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Govt decides to restructure SMEDA

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to restructure the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA)...

Published 26 Mar, 2025 05:25am

Business & Finance

Industry’s uplift: SAPM directs SMEDA to leverage available resources

ISLAMABAD: Haroon Akhtar Khan as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Industries and Production,...

Published 14 Mar, 2025 07:37am

Potassium sulphate: ECC may approve export from Gwadar Port today

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet, which is scheduled to meet on Thursday (March...

Updated 13 Mar, 2025 09:19am

Business & Finance

Women empowerment: support voiced

LAHORE: Socrat Aman Rana, Chief Executive Officer of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority, in a...

Published 09 Mar, 2025 05:17am

PM sets up panel to empower women in SMEs

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday chaired a meeting of Small and Medium Enterprises Development...

Updated 09 Mar, 2025 10:16pm

Pakistan

Smeda holds webinar to mark International Women’s Day

LAHORE: The speakers at a webinar hosted by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) on Friday...

Published 08 Mar, 2025 02:48am

Rural residents: SMEDA urged to formulate strategy

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that SMEDA can play a key role in rural economic...

Updated 07 Mar, 2025 08:49am

Pakistan

Govt committed to promoting small, medium enterprises: PM Shehbaz

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday reaffirmed the government’s commitment to promoting small and medium...

Published 06 Mar, 2025 11:07pm

Business & Finance

Textile garments manufacturing sector: SMEDA holds consultative session with stakeholders

LAHORE: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) held a consultative session with stakeholders...

Published 04 Mar, 2025 06:30am

Business & Finance

New SME policy on the cards: Qazi Saddam

FAISALABAD: New SME policy is at the anvil which would further accelerate the process of industrialization at the...

Published 03 Mar, 2025 06:28am

Editorials

SMEs and the high cost of formal economy

EDITORIAL: In yet another attempt in a long line of programmes aimed at promoting the SME sector, the Small and...

Published 28 Feb, 2025 06:49am

Business & Finance

Auto parts, engineering sectors: SMEDA Sindh chief calls for tapping export potential

KARACHI: Mukesh Provincial Chief, SMEDA has emphasized to tap the export potential in the auto parts and engineering...

Published 28 Feb, 2025 06:24am

Business & Finance

SMEDA arranges panel discussion on ‘Digital Trade Facilitation for SMEs’

LAHORE: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) brought together industry leaders,...

Published 22 Feb, 2025 06:31am

Pakistan

Training session on micro agro-entrepreneurship concludes

HYDERABAD: A comprehensive Training of Trainers (ToT) session on Micro Agro-Entrepreneurship was successfully held ...

Published 10 Feb, 2025 06:52am

Business & Finance

SMEDA agrees with PITB to enhance SME Registration Portal

LAHORE: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) has agreed with the Punjab Information...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 03:12am

Business & Finance

SMEDA, SBP, PBA unveil simplified SME loan application

LAHORE: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA), the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and ...

Published 13 Jan, 2025 03:06am

Business & Finance

Honeybee cluster uplift: SMEDA to prepare road map

PESHAWAR: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) has initiated a comprehensive research ...

Published 06 Jan, 2025 05:47am

Business & Finance

‘Majority of SMEs have no access to formal financing’

ISLAMABAD: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are playing a role of the backbone of the national economy,...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 08:33am

Business & Finance

SMEs: SMEDA, PBA to enhance access to finance

LAHORE: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Auth ority (SMEDA) and Pakistan Banks’ Association (PBA) ...

Published 07 Dec, 2024 06:51am

Business & Finance

SMEDA reaffirms dedication to uplifting women entrepreneurs

LAHORE: In celebration of Women Entrepreneurship Day, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA), ...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 07:33am

Business & Finance

Factors creating obstacles within SMEs highlighted

LAHORE: Over 84 percent of Pakistan’s workforce operates informally within SMEs and home-based working sector,...

Published 09 Nov, 2024 08:09am

Business & Finance

Need stressed to improve SMEs in KP

PESHAWAR: A three days workshop organised by Centre for Governance and Public Accountability (CGPA) focused on...

