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Over 600 companies participating in ITCN Asia

LAHORE: The 24th edition of ITCN Asia provided a platform for local and foreign companies and investors to sign...

Published 22 Apr, 2024 04:39am

Business & Finance

PTCL Group posts double digit revenue growth of 14pc

KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the leading telecom and ICT services provider in the...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Business & Finance

Implementation of around 150 projects: USF has given Rs141.66bn in subsidy to telecom operators so far

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) has awarded Rs 141.66 billion in subsidy so far to telecom operators for...

Published 26 Mar, 2024 04:20am

BR Research

IT exports on a rise

IT exports have been growing consecutively over the past four months. As per the latest data, the IT exports for...

Published 23 Jan, 2024 09:07am

BR Research

Surge in IT exports

The upward trend in ICT exports is a good sign for the economy is stagnation. The country’s IT sector exports have...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 08:58am

5G will be arriving in July next year, says minister

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunication Dr Umar Saif on Friday...

Updated 09 Dec, 2023 09:02am

Technology

Mobile operators in Pakistan may levy ‘SIM Disowning Charge’ from January 1

Cellular mobile operators in Pakistan may levy a disowning charge on SIMs having less than a six-month retention...

Updated 10 Nov, 2023 10:50pm

Business & Finance

‘Charter of technologically-driven economic transformation’ urged

ISLAMABAD: Telecom experts urged for a charter of technologically-driven economic transformation to foster the...

Published 07 Nov, 2023 06:33am

Business & Finance

Visas for KSA: envoy pledges to help facilitate IT firms

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki on Thursday assured that ...

Published 03 Nov, 2023 06:11am

Pakistan

Poor service: Amin advocates heavy fines on telecom cos

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunication, Syed Aminul Haque Wednesday demanded...

Published 06 Jul, 2023 05:42am

BR Research

Telecom FDI still in the blue

While the disappointing run in the telecommunications industry’s foreign direct investment (FDI) continues, slight...

Published 05 Jul, 2023 09:54am

Cabinet approves new directors on USF board

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved new directors on Universal Service Fund (USF) Company Board including...

Updated 28 May, 2023 10:04am

Business & Finance

OICCI urges govt to abolish WHT on telecom users

ISLAMABAD: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has urged the government to abolish...

Published 09 May, 2023 05:37am

NTC’s budget sent to ECC for approval

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has sought the Economic Coordination...

Updated 10 Apr, 2023 08:29am

BR Research

ICTs: out of breath?

With numbers for two-thirds of the fiscal year now in, the country’s information and communications technology (ICT)...

Published 31 Mar, 2023 08:48am

Technology

Ministry set to finalise Telecom Infrastructure Sharing Framework

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication is all set to finalise “Telecom...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am

Business & Finance

Telecom licence price pegged with USD: CMOs warn of ‘digital catastrophe’

ISLAMABAD: The Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) Wednesday gave SOS call to the government and warned that the ...

Published 23 Feb, 2023 05:52am

BR Research

PTCL Group in CY22

The country’s telecom giant posted its first annual net loss on the group level since at least 2012. As per latest...

Published 17 Feb, 2023 09:10am

Business & Finance

Spectrum availability not being fully utilised by CMOs

ISLAMABAD: The government has sufficient spectrum to offer for any future spectrum auction for NGMS in Pakistan;...

Updated 13 Feb, 2023 09:20am

Pakistan

General election not possible before Oct?

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque has said that the...

Updated 02 Feb, 2023 09:12am

BR Research

Handset imports: blacked out!

Latest central bank data show that the country’s mobile phone imports have crashed by an even bigger magnitude than...

Published 30 Jan, 2023 09:23am

Business & Finance

Telecom, data infrastructure: World Bank advocates regulatory reforms, investments to improve climate resilience

ISLAMABAD: Regulatory reforms and investments are needed to improve the climate resilience of telecom and data...

Published 26 Jan, 2023 05:58am

BR Research

Telecom FDI: painting red

The disappointing run in the telecommunications industry’s foreign direct investment (FDI) continues. Latest data...

Published 24 Jan, 2023 09:54am

Technology

Telecom operators asked to complete transition to IPv6

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has instructed all telecom operators and internet service...

Published 21 Jan, 2023 06:15am

Pakistan

MoITT readies draft of first Infrastructure Sharing Framework

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) has finalised the draft of ...

Published 06 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Business & Finance

Telecom industry begins issuing SIMs through ‘MBVS’

ISLAMABAD: The telecom industry has started issuing SIMs through an enhanced version of Biometric Verification ...

Published 24 Dec, 2022 05:50am

Business & Finance

Payments to Google: SBP rejects allegations

KARACHI: Recent news circulating in some sections of the media that certain payments to Google are stuck at the...

Updated 27 Nov, 2022 09:43am

Business & Finance

Amin urges Dar to ‘direct’ SBP to make payments

ISLAMABAD: Federal IT and Telecom Minister Syed Aminul Haque wrote a letter to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar regarding...

Updated 27 Nov, 2022 09:43am

Technology

Suspension of DCB payments to Google Play: users, telecom companies at receiving end

Facing a growing liquidity shortage as foreign exchange reserves continue to fall, Pakistan’s central bank has...

Published 26 Nov, 2022 05:47pm

Business & Finance

October IT exports up 13pc to $221m YoY

KARACHI: Information Technology (IT) exports for October 2022 increased by 13 percent on year-on-year basis to $221...

Published 24 Nov, 2022 04:28am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 15	278.43
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 15	278.23
USD to Japanese Yen / May 15	156.28
USD to Swiss Franc / May 15	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 15	1.26
Euro to USD / May 15	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 14	5246.68
Nasdaq / May 14	16511.18
Hang Seng / May 14	19073.71
Dow Jones / May 14	39558.11
India Sensex / May 15	73025.23
Tokyo Nikkei / May 15	38385.73
FTSE 100 / May 15	8467.99
Germany DAX 30 / May 15	18796.11

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 15	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 15	78.55
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 15	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 15	209191
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 15	2361.55
Diesel/Litre / May 15	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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