By Salman Khan | December 17, 2025

The KSE-100 Index closed the session at 170,313 points, retreating 133 points as the market displayed pronounced volatility amid a backdrop of mixed investor sentiment. During the day, the index swung between an intraday peak of 171,392 and a trough of 169,230, largely on profit-taking pressures. Strength in UBL, NBP, HBL, AKBL, and PIOC underpinned…

By NewzTodays Editorial Team | December 16, 2025

Systems Limited has detailed its recent acquisitions and forward strategy during a corporate briefing held on Tuesday. It highlights the purchase of Confiz Limited and improving regional profitability prospects. Systems Limited (SYS) held its corporate briefing session to discuss the recent acquisitions and future outlook.  SYS recently announced the acquisition of Confiz Limited, one of…

By Salman Khan | December 16, 2025

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Appellate Tribunal (CAT) has rejected the appeal filed by M/s Kingdom Valley Pvt. Ltd. seeking a stay against recovery proceedings initiated by the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), allowing the Commission to proceed with enforcement of its penalty. Read More: CCP Signs MoU with Russian Antitrust Authority Following Commission’s decision, the CCP…

By Salman Khan | December 16, 2025

Islamabad — Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Industries and Production, Mr. Haroon Akhtar Khan, chaired a high-level meeting to review and finalize the National Gemstones Policy, aimed at unlocking the vast untapped potential of Pakistan’s gemstones sector. During the meeting, specialized working groups on Import–Export, Banking and Finance, and Return & Refund…

By NewzTodays Editorial Team | December 16, 2025

The National Savings Centre in Lahore announced the results of Rs200 prize bond draw number 104. It awarded the first prize of Rs750,000 to bond number 758760. According to the official announcement, five bondholders won the second prize of Rs250,000 each. The winning numbers included 033045, 487574, 694350, 837177 and 877428. The Rs200 prize bond…

By NewzTodays Editorial Team | December 16, 2025

The local bourse kicked off the session on a jubilant note, celebrating the State Bank of Pakistan’s decision to trim the policy rate by 50bps to 10.5%. The rate cut fueled early optimism, propelling the benchmark index to an intraday high of 1,185 points amid broad-based buying. However, the early optimism proved short-lived as investors…

By Salman Khan | December 15, 2025

Wholesale sugar prices have dropped sharply across Pakistan following strict government action against hoarding, speculation, and artificial price hikes. This has provided relief to markets and consumers. The impact is most noticeable in major trading hubs, especially Karachi and Punjab. In Karachi, wholesale sugar prices fell from Rs200 to Rs150 per kilogram, with further decline…

By Salman Khan | December 15, 2025

Deciding a long-outstanding cartel case involving the Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA), the Competition Appellate Tribunal (CAT) has upheld the order of the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) and disposed of the appeal filed by the association. The tribunal, however, reduced the penalty from Rs. 50 million to Rs. 25 million, citing a judgment of the…

By Aftab Ahmed | December 14, 2025

Pakistan’s virtual assets regulator said on Sunday that issuing No Objection Certificates to global cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and HTX was not a blanket approval. It said that it marks the first step in a tightly supervised market entry process. The Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has clarified that the NOCs granted to Binance and…

By Aftab Ahmed | December 12, 2025

The government has decided to clip wings of investigation agencies-NAB and FIA to protect the foreign director investment and investors under new proposed national industrial policy. The government is going to empower the prime minister’s office to issue necessary directions to protect foreign investors.Ogra Timeline Sparks Industry Objections Sources told Newztodays that no coercive action…