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Sardar Sikander Shaheen

Government committee for Azadi March talks: Opposition expresses reservations over inclusion of Sanjrani

The opposition has strong reservations at the presence of Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani in the government committee assigned to hold a dialogue with the opposition while the government side is locked in internal differences over exclusion of some key gov

Published 22 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Government body rejects Fazl's demand for PM's resignation

Defense Minister Pervaiz Khattak, the head of government committee tasked by Prime Minister Imran Khan to hold dialogue with opposition, rejected the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl's (JUI-F) demand of the PM's resignation and warned that opposition would be re

Published 20 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Government body rejects Fazl's demand for PM's resignation

Published 20 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Khattak-led body to hold talks with JUI-F

The federal government on Friday formed a seven-member committee to hold dialogue with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and other opposition parties ahead of JUI-F's planned Azadi March-cum-sit-in. The committee has been formed by Defence Minister Pervai

Published 19 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

NA panel to approach PM for retrieving Pakistan Post's land

The National Assembly's Standing Committee on Postal Services Friday decided to approach Prime Minister Imran Khan for the retrieval of Pakistan Post's land allegedly grabbed by the land mafia in different parts of the country.

Published 19 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Khattak-led body to hold talks with JUI-F

Published 19 Oct, 2019 12:00am

ECP 'condemns' PPP's allegations about Larkana by-poll

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday 'condemned' the allegations leveled by the senior leadership of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) regarding foul play in the by-election held in Sindh Assembly's constituency PS-11, Larkana II, which the ruli

Published 19 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Finance

Senate's media directorate makes details of body's 'in camera' session public

In a development that has raised eyebrows, Senate Standing Committee on Postal Services held open proceedings of its session which was supposed to be 'in camera' and Senate Media Directorate issued a press release containing the details of this 'in camera

Published 18 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Upgradation of refineries: NA body decides to invite stakeholders in next meeting

The National Assembly's Standing Committee on Climate Change on Wednesday decided to invite stakeholders in its next meeting to formulate a plan with timeframe to upgrade refineries in the country. Committee's Chairperson Munaza Hassan from the ruling par

Updated 17 Oct, 2019 08:05am

Business & Finance

Senate body defer discussion on FGEHA bill till next meeting

The Senate Standing Committee on Housing and Works on Wednesday expressed its concerns over, what it said, 'absolute powers' granted to the director general in the Federal Government Employees Housing Authority Bill 2019 and deferred the bill till its nex

Published 17 Oct, 2019 12:00am

PS-11 Larkana II by-poll: Deployment of army in accordance with the law: ECP

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected the concern of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) over the deployment of Pakistan Army and Rangers inside the polling stations during the by-election, scheduled today (October 17), on Sindh Assembly's seat PS-1

Published 17 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Spouses, dependent children: Lawmakers asked to share wealth details with ECP

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday asked all the lawmakers, including the parliamentarians and members of the provincial assemblies, to share with the commission of their wealth details as well as those of their spouses and dependent chil

Published 15 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Double higher education quota: HEC slammed over failure to implement cabinet decision

The Senate Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) on Monday slammed the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for its alleged failure to implement the federal cabinet's decision to double the higher education quota for the students belongi

Published 15 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Centre and KP government earmark Rs 314 billion for erstwhile Fata

The combined allocation by federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) governments to the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in the current year is Rs 314 billion. The federal government has allocated Rs 152 billion (the entire amount earmarked

Published 13 Oct, 2019 12:00am

PM blasts media 'double standard' over HK protests

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday slammed the double standard of international media for not effectively highlighting the situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) and the plight of over eight million people there who are forcefully confined to their h

Published 12 Oct, 2019 12:00am

PM blasts media 'double standard' over HK protests

Published 12 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Finance

Absence from meetings: reprimands Islamabad mayor, CDA chief

The Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change Monday came down hard on Mayor Islamabad Sheikh Anser Aziz and Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) Amer Ali Ahmed for not showing up at the committee's meeting and decided to move a privilege motion

Published 08 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Absence from meetings: reprimands Islamabad mayor, CDA chief

Published 08 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Petition seeking ban on PTI turned down by ECP

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has turned down as non-maintainable a petition that seeks to ban Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), accusing the ruling party leaders of illegally stashing wealth abroad. The development is significant at a time when the

Published 05 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Petition seeking ban on PTI turned down by ECP

Published 05 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 17	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 17	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 17	155.67
USD to Swiss Franc / May 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 17	1.27
Euro to USD / May 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 17	5303.27
India Sensex / May 17	73917.03
Tokyo Nikkei / May 17	38787.38
Nasdaq / May 17	16685.97
Hang Seng / May 17	19535.61
FTSE 100 / May 17	8420.26
Dow Jones / May 17	40003.59
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18704.42

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 17	79.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 17	210562
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 17	2386.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 17	76.29
Petrol/Litre / May 19	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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