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Malaysian delegation commends efforts of USF

ISLAMABAD: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has commended Pakistan’s Universal ...

Published 20 Feb, 2025 06:44am

Markets

NA panel directs PTA to fast-track Starlink’s entry into Pakistan

Rs43.65 billion proposed for IT ministry's PSDP budget for FY26

Updated 04 Feb, 2025 09:56pm

Business & Finance

USF subsidy: PTCL, Ufone take major chunk

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Comp-any Limited (PTCL) and Ufone took major chunk of around Rs77 billion or ...

Published 16 Jan, 2025 03:04am

Pakistan

Breast cancer: USF chief focuses on importance of increasing awareness

ISLAMABAD: Universal Service Fund (USF) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chaudhry Mudassar Naveed emphasised the...

Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:28am

Technology

Unserved, underserved areas: USF provides broadband services

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) is revolutionizing Pakistan's digital landscape by providing broadband...

Published 26 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Business & Finance

USF approves Rs23bn budget for 2024-25

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) Policy Committee approved USF Company budget of Rs 23 billion for the...

Published 04 Sep, 2024 06:38am

Pakistan

Several options for settlement of outstanding amounts against LDI operators under study

ISLAMABAD: The government is contemplating upon several options on settlement of outstanding amounts of around...

Updated 16 Aug, 2024 08:09am

Business & Finance

Projects in underserved and unserved areas: USF body approves release of Rs4.7bn Q4 budget

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) Policy Committee approved the release of the 4th quarter budget ...

Published 25 May, 2024 05:32am

Business & Finance

Implementation of around 150 projects: USF has given Rs141.66bn in subsidy to telecom operators so far

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) has awarded Rs 141.66 billion in subsidy so far to telecom operators for...

Published 26 Mar, 2024 04:20am

Business & Finance

Sibi, Motorway M-8: USF awards Rs6.78bn contract to Ufone

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) has awarded a contract worth approximately PKR 6.78 billion to Ufone for...

Published 14 Jul, 2023 06:22am

Technology

USF policy body approves Rs4.3bn for Q4

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) Policy Committee, on Tuesday, approved the release of Rs4.370 billion to...

Published 24 May, 2023 05:57am

Technology

5G networks: SATRC workshop highlights significance of national optical fibre

ISLAMABAD: The South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (SATRC) Workshop on Policy, Regulation and...

Published 11 May, 2023 05:54am

Business & Finance

Telecom services in unserved, underserved areas: USF has spent Rs90.670bn so far

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) has spent Rs 90.670 billion since inception on providing telecom ...

Published 06 Apr, 2023 06:20am

Pakistan

Relaxing network rollout obligations for CMOs under study

ISLAMABAD: The government is considering relaxing network rollout obligations for cellular mobile operators (CMOs)...

Published 14 Mar, 2023 03:18am

Business & Finance

Spectrum availability not being fully utilised by CMOs

ISLAMABAD: The government has sufficient spectrum to offer for any future spectrum auction for NGMS in Pakistan;...

Updated 13 Feb, 2023 09:20am

Business & Finance

Upgrading of mobile networks: Curbs on LCs causing hurdles in import of equipment: minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque has said that the limited facility of...

Published 18 Jan, 2023 06:22am

LCs issue: CMOs likely to get force majeure for new projects

ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to grant force majeure to cellular mobile operators (CMOs) for 10 new...

Updated 17 Jan, 2023 08:55am

Pakistan

Broadband facilities: Over 70 connectivity projects under way, says minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque said over 70 connectivity projects worth...

Published 26 Nov, 2022 04:13am

Pakistan

Minister launches ‘smartphone for all’ initiative

ISLAMABAD: The Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) and Kistpay in collaboration with the...

Published 24 Nov, 2022 04:28am

Editorials

Pakistan’s ‘digital emergency’

EDITORIAL: IT Minister Aminul Haque would have noticed, when he met telecom industry executives divided over the...

Published 23 Nov, 2022 05:55am

Technology

Telecom sector seeks critically-needed fiscal space

ISLAMABAD: The telecom sector seeks urgent policy interventions from the government to provide critically-needed...

