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Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addressing the inaugural ceremony of Buna-Raast Connectivity Project Implementation Phase
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Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addressing the inaugural ceremony of Buna-Raast Connectivity Project Implementation Phase
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Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addressing the inaugural ceremony of Buna-Raast Connectivity Project Implementation Phase
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Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif presenting a memento to Governor State Bank Jameel Ahmed at the inaugural ceremony of Buna-Raast Connectivity Project Implementation Phase
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Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif presenting a memento to Waqas ul Hassan, CEO Karandaaz at the inaugural ceremony of Buna-Raast Connectivity Project Implementation Phase
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Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif presenting a memento to Dr. Anita Zaidi, President, Gender Equality Division, Gates Foundation at the inaugural ceremony of Buna-Raast Connectivity Project Implementation Phase
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Rupee sheds 14 paisa against dollar
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22 (APP):Pakistani rupee on Thursday witnessed a devaluation of 14 paisa against the US dollar in the interbank trading and closed at Rs 278.66 against the previous day’s closing of Rs 278.52.
However, according to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the buying and selling rates of the dollar in the open market stood at Rs 279.10 and Rs 280 respectively.
The price of Euro increased by Rs1.05 to close at Rs 310.64 against the last day’s closing of Rs 309.59, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
The Japanese yen went up by 01 paisa and closed at Rs1.91, whereas an increase of Rs2.5 was witnessed in the exchange rate of the British Pound, which traded at Rs 365.09 as compared to the last day’s closing of Rs 362.59.
The exchange rates of the Emirates Dirham and the Saudi Riyal increased by 04 paisa each at Rs 75.84 and Rs74.26 respectively.
PSX stays bullish, gains 532 points
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22 (APP): The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bullish trend on Thursday, gaining 532.56 more points, showing a positive change of 0.68 percent, closing at 78,793.41 points against 78,260.86 points on the last working day.
A total of 804,261,249 shares were traded during the day as compared to 552,564,507 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 16.975 billion against Rs 14.590 billion on the last trading day.
As many as 473 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 261 of them recorded gains and 138 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 74 companies remained unchanged.
The three top trading companies were WorldCall Telecom with 140,914,417 shares at Rs 1.31 per share, Kohinoor Spinning with 91,356,461 shares at Rs.11.99 per share, and Power Cement with 51,625,456 shares at Rs 6.03 per share.
Hoechst Pakistan Limited witnessed a maximum increase of Rs.97.89 per share price, closing at Rs 1,724.00, whereas the runner-up was Services Industries Limited with a Rs 92.02 rise in its per share price to Rs 1,067.02.
Sapphire Textile Mills Limited witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs.35.01 per share closing at Rs.1,264.99 followed by Unilever Pakistan Food Limited with Rs 19.46 decline to close at Rs.17,800.00.
Committee meets to fix prices of essential commodities
BAHAWALPUR, Aug 22 (APP):A meeting of the district price control committee and price fixation committee was held at the committee room of the DC office under the chairmanship of Additional Deputy Commissioner Finance Farooq Qamar.
Member Provincial Assembly Sadia Muzaffar, Assistant Commissioner Bahawalpur City Dr Sana Ramchand, Deputy Director Industries Zubair Abbasi, Price Control Magistrates Khurshid Nazir, Ejaz Bukhari, and traders attended the meeting, while other assistant commissioners from the tehsil participated via video link.
During the meeting, the prices of essential commodities were reassessed. The additional deputy commissioner finance instructed that the sale and availability of food items must be ensured, as per the set rates, at all costs.
Pakistani batsman Mohammad Rizwan celebrates after scoring century (100 runs) during the 2nd day of the 1st Test cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh teams at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
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