Minister for Finance was addressing a news conference along with Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar and Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar in Islamabad.

The wheat would be purchased from local farmers at the rate of 3900 rupees per 40 kg sack.

A total of 389 companies’ transacted shares in the Stock Market today, out of which 258 recorded gains and 108 sustained losses whereas the share price of 23 companies remained unchanged.

A fifty-member high-level business delegation from Saudi Arabia is attending the conference

The assurance was given by President Asian Development Bank Masatsugu Asakawa during a meeting with a Pakistani delegation led by Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Khan Cheema in Georgian Capital Tbilisi.

The KSE-100 Index closed at 71,902.09 points as compared to 70,657.64 points on the last working day with a positive change of 1,244.45 points.

He was presiding over a meeting in Islamabad