TOKYO: A rebound in Chinese shares helped lift most Asian stocks into positive territory on Wednesday, but gains were limited by concerns that the threat posed to the global economic outlook by Europe's debt crisis is weighing on corporate earnings.
KARACHI: The Board of Directors of Attock Petroleum Limited (APL) met on October 17 to review the companys financial and operating performance for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2011.
KARACHI: Tri- Pack Films Limited (TRIPF) witnessed outstanding performance during the third quarter of the financial year 2011 (3QFY11) as its profits surged by 64.84 percent year on year (YoY) to Rs 200.040 million as compared to Rs 121.354 million in the same period previous year, mentioned in a notice issued by the company to Karachi Stock exchange.
The original concept of Islamic finance is undoubtedly in favor of equity participation rather than creation of debts because it is only equity participation that brings an equitable and balanced distribution of wealth in the society.
KARACHI: Gold rates remained steady on Monday in major bullion markets of the cities. Gold prices in Karachi recorded at Rs. 55,500 per tola (11.66 grams). The price of 10 grams gold was recorded at the level of Rs. 47,571.
UAE: Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) announced on Monday the launch of the Al Islami Emerging Cappuccino Certificate, a four-year Islamic certificate backed by Sharia-compliant assets.
KARACHI: Mills continuous buying at Pakistan cotton market push prices up on Monday.
The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) official spot rate increased by Rs 50 traded at Rs 6,300 while physical prices of fine lint were above Rs 6,600 and Rs 6,350 per maund, dealers said.
During these hard economic times, meeting ends meet comfortably is no doubt a big deal. Everyone knows that we are going through a recessionary period and things are not as bright as they used to be.
There are 5 full-fledged Islamic banks operating in Pakistan and 15 conventional banks with Islamic banking branches. The growth in Islamic finance industry has been consistently in double digits. The share of the industry in the banking system has risen to over 7 percent from just 0.5 percent in 2002.
KARACHI: Pakistan's Islamic banking windows of conventional banks continued to grow during the first half of the calendar year 2011 (1HCY11) with improved asset base. Total assets grew by 27.28 percent during the first half as the Islamic banking windows total assets stood at Rs 189.990 billion.
KARACHI: GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited (GSK) net profits during the third quarter of calendar year 2011-2012 (3QCY11-12) trimmed by 13.54 percent year on year (YoY) to Rs 236.454 million.