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Fahad Zulfikar

Pakistan

Increase in fuel prices challenged in LHC

The Judicial Activism Panel moved the petition, requesting the court to declare the government’s move to jack up fuel prices as illegal
The petition states that more burden has been put on a common man who is already reeling from rising inflation

Published 01 Feb, 2021 12:43pm

Pakistan

PIA issues new instructions for crew after disappearance of two flight attendants

Cabin crew are required to deposit their passports with a station manager after immigration and customs formalities
The staff of a hotel where they will stay will ensure every cabin crew member checks in at the hotel and will report immediately if they find anyone missing

Published 01 Feb, 2021 12:38pm

Pakistan

Supreme Court halts release of suspects in Daniel Pearl murder case

The Sindh government has been instructed to suspend release orders of Omar Sheikh and others
The SC's verdict comes after the Sindh government moved a review petition in the top court against acquittal of the accused

Updated 01 Feb, 2021 11:31am

Pakistan

K-P first province to offer Universal Health Coverage for all citizens: PM

Imran says 40,000,000 residents are covered with free health insurance
Free treatment upto Rs1,000,000 per family per year will be offered in over 400 govt/private hospitals across Pakistan: PM

Published 01 Feb, 2021 10:14am

World

Police in IIOJK file FIR against media outlet for exposing Indian Army's pressure tactics

Shah says the case has been registered against media organisation for reporting story of Shopian school pressured by army to hold Republic Day function
The editor-in-chief of the magazine states they have ample evidence to prove their claim

Published 31 Jan, 2021 04:07pm

Pakistan

Osama Bin Laden supported, funded Nawaz Sharif, reveals Abida Hussain

Osama used to extend financial assistance to Nawaz Sharif, says former envoy
Abida says intelligence agencies used to spy on her in the US, but she was not involved in any suspicious activity which could be used against her by the intel officials
As the nuclear programme was under the purview of the president, most of my conversation used to be with Ishaq Khan and not the prime minister (Nawaz): Abida

Updated 31 Jan, 2021 02:12pm

Pakistan

PM instructs economic team to ensure inflation stays under control

Imran said our efforts to reduce inflation are showing results as consumer price index and core inflation are both now lower than when PTI government was formed
Asad says during current month inflation on Consumer Price Index is down to 5.7 percent, while the Core Inflation is at 5.4 percent

Updated 31 Jan, 2021 02:42pm

Pakistan

Four injured in Peshawar's gas pipeline explosion

Police said one person was shifted to the hospital, and the rest did not suffer serious injuries
A house next to the bakery was also damaged: Police

Updated 31 Jan, 2021 12:56pm

Pakistan

PAF plane departs for China to airlift first tranche of COVID-19 vaccine

PAF aircraft, IL-78, left for Beijing from Noor Khan Base
China will provide Pakistan with 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine

Published 31 Jan, 2021 12:03pm

Pakistan

Veteran film actress Neelo Begum passes away

Born Cynthia Alexander Fernandes, Neelo had the distinction of being the only Pakistani heroine to have worked in a major Hollywood movie, Bhowani Junction
She joined Pakistani films as an 'extra', worked hard and graduated to doing second lead roles and ultimately rose to the position of leading lady by the sheer dint of her immense talent

Published 31 Jan, 2021 11:06am

World

Miscreants vandalise statue of Mahatma Gandhi in California

The incident ignited outrage among Indian-Americans across the country, who demanded that the officials investigate it as an incident of hate crime
The statue appeared to have been sawed off at the ankles and half its face was severed and missing

Published 31 Jan, 2021 10:41am

Pakistan

Pakistan secures 17 million doses of AstraZeneca

Faisal says in addition to the 500,000 doses of Sinopharm, almost 7 million doses of AstraZeneca to be made available in Q1 and given to the public free of cost
The vaccine will be administered to frontline healthcare workers free of cost: SAPM

Published 31 Jan, 2021 10:12am

Pakistan

Change has been brought in Pakistan as "big thieves" are being held accountable: PM

Imran says a former premier was facilitating the land grabbing mafia in Lahore
The government has decided that every person in Sahiwal will be given health insurance amounting to Rs750,000: PM

Published 29 Jan, 2021 03:59pm

Pakistan

FIA nabs five CAA officials, pilot over dubious licences

Accused are allegedly involved in the issuance of Commercial Pilot Licence and Airline Transport Pilot Licence on the basis of fake pilot licence exams
The licencing exams were deliberately conducted on public holidays, weekends and post office hours

Published 29 Jan, 2021 03:22pm

Pakistan

Daniel Pearl murder: Sindh govt files review petition in SC against acquittal of Omar Sheikh

