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SOEs privatisation

Azerbaijan invited to join SOE sell-off drive

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Board of Investment, Privatisation and Communications, Abdul Aleem Khan held a...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 09:17am

Markets

PIA ‘national asset’, provinces welcome to buy airline on PC’s minimum expected price, says Aleem Khan

Minister says federal cabinet to decide if creation of new framework required for privatisation of PIA

Published 03 Nov, 2024 11:01pm

Editorials

Complexities of SOE reforms

EDITORIAL: Poorly performing state-owned enterprises (SOEs), wracked with chronic inefficiencies and ringing up...

Updated 26 Oct, 2024 07:42am

Markets

Privatisation of SOEs: cabinet committee approves WAPDA, NHA as essential entities

The Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) has decided to categorise the Water and Power Development...

Updated 12 Sep, 2024 10:04pm

Legislation related to privatisation of loss-making SOEs: Minister says govt will need support of Parliament

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb says loss-making state-owned enterprises causing one trillion rupees of 'drag' to the exchequer

Updated 11 Sep, 2024 09:34am

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

Loss-making SOEs’ sell-off high priority: Aleem

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Privatization, Board of Investment and Communications, Abdul Aleem Khan Thursday...

Updated 30 Aug, 2024 09:15am

Business & Finance

Merger, dissolution of 82 SOEs endorsed

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet, on Tuesday, took significant steps towards institutional reforms, focusing on...

Published 28 Aug, 2024 06:22am

Markets

Federal cabinet approves merger, dissolution of 82 SOEs

PM Shehbaz constitutes committee to protect interests of employees to be affected, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting says

Published 27 Aug, 2024 10:05pm

Finnish financier apprised of Pakistan’s potential investment scope

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, held a meeting with Antti Partanen,...

Updated 27 Aug, 2024 08:57am

Opinion

Business is not the government’s business

According to a World Bank assessment, Pakistan’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) exhibit the lowest profitability...

Published 12 Aug, 2024 06:36am

2024-29 sell-off roadmap presented to Dar

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) meeting held with the Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign...

Updated 03 Aug, 2024 12:17pm

NA panel briefed about PIA sell-off progress

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), burdened by Rs200 billion in debts and owning Rs145 billion in...

Updated 23 Jul, 2024 09:40am

Opinion

The way forward

Sale of state-owned entities (SOEs) and not resuscitating the non-operational Pakistan Steel Mills is the mantra of...

Updated 22 Jul, 2024 07:11am

Editorials

PSM and the wider debate about SOEs

EDITORIAL: The Board of Directors (BoD) of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) is either reading too much into recent...

Published 19 Jul, 2024 06:12am

Privatisation of 3 electricity distribution cos: Appointment of financial advisor this year

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Privatization was informed that the appointment of a financial advisor...

Updated 13 Jul, 2024 08:55am

PASSCO privatisation: PM for preparing action plan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday directed to prepare an action plan regarding the privatisation of...

Updated 13 Jul, 2024 09:50am

Senate passes SOEs amendment bill

ISLAMABAD: The Senate, Friday, passed with majority vote amidst opposition protest, the State Owned-Enterprises...

Updated 06 Jul, 2024 03:47pm

PIA, HBFCL, others: sell-off timeline issued

Transactions expected to be finalised in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (2024-25)

Updated 03 Jul, 2024 10:25am

Rs30bn sell-off income target set

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has set a budgeted target of collecting Rs30 billion through privatisation...

Updated 13 Jun, 2024 09:33am

Categorisation of commercial SOEs: PM irked by delay in submission of summaries

Directs concerned secretaries to personally and proactively oversee the process to ensure submission of requisite recommendations/summaries to Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises

Updated 08 Jun, 2024 05:20pm

Business & Finance

PIA sell-off: 6 companies/consortiums pre-qualified for privatisation process

Air Blue, Arif Habib Corporation, Blue World City, Fly Jinnah, Pak Ethanol Consortium, and YB Holdings Consortium included in the list

Updated 03 Jun, 2024 10:58pm

Opinion

Privatisation of SOEs: a focus on PIA

Pakistan’s economy is confronting numerous challenges like fiscal deficits, low savings, limited investment, low...

Updated 23 May, 2024 05:55am

Pakistan

PIA privatisation: deadline for EoI submission not expected to be extended further

The deadline for companies to express their interest in buying national carrier Pakistan International Airlines...

Updated 16 May, 2024 10:43pm

Business & Finance

PM unveils plan to sell most SOEs

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will privatise all state-owned enterprises, with the exception of strategic entities, Prime...

Published 15 May, 2024 05:47am

SOEs privatisation: PPP for exploring public-private partnerships

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has advocated for a pragmatic approach towards...

Updated 02 May, 2024 09:22am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 22	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 22	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 23	154.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 23	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 23	1.25
Euro to USD / Nov 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 22	5,969.34
India Sensex / Nov 22	79,117.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 22	38,283.85
Nasdaq / Nov 22	18,003.65
Hang Seng / Nov 22	19,229.97
FTSE 100 / Nov 22	8,262.08
Dow Jones / Nov 22	44,296.51
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 22	19,322.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 22	240,483
Petrol/Litre / Nov 23	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 23	71.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 23	2,716.19
Diesel/Litre / Nov 23	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,135,830 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	124,131,268 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 23 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	105,013,176 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	77,697,371 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 23 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	43,783,366 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	36,573,763 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,719,678 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 23 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	27,969,689 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,874,820 ▲ 0.00

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