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Aurangzeb meets Group CE SCB

DAVOS: On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, the Federal Minister for Finance and...

Updated 25 Jan, 2025 02:40pm

Business & Finance

Europe needs to take page out of US book: IMF

DAVOS, (Switzerland): With the European economy lagging behind the United States, the head of the International...

Published 25 Jan, 2025 06:22am

Finance minister meets Saudi, Qatari counterparts

Updated 24 Jan, 2025 09:12am

Aurangzeb attends IGWEL session

DAVOS: On the sideline of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Minister of Finance Muhammad...

Updated 24 Jan, 2025 09:14am

Pakistan

Pathfinder Group organises ‘Inspiring Pakistan’ event at Pakistan Pavilion in Davos

DAVOS: Pathfinder Group organised an event “Inspiring Pakistan” at the Pakistan Pavilion in Davos for the 21st...

Published 23 Jan, 2025 06:14am

Business & Finance

Banks running ‘war rooms’; markets tense

DAVOS, (Switzerland): JPMorgan Chase & Co bankers worked through the night in a “war room” to assess the...

Published 22 Jan, 2025 06:06am

Business & Finance

Aurangzeb invites global stakeholders to invest in priority sectors

DAVOS: In an exclusive article published as part of World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Minister of Finance and...

Published 22 Jan, 2025 06:06am

Markets

‘Pakistan should seek assistance from UN, IMF & WEF on clean renewable energy’

FAISALABAD: Pakistan should seek financial and technical assistance from world organizations including UN, IMF and...

Published 25 Sep, 2024 06:48am

Markets

RE generated 30pc of world’s electricity in 2023: WEF

LAHORE: Renewable energy has generated 30 percent of the world’s electricity in 2023, said a report of World...

Published 26 May, 2024 02:56am

Opinion

U-turn on net metering

Delivering a powerful speech at a closing Plenary- Rejuvenating Growth of the World Economic Forum on 29th April...

Published 20 May, 2024 05:44am

Editorials

Showing off the dirty laundry

EDITORIAL: Perhaps the prime minister could have, rather should have, prepared a better pitch for Pakistan’s...

Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am

Visit to begin on 5th: PM sets up panel to facilitate private sector team from KSA

Pakistan is eyeing an investment of up to $15-20 billion from Saudi Arabia in different sectors/ fields including purchase of public sector entities or share purchases

Updated 02 May, 2024 12:05pm

Aurangzeb says mulling introducing digital currency potential

RIYADH: Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Sunday that his government was considering taking an...

Updated 29 Apr, 2024 08:56am

Uplift projects: PM, IDB president for early completion

RIYADH: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Dr Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser...

Updated 29 Apr, 2024 09:20am

PM holds talks with Saudis on investment, business prospects

Saudi minister for finance says a delegation of Saudi investors would soon visit Pakistan

Updated 29 Apr, 2024 09:23am

Pakistan

WEF’s special meeting: PM Shehbaz highlights ‘global healthcare inequities’

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday highlighted “inequities in the global healthcare” and termed them...

Updated 28 Apr, 2024 08:43pm

Pakistan

PM in Riyadh to attend WEF moot

The Prime Minister and the Ministers will participate in WEF discussions on issues related to trade and investment measures

Updated 28 Apr, 2024 09:30am

Pakistan

KSA FM meets Kakar

DAVOS: Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Thursday called on Caretaker Prime Minister,...

Published 19 Jan, 2024 05:37am

Pakistan

Pakistan, Dubai ink over $3bn investment pact at Davos

Authorities sign agreements to strengthen relations in the marine and logistics sectors

Updated 18 Jan, 2024 09:56pm

Pakistan

DP World, Pakistan’s JW Holding sign MoU to develop SEZs in Pakistan

DP World, Dubai’s state-owned port giant, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with JW Holdings, a...

Updated 17 Jan, 2024 06:08pm

Editorials

Optics are important

EDITORIAL: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar’s decision to attend the fifty-fourth annual meeting of the...

Published 16 Jan, 2024 05:44am

Pakistan

WEF moot PM reaches Switzerland

ZURICH: Caretaker Prime Minister (PM) Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Sunday landed in Davos, Switzerland to participate in...

Updated 15 Jan, 2024 08:59am

Pakistan

Caretaker PM Kakar reaches Switzerland to represent Pakistan at WEF annual meeting

World Economic Forum's 54th annual meeting to continue till January 19

Published 14 Jan, 2024 09:55pm

Pakistan

PM to attend WEF annual meeting in Davos next week

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar will embark on a five-day visit on 15th January to Davos,...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:06am

Opinion

Climate change crisis: the world must do better and fast

As the 28th edition of the ‘Conference of the Parties’ (COP) is scheduled to be held during November 30-December 12...

