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Pakistan

UK announces new £108m climate finance programme

ISLAMABAD: The United Kingdom’s Minister for the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hamish Falconer, announced...

Published 22 Nov, 2024 03:03am

Pakistan

There’s foreign funding behind terrorist activities in Pakistan: FO

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, on Thursday, reiterated its grave concern over the presence of terrorist camps and safe havens...

Published 22 Nov, 2024 03:03am

Pakistan

Kurram convoy ambush claims 40 lives

ISLAMABAD: Authorities said on Thursday that over 40 people were killed including women and children while more than...

Updated 22 Nov, 2024 08:35am

Pakistan

Use of VPNs: Typographical error led to confusion: Council of Islamic Ideology

ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) chairman has clarified his earlier statement, affirming that the...

Updated 21 Nov, 2024 09:19am

Pakistan

Selected federal institutes: Cambridge syllabus to be introduced next year

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Education has announced the introduction of Cambridge Syllabus in selected federal...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 08:27am

Pakistan

Pakistan offers 100 scholarships to Bangladeshi students

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Bangladesh have decided to strengthen cooperation in the education sector. As a goodwill...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 07:08am

Pakistan

VPN issue: CII summons meeting

ISLAMABAD: The Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), Allama Dr Raghib Naeemi, has called an important...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 08:58am

Pakistan

137 contractual teachers of FDE regularized

ISLAMABAD: In a significant development, the Federal Ministry of Education has restored the regularisation...

Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am

Pakistan

Trade, investment, & climate action: UK agrees to enhance cooperation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and United Kingdom (UK) have agreed to enhance cooperation in trade, investment, and climate...

Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am

Pakistan

Punjab fog: EPA decides opening schools sans Lahore, Multan

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to reopen educational institutes across most...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:35am

Business & Finance

Bilateral trade with US exceeds $6.5bn: minister

ISLAMABAD: The United States’ bilateral trade with Pakistan exceeded US$6.5 billion in 2023, Federal Minister for...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:34am

Sale of 35pc of unallocated gas: Govt strikes deal to submit framework to Ecnec

ISLAMABAD: The high-powered committee of the federal government reached an in-principle agreement to submit a...

Updated 19 Nov, 2024 03:12pm

Pakistan

Schools: Rawalpindi district admin extends leave to 24th

ISLAMABAD: The district administration, Saturday, extended leaves in all public and private schools in Rawalpindi...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 05:10am

New date yet to be announced after polio vaccination boycotted in Kurram

ISLAMABAD: The administration has yet to announce a new date for the polio vaccination drive, following the recent...

Updated 17 Nov, 2024 09:44am

Pakistan

Belarusian President set to visit Pakistan very soon

ISLAMABAD: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is set to visit Pakistan in last week of this month, aiming to...

Published 16 Nov, 2024 06:04am

Pakistan

Zamir Kabulov pays a day-long visit

ISLAMABAD: The Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation on Afghanistan, Ambassador Zamir...

Published 15 Nov, 2024 06:20am

Pakistan

‘China seeking joint security mechanism’: FO assails, rejects impression

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has rejected the impression that Beijing is pursuing Islamabad on joint security mechanism to...

Published 15 Nov, 2024 06:20am

Business & Finance

Pakistan-Poland trade approaches $1bn mark: envoy

ISLAMABAD: Poland and Pakistan continue to work for the development of our bilateral relation as trade between the...

Published 14 Nov, 2024 06:33am

Pakistan

Indus Basin: Japan announces new grant of 2.831bn Yen to support flood management

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Japan has announced a new grant of 2.831 billion Japanese Yen equivalent to $18.5...

Updated 14 Nov, 2024 08:36am

Pakistan

Parachinar-Tal Hangu Road partially opened after over a month closure

ISLAMABAD: Authorities and local tribes have finally agreed to partially open 19-kilometre Parachinar-Tal Hangu Road...

Published 13 Nov, 2024 07:59am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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