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Pakistan

Punjab PA condemns Indian atrocities in IOK

The Punjab Assembly on Thursday passed a unanimous resolution for condemning Indian atrocities in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and unilateral step of abrogating its special status. It also condemned India's Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and termed it d

Published 20 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Punjab PA adopts three bills amid opposition's boycott

The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday passed Punjab Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2019, The Punjab Probation and Parole Service Bill 2019 and the Punjab Village Panchayats and Neighborhood Council (Amendment) Bill 2019 in the absence of opposition.

Published 19 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

HEC hires 10 consultants on high salaries against rules

Defying the austerity measures of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan has hired 10 consultants on higher salaries, reliable sources told Business Recorder on Tuesday.

Published 18 Dec, 2019 12:00am

'Volume of power sector circular debt rises to Rs 1.7 trillion'

Pakistan Engineering Council Chairman Engineer Jawed Salim Qureshi claimed on Monday that the volume of power sector circular debt has risen to about Rs1.7 trillion which is a potential threat to the country's economy and power sector.

Published 17 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Diamer Bhasha Dam: Wapda may award contract in 6 to 8 weeks: chairman

The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) is all set to commence construction work on Diamer Basha Dam following award of contract in six to eight weeks while the under-construction Mohmand Dam and Dasu Hydropower Project (Stage-I) will be complet

Published 06 Dec, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Punjab PA validates Punjab agri marketing Ord for 90 days

The Punjab Assembly on Thursday extended the period of validity of The Punjab Agricultural Marketing Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Ordinance 2019, The Punjab Local Government (Amendment) Ordinance 2019, The Punjab Village Panchayats and Neighbourhood C

Published 29 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Payments to farmers by sugar mills: Punjab PA adopts unanimous resolution

The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution that the government should ensure payments to farmers by sugar mills. The resolution presented by PML-N Muhammad Safdar Shakir was first opposed by Minister Food Sami Ullah Chaudhry but PTI MP

Published 27 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Punjab PA adopts resolution against desecration of Holy Quran

The Punjab Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution against the desecration of Holy Quran by Norway's extreme right wing group 'Stop the Islamisation of Norway (SION)' in the Norwegian city of Kristiansand.

Published 26 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

PTI MPAs protest over PPP leaders' 'unparliamentary' words

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf members of the Punjab Assembly on Friday protested against use of unparliamentary words by PPP parliamentary leader Syed Hassan Murtaza.

Published 23 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Cases of Zardari shifted to Punjab: PPP leader concerned at trend of distrusting small provinces

Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentary leader in Punjab Assembly Syed Hassan Murtaza said on Tuesday that trend of distrusting small provinces should be stopped.

Published 20 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Punjab Assembly passes various bills amid Opposition's boycott

The Punjab Assembly on Monday passed The Punjab Land Revenue (Amendment) Bill 2019, The Punjab Zakat and Usher (Amendment) Bill 2019, and The Punjab Seized and Freezed Institution (Madaaris and Schools) Bill 2019 taking advantage of the boycott by the opp

Published 19 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Second phase of FTA with China to be operational from December 1: Razak

Advisor to Prime Minister on Commerce, Investment, Industries and Textile, Abdul Razak Dawood on Tuesday said that the second phase of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China is going to be operational from Dec 01, 2019 helping Pakistan come at par with the

Published 13 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Creating livelihood opportunities government's top priority: adviser

Govrenment's top priority is to run economy on strong foundations creating opportunities for livelihood, more trust among foreign investors and enable local industries to flourish. Adviser to Prime Minister for Institutional Reforms & Austerity, Dr Ishrat

Published 03 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Business & Finance

Import of raw cotton; APTMA urges government to remove duty, taxes

All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) on Tuesday has urged federal government to remove duty and taxes on the import of raw cotton otherwise the domestic textile industry would not be able to full fill its export commitments.

Updated 16 Oct, 2019 08:11am

Pakistan

PFA imposes fine on food points

Punjab Food Authority Safety teams inspected 63, 729 food points in the province out of which improvement notices were served to 42, 747 food points while imposed fine of Rs32,639,069 on 5,661 food points from July 1, 2018 to March 30, 2019. This was acco

Published 12 Oct, 2019 12:00am

HEC advertises ED post for third time

The Pakistan Terhreek-e-Insaf government which claims that education sector is its priority yet failed to fill the post of executive director (ED) in the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan despite announcing the vacancy twice in the recent past.

Published 05 Oct, 2019 12:00am

HEC advertises ED post for third time

Published 05 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Minister for improving quality of education in universities

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood said on Saturday that instead of establishing more universities in the country we should focus on enhancing the quality of education at the existing universities. He was speaking at

Published 29 Sep, 2019 12:00am

Deaths of four cancer patients: PA speaker asks Dr Yasmeen to form inquiry committee

Expressing sympathies with the cancer patients, Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has asked the Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmeen Rashid, to form an inquiry committee to look into the matter of non-provision of medicines to the cancer patient

Published 20 Sep, 2019 12:00am

CTD conducts 6,963 IBOs: PA told

The Counter Terrorism Authority had conducted 6,963 intelligence based operations (IBO) and 81,263 combing operations with the support of local police. Some 179 people were killed in these operations while 24,212 people were arrested. All the operations w

Published 18 Sep, 2019 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 10	278.14
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 10	277.97
USD to Japanese Yen / May 10	155.78
USD to Swiss Franc / May 10	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 10	1.25
Euro to USD / May 10	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 10	5222.68
India Sensex / May 10	72664.47
Tokyo Nikkei / May 10	38229.11
Nasdaq / May 10	16340.87
Hang Seng / May 10	18963.68
FTSE 100 / May 10	8433.76
Dow Jones / May 10	39512.84
Germany DAX 30 / May 10	18772.85

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 10	78.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 10	2360.50
Cotton US¢/pound / May 10	77.31
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 11	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 11	208762
Petrol/Litre / May 12	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 12 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 12 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 12 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 12 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 12 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 12 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 12 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 12 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 12 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 12 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 12 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 12 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 12 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 12 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 12 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 12 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 12 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 12 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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