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Constitution embodies right to dignity, fair pay: CJP Afridi

ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan Thursday said the constitution embodies the right to dignity, fair...

Updated 02 May, 2025 03:48pm

Editorials

Missing facilities

EDITORIAL: Our Constitution places responsibility on the state to provide free and compulsory education to all...

Published 31 Mar, 2025 04:08am

Opinion

‘Unconstitutional’ windfall tax—II

Discriminatory without intelligible differentia [Points 7 & 8] The Supreme Court of Pakistan in Federation of...

Published 30 Mar, 2025 06:17am

Constitution bars double taxation implicitly, lawyer tells apex court

ISLAMABAD: Makhdoom Ali Khan submitted that various judgments of the Supreme Court have restricted the word “fee”...

Updated 15 Mar, 2025 09:44am

Opinion

Periodic table of elements versus Constitution

The subject of Chemistry revolves around the Periodic Table in which 118 known elements are arranged in rows and...

Published 24 Feb, 2025 07:27am

Editorials

Judicial transfers

EDITORIAL: The transfer of Lahore High Court’s Justice Sarfraz Dogar, Sindh High Court’s Justice Khadim Hussain...

Published 05 Feb, 2025 06:48am

Pakistan

CJP stresses importance of Constitution

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Yahya Afridi has emphasised the significance of the Constitution as the fundamental ...

Published 08 Jan, 2025 07:20am

Pakistan

CJP underscores need for unity, respect for all faiths

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi on Monday underscored the need for unity and respect for all...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 07:29am

26th Amendment challenged in SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has been asked to declare 26th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2024 ab initio void and...

Updated 21 Dec, 2024 03:37pm

Editorials

The madressah bill controversy

EDITORIAL: Apparently, the ruling alliance did not realise the implications of what it bargained for when it sought...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 06:24am

Pakistan

ZAB didn’t get a fair trial, says CJP

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Yahya Afridi has said that the late prime minister, Zulfikar Ali...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 05:57am

Pakistan

SC cannot reappraise evidence and undo decision of case: CJP

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Yahya Afridi stated that the Supreme Court in its advisory jurisdiction under Article 186 ...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 08:54am

Opinion

Judicial independence after 26th Amendment

26th Constitutional Amendment after a hyped political drama now stands part of the constitution. It has been acted...

Published 03 Dec, 2024 06:41am

Mengal, Dawar, others challenge 26th Amendment

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was asked to declare that 26th Constitutional Amendment was passed contrary to the...

Updated 09 Nov, 2024 02:21pm

Opinion

Bridging the gap: PSC’s role in a changing Pakistan

Constitutional foundations of the Public Service Commission, Articles 240, 241, and 242 of Pakistan’s Constitution...

Updated 06 Nov, 2024 07:40am

Opinion

The 26th Constitutional Amendment

The 26th Constitutional Amendment in the Constitution of Pakistan, however controversial, has the potential to bring...

Published 03 Nov, 2024 07:28am

Pakistan

Need stressed to uphold constitution

KARACHI: Speakers at a seminar emphasized the urgent need to uphold the Constitution of Pakistan in its letter and...

Published 03 Nov, 2024 06:34am

Opinion

26th Amendment, new CJP and reforms

The Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amend-ment) Act, 2024 [26th Amendment], passed in utmost haste by the Parliament on...

Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:51am

Pakistan

Sindh Assembly hails passage of 26th Constitutional Amendment

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday voted on a resolution backing the 26th Amendment to the Constitution but...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 07:56am

Opinion

‘A hollow victory’

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “A hollow victory” carried by the newspaper yesterday. The write-up,...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am

Pakistan

26th Amendment challenged

ISLAMABAD: The recently-passed 26th Constitutional Amendment has been challenged in the Supreme Court, urging the...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am

Opinion

A hollow victory

After much huffing and puffing during the last few days if not weeks, the government has finally managed to get the...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

Cabinet approves proposed draft

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Sunday approved proposed draft of the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2024...

