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Wheat procurement: Body formed to prepare plan as per IMF terms

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a committee headed by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb...

Updated 16 Nov, 2024 03:03pm

Pakistan

Effective wheat procurement system: UAF’s scientists developing policy recommendations

FAISALABAD: University of Agriculture, Faisalabad’s scientists are developing policy recommendations for effective...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:40am

Pakistan

President underscores need for ‘reasonable’ price of wheat

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has called for providing a reasonable wheat price, making timely ...

Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am

Editorials

Reducing public sector footprint in cash crops

EDITORIAL: Wheat procurement, or the lack thereof, has recently become a significant political and economic issue,...

Published 24 May, 2024 05:48am

Pakistan

Farmers demand govt start wheat procurement

LAHORE: Farmers while demonstrating in different cities, on the call of the Kissan Rabita Committee, demanded...

Published 22 May, 2024 05:54am

Markets

No restrictions on wheat transportation: PFD

LAHORE: Punjab Food department issued a policy statement on the transportation of wheat. According to the...

Published 20 May, 2024 05:44am

Pakistan

Naqvi praises PM for farmer-friendly initiative

LAHORE: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has paid tribute to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for increasing target of...

Published 16 May, 2024 06:29am

Business & Finance

Passco MD, GM Procurement suspended

LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered the suspension of Managing Director and General Manager...

Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am

Markets

Wheat crisis: PM suspends PASSCO higher-ups

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday ordered the suspension of the Managing Director and General Manager...

Updated 13 May, 2024 11:12pm

Opinion

The wheat woes

I would love to live in the utopian world of the neoliberal economist, where the market determines the exchange...

Updated 11 May, 2024 06:45am

Opinion

‘Wheat, wheat everywhere…’

BR op-ed writer Rashed Rahman deserves accolades for presenting the causes and reasons of ‘Pakistan’s Kissan...

Published 08 May, 2024 07:14am

Business & Finance

Wheat procurement: FPCCI body challenges Passco’s competence

ISLAMABAD: Standing Committee on Agriculture of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has...

Published 08 May, 2024 06:43am

Business & Finance

Import of 200,000 MTs of urea fertiliser allowed: ECC increases Passco’s wheat procurement target

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has increased procurement of wheat target of...

Published 08 May, 2024 06:43am

Opinion

Wheat, wheat everywhere…

The wheat crisis has thrown up a host of troubling questions that revolve around the persistent wisdom that in our...

Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am

BR Research

Wheat: executing a flawed policy poorly

If you want to make a muck of something, entrust it to the government. Starting in 2019, this will be the fifth...

Published 06 May, 2024 08:43am

Wheat procurement: PM vows to protect farmers

LAHORE: Announcing that the federal government will procure 1.8 million metric tonnes of wheat through the Pakistan...

Updated 05 May, 2024 01:52pm

Country faces the risk of decline in growth of cotton yield: FPCCI body demands Punjab govt start wheat procurement

KARACHI: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Standing Committee on Agriculture says the...

Updated 05 May, 2024 09:24am

Wheat procurement: Farmers give ultimatum to Punjab govt

LAHORE: Representatives of Pakistan Kissan Ittehad on Friday issued a one-week ultimatum, demanding the Punjab...

Updated 04 May, 2024 03:36pm

PM forms body to probe wheat import matter

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed an inquiry committee regarding import of wheat under the...

Updated 03 May, 2024 09:24am

Markets

LHC seeks details of wheat procurement decision

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday called details of the Punjab cabinet decision on the wheat procurement...

Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am

Pakistan

Farmers protesting delay in wheat procurement arrested ahead of sit-in in Lahore

LAHORE: Lahore Police detained several farmers from the provincial metropolis on Monday, aiming to prevent them from...

Published 30 Apr, 2024 03:43am

Pakistan

Govt agencies: KBP holds protest demos against delay in wheat procurement

LAHORE: Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) announced on Friday to stage demonstration at all the district headquarters of ...

Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am

Markets

Finance Division dismisses 'misleading' assertions on wheat procurement targets

The Finance Division dismissed media reports suggesting that the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has “delayed...

Updated 06 Apr, 2024 09:16pm

Business & Finance

ECC clears Rs274bn CCL for wheat procurement

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee of Cabinet approved a Rs274 billion Cash Credit Limit (CCL) for the...

Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am

Wheat procurement: ECC directs ministry to submit action plan

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has directed Ministry of National Food Security...

Updated 03 Nov, 2023 10:10am

Wheat procurement: ECC issues directives on issue of bank charges

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet has directed Secretaries of Finance and National...

Updated 05 May, 2023 09:01am

Pakistan

Sindh cabinet approves wheat procurement from March 15

KARACHI: The provincial cabinet has decided to start wheat procurement from March 15 at a rate of Rs4000 per 40 kg,...

Published 07 Feb, 2023 06:07am

PM wants provinces to complete wheat procurement by June 1

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his dismay and displeasure over provinces for not meeting the...

Updated 17 May, 2022 09:50am

Markets

PM Shehbaz directs measures to curb wheat smuggling, theft

Says construction of silos would help curb theft and corruption

Published 06 May, 2022 09:26pm

BR Research

Wheat procurement: hard choices

As federal cabinet dithers in face of a storm, provincial governments have stepped up and showed initiative. Earlier...

Published 03 Mar, 2022 10:01am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 18	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 18	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 18	153.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 18	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 18	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 18	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
India Sensex / Dec 18	80,231.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 18	39,081.71
Hang Seng / Dec 18	19,857.31
FTSE 100 / Dec 18	8,222.99
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 18	20,267.35

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 18	70.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 18	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 18	2,644.54
Diesel/Litre / Dec 18	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 18 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	7.90 ▲ 0.79 (11.11%)
Shaheen Ins. / Dec 18 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	6.75 ▲ 0.66 (10.84%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 18 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	61.55 ▲ 5.60 (10.01%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Dec 18 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	564.23 ▲ 51.29 (10.00%)
Data Agro / Dec 18 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	139.24 ▲ 12.66 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
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%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 18 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	180.01 ▼ -19.99 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 18 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	44.37 ▼ -4.93 (-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%)
GOC (Pak) / Dec 18 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	65.10 ▼ -6.97 (-9.67%)
Tata Textile / Dec 18 Tata Textile Mills Limited(TATM)	52.58 ▼ -5.55 (-9.55%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.14
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	58,285,174 ▼ -0.56
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	57,202,972 ▼ -0.16
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.87
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▼ -0.34
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	33,392,844 ▲ 0.95
Hub Power Co. / Dec 18 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	33,289,968 ▼ -7.68

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