Published 18 Nov, 2022 07:35am

Technology

The reasons why IT-telecom sector lagging behind explained

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s information technology and telecom sector is lagging behind its potential due to...

Updated 03 Nov, 2022 12:17pm

Pakistan

Tharparkar & Gwadar districts: MOITT launches two projects worth Rs1bn

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MOITT) on Friday launched two projects ...

Published 29 Oct, 2022 05:55am

Technology

4G connectivity: Over 11.5m Pakistanis to benefit from joint Jazz-USF efforts

ISLAMABAD: Over 11.5 million Pakistanis in rural areas will benefit from 4G connectivity under the joint efforts of...

Published 22 Mar, 2022 05:21am

Pakistan

M3 and M5 Motorways: Jazz bags Rs300m contract for broadband services

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication through the Universal Service Fund (USF)...

Published 16 Dec, 2021 04:00am

Pakistan

Govt planning to revise legal, institutional framework of USF

ISLAMABAD: The government is planning to revise the legal and institutional framework of Universal Service Fund...

Published 14 Dec, 2021 06:40am

Pakistan

IT ministry launches Rs11.5bn projects to facilitate 4.4m people

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) Board approved 10 projects worth approximately Rs 11.5 billion to ...

Published 13 Dec, 2021 06:45am

Business & Finance

USF has emerged as leading public-sector organization: CEO

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) has emerged as a leading public-sector organisation, which has the...

Published 15 Oct, 2021 04:08am

Pakistan

Un-served and under-served areas of Sindh, Punjab: USF approves 4 projects to provide high-speed internet services

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) Board approved four projects worth around Rs 993 million to provide...

Published 21 Sep, 2021 04:10am

Pakistan

Broadband services: USF awards around Rs555m contract to Telenor

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) Thursday awarded contract worth around Rs555 million to Telenor for...

Published 13 Aug, 2021 04:44am

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 26	150.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 26	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 25	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 25	5,776.65
Nasdaq / Mar 25	18,271.86
Dow Jones / Mar 25	42,587.50
India Sensex / Mar 26	77,971.12
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 26	38,027.29
Hang Seng / Mar 26	23,483.32
FTSE 100 / Mar 26	8,660.31
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 26	22,923.69
France CAC40 / Mar 26	8,042.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 25	17,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 25	272,462
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 26	69.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 26	3,018.44
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 26	65.37
Petrol/Litre / Mar 27	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Mar 27	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%)
Data Agro / Mar 26 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	96.62 ▲ 8.78 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Mar 26 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	58.44 ▲ 5.31 (9.99%)
Crescent Fib. / Mar 26 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.70 ▲ 4.14 (9.96%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	14.48 ▲ 1.31 (9.95%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Mar 26 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	340 ▲ 30.55 (9.87%)

Stock	Price
Elahi Cot. / Mar 26 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Mar 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.95 ▼ -1.38 (-9.63%)
Atlas Ins. Ltd / Mar 26 Atlas Insurance Limited(ATIL)	58.50 ▼ -5.48 (-8.57%)
Bela Auto / Mar 26 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	167 ▼ -14.94 (-8.21%)
Kohat Textile / Mar 26 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	28.15 ▼ -2.4 (-7.86%)
Jubilee Spinning / Mar 26 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.88 ▼ -0.89 (-7.56%)
Frontier Ceram / Mar 26 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	22.40 ▼ -1.82 (-7.51%)
Noon Sugar / Mar 26 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	73.62 ▼ -5.95 (-7.48%)
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%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Elektron / Mar 26 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,093,385 ▲ 1.6
P.S.O. / Mar 26 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	26,846,685 ▲ 1.38
TRG Pak Ltd / Mar 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	22,825,615 ▼ -0.92
Cnergyico PK / Mar 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	17,176,390 ▲ 0.07
B.O.Punjab / Mar 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,063,012 ▼ -0.18
Pak Petroleum / Mar 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,868,233 ▲ 7.49
Engro Fert. / Mar 26 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	14,391,574 ▼ -1.85
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	12,412,844 ▲ 0.01
TPL REIT Fund I / Mar 26 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,002,839 ▲ 0.06
Fauji Cement / Mar 26 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	10,156,162 ▲ 1.41

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