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Man arrested by FIA for ‘smuggling’ four women to Saudi Arabia

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has thwarted an attempt to smuggle four women abroad under the guise...

Published 17 Feb, 2025 03:09am

Pakistan

NA body concerned over smuggling of historical artifacts

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Committee on Federal Education and National Heritage on Friday expressed serious...

Updated 08 Feb, 2025 08:05am

Editorials

Controlling smuggling

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s call for enhanced technological measures to check smuggling is not only...

Published 22 Jan, 2025 06:15am

Pakistan

Huge quantity of smuggled Iranian diesel seized

KARACHI: Collectorate of Customs Enforcement on Thursday seized a substantial quantity of smuggled Iranian diesel...

Published 15 Nov, 2024 06:20am

Smuggling of night-vision equipment: Inquiry against 7 FBR officials begins

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has started an inquiry against seven officers at Islamabad...

Updated 09 Nov, 2024 09:08am

World

World needs to ‘wake up’ to people smuggling threat: UK’s Starmer

GLASGOW: People smuggling should be put on a par with global terrorism, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 03:30am

Editorials

Smuggling at Afghan border

EDITORIAL: The 86 percent year-on-year drop in Afghan Transit Trade (ATT) in September shows how much this ...

Published 21 Oct, 2024 06:41am

Pakistan

Customs foils smuggling bid

KARACHI: The Collectorate of Customs, Airport foiled a smuggling attempt, seizing 3.8 kilograms of marijuana worth...

Published 20 Oct, 2024 05:51am

Ghee, cooking oil industry: Aurangzeb vows to help resolve issues

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb Friday assured the ghee and cooking oil industry to resolve the issue...

Updated 12 Oct, 2024 08:58am

Pakistan

Customs seizes Iranian skimmed milk powder

KARACHI: The Collectorate of Customs Enforcement Karachi has seized a large quantity of smuggled Iranian skimmed ...

Published 11 Oct, 2024 06:30am

Business & Finance

Smuggled petro products at 11,500 fuel stations: FBR developing application to curb sale

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is developing a Geographic Information System-based mobile application...

Published 04 Oct, 2024 06:46am

Pakistan

Customs thwarts smuggling attempt

KARACHI: The customs officials on Tuesday successfully foiled a smuggling attempt of illegal narcotics at Jinnah...

Published 02 Oct, 2024 06:19am

Pakistan

Senate body asks FIA to devise strategy against smuggling

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior, on Tuesday, recommended the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)...

Published 25 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Editorials

Controlling smuggling

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif seems very serious about “eliminating smuggling” during this term, at...

Published 01 Sep, 2024 02:46am

Business & Finance

Smuggled vehicles: FBR says there’s no amnesty scheme in the offing

ISLAMABAD: It has come to the notice of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) that certain rumours are circulating on...

Published 28 Aug, 2024 06:22am

Business & Finance

FBR says no plans to offer amnesty scheme to legalise smuggled vehicles

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has clarified that there are no plans to offer an amnesty scheme for regularizing...

Published 27 Aug, 2024 10:28pm

Pakistan

Customs dept has failed to prove digits of chassis of crane were tampered with

LAHORE: The Customs department has failed to prove tampering with the digits of the chassis of a crane confiscated ...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 03:24am

Pakistan

Smuggling: Confiscate vehicles, orders PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed for confiscation of vehicles used in smuggling besides taking...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 06:58am

Pakistan

Customs fails to prove smuggling of local currency

LAHORE: The customs department has failed to establish smuggling of local currency to Afghanistan from a passenger ...

Published 23 Jul, 2024 08:29am

Anti-smuggling initiative: FBR extends LEAs’ powers up to June 30, 2025

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended anti-smuggling powers of various law enforcement agencies...

Updated 03 Jul, 2024 09:20am

Pakistan

Inspection system to evaluate police performance on the cards: Maryam

will not tolerate any no-go area anywhere in Punjab, chief minister says

Updated 02 Jun, 2024 09:33am

Pakistan

Navy foils major drug smuggling bid

KARACHI: Pakistan Navy has foiled a major drug smuggling attempt in the North Arabian Sea, the Inter-Services Public...

Published 29 May, 2024 06:05am

Pakistan

Commodities’ smuggling: List of 108 Punjab govt officials unveiled

KARACHI: The Ministry of Interior has disclosed the list of 108 officials from Punjab government, who are involved ...