Prosecutor General states in petition that the top court’s order to release Ahmed Omar Sheikh has sparked global outrage and demanded the Pakistani government review its legal options
The petition also requested for an early hearing of the matter

Published 29 Jan, 2021 02:19pm

World

COVID-19 pandemic: Pfizer vaccine proves 92% effective in Israel, reveal trial results

Report states 31 out of 163,000 Israelis vaccinated by Maccabi Healthcare Services are diagnosed with COVID-19 in their first 10 days of full-strength protection
An equivalent sample of unvaccinated Israelis is 11 times more likely to be diagnosed with the coronavirus, which allowed it to calculate the effectiveness rate: Analyst

Published 29 Jan, 2021 01:11pm

Pakistan

Daniel Pearl murder case: America ready to prosecute Omar Sheikh in US courts, says Blinken

Blinken says US is committed to securing justice for Daniel Pearl’s family and holding terrorists accountable
The court’s decision is an affront to terrorism victims everywhere, including in Pakistan: Blinken

Published 29 Jan, 2021 12:16pm

World

British firm threatens to seize Indian govt's assets to recover $1.2 billion

Cairn Energy has started collecting details regarding the Indian assets to retrieve the payable amount
The international tribunal, in its decision, stated that the Indian planes and ships could be seized after it violated a 2014 agreement

Published 29 Jan, 2021 11:24am

Pakistan

COAS, Qatari leadership discuss defence, security issues

The COAS expressed his desire for friendship and good relations among Muslim countries and solidarity to confront common challenges
Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani reiterated that Pakistan and Qatar share brotherly relations of strategic value

Published 29 Jan, 2021 10:51am

Pakistan

Pakistan will continue to support Kashmiris for their right to self-determination: FO

Chaudhri says India is perpetrating gross human rights violations in the Indian illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir
China has reaffirmed the commitment to further strengthen the relations between the two countries: FO

Updated 28 Jan, 2021 05:58pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 9	278.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 9	278.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 9	158.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 9	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 9	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 9	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 8	5,918.25
Nasdaq / Jan 8	19,478.88
Dow Jones / Jan 8	42,635.20
India Sensex / Jan 9	77,704.13
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 9	39,516.87
Hang Seng / Jan 9	19,288.79
FTSE 100 / Jan 9	8,263.49
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 9	20,277.66

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 8	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 8	237,483
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 9	73.16
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 9	2,659.11
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 9	68.16
Petrol/Litre / Jan 10	252.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Next Capital / Jan 9 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	10.49 ▲ 1.00 (10.54%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jan 9 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	59.90 ▲ 5.45 (10.01%)
Dadex Eternit / Jan 9 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	64 ▲ 5.82 (10.00%)
Dawood Lawrencepur / Jan 9 Dawood Lawrencepur Limited(DLL)	325.73 ▲ 29.61 (10.00%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 9 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	66.64 ▲ 6.06 (10.00%)
JDW Sugar / Jan 9 JDW Sugar Mills Limited(JDWS)	995.45 ▲ 90.50 (10.00%)
Matco Foods Ltd / Jan 9 Matco Foods Limited(MFL)	48.59 ▲ 4.40 (9.96%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jan 9 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	48 ▲ 3.90 (8.84%)
Asim Textile / Jan 9 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	16.42 ▲ 1.31 (8.67%)

Stock	Price
Cresent Jute / Jan 9 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.81 ▼ -0.58 (-10.76%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jan 9 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	6.85 ▼ -0.79 (-10.34%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 9 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.94 ▼ -7.88 (-10.00%)
Air Link Com. / Jan 9 Air Link Communication Limited(AIRLINK)	191.54 ▼ -21.28 (-10.00%)
Liven Pharma / Jan 9 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	160.68 ▼ -17.85 (-10.00%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jan 9 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	11.25 ▼ -1.25 (-10.00%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 9 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	140.74 ▼ -15.64 (-10.00%)
Chakwal Spinning / Jan 9 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	61.70 ▼ -6.85 (-9.99%)
Frontier Ceram / Jan 9 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	21.81 ▼ -2.42 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 9 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	520,199,852 ▼ -0.01
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 9 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	48,176,163 ▼ -0.07
Cnergyico PK / Jan 9 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	41,301,063 ▼ -0.31
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 9 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	34,830,810 ▼ -1.04
Sui South Gas / Jan 9 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	27,158,451 ▼ -1.88
Pak Refinery / Jan 9 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	24,532,091 ▼ -1.53
Pak Elektron / Jan 9 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	23,028,613 ▼ -0.87
Lotte Chemical / Jan 9 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	19,891,091 ▲ 0.34
B.O.Punjab / Jan 9 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	19,667,050 ▼ -0.02

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