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Senate chief urges PM to take action against bureaucrat

In a dramatic turn of events, Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani on Friday urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to take action against Secretary Interior Major Azam Suleman Khan (retd) for not showing up at the Senate despite being summoned repeatedly.

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Senate chairman urges govt to send Nawaz abroad

In an unusual move, Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani, while presiding over the Senate session on Thursday, urged the government to "immediately send former prime minister Nawaz Sharif abroad for urgent medical treatment" and also to provide best medical tre

Published 15 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Atrocities in IOK: Senators slam world powers, MNCs and UN's double standard

Senators from treasury and opposition benches on Wednesday slammed the United Nations, Western imperialism and international corporate mafia led by multinational companies (MNCs) for supporting India in disregard to ongoing atrocities in Indian-occupied K

Published 14 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Government-PML (N) talks hit 'surety bond' snag

The meeting of the sub-committee of the federal cabinet dealing with the issue of the removal of the name of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from the Exit Control List (ECL) in order to allow him to fly to London on medical grounds proved inconclusive

Published 13 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Atrocities in IoK: Senators urge international community to play its role

The senators, mostly from opposition, on Tuesday stressed upon the international community to play its role in bringing an end to the ongoing atrocities on the people of Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) by the Indian military, which have been continued for a

Published 13 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

'Corruption cases have nothing to do with PTI government'

The treasury benches in the Senate on Monday denied that the government is on the mission of witch-hunting the opposition members, saying the corruption cases against the top leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)

Published 12 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Parliamentary business: Opposition flays treasury benches over lack of interest

The opposition on Friday flayed the treasury benches in the Senate for, what it said, their lack of interest towards the Parliamentary business as hostility continued between both the sides in the Upper House of the Parliament.

Published 09 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

ECP dismisses Fazl's allegations as 'false'

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has dismissed as false the accusation levelled by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl's (JUI-F) Emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman that the ECP admitted that the 95 per cent results of last year's general elections were without the

Published 07 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Senate session: JUI-F rejects Imran's gesture of facilitating participants of 'Azadi March'

The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) rejected Prime Minister Imran Khan's order to facilitate the protestors at the sit-in site and demanded the PM's resignation as treasury and opposition benches traded barbs in the Senate on Wednesday levelling serious

Published 07 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Senate processings: Opposition stages 'sit-in' against promulgation of ordinances

In an unusual development, the opposition on Tuesday staged a 'sit-in' in the Senate against the government's practice of 'habitually' promulgating the presidential ordinances without consulting the Upper House of the Parliament.

Published 06 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan

Pre-poll rigging: ECP empowered to take appropriate mitigating steps

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is empowered to take appropriate mitigating measures against pre-poll rigging that deal with procedural matters and not with any engineered, or natural, changes in party loyalties.

Published 05 Nov, 2019 12:00am

Business & Finance

Islamabad public meeting: Serious differences appear in opposition ranks

Serious differences emerged between the opposition parties on Thursday even before the protestors of the Azadi March entered the federal capital after Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) announced the postponement of the joint opposition jalsa (public ga

Updated 01 Nov, 2019 07:56am

Qureshi reiterates Pakistan's all possible support for Kashmir cause

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday reiterated Pakistan's all possible support for Kashmir cause, saying 87 days of complete lockdown with the imposition of curfew in Indian-Occupied Kashmir (IOK) have not dissuaded the resolve of the people

Published 31 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Afghan nationals: Senate panel concerned at issuance of fake POCs by Nadra

Senate Implementation Committee on Tuesday expressed strong concern over issuance of fake Pakistani Origin Cards (POCs) by National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) to certain individuals who have taken asylum in European countries while declar

Published 30 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Appointment of two ECP members: Sanjrani, Qaiser, others vow to resolve issue amicably

Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani, Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser and key government functionaries have agreed to 'amicably' resolve the issue of the appointment two members of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) by engaging opposition and using the