Published 28 May, 2024 05:30am

Pakistan

Fight against smuggling: PM assures civil armed forces of full support

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the government would continue providing full support to the civil...

Published 26 May, 2024 02:56am

Pakistan

Stemming smuggling, transit trade misuse: Changes in customs laws on the anvil: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, Tuesday, conveyed to the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) that major...

Published 15 May, 2024 05:47am

Editorials

Hurting growth of formal economy

EDITORIAL: At a time when the federal government and finance minister are all talking about documenting the economy...

Published 06 May, 2024 05:30am

‘BCA’ on the cards to battle against smuggling

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is likely to establish “Border Control Authority (BCA)” for provision of an...

Updated 01 May, 2024 09:39pm

Editorials

Deregulating petroleum sector: curb smuggling first

EDITORIAL: Finance minister Mohammad Aurangzeb recently said in a conference that bold energy and taxation reforms...

Updated 30 Apr, 2024 12:40pm

Editorials

Another campaign against smuggling

EDITORIAL: Ordinarily, no prime minister should have to hold a special meeting to “direct concerned authorities”...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am

Spectrum of illegal activities: PM, COAS, CMs take stock of situation

PM Shehbaz Sharif says electricity theft is around Rs400-500 billion per annum

Updated 30 Mar, 2024 08:26pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 25	280.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 25	280.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 25	150.44
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 25	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 25	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 25	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 25	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 25	5,776.65
India Sensex / Mar 25	78,876.83
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 25	37,938.34
Nasdaq / Mar 25	18,271.86
Hang Seng / Mar 25	23,409.08
FTSE 100 / Mar 25	8,663.80
Dow Jones / Mar 25	42,587.50
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 25	23,109.79
France CAC40 / Mar 25	8,108.59

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 25	69.19
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 25	17,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 25	272,462
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 25	3,017.63
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 25	65.24
Petrol/Litre / Mar 26	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Mar 26	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 26 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	3.01 ▲ 1 (49.75%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Mar 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	9.99 ▲ 1 (11.12%)
Zephyr Textile / Mar 26 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	11.40 ▲ 1.04 (10.04%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 26 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	110.80 ▲ 10.07 (10%)
Philip Morris Pak. / Mar 26 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	737.77 ▲ 67.07 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Mar 26 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	58.44 ▲ 5.31 (9.99%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Mar 26 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	18.85 ▲ 1.71 (9.98%)
Crescent Fib. / Mar 26 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.69 ▲ 4.13 (9.94%)
Data Agro / Mar 26 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	96.55 ▲ 8.71 (9.92%)
Hussain Industries / Mar 26 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	27.29 ▲ 2.42 (9.73%)

Stock	Price
Atlas Ins. Ltd / Mar 26 Atlas Insurance Limited(ATIL)	57.70 ▼ -6.28 (-9.82%)
Jubilee Spinning / Mar 26 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.64 ▼ -1.13 (-9.6%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Mar 26 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	8.34 ▼ -0.79 (-8.65%)
Bela Auto / Mar 26 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	167 ▼ -14.94 (-8.21%)
Prosperity Weav / Mar 26 Prosperity Weaving Mills Limited(PRWM)	35.07 ▼ -2.93 (-7.71%)
Noon Sugar / Mar 26 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	73.51 ▼ -6.06 (-7.62%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 26 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	900.16 ▼ -71.96 (-7.4%)
UDL International / Mar 26 UDL International Limited(UDLI)	7.11 ▼ -0.53 (-6.94%)
Jauharabad Sug / Mar 26 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	42 ▼ -2.79 (-6.23%)
Ruby Textile / Mar 26 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	6.58 ▼ -0.43 (-6.13%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Elektron / Mar 26 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	23,829,231 ▲ 1.41
TRG Pak Ltd / Mar 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	22,825,615 ▼ -1.41
P.S.O. / Mar 26 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	21,055,054 ▼ -4.59
Cnergyico PK / Mar 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	14,454,846 ▲ 0.11
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	12,412,844 ▲ 0
Engro Fert. / Mar 26 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	12,406,842 ▲ 1.12
B.O.Punjab / Mar 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	10,207,107 ▲ 0.01
Sui South Gas / Mar 26 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	7,601,850 ▼ -0.02
Pak Refinery / Mar 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	7,461,474 ▲ 0.24
Pak Petroleum / Mar 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	7,058,801 ▲ 2.12

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