Updated 17 Nov, 2023 12:45pm

World

Women strike in Iceland for equal pay

REYKJAVIK: Tens of thousands of women in Iceland, including the prime minister, walked off the job on Tuesday to...

Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:19am

Perspectives

Pakistan and the genie of Artificial Intelligence

The late American computer scientist John McCarthy is said to have coined the word Artificial Intelligence in 1956...

Published 03 Oct, 2023 06:08pm

Technology

Pakistan’s startup Abhi selected among WEF’s ‘Technology Pioneers’

Pakistan’s financial platform Abhi has been selected as one of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) ‘Technology...

Published 21 Jun, 2023 03:20pm

Opinion

Beyond the needle and thread: Women’s empowerment through textile exports

Women hold up half the sky, but whether they are compensated for this effort in Pakistan remains questionable. As of...

Updated 07 Jun, 2023 06:42am

Business & Finance

Western climate subsidies risk hitting emerging markets: IMF

DAVOS, (Switzerland): The head of the IMF warned Friday that Western subsidies to combat climate change and ...

Published 21 Jan, 2023 06:46am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 15	280.63
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 15	280.43
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 15	143.15
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 15	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 15	1.32
Euro to USD / Apr 15	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 14	5,405.97
Nasdaq / Apr 14	16,831.48
Dow Jones / Apr 14	40,524.79
India Sensex / Apr 15	76,780.06
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 15	34,267.54
Hang Seng / Apr 15	21,470.46
FTSE 100 / Apr 15	8,209.09
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 15	21,175.70
France CAC40 / Apr 15	7,263.20

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 14	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 14	290,466
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 15	61.77
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 15	3,224.76
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 15	65.75
Petrol/Litre / Apr 16	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 16	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Apr 15 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	2.73 ▲ 0.58 (26.98%)
Gulshan Sp. / Apr 15 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	3.72 ▲ 0.55 (17.35%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Apr 15 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	8.29 ▲ 0.79 (10.53%)
Tariq Corporation / Apr 15 Tariq Corporation Limited(TCORP)	16.16 ▲ 1.47 (10.01%)
Sanghar Sugar / Apr 15 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	55.51 ▲ 5.05 (10.01%)
Redco Textile / Apr 15 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	25.27 ▲ 2.3 (10.01%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Apr 15 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	17.70 ▲ 1.61 (10.01%)
Chakwal Spinning / Apr 15 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	47.87 ▲ 4.35 (10%)
Gillette Pak / Apr 15 Gillette Pakistan Limited(GLPL)	153.62 ▲ 13.97 (10%)
Nimir Resins / Apr 15 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	35.08 ▲ 3.19 (10%)

Stock	Price
Power Cem(Pref) / Apr 15 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	13.55 ▼ -1.28 (-8.63%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Apr 15 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	8.32 ▼ -0.77 (-8.47%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Apr 15 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	25.58 ▼ -2.35 (-8.41%)
Imperial Limited / Apr 15 Imperial Limited(IML)	13.50 ▼ -1.22 (-8.29%)
LSE Capital / Apr 15 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	5.05 ▼ -0.45 (-8.18%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Apr 15 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	18.09 ▼ -1.41 (-7.23%)
Janana De Malucho / Apr 15 Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited(JDMT)	48.19 ▼ -3.66 (-7.06%)
Parmount Sp. / Apr 15 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	3.80 ▼ -0.28 (-6.86%)
Philip Morris Pak. / Apr 15 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	1,175.87 ▼ -85.61 (-6.79%)
Ruby Textile / Apr 15 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	7.26 ▼ -0.51 (-6.56%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Apr 15 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	32,091,019 ▼ -0.11
TRG Pak Ltd / Apr 15 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	21,511,574 ▲ 4.01
B.O.Punjab / Apr 15 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	20,785,866 ▼ -0.19
Dewan Cement / Apr 15 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	19,449,173 ▲ 0.27
Sui South Gas / Apr 15 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	15,773,976 ▼ -0.37
Fauji Foods Ltd / Apr 15 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	15,546,598 ▲ 0.42
Engro Powergen / Apr 15 Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited(EPQL)	15,491,518 ▲ 0.65
Secure Logistics / Apr 15 Secure Logistics Group Limited(SLGL)	13,589,909 ▲ 0.93
Pak Refinery / Apr 15 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	13,303,100 ▲ 0.14
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 15 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	11,659,459 ▲ 3.03

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