Measles’s increasing trend
Measles cases have increased manifold with 71 cases reported in December last year to 391 in January 2013 and 144 in February according to Free and Far Election report released on Thursday.…
Bearish trend prevails in LSC,ISE
Bearish trend prevailed in Lahore Stock Exchange yesterday as it shed 159.71 points, following the LSE-25 index opened with 3929.81 and closed at 3770.10 points. The market’s overall situation, however, corresponded to…
Bulls in Islamabad!
The bulls in the capital aren’t quiet as devastating but ISE-10 gains 12 points anyway… Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE-10) here on Wednesday witnessed bullish trend as the index was up by 11.67…
Vegetable prices at Sunday bazaars go up
The prices of most of vegetables saw an upward trend at the city’s Sunday bazaars as compared to the last week, however, the prices of tomato, onion and chicken witnessed significant decrease…
Trend in animal sacrifice declining due to inflated prices
The trend of sacrificing animals on Eid-ul-Azha has been declining constantly due to swelling prices of sacrificial animals. Conservative estimates suggest that the country had witnessed a steep decline of around 20…
The trend of smoking
It is a well-known fact that cigarette smoking is injurious to the health as tobacco has numerous unwanted effects on human health. Everyone knows its harmful effects but it is hard to…
Rising trend of human smuggling
Despite the efforts being undertaken by the law enforcement agencies of the country, the surge in human trafficking incidents cannot be checked. Though the human trafficking by air has almost come to…
Bourse continues bullish trend
Early run-up backed by aggressive accumulation in Fauji group stocks of fertilizer sector faced corporate off-loading, however optimism regarding decline in discount rates in the upcoming review expected during the last week…
Bearish trend takes over KSE
Declining trends in the international and regional markets, absence of follow-up support and persistent squeeze in turnover with increasing values on the benchmark (which stayed prominent in previous week’s trading) pushed it…
Is skin bleaching in danger of becoming a trend among men?
As dancehall artist Vybz Kartel launches his own range of skin lightening cosmetics, it looks like this controversial fashion could be in danger of spreading beyond women. Bleaching, whitening, lightening. Whatever you…
Prices of vegetable witness upward trend at Sunday bazaars
The prices of most of vegetables increased sharply at the city Sunday bazaars. Even prices of tomato witnessed an increase of Rs 60 which is almost 150 percent more than the last…
Pakistan exports maintain positive trend
Pakistan which is likely to set an export target of at least $27.5 billion during July to June (2011-2012) has registered $2.203 billion exports during first month of this fiscal year. According…
Textile maintains positive trend
The textile industry of Pakistan continued its robust performance in 9MFY11, registering profit growth of 122 percent year-on-year. All three sectors such as composite, spinning and weaving witnessed prominent earnings performance. Net…
Exports will continue upward trend
KARACHI – Pakistan is likely to achieve record exports of $24 billion in the current financial year 2010-2011, as exports have already clocked $17.79 billion in the past nine months.
Pakistan, which hit record exports of $19.5 billion in 2009 -2010 against the target of over $17 billion, is anticipated to reach another record figure of $24 billion under the current resilience in exports, sources told Pakistan Today.
Current exports, at $17.79 billion during July-March
Remittances sustain upward trend
KARACHI – Remittances sent home by overseas Pakistanis continued to show a rising trend as an amount of over $6.963 billion was received in the first eight months (July-February) of the current fiscal year 2010-11.
This shows an increase of over $1.176 billion or 20.32 percent compared to $5.787 billion received over the last corresponding period, the State Bank said. In the period, inflow of remittances from UAE, Saudi Arabia, USA, GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries
KSE sustains downward trend
KARACHI – The local bourse exhibited bearish activity with thin volumes on Friday. The KSE-100 index shed 20.62 points or 0.17 percent to close at 12,041.15 points, as investors’ stayed concerned over the deepening diplomatic crisis between Pakistan and the United States.
The intraday high and low stood at 12,142.15 and 11, 963.16 points respectively. Ahsan Mehanti of Arif Habib Investments viewed that swelling circular debt in the local energy sector and the ongoing unrest in
Karachi Stock Exchange sustains bullish trend
KARACHI: The bullish trend continued at the bourse this week – shortened to three working days owing to religious (Ashura) holidays – as increased activity was seen in oil and gas, and banking sectors. Although, there was some tension on the political front with Jamiat Ullema-e-Islam’s breaking away from the coalition government, oil stocks rallied on the news of British Petroleum assets’ sale price.
Further, Abu Dhabi Group’s (ABG) consideration of offloading its strategic