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Bilawal accuses federal government of fuelling Covid-19 spread

KARACHI: Accusing the federal government of fuelling Covid-19 spread in the country, Chairman Pakistan People's ...

Updated 07 Jun, 2020 04:02am

Pakistan

Covid-19 lockdown: KU Academic Council approves online classes

KARACHI: The Academic Council meeting of the University of Karachi on Friday approves to conduct the online classes...

Published 06 Jun, 2020 02:46am

Pakistan

Engro commits PKR 40 million to enhance COVID-19 testing capacity in Punjab

Under the initiative, 2400 tests were completed in the major cities of Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Layyah, Muzaffargarh, Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar.

Published 04 Jun, 2020 07:08pm

Pakistan

Sindh govt allows intra-city, online transport services

KARACHI: The Government of Sindh has allowed the resumption of intra-city transport and online transport services...

Published 03 Jun, 2020 03:46am

Pakistan

Engro launches drive to donate protective equipment worth RS100mn for frontline healthcare workers

At least 459,000 units of personal protective equipment would be distributed among the workers.

Published 01 Jun, 2020 05:53pm

Pakistan

38 more coronavirus patients die in Sindh

Some 38 more patients of COVID-19 died in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 465 in Sindh. The tally of the coronavirus patients has also risen. Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said that 5,481 tests were conducted against which 1,247 new case

Published 31 May, 2020 12:04am

Business & Finance

Poor socio-economic conditions due to COVID-19 pandemic resulting in mental, physical ailments including Irritable Bowel Syndrome: experts

“Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a disease of large intestine and its most common symptoms are diarrhea, constipation, or bo

Published 30 May, 2020 05:37pm

Pakistan

'Schools in Sindh not to reopen on June 1'

Schools in Sindh will not reopen on June 1, according to a notification from the provincial education department on Friday. The official notification said the decision to close schools until June was taken earlier during the session of the Sindh Education

Published 30 May, 2020 12:06am

Pakistan

Plane crash victims: Murad calls for expediting process of bodies' identification

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah visited the Sindh Forensic DNA and Serology Laboratory at the University of Karachi and pressed the staff there to expedite the process of identification of the bodies of the victims of the Airbus A320 crash.

Published 29 May, 2020 12:05am

Pakistan

Locust attack: Murad seeks six aircraft from federal government

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has urged the federal government to provide six aircraft to counter the locust attack on the standing crops in the province.

Published 28 May, 2020 12:03am

Business & Finance

JS Bank and Visa – Paving the way in payment innovations

 This partnership with Visa showcases JS Bank’s resolve to bring forth new ways to pay via innovative solutions beyo

Published 27 May, 2020 12:50pm

Tragedy hits Karachi days before Eid

A Pakistan International Airline (PIA) Airbus A320 flying from Lahore on Friday crashed into a densely-populated residential colony near the Jinnah International Airport, killing at least 60 people. Luckily, two passengers, the CEO of Bank of Punjab, Zafa

Published 23 May, 2020 12:06am

Pakistan

Murad urges people to celebrate Eid with simplicity

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has urged people of Pakistan, particularly of Sindh to celebrate Eidul Fitr with simplicity and demonstrate solidarity with the coronavirus patients, the aggrieved families who lost their loved ones and the poor pe

Published 22 May, 2020 12:03am

Pakistan

Shanghai Electric provides food supplies to needy Thar villagers

In Pakistan, too, this is one of the major causes of concern for the authorities especially in remote areas like th

Published 21 May, 2020 03:18pm

Pakistan

Eid prayers to be held as per federal govt's guidelines: Nasir

Sindh Minister for Information Syed Nasir Hussain Shah Wednesday said that prayers of Jumu'atul-Wida and Eid in Sindh would be held in accordance with the guidelines issued by the federal government. The provincial Information Minister said that the 20-po

Published 21 May, 2020 12:09am

Pakistan

Hilton Pharma partners with NIBD for Covid-19 convalescent plasma clinical trial

he initial results of 14 patients released by Dr. Tahir Shamsi of NIBD, shows a promising response of up to more th

Published 20 May, 2020 12:39pm

Pakistan

Clinical trial underway at AKU to cure Covid-19 patients

A new clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of plasma therapy, an emerging form of treatment for the Covid-19, in Pakistan is underway at Aga Khan University.

Published 20 May, 2020 12:05am

Pakistan

Easypaisa to facilitate SMEs through ‘Easy Business”

The newly introduced SME facilitation program also offers a sophisticated cash management portal in collaboration w

Published 19 May, 2020 10:20am

Business & Finance

Covid-19, locust control: WB, Sindh government agree to launch $145 million project

The World Bank and Sindh government have agreed to launch $145 million Sindh Covid-19 Response programme and Locust control project in the province.

Published 19 May, 2020 12:02am

Pakistan

Health, employment, social security and education sectors top priorities in budget: Murad

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the budget for next financial year, 2020-21 will be coronavirus impact-oriented, therefore a new strategy is being worked out under which priorities will be given to health services, employment genera

Published 17 May, 2020 12:03am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 22	278.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 22	278.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 22	155.66
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 22	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 22	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 22	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
India Sensex / Jan 22	76,197.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 22	39,646.25
Hang Seng / Jan 22	19,778.77
FTSE 100 / Jan 22	8,579.82
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 22	21,258.81

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 22	75.52
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 22	2,751.94
Diesel/Litre / Jan 22	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Apna Microfin. / Jan 22 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.49 ▲ 0.96 (10.07%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 22 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	24.29 ▲ 2.21 (10.01%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jan 22 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	15.51 ▲ 1.41 (10.00%)
Crescent Cotton / Jan 22 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	54.45 ▲ 4.95 (10.00%)
Fecto Cement / Jan 22 Fecto Cement Limited(FECTC)	116.40 ▲ 10.58 (10.00%)
Fateh Sports / Jan 22 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	86.43 ▲ 7.86 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	738.34 ▲ 67.12 (10.00%)
Flying Cement / Jan 22 Flying Cement Company Limited(FLYNG)	27.54 ▲ 2.50 (9.98%)

Stock	Price
Mari Energies / Jan 22 Mari Energies Limited(MARI)	593.58 ▼ -65.95 (-10.00%)
Nagina Cot. / Jan 22 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	49.95 ▼ -5.55 (-10.00%)
TPL Life Insur. / Jan 22 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	51 ▼ -5.50 (-9.73%)
Masood Textile / Jan 22 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	49.05 ▼ -5.27 (-9.70%)
Dewan Textile / Jan 22 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	7.30 ▼ -0.76 (-9.43%)
Ellcot Spinning / Jan 22 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	110 ▼ -10.00 (-8.33%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 22 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	340.03 ▼ -29.87 (-8.08%)
Dewan Motors / Jan 22 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	42.03 ▼ -3.69 (-8.07%)
Karam Ceramics / Jan 22 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	56.98 ▼ -4.92 (-7.95%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▲ 0.10
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	76,749,742 ▲ 2.17
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	69,880,256 ▼ -0.06
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▲ 0.02
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▲ 1.63
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▼ -0.28
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▲ 0.79
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▲ 0.04
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 22 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	15,930,871 ▼ -0.43

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