Published 04 Nov, 2024 03:29am

BoD for amending SMEDA Ordinance 2002

ISLAMABAD: The Board of Directors (BoD) of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) has...

Updated 02 Nov, 2024 09:05am

Business & Finance

Smeda holds Industry 4.0 training session for apparel, textile sector

LAHORE: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda), under its awareness programme on Industry...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 06:49am

Business & Finance

SMEDA, ADB launch ‘Digital Literacy Training Programme’

LAHORE: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA), in collaboration with the Asian Development...

Published 12 Oct, 2024 06:51am

Minister expresses satisfaction on implementation of SME policy

Business & Finance

PNSC declared ‘strategic’: TCP, Smeda categorised as ‘essential’ SOEs

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) categorised Trading Corporation of Pakistan...

Published 03 Sep, 2024 06:27am

Markets

Categorisation of SOEs: SMEDA declared as essential, PNSC as strategic

TCP may be categorised as essential SOE under SOEs Policy 2023, Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises decides

Updated 02 Sep, 2024 10:36pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 28	281.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 28	279.71
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 28	149.88
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 28	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 28	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 28	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 27	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 28	5,580.94
India Sensex / Mar 28	77,414.92
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 28	37,120.33
Nasdaq / Mar 28	17,322.99
Hang Seng / Mar 28	23,426.60
FTSE 100 / Mar 28	8,658.85
Dow Jones / Mar 28	41,583.90
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 28	22,461.52
France CAC40 / Mar 28	7,916.08

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 27	275,205
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 28	69.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 28	17,085
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 28	3,117.20
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 28	66.90
Petrol/Litre / Mar 30	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Mar 30	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 27 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	4.01 ▲ 1 (33.22%)
Parmount Sp. / Mar 27 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.10 ▲ 0.59 (16.81%)
Shaheen Ins. / Mar 27 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	7.50 ▲ 0.97 (14.85%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 27 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.02 ▲ 1.37 (10.04%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 27 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	33.83 ▲ 3.08 (10.02%)
Sardar Chemical / Mar 27 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	35.95 ▲ 3.27 (10.01%)
J.K.Spinning / Mar 27 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	69.58 ▲ 6.33 (10.01%)
Data Agro / Mar 27 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	106.28 ▲ 9.66 (10%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 27 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	121.88 ▲ 11.08 (10%)
Allawasaya Tex / Mar 27 Allawasaya Tex. & Finishing Mills Ltd(AWTX)	1,429.95 ▲ 130 (10%)

Stock	Price
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	11.60 ▼ -98.09 (-89.42%)
Elahi Cot. / Mar 27 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Khalid Siraj / Mar 27 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	8.03 ▼ -0.87 (-9.78%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 27 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	874.01 ▼ -93.68 (-9.68%)
Saritow Spinning / Mar 27 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	18.90 ▼ -1.75 (-8.47%)
Cordoba Logistics / Mar 27 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	12.61 ▼ -1.15 (-8.36%)
Sally Textile / Mar 27 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	11.01 ▼ -0.99 (-8.25%)
Masood Textile / Mar 27 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	49.06 ▼ -4.27 (-8.01%)
Universal Ins. / Mar 27 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.57 ▼ -0.73 (-7.09%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Mar 27 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	42 ▼ -3.1 (-6.87%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Mar 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	45,325,056 ▲ 0.31
Pak Elektron / Mar 27 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,179,304 ▲ 0.67
P.S.O. / Mar 27 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	26,879,128 ▲ 1.58
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 27 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	20,499,919 ▼ -98.09
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,191,931 ▼ -0.03
B.O.Punjab / Mar 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,148,304 ▼ -0.2
Pak Petroleum / Mar 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,934,134 ▼ -1.85
Engro Fert. / Mar 27 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	14,419,464 ▲ 0.5
Fauji Cement / Mar 27 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	14,194,696 ▲ 0.53
Maple Leaf Cement / Mar 27 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	11,282,647 ▲ 0.09

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