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Technology

At GITEX, Pakistan makes a pitch for investment in its IT sector

DUBAI: Pakistan made its mark on day two of GITEX GLOBAL 2022, dubbed the world’s largest tech show, where the...

Published 12 Oct, 2022 05:46am

Technology

Flying taxi: XPENG X2's first public flight in Dubai 'major breakthrough'

Two-seater eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) flying car is equipped with an intelligent flight control system and autonomous flight capability
XPENG AEROHT official says company wants to produce consumer-focused flying car that can both drive and fly, and its working model will be presented later this month

Published 11 Oct, 2022 08:39pm

Business & Finance

Health insurance: post-pandemic, a Dubai-based company looking to help Pakistani expats

KARACHI: The importance of having health insurance for themselves as well as family back home became painfully...

Updated 28 Sep, 2022 04:36pm

Life & Style

Sumo wrestlers and theatrics: TABŪ makes a mark on Dubai’s food scene

It's not enough to have good food, restaurants need to create a unique atmosphere and experience, explains an F&B expert

Updated 16 Sep, 2022 07:12pm

Pakistan

After failure, you must reset yourself: Airlift's co-founder Ahmed Ayub

At IBA event, startup founders and corporate leaders discuss Pakistan's startup landscape

Published 08 Sep, 2022 10:02pm

Business & Finance

It takes a lot to get a startup off the ground, but certain factors help

Sarmayacar, a VC firm, helps explain the process of fundraising and making an investors’ pitch

Updated 26 Aug, 2022 11:51am

Technology

Co-founder of Spades, a UAE-based payments solution, advises startups against ‘aggressive customer acquisition’

Adnan Haque, the co-founder of a contactless payments solution that is being used at some 200 restaurants in the ...

Updated 17 Aug, 2022 12:58pm

Business & Finance

Dubai-based founder of 3 startups says VC ecosystem in Pakistan will find its footing

Dubai-based Zohare Haider, founder of three startups including a digital agency and a restaurant information...

Updated 11 Aug, 2022 10:44am

Business & Finance

Pakistani startups need to ‘fix their culture’: Munir Mashooqullah

M5 Groupe founder advises startups to set up holding companies abroad to boost investor confidence

Updated 03 Aug, 2022 10:36am

Business & Finance

Financial inclusion of women in Pakistan is a ‘$500mn market opportunity’

Experts from World Bank and Women’s Financial Inclusion Data Partnership during a virtual roundtable say good work being done, but challenges remain

Updated 29 Jul, 2022 11:24pm

Business & Finance

The quite ‘Cool & Cool’ story of Arif Pardesi

If Pakistanis are now more than familiar with the Cool & Cool brand, it is not just because it sponsored cricket...

Updated 27 Jul, 2022 02:43pm

Perspectives

Ms. Marvel: representation aside, the show shines on its own

The series makes for good television, and holds its own against other MCU shows

Updated 15 Jul, 2022 01:30pm

Technology

Posterchild of Pakistan's startups: Airlift announces complete shutdown

Company says it will ensure all of its employees are 'sufficiently protected' with two months of payroll, setting up platform for job placement, and creating support systems for aspiring entrepreneurs

Published 13 Jul, 2022 02:08am

Pakistan

Jones the Grocer: a conversation in Dubai that changed everything

Businessman Yunib Siddiqui went from having no experience in the food and beverage industry to becoming the man...

Updated 06 Jul, 2022 02:40pm

Pakistan

UAE and Dubai’s popularity surges among Pakistanis seeking jobs

The number of Pakistanis that moved to the UAE for employment in 2022 (up to May) has risen by 128% when compared to...

Updated 30 Jun, 2022 09:52am

Pakistan

Dubai wants to be the ultimate destination for education, and Pakistanis can benefit

Dubai’s abundance of international big-name universities offering high quality education, coupled with the UAE’s...

Updated 28 Jun, 2022 10:40am

Business & Finance

UAE’s push to attract talent to get boost with new unemployment insurance

Last month, the UAE announced it will introduce a new mandatory unemployment insurance scheme effective January ...

Updated 20 Jun, 2022 10:53am

Business & Finance

Investing in Dubai, but without a paper involved — literally

KARACHI: On December 12, 2021, Dubai claimed to have become the world’s first government that had made all its...

Updated 15 Jun, 2022 10:13am

Technology

After reporting $13mn funding round in Feb, Truck It In announces 'severance packages'

Announcement points to a larger trend of layoffs within tech startups globally

Published 02 Jun, 2022 02:27pm

Perspectives

Airlift: trouble in startup paradise?

Airlift Technologies, the startup that in August 2021 raised a whopping $85 million in a fundraising round, last ...

Updated 30 May, 2022 03:43pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 22	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 22	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 23	154.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 23	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 23	1.25
Euro to USD / Nov 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 22	5,969.34
India Sensex / Nov 22	79,117.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 22	38,283.85
Nasdaq / Nov 22	18,003.65
Hang Seng / Nov 22	19,229.97
FTSE 100 / Nov 22	8,262.08
Dow Jones / Nov 22	44,296.51
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 22	19,322.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 22	240,483
Petrol/Litre / Nov 23	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 23	71.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 23	2,716.19
Diesel/Litre / Nov 23	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,135,830 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	124,131,268 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 23 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	105,013,176 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	77,697,371 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 23 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	43,783,366 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	36,573,763 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,719,678 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 23 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	27,969,689 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,874,820 ▲ 0.00

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