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BD keen to import sugar on G2G basis

KARACHI: Bangladesh has expressed interest in importing up to 15,000 metric tons sugar from Pakistan on a...

Updated 21 Jan, 2025 08:57am

Markets

Rice export to BD: TCP receives 11 bids

KARACHI: The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has received 11 bids for the supply of 50,000 metric tons of long...

Published 07 Jan, 2025 05:55am

Opinion

2025 strategy: pathways to increase cotton production

As Pakistan’s cotton industry grapples with declining yields and rising imports, the year 2025 presents a critical...

Published 03 Jan, 2025 06:56am

‘Poor’ performance: Cabinet assails MoC bodies, trade missions

Suggests privatization of the Trade and Development Authority of Pakistan

Updated 03 Jan, 2025 03:18pm

Markets

Weekly Cotton Review: Prices stable amid low trade volumes

KARACHI: Cotton prices improve during the previous amid challenges persisting. Recent market trends have shown a...

Updated 30 Dec, 2024 08:40am

Clearance of overdue urea subsidy payments: ECC asks ministry to persuade provinces

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has directed the Ministry of Industries and Production...

Updated 28 Dec, 2024 04:14pm

Sugar export to Tajikistan: SBP asks banks to process transactions

KARACHI: Pakistan is set to export 40,000 tons of sugar to Tajikistan under bilateral trade arrangements on a...

Updated 19 Oct, 2024 02:55pm

Editorials

Alternate dispute resolution committees

EDITORIAL: The Sindh High Court’s (SHC’s) directive to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to withdraw all...

Published 13 Oct, 2024 06:46am

SHC asks FBR to withdraw recovery notices issued to SOEs

ISLAMABAD: Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to withdraw all recovery notices...

Updated 08 Oct, 2024 09:10am

NLC ready to help boost imports thru Gwadar Port

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to start 50 percent public sector imports from Gwadar Port destined for...

Updated 11 Sep, 2024 08:53am

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

Fertilizer sector: ECC directs ministry to design holistic policy

Aspects such as production, provision of gas to industry, elements triggering/necessitating imports, pricing, and intensive/over fertilization of urea are to be covered

Updated 08 Aug, 2024 01:55pm

ECC approves urea import proposal

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet approved the proposal to import 100,000 MT urea...

Updated 03 Aug, 2024 01:40pm

Export growth: MoC angry with MoF for ignoring its budget proposals

ISLAMABAD: The Commerce Ministry on Wednesday showed its wrath against the Finance Ministry for not making its...

Updated 04 Jul, 2024 03:05pm

Business & Finance

Mar 1-Apr 30 period: Rs3trn domestic, $433m foreign loans raised, NA told

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Monday that total amount of domestic loans raised during March 01,...

Published 11 Jun, 2024 03:17am

Editorials

Political uncertainty continues to pervade

EDITORIAL: Three months after the general elections that were expected to presage easing of all political ...

Published 11 May, 2024 06:22am

Wheat fiasco points towards govt ‘negligence’

ISLAMABAD: The mismanagement associated with allowing wheat imports, which benefited the private sector and deprived...

Updated 07 May, 2024 08:52am

Business & Finance

A productive visit to Karachi: Jam holds talks with key economic, trade bodies

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Commerce, Jam Kamal Khan, recently concluded a comprehensive and fruitful visit to...

Published 26 Mar, 2024 04:20am

Private sector import of wheat: Deadline extended despite opposition by Punjab

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has extended the deadline for the import of milling wheat till March 31, 2024, by...

Updated 07 Mar, 2024 09:16am

Selling imported urea thru local firms: Cabinet approves principles of basket price mechanism

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved principles of basket price...

Updated 12 Feb, 2024 10:10am

Sindh, Balochistan: MoC seeks MoF’s support for recovery of urea subsidy share

ISLAMABAD: The Commerce Ministry has sought the Finance Ministry’s support to recover 50pc share of cost of imported...

Updated 07 Feb, 2024 09:35am

Pakistan

Punjab govt decides to clear payment of Rs180m to TCP

LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to clear the balance payment of Rs 180 million to the Trading Corporation...

Published 01 Feb, 2024 04:52am

Imported urea fertiliser: Hike in basket price approved by ECC

Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet approves increase in basket price of 220,000 MT imported urea fertiliser

Updated 15 Jan, 2024 10:03am

Business & Finance

Govt gets no offers in 110,000 tons wheat tender

HAMBURG: No price offers were believed to have been submitted in a tender from Pakistan on Wednesday to purchase...

Published 28 Dec, 2023 04:52am

Business & Finance

ADB’s IED rates $800m ‘TCP’ as ‘successful’

ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has rated “Pakistan:...

Published 09 Dec, 2023 05:46am

PSMA concerned at ‘unsustainable’ production costs

LAHORE: Sugar millers have claimed that production and sale of sugar below its costs of production has become...

Updated 08 Dec, 2023 10:04am

Commodities being imported by TCP: Govt decides to change payment mechanism

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to change payment mechanism of commodities being imported by Trading...

Updated 05 Dec, 2023 09:47am

Business & Finance

TCP tenders to buy 110,000 metric tons of wheat

HAMBURG: A government agency has issued an international tender to purchase and import 110,000 metric tons of wheat,...

Updated 28 Nov, 2023 09:48am

Business & Finance

Rabi: ECC allows import of urea on G2G tender basis

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has decided to allow import of 200KMT urea on...

Updated 24 Nov, 2023 08:59am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.80
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
India Sensex / Jan 21	75,838.36
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,604.71
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Hang Seng / Jan 21	19,872.36
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,548.29
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	21,042

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	75.89
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,749.13
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 21	67.43
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Gen.Ins. / Jan 22 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	9.46 ▲ 0.96 (11.29%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jan 22 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	36.30 ▲ 3.30 (10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 22 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	39 ▲ 3.35 (9.40%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	728.99 ▲ 57.77 (8.61%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 22 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	118 ▲ 9.10 (8.36%)
Ask.Gen.Insur. / Jan 22 Askari General Insurance Company Limited(AGIC)	32.80 ▲ 2.52 (8.32%)
Rafhan Maize / Jan 22 Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited(RMPL)	9,950 ▲ 755.06 (8.21%)
AL-Noor Sugar / Jan 22 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	79.85 ▲ 4.93 (6.58%)

Stock	Price
Ellcot Spinning / Jan 22 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	108 ▼ -12.00 (-10.00%)
Khyber Textile / Jan 22 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	475 ▼ -51.08 (-9.71%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 22 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	340 ▼ -29.90 (-8.08%)
Dewan Automotive Eng. / Jan 22 Dewan Automotive Engineering Limited(DWAE)	38.10 ▼ -2.45 (-6.04%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	46.05 ▼ -2.06 (-4.28%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 22 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.40 ▼ -0.14 (-3.95%)
Pakistan Cables / Jan 22 Pakistan Cables Limited(PCAL)	181.01 ▼ -6.63 (-3.53%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 22 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	66.75 ▼ -2.15 (-3.12%)
Adamjee Life Assur. / Jan 22 Adamjee Life Assurance Company Limited(ALIFE)	29.10 ▼ -0.89 (-2.97%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▼ -0.01
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▼ -0.01
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,227,770 ▼ -0.01
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	53,698,225 ▲ 0.15
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▼ -0.63
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▲ 0.22
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▼ -0.08
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▲ 0.02
B.O.Punjab / Jan 22 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,838,637 ▼ -0.04

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