwarded to authorities: Ali Pervez

KARACHI: Minister of State for Finance & Revenue Ali Pervez Malik has assured to forward KCCI’s ...

Published 28 May, 2024 05:30am

Editorials

Energising the SME sector

EDITORIAL: In yet another bid to encourage the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the government...

Published 25 Apr, 2024 03:05am

Business & Finance

Session on SMEDA services held with NIM delegation

LAHORE: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) hosted an interactive session on SMEDA...

Published 17 Apr, 2024 05:28am

Pakistan

Three-day ‘SAARC Bazaar’ concludes

LAHORE: Lahore hosted three-day “SAARC Bazaar” and SAARC conference titled “Invest in South Asian Women: A ...

Published 14 Mar, 2024 03:00am

Business & Finance

FCCI acting president assures support for resolving SME sector issues

FAISALABAD: The SME sector is the growth engine of the economy and problems confronted by it must be resolved on top...

Published 26 Feb, 2024 05:07am

Business & Finance

New industrial units: SBP should introduce low-cost financing scheme: FBATI

KARACHI: Syed Raza Hussain, President of the Federal B Area Association of Trade and Industries (FBATI), has urged...

Published 29 Dec, 2023 02:58am

Business & Finance

SMEs badly affected by hike in utilities cost

KARACHI: The sudden and staggering hike in the cost of utilities has put the survival of thousands of Small and...

Published 16 Nov, 2023 05:39am

CCP urges SBP to enable SMEs to avail lower interest rates

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has asked the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to make it easier...

Updated 16 Jul, 2023 09:21am

CCP analysis on SME sector: ‘Complex regulatory regime pushes up cost of doing business’

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has declared that the complex regulatory regime has created...

Updated 16 Jul, 2023 09:22am

Business & Finance

CGPA, Smeda take up industrial infrastructure in KP

PESHAWAR: The Centre for Governance & Public Accountability (CGPA) in collaboration with the Small & Medium...

Published 23 Jun, 2023 06:00am

Business & Finance

China can help Pakistan develop SME sector: CG

KARACHI: Consul General of China Yang Yundong, while responding to President Karachi Chamber’s suggestion, stated...

Published 18 Jun, 2023 06:07am

Business & Finance

SME sector: SMEDA, CCP join hands to create conducive policy environment

LAHORE: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) and Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP)...

Published 30 May, 2023 03:37am

Clearance of SME Bank depositors’ liabilities: Rs5.557bn savings from closed ADB FMGP project loan to be used

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to use funds of Rs 5.557 billion savings from the closed ADB Financial...

Updated 24 Mar, 2023 08:50am

Business & Finance

Aggressive taxation, high mark-up rate halted SMEs growth: SMEDA

LAHORE: Aggressive Taxation, harassment of tax departments, high mark-up rate and augmenting energy cost have ceased...

Published 14 Mar, 2023 03:18am

Business & Finance

APBUMA team attends ICAC seminar in Washington

FAISALABAD: The Annual seminar of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) was held in Washington. It was...

Published 09 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Business & Finance

In UAE, startups, SMEs can get AED5m loans approved in 5 days via Emirates Development Bank

The idea is to enhance access to finance for SMEs and further simplify the ease of doing business in the country

Published 30 Aug, 2022 05:16pm

Business & Finance

EFP, TDAP join hands for efforts to turn minerals into value-added chemicals

KARACHI: Employers’ Federation of Pakistan (EFP) has signed a monumental Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the...

Published 26 Aug, 2022 05:35am

Pakistan

Strengthening trade and industry: PIAF urges govt to take effective measures

LAHORE: The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) Chairman Faheem Ur Rehman Saigol has observed...

Published 02 Jul, 2022 04:10am

Business & Finance

Traders for lifting ban on import of bakery, fast food items

PESHAWAR: Local traders associated with bakery and restaurant business urged the government to lift ban on imports ...

Published 19 Jun, 2022 07:42am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 31	277.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 31	277.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 31	152.20
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 31	0.86
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 31	1.30
Euro to USD / Oct 31	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 30	5,813.67
Nasdaq / Oct 30	18,607.93
Dow Jones / Oct 30	42,141.54
India Sensex / Oct 31	79,453.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 31	39,081.25
Hang Seng / Oct 31	20,382.25
FTSE 100 / Oct 31	8,105.12
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 31	19,158.33

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 30	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 30	246,403.40
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 31	69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 31	2,781.74
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 31	69.77
Petrol/Litre / Nov 1	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 1 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 1 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 1 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 1 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 1 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 1 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 1 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 1 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 1 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 1 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 1 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 1 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 1 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 1 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 1 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 1 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 1 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 1 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Nov 1 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Nov 1 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Nov 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Nov 1 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Nov 1 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 1 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 1 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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