Updated 21 Oct, 2024 08:59am

Editorials

‘Holistic reforms’ in governance

EDITORIAL: It’s interesting that two separate civil society organisations have asked the government to hold...

Updated 20 Oct, 2024 06:19am

Pakistan

Constitutional amendment: Fazl acting as bridge, says Sindh CM

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Friday lauded Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur...

Published 19 Oct, 2024 06:48am

Civil servants’ kins: Jobs sans merit, ads violate constitution: SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court declared appointments without open advertisement, competition and merit, of the...

Updated 19 Oct, 2024 09:19am

Opinion

Pakistan

Article 63-A: Allowing petitions, SC strikes down 2022 ruling on defection clause

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court allowing the review petitions of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and others,...

Published 04 Oct, 2024 06:46am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 1	279.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 1	279.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 1	150.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 1	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 1	1.26
Euro to USD / Jan 1	1.10
UK LIBOR % / Jan 1	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 1	5,954.50
India Sensex / Jan 1	73,198.10
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	37,155.50
Nasdaq / Jan 1	18,847.28
Hang Seng / Jan 1	22,941.32
FTSE 100 / Jan 1	8,809.74
Dow Jones / Jan 1	43,840.91
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 1	22,551.43
France CAC40 / Jan 1	8,111.63

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Jan 1	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 1	69.76
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 1	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 1	257,639
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 1	2,857.83
Diesel/Litre / Jan 1	263.95
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 1	65.25

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / May 16 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	4.50 ▲ 0.52 (13.07%)
Equity Modaraba / May 16 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.17 ▲ 0.32 (11.23%)
Dewan Mushtaq / May 16 Dewan Mushtaq Textile Mills Limited(DMTM)	10.83 ▲ 1 (10.17%)
AN Textile Mills / May 16 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	13.06 ▲ 1.19 (10.03%)
Pak Synthetics / May 16 Pakistan Synthetics Limited(PSYL)	62.34 ▲ 5.67 (10.01%)
Bawany Air Products / May 16 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	44.17 ▲ 4.02 (10.01%)
Service Textile / May 16 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	15.27 ▲ 1.39 (10.01%)
Khyber Textile / May 16 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	1,183.53 ▲ 107.59 (10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / May 16 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	12,457.70 ▲ 1132.55 (10%)
P.N.S.C / May 16 Pakistan National Shipping Corporation(PNSC)	313.53 ▲ 28.5 (10%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp.Pref. / May 16 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7.17 ▼ -0.94 (-11.59%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / May 16 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	58.25 ▼ -6.45 (-9.97%)
Apna Microfin. / May 16 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	9.04 ▼ -1 (-9.96%)
East West Ins. / May 16 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	51.60 ▼ -5.69 (-9.93%)
Nagina Cot. / May 16 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	43.25 ▼ -4.76 (-9.91%)
Ellcot Spinning / May 16 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	101.40 ▼ -10.79 (-9.62%)
Din Tex. / May 16 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	44 ▼ -4.48 (-9.24%)
TPL Life Insur. / May 16 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	48 ▼ -4.84 (-9.16%)
National Silk / May 16 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	46 ▼ -4.04 (-8.07%)
Grays Leasing / May 16 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	4.41 ▼ -0.38 (-7.93%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / May 16 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,547,699 ▲ 0.02
Lotte Chemical / May 16 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	25,296,990 ▲ 1.67
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 16 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	20,051,594 ▲ 4.14
Pak Refinery / May 16 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,618,277 ▲ 0.63
Pak Elektron / May 16 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	13,209,424 ▼ -0.96
P.T.C.L. / May 16 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	12,829,746 ▲ 0.9
Fauji Foods Ltd / May 16 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	11,541,719 ▲ 0.23
Fast Cables / May 16 Fast Cables Limited(FCL)	8,572,227 ▲ 1.76
Sui South Gas / May 16 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	7,692,232 ▼ -0.45
Telecard Limited / May 16 Telecard Limited(TELE)	7,689,434 ▲ 0.12

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