Published 30 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Finance

Appointment of two ECP members: Sanjrani, Qaiser discuss three options to break deadlock

Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani and Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser on Monday decided to resolve the issue of appointment of the two members of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) with active involvement of the Parliament in the backdrop of lingeri

Published 29 Oct, 2019 12:00am

PM describes himself as 'ambassador' of Kashmiris

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday termed himself the 'ambassador of the people of Kashmir' and assured them that he would be their "spokesman and representative, who would launch struggle at every forum of the world for the liberation of Kashmir from In

Published 28 Oct, 2019 12:00am

PM describes himself as 'ambassador' of Kashmiris

Published 28 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Pakistan denies Modi permission to use airspace

Pakistan once again denied Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi the permission to use its airspace in the backdrop of Black Day (October 27) observed to commemorate Indian forces illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Quresh

Published 28 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Business & Finance

Pakistan denies Modi permission to use airspace

Published 28 Oct, 2019 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 24	278.80
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 24	278.60
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 24	156
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 24	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Jan 24	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 24	6,101.24
India Sensex / Jan 24	76,190.46
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 24	39,931.98
Nasdaq / Jan 24	19,954.30
Hang Seng / Jan 24	20,066.19
FTSE 100 / Jan 24	8,502.35
Dow Jones / Jan 24	44,424.25
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 24	21,394.93

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 24	74.66
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 24	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 24	248,285
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 24	2,770.58
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 24	67.61
Petrol/Litre / Jan 27	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
OLP Modaraba / Jan 27 OLP Modaraba Limited(OLPM)	16.05 ▼ 0 (0%)
Nishat Power / Jan 27 Nishat Power Limited(NPL)	34.53 ▼ 0 (0%)
National Refinery / Jan 27 National Refinery Limited(NRL)	261.80 ▼ 0 (0%)
Nimir Resins / Jan 27 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	25.37 ▼ 0 (0%)
National Silk / Jan 27 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	55.44 ▼ 0 (0%)
Oilboy Energy / Jan 27 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	9.51 ▼ 0 (0%)
Octopus Digital / Jan 27 Octopus Digital Limited(OCTOPUS)	66.82 ▼ 0 (0%)
Oil & Gas Dev. / Jan 27 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	212.43 ▼ 0 (0%)
OLP Fin. Services / Jan 27 OLP Financial Services Pakistan Limited(OLPL)	36.83 ▼ 0 (0%)

Stock	Price
OLP Modaraba / Jan 27 OLP Modaraba Limited(OLPM)	16.05 ▲ 0 (0%)
Nishat Power / Jan 27 Nishat Power Limited(NPL)	34.53 ▲ 0 (0%)
National Refinery / Jan 27 National Refinery Limited(NRL)	261.80 ▲ 0 (0%)
Nimir Resins / Jan 27 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	25.37 ▲ 0 (0%)
National Silk / Jan 27 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	55.44 ▲ 0 (0%)
Oilboy Energy / Jan 27 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	9.51 ▲ 0 (0%)
Octopus Digital / Jan 27 Octopus Digital Limited(OCTOPUS)	66.82 ▲ 0 (0%)
Oil & Gas Dev. / Jan 27 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	212.43 ▲ 0 (0%)
OLP Fin. Services / Jan 27 OLP Financial Services Pakistan Limited(OLPL)	36.83 ▲ 0 (0%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	61,454,571 ▲ 0
Sui South Gas / Jan 27 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	57,677,562 ▲ 0
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	33,767,457 ▲ 0
The Searle Co. / Jan 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	26,713,969 ▲ 0
Fauji Cement / Jan 27 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	20,797,108 ▲ 0
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 27 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	18,489,077 ▲ 0
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 27 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	17,202,553 ▲ 0
Waves Corporation / Jan 27 Waves Corporation Limited(WAVES)	16,079,475 ▲ 0
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 27 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	15,337,516 ▲ 0

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