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PALSP says high energy tariffs brought steel sector to its knees

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s steel industry, the backbone of the country’s economy, is teetering on the edge of ...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 08:01am

FBR set to put more curbs on FATA/ PATA steel sector

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is reportedly working on a new policy to restrict the import of raw...

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:23am

Business & Finance

Steel sector assails delay in the implementation of budgetary steps

LAHORE: The inexplicable delay in the implementation of budgetary measures modifying tax regime for the steel...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

Opinion

Struggle for steel continues

Steel is the basic building block of development. It was due to the influential import lobbies that Pakistan lagged...

Published 05 Sep, 2024 06:19am

GST relief on scrap: Steel industry urges FBR to implement policy decision

ISLAMABAD: The documented steel industry has asked the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to implement policy decision...

Updated 03 Sep, 2024 08:58am

Business & Finance

PISMA seeks immediate withdrawal of new 2.5pc WHT

KARACHI: The Pakistan Iron & Steel Merchants Association (PISMA) has issued an urgent appeal to the Federal ...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 03:24am

Misclassification of steel products: FBR urged to recover taxes from importers

ISLAMABAD: The documented steel sector has conveyed to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) that misclassification of...

Updated 07 Aug, 2024 08:00am

Business & Finance

Economic uplift: US envoy highlights steel sector’s importance

KARACHI: The US envoy visited National Steel Complex Limited (NSCL) at Bin Qasim and highlighted the steel sector’s...

Published 05 Jun, 2024 07:21am

Business & Finance

Erstwhile tribal areas: Steel sector warns govt against extending tax exemption

ISLAMABAD: The steel sector has warned the federal government that any move to extend tax exemption to erstwhile...

Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am

Business & Finance

PALSP urges govt to stop steel smuggling during Eid holidays

ISLAMABAD: The Steel industry appeals the govt to take pre-emptive measures to block smuggling of steel from Iran...

Updated 01 Apr, 2024 08:46am

Steel industry: PM orders FBR to resolve issues on priority basis

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has directed concerned authorities and the Federal Board of...

Updated 16 Feb, 2024 09:20am

‘Hurdles’ to copper ingots’ export to China: Exporters move SIFC against FBR

ISLAMABAD: Exporters have approached the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) against the Federal Board of...

Updated 23 Jan, 2024 09:08am

Business & Finance

Mughal Iron & Steel Industries completes acquisition of energy subsidiary

Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited, one of Pakistan’s largest steel manufacturers, has successfully...

Updated 30 Nov, 2023 10:48pm

Business & Finance

Challenge of smuggling from Iran, Afghanistan: Govt urged to allow steel import only by sea

ISLAMABAD: The documented steel sector on Thursday proposed the caretaker government to allow import of steel only...

Published 17 Nov, 2023 06:06am

Opinion

Engineering evolution or devolution?

Across the world, the engineering industry is one of the significant contributors to the economy. However, in...

Updated 27 Sep, 2023 06:59am

Markets

Energy tariff hike triggers significant steel price surge: PALSP

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Association of Large Steel Producers (PALSP) issues a grave warning to the nation as the...

Published 26 Sep, 2023 06:33am

Business & Finance

Agha Steel says it intends to export iron ore from KPK mines

Has also entered into contract for acquisition of 50 cubic meter blast furnace for backward integration with its existing arc furnace

Published 14 Sep, 2023 02:39pm

Pakistan

Steel sector: FBR Member assures action over smuggling from Iran, Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Member Customs (Operations), Zeba Hai Azhar, has assured the ...

Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:17am

Incremental Units Consumption Subsidy: PALSP concerned at ‘discrimination’

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Association of Large Steel Producers (PALSP) has raised a poignant concern over the blatant...

Updated 28 Aug, 2023 09:46am

B4 industrial consumers: PALSP urges Nepra to facilitate renewable energy integration into grid

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Association of Large Steel Producers has asked NEPRA to facilitate renewable energy integration...

Updated 22 Aug, 2023 08:42am

Business & Finance

Documented steel sector assails hike in power tariff

ISLAMABAD: The documented steel sector has announced that the drastic increase in power tariff by 25 percent coupled...

Published 24 Jul, 2023 06:11am

July-May LSMI output declines 9.87pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) output has declined by 9.87 percent during July-May...

Updated 14 Jul, 2023 09:11am

Rising steel smuggling from Iran, Afghanistan: PALSP issues ‘stern warning’ to FBR

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Association of Large Steel Producers (PALSP) has issued a stern warning to the Federal Board...

Updated 17 May, 2023 09:03am

Business & Finance

Steel, plastic, ghee, other sectors: Tribal area tax exemptions expire on June 30

ISLAMABAD: The tax exemptions granted to the industrial units of iron/ steel, plastics, ghee, textile and other...

Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am

Business & Finance

Scrap shortage crisis compounding: PALSP

ISLAMABAD: Due to lack of letters of credits (LCs) being opened, the domestic scrap shortage crisis is compounding...

Published 08 Mar, 2023 06:20am

Raw materials of steel sector: MoF, SBP urged to instruct commercial banks to prioritise LCs

ISLAMABAD: The documented steel sector has asked the Ministry of Finance and the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to...

Updated 01 Jan, 2023 10:09am

Business & Finance

Extra power for KE’s industrial users: Govt fails to implement its ‘support package’ decision: PALSP

ISLAMABAD: The government has failed to implement its decision of extending support package for additional...

Published 17 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Opinion

Application of slag in steel, other industries

The steel industry of Pakistan has been facing a number of challenges including but not limited to import of raw...

Published 27 Nov, 2022 05:58am

Editorials

Letting the steel sector rot

EDITORIAL: All eyes are now on the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) as it investigates alleged large-scale...

Published 23 Jul, 2022 04:10am

Steel sector: Amended finance bill may restore turnover tax adjustment

ISLAMABAD: The amended Finance Bill 2022 is likely to restore adjustment facility of turnover tax for the documented...

Updated 23 Jun, 2022 10:01am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 17	278.60
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 17	278.60
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 17	153.56
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 17	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 17	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 17	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
India Sensex / Dec 17	80,684.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 17	39,164.26
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Hang Seng / Dec 17	19,815.30
FTSE 100 / Dec 17	8,195.20
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 17	20,246.37

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 17	70.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 17	17,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 17	2,644.07
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 17	68.53
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 18 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	8.02 ▲ 0.91 (12.80%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.50 ▲ 0.45 (11.11%)
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%)
Nimir Resins / Dec 18 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	35.16 ▲ 3.20 (10.01%)
Data Agro / Dec 18 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	139.24 ▲ 12.66 (10.00%)
Diamond Ind. / Dec 18 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	20.90 ▲ 1.90 (10.00%)
Pak Datacom / Dec 18 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	103.94 ▲ 9.45 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Equity Modaraba / Dec 18 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.01 ▼ -0.43 (-12.50%)
Dewan Textile / Dec 18 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	5.67 ▼ -0.77 (-11.96%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 18 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	37.76 ▼ -4.20 (-10.01%)
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
Din Tex. / Dec 18 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	45.90 ▼ -5.10 (-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%)
Calcorp Ltd / Dec 18 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	26.22 ▼ -2.91 (-9.99%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 18 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	29.20 ▼ -3.15 (-9.74%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.11
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▼ -0.51
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	58,285,174 ▼ -0.39
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	57,202,972 ▼ -0.03
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -0.70
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.78
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▲ 0.02
Hub Power Co. / Dec 18 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	33,289,968 ▼ -2.92
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	31,365,092 ▼ -0.11

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