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Agriculture

FPCCI says agri sector can be the game changer for economy

KARACHI: Federation of Pakistan chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has emphasized that the government’s...

Published 07 Jun, 2023 06:05am

Business & Finance

Sustainable agriculture: experts say ‘AgriTech’ only solution

HYDERABAD: National and international experts have expressed that food security is a threat due to the shrinking ...

Published 05 Jun, 2023 03:27am

Business & Finance

Agri sector: minister says country needs to adopt latest techniques

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Friday said that to make Pakistan...

Published 03 Jun, 2023 03:52am

Business & Finance

Agri sector: PM orders formation of sub-committees to finalise budget proposals

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed to form two sub-committees to finalise the budget proposals...

Published 02 Jun, 2023 03:56am

Business & Finance

Pakistan, Azerbaijan to enhance, diversify trade, cooperation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Azerbaijan have agreed to enhance and diversify bilateral trade and expand cooperation in...

Published 02 Jun, 2023 03:56am

Business & Finance

GUARD announces new award for agri scientists

LAHORE: GUARD Agricultural Research & Services Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shahzad Ali Malik on Wednesday...

Published 01 Jun, 2023 03:34am

Pakistan

Australia supports prosperous, stable Pakistan, says HC

LAHORE: Showing interest in enhancing Australian cooperation in agriculture, dairy sector development and livestock...

Published 31 May, 2023 03:57am

Pakistan

VC SAU inaugurates IEEE societies

HYDERABAD: Vice Chancellor of Sindh Agriculture University Dr. Fateh Marri said that the implementation of Internet...

Published 24 May, 2023 05:57am

Pakistan

Punjab govt, FAO carry out water management project

LAHORE: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with the Punjab Government will...

Published 24 May, 2023 05:57am

Markets

‘Hungary has enough crop storage for summer’

BUDAPEST: Half of Hungary’s grain storage capacity is available ahead of the harvest, sufficient to store this...

Published 21 May, 2023 04:00am

Markets

Punjab cultivates cotton on over 3.663m acres so far: Agri secy

LAHORE: Secretary Agriculture Punjab Iftikhar Ali Sahoo while presiding over the cotton review meeting on South...

Published 21 May, 2023 04:00am

Pakistan

Punjab govt, FAO sign accord on Indus Basin protection

LAHORE: The Punjab government and Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed a ...

Published 17 May, 2023 06:22am

Pakistan

Climate change: Pakistan seventh most vulnerable country: minister

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is the seventh most vulnerable country to climate change which poses a serious challenge to the...

Published 17 May, 2023 06:22am

Business & Finance

Horticulture sector: PFVA proposes Rs3bn allocation for R&D in FY24 budget

KARACHI: Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association (PFVA) has suggested allocation of fund of Rs 3 billion...

Published 10 May, 2023 06:03am

Pakistan

Turkiye, SAU to start projects on modern agriculture

HYDERABAD: Turkiye and Sindh Agriculture University (SAU) have agreed to start various projects on modern...

Published 09 May, 2023 05:37am

Business & Finance

Replacing old farming practices with advanced technologies needed: PFVA

PESHAWAR: Patron in Chief Pakistan Fruits and Vegetable Association (PFVA) Waheed Ahmad has stressed to replace...

Published 08 May, 2023 06:40am

Business & Finance

Official says cotton plan implementation can help country fetch $3bn

LAHORE: Implementation of Cotton Action Plan 2023-24 will make it possible to earn $3 billion in foreign exchange,...

Published 07 May, 2023 03:21am

Business & Finance

Speakers demand govt give agriculture status of industry

HYDERABAD: Labor rights activists, government bodies, growers and women cotton workers concerned on the poor working...

Published 07 May, 2023 03:21am

Pakistan

Major bids to smuggle huge quantities of fertilizer, sugar to Afghanistan foiled

ISLAMABAD: Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation-Customs foiled major attempts to smuggle huge...

Published 03 May, 2023 06:35am

Pakistan

Agricultural productivity: PHHSA calls for viable strategy over impacts of climate change

LAHORE: Chairman Pakistan Hi-tech Hybrid Seed Association (PHHSA) Shahzad Ali Malik said agricultural production is...

Published 01 May, 2023 03:28am

Business & Finance

Climatic changes: Rice crop remains unhurt: PHHSA

LAHORE: Chairman Pakistan Hi Tech Hybrid Rice Association (PHHSA) Shahzad Ali Malik Tuesday said climatic changes...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:15am

Pakistan

SAU VC expresses concern over conversion of green land into colonies

HYDERABAD: Dr. Fateh Marri, Vice Chancellor, Sindh Agriculture University, (SAU) has expressed his concern and said...

Published 17 Apr, 2023 07:45am

World Bank estimates fall in GDP per capita income to $1,399

Says poverty will inevitably increase with pressures from weak labour markets and high inflation

Updated 15 Apr, 2023 08:33pm

World would gain $1trn by closing agri gender gap: UN

PARIS: Closing the gender gap in the agriculture and food system, where women still earn less than men, would add $1...

Published 14 Apr, 2023 05:59am

Kissan Package: Use of DAP, urea ebbs due to higher prices, supply issues

ISLAMABAD: An inter-ministerial meeting on Kissan Package-2022 was informed that use of DAP and urea fertilizer has...

Updated 14 Apr, 2023 08:37am

Pakistan

Separate ministry for exploring potent seeds proposed

LAHORE: Stakeholders have suggested setting up a separate ministry to work for exploring more potent seeds from...

Published 13 Apr, 2023 06:37am

Opinion

The life-giving dams

The gushing, frothy spillways create a tremor – you feel the ground shuddering, absorbing the thrust of the force...

Updated 13 Apr, 2023 07:29am

Business & Finance

SFD provides $240m for Mohmand hydro-power dam

ISLAMABAD: The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) signed a $240 million loan agreement to support Pakistan’s Mohmand...

Updated 09 Apr, 2023 12:07am

Business & Finance

Hybrid economic model suggested for swift uplift

KARACHI: Are we an agriculture country or an industrial country, this is a very serious question in the mind of ...

Published 03 Apr, 2023 06:36am

Pakistan

Low investment in research termed hurdle to agri productivity

ISLAMABAD: “Limited investment in research on producing quality seeds and imbalance use of fertilizers are the...

Published 02 Apr, 2023 03:02am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 9	278.20
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 9	278
USD to Japanese Yen / May 9	155.57
USD to Swiss Franc / May 9	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 9	1.25
Euro to USD / May 9	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 8	5187.67
Nasdaq / May 8	16302.76
FTSE 100 / May 8	8354.05
Dow Jones / May 8	39056.39
Germany DAX 30 / May 8	18498.38
France CAC40 / May 8	8131.41
India Sensex / May 9	72965.17
Tokyo Nikkei / May 9	38260.75

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 9	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 9	79.44
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 9	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 9	205075
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 9	2318.17
Diesel/Litre / May 9	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 9 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 9 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 9 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 9 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 9 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 9 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 9 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 9 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 9 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 9 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 9 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 9 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 9 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 9 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 9 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 9 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 9 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 9 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 9 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 9 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 9 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 9 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 9 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 9 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 9 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 9 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 9 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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