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Housing finance schemes: Pakistan govt ready to offer 100% guarantees to banks

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal Monday announced that the...

Updated 13 May, 2025 11:44am

Pakistan

Minister for providing affordable, quality housing to public

KARACHI: Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani has stated that the provincial government’s top priority was...

Published 14 Feb, 2025 07:44am

Housing sector: PM likely to approve package today

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to approve a package on Thursday (Feb 6) for the development of...

Updated 06 Feb, 2025 09:19am

Business & Finance

Housing & real estate sectors: FPCCI proposes cut in taxes to single digits

KARACHI: Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI, has proposed that taxes on housing and real estate sectors should be...

Published 04 Feb, 2025 06:29am

Purchase of plots in new sectors of Islamabad: Overseas Pakistanis demand waiver of WHT/FED

ISLAMABAD: The overseas Pakistanis have demanded a waiver from withholding taxes/Federal Excise Duty (FED) and...

Updated 03 Feb, 2025 08:57am

Housing sector: task force finalises recommendations

ISLAMABAD: Task Force for development of housing sector has recommended abolition of section 7E of the Income Tax...

Updated 03 Feb, 2025 03:07pm

Affordable housing projects: Govt to announce major incentives for finance access

ISLAMABAD: The government is planning to announce major incentives for granting access to finance for affordable...

Updated 24 Jan, 2025 08:48am

Business & Finance

KATI proposes key steps for housing sector revival

KARACHI: President of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), Junaid Naqi has proposed key measures ...

Published 23 Jan, 2025 07:50am

Business & Finance

PHMA Chairman urges govt to focus on housing sector

LAHORE: Sardar Usman Ghani, the central chairman of Pakistan Hardware Merchant Association, has suggested in a...

Published 23 Jan, 2025 07:32am

Business & Finance

Tanveer suggests steps to revive housing sector

LAHORE: Patron-in-Chief United Business Group (UBG) S M Tanveer has suggested measures for revival of the housing...

Published 22 Jan, 2025 07:24am

Business & Finance

ABAD presents proposals for revival of housing sector

LAHORE: The Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan (ABAD) presented a set of proposals for revival of...

Published 05 Jan, 2025 02:45am

PM constitutes taskforce on housing sector

KARACHI: Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a ‘taskforce’ to develop a growth framework and...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 05:57am

Aurangzeb says affordable housing linked with two ‘existential’ problems

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb, while terming the directed lending by the government to...

Updated 05 Dec, 2024 09:11am

Pakistan

‘Moving in the right direction’: Aurangzeb highlights economic progress

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb Wednesday reaffirmed that Pakistan’s macroeconomic...

Updated 04 Dec, 2024 10:49pm

Business & Finance

Housing sector: Turkiye expresses willingness to contribute

ISLAMABAD: The Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Pakistan, Irfan Neziroglu, called on Federal Minister for...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 06:38am

Pakistan

Ponzi schemes: NAB Lahore distributes Rs1.86bn among 300 affectees

LAHORE: Director General, National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lahore, Amjad Majeed Aulakh held a monthly Open ...

Published 07 Sep, 2024 07:56am

Pakistan

Effective use of agriculture land urged

LAHORE: Punjab Local Government Minister Zeeshan Rafiq has said that an effective mechanism for the use of...

Published 24 Jul, 2024 05:38am

Pakistan

Need stressed to use green technology in housing sector

KARACHI: Civil Engineering Department of Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology organised a workshop on...

Published 23 Nov, 2023 03:19am

Business & Finance

Speakers underscore need for taking concrete steps aimed at improving housing affordability

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at an event have urged the government to introduce serious policy, institutional, financing, and...

Published 13 Jul, 2023 04:50am

Business & Finance

Rs14bn released for 113 housing sector projects in 7 months

ISLAMABAD: The government has so far released funds amounting to Rs 14.252 billion, under the Public Sector...

Published 20 Feb, 2023 06:26am

Pakistan

Flood-hit areas: Govt spent $1.5bn through its own resources: official

ISLAMABAD: Secretary Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Syed Zafar Ali Shah Thursday said ...

Published 30 Dec, 2022 05:50am

Business & Finance

Housing sector: SHE announces investing $50m in 3 years

ISLAMABAD: The Sustainable Housing Ecosystems (SHE), a joint consortium between Altair, AMC and Trellis on Wednesday...

Updated 08 Dec, 2022 09:10am

Pakistan

Punjab govt to set up special cell to woo overseas investment

LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to set up a special cell to attract and support overseas Pakistanis to...

Published 13 Aug, 2022 05:21am

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 16	281.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 16	281.50
USD to Japanese Yen / May 16	145.21
USD to Swiss Franc / May 16	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / May 16	1.33
Euro to USD / May 16	1.12
UK LIBOR % / May 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 15	5,916.93
Nasdaq / May 15	19,112.32
Dow Jones / May 15	42,322.75
India Sensex / May 16	82,241.91
Tokyo Nikkei / May 16	37,762.61
Hang Seng / May 16	23,345.94
FTSE 100 / May 16	8,686.51
Germany DAX 30 / May 16	23,854.97
France CAC40 / May 16	7,901.67

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 15	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 15	287,379
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 16	61.55
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 16	3,224.61
Cotton US¢/pound / May 16	65.53
Petrol/Litre / May 17	252.63
Diesel/Litre / May 17	254.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Equity Modaraba / May 16 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.45 ▲ 0.6 (21.05%)
Pak. P.V.C. / May 16 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	8.40 ▲ 1 (13.51%)
First Capital Equities / May 16 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	4.50 ▲ 0.52 (13.07%)
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%)
Sitara Peroxide / May 16 Sitara Peroxide Limited(SPL)	13.73 ▲ 1.25 (10.02%)
Fast Cables / May 16 Fast Cables Limited(FCL)	24.16 ▲ 2.2 (10.02%)
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%)
Kohinoor Mills / May 16 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	32.09 ▲ 2.92 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Parmount Sp. / May 16 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	3.16 ▼ -0.54 (-14.59%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / May 16 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7.14 ▼ -0.97 (-11.96%)
TPL Life Insur. / May 16 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	47.57 ▼ -5.27 (-9.97%)
Apna Microfin. / May 16 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	9.05 ▼ -0.99 (-9.86%)
Crescent Cotton / May 16 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	48.20 ▼ -5.26 (-9.84%)
Ellcot Spinning / May 16 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	101.65 ▼ -10.54 (-9.39%)
East West Ins. / May 16 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	52 ▼ -5.29 (-9.23%)
Shams Textile / May 16 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	24.30 ▼ -2.43 (-9.09%)
B. F. Mod. / May 16 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	7.95 ▼ -0.78 (-8.93%)
Olympia Mills / May 16 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	46.20 ▼ -4.27 (-8.46%)

Stock	Volume
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 16 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	44,317,984 ▲ 0.21
Cnergyico PK / May 16 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	32,148,988 ▼ -0.18
Lotte Chemical / May 16 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	28,049,504 ▲ 1.31
Pak Refinery / May 16 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	24,229,848 ▼ -0.52
K-Electric Ltd. / May 16 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,507,342 ▼ -0.04
Pak Elektron / May 16 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	18,144,829 ▼ -1.47
WorldCall Telecom / May 16 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,543,964 ▼ -0.02
Fauji Foods Ltd / May 16 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	15,849,609 ▲ 0.05
P.T.C.L. / May 16 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,650,899 ▲ 0.64
Sui South Gas / May 16 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	14,606,631 ▼ -1.2

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