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ECC directs officials to look into G-B wheat issue

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has directed the Secretary Finance, Secretary...

Updated 11 Feb, 2024 09:25am

Pakistan

There’s no wheat shortage, Senate told

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government has claimed that 7.2 million metric tonnes of wheat stocks are currently...

Published 28 Nov, 2023 04:56am

Business & Finance

Flour millers assured that there will be smooth supply of wheat

KARACHI: Sindh government has assured the flour mills for uninterrupted supply of wheat grains from next week to...

Published 06 May, 2023 06:23am

Editorials

Wheat shortage

EDITORIAL: It is gross incompetence and mismanagement by central and provincial governments alike, even more than...

Updated 17 Jan, 2023 11:27pm

Federal govt says sufficient wheat stocks available

Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema says if any province needs wheat then they should come and take the commodity

Updated 14 Jan, 2023 08:48am

Punjab govt decides to give 21,000MTs of wheat to Balochistan

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvaiz Elahi has announced to give 21,000 metric tons of wheat to...

Updated 14 Jan, 2023 08:49am

Business & Finance

Two shipments of wheat arrive

KARACHI: Two consignments of wheat imported by Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) have arrived in Pakistan for...

Updated 10 Jan, 2023 08:57am

There’s no shortage of wheat: govt

ISLAMABAD: The government while denouncing the rumours regarding a wheat shortage crisis has said that the country...

Updated 05 Jan, 2023 08:59am

Business & Finance

Wheat shortage, financial crisis: Balochistan seeks centre’s help

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo here on Wednesday demanded the federation to immediately...

Updated 05 Jan, 2023 09:00am

Punjab CM writes letter to PM over wheat shortage

LAHORE: Following the shortage of wheat in the province, Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has written a...

Updated 21 Oct, 2022 09:39am

Pakistan

Miftah warns of food insecurity as floods dent wheat, rice crops

At event in Karachi, finance minister stresses that the 'world does not want to lend to Pakistan anymore' so it is imperative to 'live within our means' to ensure sustainable, long-term growth

Updated 02 Sep, 2022 05:24pm

Pakistan

Incompetent food dept creates famine-like situation in Upper Chitral

ISLAMABAD: A famine-like situation has been created in Upper Chitral district due to the “mismanagement and...

Published 22 Jul, 2022 06:07am

Editorials

ECC addresses wheat shortage

EDITORIAL: It ought to be appreciated that, for once, the system has moved fast enough for the Economic Coordination...

Published 08 Jul, 2022 05:36am

Markets

India tightens flour exports after global wheat shortage

NEW DELHI: India will impose restrictions on the export of flour in a fresh move to insulate domestic markets from a...

Published 07 Jul, 2022 05:10pm

ECC takes step to forestall wheat shortage

Approves lowest bid offer for the import of 500,000 metric tons of wheat at US$ 439.40 per metric ton

Updated 06 Jul, 2022 10:17am

Opinion

Pakistan at a crossroads — II

Pakistan witnessed the worst shortage of sugar and wheat. Their prices went up to historic high rates. In terms of...

Published 20 Mar, 2022 06:04am

Business & Finance

Imports from Ukraine likely to be disrupted

KARACHI: The imports from Ukraine are expected to be disrupted as shipping companies have stopped accepting bookings...

Published 01 Mar, 2022 05:34am

BR Research

A looming wheat crisis next door?

All’s not well on the western front. According to USAID’s Early Warning Systems for Famines, by Dec-21 price of...

Published 08 Feb, 2022 08:37am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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